Patrick O’Donoghue listed in some records in the informal as Donoghue married to Ellen McAuliffe on 23 February 1846 at Ballyclough, Mallow, County Cork, Ireland. He is believed by some to have died in 1875 but no one seems to really know for sure and also unknown is where he was buried. His son Stephen known as "The Cap O’Donoghue" is buried at Taur, Newmarket, Cork.