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- DONALL O’DOCHARTY, became Lord and Chief of Inishowen, on the decease of his brothers, s. p. He m. 1st, Cobthaich, dau. of John Macdonnell, and by her had a son,
Brian-Duff, who d. v. p., leaving a son,
CONNOR-CARRACH, who s. his uncle as head of the family
He m. 2ndly, Ellena, dau. of Maolmurtha MacSweeny, and by her had a son and successor,
JOHN O’DOCHARTY, who d. s. p. in 1511, and was s. by his nephew,
CONNOR CARRACH O’DOCHARTY, who was father of FELIM O’DOCHERTY, Lord of Inishowen, whose son, SIR JOHN MOR O’DOCHERTY, of Inishowen, who submitted to the English, and was knighted, 3 Dec. 1541, by Sir Arthur St. Leger, lord-deputy, and d. in 1566, leaving by Rose, his wife, dau. of Manus O’Donnell, Lord of Tirconnell, an eldest son and heir,
SIR JOHN OGE O’DOCHERTY, Knt., Lord and Chief of Inishowen, knighted in May, 1585, who m. Elizabeth, eldest dau. of Sir Owen MacToole MacSwing, Knt., and had issue,
Cahir (Sir) Knt., Lord of Inishowen, engaged in the civil strifes of the time, and was eventually defeated and slain by the English, in 1610, having had no issue by his wife, the Hon. Mary, dau. of Christopher, 4th Lord Gormanston.
source: Burke, John and John Bernard Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 2. London, UK: Henry Colburn, 1850.
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