Ullagone
Irish Gaelic olagōn, olagān, of imitative origin
Observations of Breton traveller Jacques Louis de Bougrenet (De Latocnaye) in West Cork, Bandon, Macroom, Dunmanway ‘The Priest’s Leap’ and Bantry 1796, keening at funerals.
Obituaries would sometimes mention members of junior branches as from an ‘old and respected family’ (who were not wealthy at all) and this can be very useful for genealogical research. In my experience, Catholic families so described in the late 19th and early 20th centuries tend to descend from the wealthier 18th century tenant farmers and have a connection with the Church by providing priests and patronage. In many cases they were a hidden gentry and it was well known they were descended from the landholders of confiscated lands in the 17th century.
1842- died 1890 Dr. John O’Donovan Doctor, Dispensary Doctor North Dispensary, Liverpool, later Ballincollig Son of Dr. Daniel Senior, brother of Dr. Daniel Junior Paddy O’Keeffe, Bantry
His father Heroic Famine ~Doctor
1808-, Edinburgh, died 1877 Dr. Daniel Donovan Senior MD Ed. Mr. Armstrong Classic School Rosscarbery, Dublin, Edinburgh. Doctor, Dispensary Officer Union Hall, Glandore 1830-1839, 1840. Magistrate, Donovan Daniel, sen, North street Retired 1870 succeeded by son. “Skibbereen 1847 distress meeting. Seeking equality of endowment in Catholic education 1859. Born at Ross of ‘island’ branch who formerly owned Ross town. Son Henry Solicitor died 1873. Probate to widow Henrietta £800 1877. 1859, Thomas Burke, M.D.,Skibbereen. Estate £1,500. Named Daniel Donovan, M.D., David Hadden, M.D., Daniel McCartie, brewer. 1877. Opening Skibbereen Railway
Daniel Donovan
David Hadden
John Levis, Glenview
S. W. Levis, Coroner
Dr. McCormack, Goleen
Dr. Popham, Bntry
Samuel Robinson
Dr. Swanton, Bantry
Dr. Sweetnam, Schull
” “In 1835 Dr Dan married Henrietta Flynn and they had a family of six daughters and five sons. In 1839
he was appointed to the Skibbereen Dispensary and he was elected the first medical officer of the
new Skibbereen Workhouse. Famine Diary of Doctor O’Donovan, Dispensary Doctor, Skibbereen, 1877 in poor circumstances plea by British Medical Association for increased pension. 1854 attending Patriotic Concert, Skibbeeen in aid of Crimean war widows and orphans. 1862 donor Skibbereen Relief Fund. 1846 attending famine relief meeting Bandon, Magistrates attending famine relief meeting Bandon, Cork Examiner 28th August 1846. The Earl of Bandon, Colonel Bernard, D. Conner, J.Wheeler, Masekelyne Alcock, R.H.H. Beecher, Rev., T. Tuckey, James Gillman, George Robinson, William J.Payne, Charles Evanson, James Swanston, Arthur Hutchinson, Lionel Fleming, Samuel Townsend,
” https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/164a5605c1527277?projector=1&messagePartId=0.1 “Dr Daniel Donovan – heroic figure of the Famine in Skibbereen
By Philip O’Regan, Skibbereen Heritage Centre.1877 Funeral Attendance of Dr. Daniel Donovan, By Philip O’Regan, Skibbereen Heritage Centre.1877 Procession Nearly a Mile and a half in Length. Buried in Family Tomb at Rosscarbery of The O’Donovans of The Islands. Sons Dr.Daniel Junior, Dr.John Donovan, Ballincollig.” “Cholera, Myross, Board of Health. CSO/RP/1832/1813/2. Chairman, Richard Townsend, J.P.,
Names of persons interested in the Board:
Rev. Charles Bushe, Rector, Castlehaven
Rev. James Tuckey, curate
Rev. P. crowley, P.P
Rev. William Goulding, R.C. curate
Rev. ..Bert.., R.C. curate
Thomas Somerville, J.P
Thomas Townsend, Lieutenant, R.N.
Ralph Mansfield, J.P.
Daniel Donovan, M.D.”
Mná chaointe (Keeners) at Church of Ireland and Methodist Funerals 18th and 19th Century, West Cork: Sir Richard Cox (1650-1733), Dunmanway, and Some Family Recollections by James Stanley Vickery in Australia 1829-1911, of Childhood in Moloch in Parish of Durrus, 1832-6.
Is it possible that Keening is pre Christian. There are references to Keeners being employed at Cox’s funeral in 1733 in Dunmanway. Cox was the founder of Dunmanway and promoter of the linen industry. For someone who was virulently anti Catholic it is also surprising that there is a praise poem dedicated to him as set out below
Magistrate
John Island Donovan, M.D., North St. Skibbereen, 1880, Resident, £25. Died 1889, 5th and last surviving son of the late Daniel Donovan (The Famine Doctor) Buried in Family Tomb at Rosscarbery of The O’Donovans of The Islands.
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