Jimmy Donahue and the Duchess of Windsor
Jimmy Donahue was the son of Woolworth Donahue, a granddaughter of Frank W.Woolworth who amassed a fortune as founder of the 5 and 10 cent chain store. In 1950 the gossip columns were full of the illicit relationship between Jimmy and the American Duchess of Windsor. A book, “Dancing with the Devil”, has just been […]
Quantrill’s raiders
William Quantrill was the infamous leader of a gang of guerillas or raiders who operated along the Missouri – Kansas borders during the Civil War. Intense political hatred existed between these two states. Missouri, a slave state, wanted Kansas admitted to the Union as a slave state too. Abolitionists in Kansas were determined to keep […]
1821 census re-indexed for parts of Cavan still available
Great improvements made to indexation of these remaining census records available Go to National Archives – More Search Options to see if the parishes shown are interesting to you There are families of Donocho in Corleslee and Aughnaglogh townland Annagelliff parish Donohoe in Castlerahan, Kenawley, Munterconaght and Lurgan parishes And lots of Donoho in many […]
Major General Chris Donahue is last US soldier to leave Afghanistan
The commander of the US Army’s 82nd Airborne Division, XVIII Airborne Corps, Major General Chris Donahue, was the last US soldier to exit Afghanistan on the day the United States ended its 20-year war. He led the evacuation mission on the ground as one of the commanders. US Central Command commander General Kenneth F McKenzie […]
Spirituality on Sydney’s streets
Spirituality on Sydney’s streets Not just a chaplain but a sign of hope amid evil March 22, 2021 From https://www.catholicweekly.com.au/spirituality-on-sydneys-streets/ Fr Paul O’Donoghue refers to his NSW Police Bible. PHOTO: Alphonsus Fok When police head out on the beat each day they carry an extra layer of protection in addition to their bullet-proof vest … […]
Wonderful site with so much material run by Peter J Clarke
http://freeirishebooks.blogspot.co.uk/ free books to download on Irish genealogy.
O’Donoghues in Fiction
In January 2004 journal I ran an article with this title adn showed how our name has been used in fiction In JB Turner’s Hard….. series featuring Jon Reznick, Bill O’Donoghue is Director of the FBI
Finding hundreds of photos on people of our name on Ancestry
I am reacquainting myself with Ancestry.com after having been away from it for several years while writing my book on the Quaker Exile of 1777. https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/1093/?name=_Donoghue&bsk=MDsxMDIxOzIw&fh=1000 should take you to all the photos online at Ancestry.com which have the name Donoghue attached to them on public trees on Ancestry.com. I thought maybe it might be […]
US World War One soldiers from 101st and 102nd Infantry – photos
Contributed by Jean Smoorenburg from the Massachusetts State Archives
Proud rapparees in Ireland, USA and Australia
I am a close Y-DNA relative to Tighe O’Donohue and keep loosely in touch with Elizabeth in our family quest. We are still searching for our common relatives but are pretty close to narrowing down. Years ago Tighe shared with me some great Irish history that the O’Donohue/Mor were true patriots and earned the rowdy […]