Genealogy research by Mark Humphrys.
The oldest dated item in my entire family tree (excluding Blennerhassett).
"Murrogh O'Rahilly" in
Exchequer Bill, 26 May 1701.
Morgan O'Rahilly,
See note on the wives of Morgan O'Rahilly and Fionn O'Rahilly.
According to our theory,
Morgan probably married
Julia O'Donoghue "Mourney".
We think this is who he married, rather than
Mary O'Donoghue "Mourney", or
a dau of Donal O'Sullivan of Meentogues.
Morgan and his wife had issue:
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 wit the will of
Eoghan MacCarthy of Lisnagaun, 6 Nov 1724.
See
MacCarthy's will of 1724
printed in
[Dineen and O'Donoghue, 1911],
showing his lands included Lisbabe and Barraduff.
Dónall was a
poet.
He was the author of Cois Brice ("Beside the Bric",
refers to River Bric or Brick,
which runs past Lixnaw town, NW Co.Kerry)
and other verses.
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.
Morganus Rahilly,
Evidence against this theory:
The evidence seems clear that the O'Rahilly property was Raheen, Aghadoe par:
Raheen, Aghadoe par, on
1829 to 1842 map.
Raheen, Kilcummin par, on
1829 to 1842 map.
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