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Sir John Og O’Doherty (Abt. 1540–1601, Lord in 1582). Son of Seán Mor O’Doherty and Rosa O’Donnell. Lived at Burt Castle. In 1600 he protected Inishowen against an invasion by the English fleet which had set up three forts around Lough Foyle, one of which was built on the O’Dogherty estate at Culmore. Later in 1600, he slew Colonel ...
The songs are listed in the index by accession number, rather than (for example) by subject matter or in order of importance. Some well-known songs have low Roud numbers (for example, many of the Child Ballads), but others have high ones. Some of the songs were also included in the collection Jacobite Reliques by Scottish poet and novelist ...
Pages in category "Songs written by Peter O'Doherty" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
Cathbarr O'Donnell (Irish: Cathbarr Ó Domhnaill; c. 1583 – 15 September 1608) was an Irish nobleman and member of the O'Donnell dynasty of Tyrconnell. The youngest brother of Red Hugh O'Donnell, Cathbarr fought in the Nine Years' War. He married Rosa O'Doherty, sister of Cahir O'Doherty.
Rosa was the daughter of Sir Seán Óg O'Doherty and his first wife. Rosa had five siblings (two sisters and three brothers). Her eldest brother was Cahir O'Doherty. [2] The O'Doherty clan were the traditional rulers of Inishowen in the north-west of Ulster. [citation needed] Seán Óg died on 27 January 1601, [3] making Cahir clan chief.
Sir Turlough McHenry O'Neill (died 1608) is known for having been killed together with his father, Henry, fighting for the crown in O'Doherty's Rebellion and for being the father of Sir Phelim O'Neill, who started the Irish Rebellion of 1641.
"A Nation Once Again" is a song written in the early to mid-1840s by Thomas Osborne Davis (1814–1845). Davis was a founder of Young Ireland, an Irish movement whose aim was for Ireland to gain independence from Britain. Davis believed that songs could have a strong emotional impact on people. He wrote that "a song is worth a thousand harangues".
She began collecting Irish language songs in London (she first collected "Neillí Bhán" on a train coming from Woolwich). [2] She converted to Roman Catholicism and, in 1903, she married Thomas Bodkin Costello (1864–1956), a medical doctor, historian, and fellow Gaelic Leaguer. They had one child, a daughter, writer Nuala Costello.