O'Donoghue of Co.Kerry
There are an extraordinary number of inter-marriages between
our
Rahilly and O'Rahilly family,
mostly from the area E of
Killarney, Co.Kerry,
and various O'Donoghue families,
mostly from the area SE of Killarney.
Some or all of these O'Donoghue families may be related to each other.
Killaha,
Rusheen More and Killeen.
All in Killaha parish,
near
Glenflesk,
SE of
Killarney, Co.Kerry.
Glenflesk is in Curreal townland, Killaha par.
From
GeoHive.
See Google Maps
satellite view.
- At Killaha is Killaha Castle, the ruined castle of The O'Donoghue of the Glens.
-
See
O'DONOGHUE OF THE GLENS
in
[Burkes Irish, 1976, pp.904-905].
- The area was always full of O'Donoghue families.
Most of them are presumably related to The O'Donoghue of the Glens.
O'Donoghue "Mourney"
See note on
the wives of Morgan O'Rahilly and Fionn O'Rahilly.
This explains that we think the wife of our Morgan O'Rahilly is
Julia O'Donoghue "Mourney",
rather than Mary O'Donoghue "Mourney", or a daughter of Donal O'Sullivan of Meentogues.
We do not know where these O'Donoghues are from,
but they married O'Rahilly of
E of Killarney,
so they are probably from E or SE of Killarney.
We think our line is as follows:
-
Julia O'Donoghue "Mourney".
She married (according to our theory) to
Morgan O'Rahilly
[born est c.1675]
and had issue.
He was of
Raheen, Co.Kerry
(thought to be Raheen, Aghadoe par,
rather than Raheen, Kilcummin par, both E of Killarney).
He was brother of the Gaelic poet Aodhagán Ó Rathaille.
We think Julia and Morgan are identical with:
-
Julia O'Donoghue.
She mar
Morganus Rahilly
and had issue.
He was of Kilcummin parish, Co.Kerry.
Their son Rev. Florence Rahilly
was ordained a priest in 1739.
- Donal McShane O'Donoghue,
or Donoghue,
of a farm called "Inch"
at Rusheen More, Killaha par,
near Glenflesk, SE of Killarney.
(Unless this is confusion with Inch townland, Killaha par, a few townlands to the SE of Rusheen More.)
He had issue:
- Hannah O'Donoghue.
She mar
Daniel Rahilly [born est c.1740]
and had issue.
-
Hannah's 1st cousin
was a Donoghue woman who married Warren,
and was paternal grandmother of:
- Michael Warren, of Killarney.
Family tree researcher.
Despite only being related to some of the Rahillys,
and not apparently himself descending from Rahilly,
Michael Warren got interested in researching the Rahilly family for
The O'Rahilly.
He corresponded with
The O'Rahilly
in
1902-1908 about family history.
His letters in
[P102/207]
are probably the single most important
source for the Rahilly family history.
-
Cornelius O'Donoghue,
or "Corney O'Donoghue",
of Killeen, Co.Kerry.
This would be Killeen, Killaha par, SE of Glenflesk.
We say this because Ellen O'Donoghue's son
Denis Rahilly
is living at Killeen in 1822
when he gets his child baptised at nearby Glenflesk.
i.e. This is NOT Killeen,
Aghadoe parish, N of Killarney.
Cornelius had issue:
- Ellen O'Donoghue.
She mar
John Rahilly
[born est c.1750]
and had issue.
O'Donoghue of unknown
- Ellen O'Donoghue.
She mar
Thomas Rahilly
[born est c.1740-1750]
and had issue.
- John O'Donoghue,
of Glenflesk,
SE of Killarney, Co.Kerry,
had issue:
- Mary Donoghue,
or O'Donoghue.
She mar pre-1822 to
Denis Rahilly
and had issue.
- Thomas O'Donoghue,
of Glenflesk,
SE of Killarney, Co.Kerry,
had issue:
- Mary O'Donoghue.
She mar pre-1835 or pre-1839 to
Thomas Rahilly
and had issue.
In 1833,
John O'Donoghue below
wrote a testimonial for
Michael Joseph Rahilly.
They may be related.
The
McEvoy descendants
of his brother Daniel O'Donoghue
had a tradition that they were related to
the Gaelic poet
Aodhagán Ó Rathaille.
It is unclear how.
- Daniel O'Donoghue,
or Donoghue.
Farmer, of Carrigeen House (since demolished),
Carrigeencullia townland, Killarney par, Co.Kerry
(E of Killarney, N of Killaha).
His son was born at Carrigeen in 1810.
He is described as a "farmer"
at his son
John's TCD entry 1828,
and at his son Daniel's marriage 1866.
The Warder and Dublin Weekly Mail of
13 Jan 1836
lists him
as "Daniel O'Donoghue, gent, of Killarney".
He
had issue:
- John O'Donoghue,
or "John O'Donohoe",
born Co.Kerry, 1810 [age 18 when entered TCD in 1828].
[Irish Society (Dublin), 1 April 1893]
says he was born at
Carrigeen.
Editor of
the Freeman's Journal.
- Daniel O'Donoghue,
or Donoghue,
of Carrigeen House,
born 1820 [by age on mar cert],
or 1818 [by age on death cert].
He might be Daniel Donoghue, son of Daniel Donoghue and Mary Healy, who was bapt
31 December 1817 in
Killarney RC parish.
-
Mary Donoghue,
or Donohue,
born 1826 [by death cert] or 1831 [by census], Catholic,
of Cummeen, Kilgarvan par, Co.Kerry
(E of Kenmare).
Cummeen Upper and Cummeen Lower
are SE of Kilgarvan village.
A few miles S of the Glenflesk area.
Mary mar 8 Feb 1853 to
Richard Fitzgerald
and had issue.
They mar at Kilgarvan RC church.
See entry
from here.
Mar wit by William Fitzgerald
and Roger Donohue.
-
Darby O'Donoghue,
or "Derby Donoghue", labourer,
of "Gortacorn"
(probably Gortacareen, Kilcummin par),
had issue:
- Elizabeth O'Donoghue,
or "Eliza Donoghue", born 1844 or 1839, Co.Kerry.
Listed as living Lisnagrave, Kilcummin parish, at mar.
Mar cert has her as illiterate, though census later does not.
She mar 13 Feb 1868
to Thomas Rahilly
and had issue.
They mar at RC church of Rathmore, E of Killarney, Co.Kerry
[GROI].
