1840, Richard O’Donovan of Wexford, has an Estate of 4,800 acres an ‘Outrageous Orangeman holds Orange Meetings in a Restored castle’ Family acquired Land through Purchase of Cromwellian Debenture Probably Ancestor Murtagh O’Donovan, A Papist, from West Cork.

From Dr. John O’Donovan’s letter to his cousin in Waterford.