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Dónall 'ac Murchadha ó Rathaille

Dónall 'ac Murchadha ó Rathaille, the poet.
He had a farm at Raheen, Aghadoe parish, Co.Kerry.
[P102/207(5)] says "he had a big farm at Raheen [illegible] and a stage house. All the traffic from Killarney to Kanturk used go that way in those days" (along what are now just minor roads).

He was also said to have held nearby Lisbabe (or Lisbaby), Aghadoe par, Co.Kerry (see map).
It was said that he "had the whole of Lisbaby to himself" [1910 letter from The O'Rahilly].
He was renting Lisbabe from MacCarthy.
Lisbabe was one of the ploughlands that belonged to Eoghan MacCarthy (Owen) of Lisnagaun (Headfort, Aghadoe par, see map).
He may be "Daniel Rahily" of Lisbabe, who witnessed the will of Eoghan MacCarthy of Lisnagaun, 6 Nov 1724.

Dónall was a poet.
He was the author of Cois Brice and other verses.
Cois Brice ("Beside the Bric") refers to the River Bric or Brick, which runs past Lixnaw town, NW Co.Kerry.
He is said to have erected the O'Rahilly memorial slab in the nave of the church at Muckross Abbey.
He died without issue, c.1784 [Fitzelle, 1986].
[King, 1910] and [1910 letter from The O'Rahilly] say that Dónall and his uncle the poet Aodhagán are buried in the same grave in Muckross Abbey.
Lisbaby was inherited by his brother Fionn's family.

Raheen, Aghadoe par, on 1829 to 1842 map.
Showing the old stagecoach road.

Dónall may be "Daniel Rahily" of Lisbabe, who witnessed the will of Eoghan MacCarthy of Lisnagaun, 6 Nov 1724.
The above is an extract of MacCarthy's will of 1724, printed on pp.209-211 of [Dineen and O'Donoghue, 1911].
This shows MacCarthy's lands included Lisbabe and Barraduff.