Volume 7: April 1851 - Dec 1851 . 1848-1850 Famine Orphans from Cork to Australia 1848-1850 1848-1850 Earl Grey Irish Female Orphans in Australia Passenger Lists [35], The majority of Donegal has a temperate oceanic climate (Kppen climate classification: Cfb), with upland areas in the Derryveagh and Blue Stack ranges classified as oceanic subpolar (Kppen climate classification: Cfc). William left Ireland and emigrated to Australia in 1867. The Ballymanus mine disaster occurred on 10 May 1943 on a beach at Ballymanus, County Donegal, when local villagers attempted to bring ashore an unexploded marine mine. Braghey - Bates Home. There are maps of fields and tables of valuations, official records and local seanchas, as the archival shards are painstakingly assembled. The principal are Lough Foyle, forming the entrance to the port of Londonderry and navigable for vessels of the largest draught to that city, and by lighters of 20 tons' burden to Lifford, and thence by the Fin-water to Castlefin; the small but secure bay of Strabreagy, well sheltered by Malin Head; Lough Swilly, the entrance to which is safe and easy; Mulroy; Sheephaven; the numerous inlets of the Rosses; Buibarra and Loughros bays, and the capacious bay of Donegal, containing within its scope the smaller harbour of Ballyshannon, on the improvement of which several thousand pounds have been expended by Col. Connolly. Athletics has been one of the most successful sports in Donegal over the years with numerous athletes from County Donegal going on to represent Ireland at the international level, with at least five winning medals at major events. New Jersey P.H. For most of the last two centuries, the majority of the buildings lay in ruins but the castle was almost fully restored in the early 1990s. The areas of County Donegal with the highest percentage of Protestants are The Laggan district of East Donegal, centred on Raphoe;[69] the Finn Valley; and areas around Ramelton, Milford and Dunfanaghy where their proportion reaches up to 3045 per cent. The bays and harbours are numerous, capacious, and safe. Robert Hamilton was I believe a guardian of the Glenties workhouse and was the chair of many of the meetings. The effects of their exertions shew themselves in a very striking manner in the baronies of Raphoe and Tyrhugh, in each of which there is a farming society, which has been attended with very beneficial effects; wheat has been raised in both these baronies with the greatest success. Co. Cork) and at Moville (Co. Donegal), crossed the ocean in merely 10 to 15 days, and charged fares as low as 1 or 2 pounds. Partition also meant that County Donegal was now almost entirely cut off from the rest of the jurisdiction in which it now found itself, the new dominion called the Irish Free State, which in April 1949 became the Republic of Ireland. The average maximum temperature in July at Malin Head is just 16.8C (62F). Much of the county's forests are commercial timber plantations which were initially established in the 1930s as a way to create rural employment in areas with poor agricultural land and high rates of emigration. In more recent years, bands such as in Their Thousands and Mojo Gogo have featured on the front page of Hot Press magazine. 1978. pp320-358. A snapshot of pre-famine local history, as described in the "Topographical Dictionary of Ireland" by Samuel Lewis, 1837. In the time of Ptolemy it was inhabited by the Vennicnii and the Rhobogdii, the latter of whom also occupied part of the county of Londonderry. Due to interbreeding, most of the deer in the county are now a Sika-Red deer hybrid. [18] While baronies continue to be officially defined units, they ceased to have any administrative function following the Local Government Act 1898, and any changes to county boundaries after the mid-19th century are not reflected in their extent. 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Chairman: Located in the far north western corner of Ireland, County Donegal is rugged and remote even by Irish standards, giving Donegal a sense of unspoilt character. A person, Ella, from Glenties was tagged. His occupation was teacher. The population of Ireland in 1841 was at a historical high, as shown by the census taken that year. Authors in County Donegal have been creating works, like the Annals of the Four Masters, in Irish and Latin since the Early Middle Ages. The Great Northern Railway (the G.N.R.) Cotton cords, velveteens, fustians, and checks are woven to a considerable extent for exportation, as are friezes for home consumption. They are, in general, badly constructed and not properly repaired, although the best materials are in abundance. Ireland, Researcher: Mrs Joan Patton Did acts of betrayal make the people and the place? 193 p. Ann Carroll. The oldest rocks in Ireland are a granitic gneiss found on the island of Inishtrahull, located ca. However, the greater economic and administrative integration with Northern Ireland, following the Good Friday Agreement of April 1998, has been of benefit to the county. There is also a large Protestant population between Donegal Town and Ballyshannon in the south of the county. A canal linking the Erne to the River Shannon was constructed between 1846 and 1860, creating Ireland's longest navigable waterway. There are also five others which have an elevation of more than 1500 feet and twelve more exceeding 1000 feet in height. The town of Raphoe and the nearby village of St Johnston, both in The Laggan, are the traditional strongholds of cricket within the county. Sources William D. Rubinstein, Who were the rich? Volume 6: June 1850 - March 1851. info@donegalancestry.com, Chairman: Mr John Coyle I could not find his name on this page. [8] This is in reference to the tath or Gaelic kingdom of Tr Chonaill (which the county was based on) and the earldom that succeeded it. Yet many of the left behind ended up feeling trapped on land where melancholy rose like damp. Agriculture, as a system, however, is not much practised except among the resident gentry, by whom great improvements are annually made. Ireland Census, 1851 FamilySearch RecordsImagesFamily TreeGenealogiesCatalogBooksWiki Cite This Collection "Ireland Census, 1851." Database with images. Besides the composts usually collected for manure, lime is in universal demand. The principalriversare theFoyle, the Swilly, and the Erne. Townlands are the smallest officially defined geographical divisions in Ireland. In 1856 the ire of the Mollies turned on James Gallagher, the biggest landowner in the townland. However, although detachments of the Royal Irish Army were stationed there, the Dublin authorities were unable to establish control over Tr Chonaill and Inishowen until after the Battle of Kinsale in 1602. From a local row he has crafted an extraordinary work of history that makes its own importance. Over the centuries since then, many . It has been labelled the "forgotten county" by its own politicians, owing to the perception that it is ignored by the government, even in times of crisis. However, the greater economic and administrative integration following the Good Friday Agreement of April 1998 has been of benefit to the county. On 24 April 2011, Donegal added their third national title when they defeated Laois to capture the National Football League Division Two, they added another Division Two title in 2019. It has a deeply indented coastline forming natural sea loughs, of which Lough Swilly and Lough Foyle are the most notable. The inscription was: This stone is erected in the tender remembrance of a Kind & honest Father by the sons of ROBERT HAMILTON who for nearly 20 years discharged his duties in this place as overseer to the Marquis Conyngham without reproach. The latter was its official name between 1922 and 1927. It is named after the town of Donegal in the south of the county. Clerical co-operation was reimagined as defiance. The remainder, amounting to 79,074 acres, were to be divided among the settlers or undertakers, as they were called, in 62 portions, 40 of 1000 acres, 13 of 1500, and 9 of 2000 each, with a certain portion of wood, bog, and mountain, to constitute a parish. County Donegal was voted number one on The National Geographic Traveller (UK) 'cool list' for 2017,[71]. [31], The native Irish red deer in Donegal went extinct around 1860 and were re-introduced in the 1890s. By 1953, the Lough Swilly had closed its entire railway system and become a bus and road haulage concern. Donegal contains one of Ireland's three glacial fjords (or fjards) at Lough Swilly, the others being Carlingford Lough and Killary Harbour. On the attainder in 1612 of Rory O'Donnell, to whom James Ihad given the title of Earl of Tyrconnell and the greater part of the family possessions, the district, which had been erected into a county called Donegal, by Sir John Perrot, in 1584, was included by that king in his plan for the plantation of Ulster. DONEGAL (County of), a maritime county of the province of ULSTER, bounded on the east and south-east by the counties of Londonderry, Tyrone, and Fermanagh, from the first-named of which it is separated by Lough Foyle; on the south, by the northern extremity of the county of Leitrim and by Donegal bay, and on the west and north by the Atlantic ocean. The Donegal Gaeltacht (Irish-speaking area) is the second-largest in Ireland. In absolute terms, Letterkenny has the largest number of Protestants (over 1,000). The father and mother are Robert and Mary and the fathers occupation is Land Steward. In 1830 it was ascertained that the shoals had returned, and the fishery consequently revived, insomuch that the value of the take in 1834 exceeded 50,000, and in the two succeeding seasons has been still greater. The Earagail Arts Festival is held within the county each July. We'd love if you added them to our Ancestors roll-call to #BringTheirMemoryHome: Want to help post timelines like this for your local parish or county? This information is again from the Teachers Salary Books. Despite a nearly 3% increase in votes, Fine Gael did not win any additional seats in 2019. In contrast to the rest of Ireland, Donegal voted decisively against these amendments. At a time when records were kept regularly but infrequently however, such measures can only be approximate. This meant that all goods had to be transhipped at Derry and Strabane. It has also been known by the alternative name County Tyrconnell (Tr Chonaill, meaning 'Land of Conall'). [38] However, due to its exposed coastal location, the climate at Malin Head is not representative of most of the county. Donegal, Irish Dn na nGall ("Fort of the Foreigners"), most northerly county of Ireland, in the historic province of Ulster. The second specified that the distribution of information about abortion services available in other countries was not unlawful. Larger glacial lakes formed in the county's distinctive U-shaped valleys, such as Lough Beagh and Gartan Lough in Glenveagh, and Dunlewey Lough and Lough Nacung Upper in the Poisoned Glen. Full control over the new County Donegall was only achieved after the Flight of the Earls in September 1607. From "Ireland Censuses 1821-1851." Database. Uniquely, County Donegal shares a small border with only one other county in the Republic of Ireland County Leitrim. Popular music is also common, the county's most acclaimed rock artist being the Ballyshannon-born Rory Gallagher. What became the City of Derry was officially part of County Donegal up until 1610.[10]. I knew that Robert was a member of the Church of Ireland and that there is a Church in Glenties. Derry, together with west Tyrone, was henceforward in a new, different jurisdiction officially called Northern Ireland. Irish monthly record wind speeds for March, June, July, September, November and December have all been set at Malin Head. [40] The upland areas of Donegal will reliably receive some covering of snow every year. The county is physically connected to the rest of the Republic of Ireland by an internal border of only a few miles. It is included in the north-western circuit. Amenities [ edit] People from south and southwest Donegal emigrated from Sligo or in many cases people from Donegal would go first to Glasgow or Liverpool and then take a ship to North America. Due to the topography of western Donegal, it receives orographic rainfall, where the air is forced to rise on contact with its mountainous coastline and subsequently cools and condenses, forming clouds. Tojoin our content volunteerspleaseemail usor simply click the link below to: James McGee, b.abt. Hence it acquired the name of Tyr-Conall (Tr Chonaill)modernised into Tyrconnel or Tirconnel, "the land of Conall," which it retained till the reign of JamesI. You must be a member of the Ireland XO community to add content to the database! Immigrated to Mauch Chuck, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, USA. The number of voters registered in January 1836, was 1745; of whom 181 were free-holders of 50, 169 of 20, and 1159 of 10 per ann. In 2009 the members of the 28th Infantry Battalion of the Irish Defence Forces were also awarded the Freedom of the County from Donegal County Council "in recognition of their longstanding service to the County of Donegal". Despite its coastal location, Malin Head records an average of 20 days of snowfall per year. Most are Town Plans which were surveyed at either five or ten foot to one mile scale between 1837 and 1896. The Wild Ireland wildlife park near Burnfoot showcases some of Donegal's historic animal species that were hunted to extinction, including brown bears, lynxes and gray wolves. So how about getting some grown-up priorities?, Caoineadh Airt U Laoghaire: 250 years of Irelands touchstone love poem, A Bit of a Writer: a significant contribution to Brendan Behans centenary year, Anne Enright on Dublin, A Writers City: every house a writer, a character, a connection, Ammi Burke returns to High Court for hearing on claim of unfair dismissal from law firm, This has been a game-changer for me: how a room in the garden can transform your family life, Prize bonds - could it be you? Carnowen. The politician Councillor Eddie Fullerton was assassinated by the Ulster Defence Association at his home in Buncrana. People remembered that James Gallagher had left his father to the workhouse that he had not shouldered his burden but not that he had evicted his subtenants. Thanks for getting back to me! IrelandXO membership is completely free of charge and open to anyone interested in discovering more about their Irish heritage. The collection contains maps for almost 150 cities, towns and villages in the Republic of Ireland. [45][46], The county's landscape was carved out by glaciation at the end of the Pleistocene and the subsequent retreat during the early Holocene. The waters of the Foyle were flowing to the ocean long before man's foot trod its banks. [70] Francis Makemie (originally from Ramelton) founded the Presbyterian Church in America. She got back and said that there was indeed a gravestone. The north-western coast fisheries are chiefly confined to Donegal. Some took advantage of assisted passenger schemes while others left less voluntarily through enforced emigration schemes, orphans were sent to Australia and Canada, people were prosecuted for trivial offences and transported as convicts, families were sent from workhouses to alleviate a Poor Law system that depended on the financial support of the landlord class. People exchanged themselves for the future and did not talk so much about the past. 2. She made contact through Facebook. Thirty-four constituencies voted against the amendment and four voted in favour, two of which were Donegal North-East and Donegal South-West. Blanket bog covers an area of 148,656ha (367,337 acres), or roughly 30 percent of the entire county.[27]. Harps' main rivals are Derry City F.C., with whom they contest Ireland's North-West Derby. Of these portions, 38 were to be granted to English and Scotch undertakers, 9 to servitors, and 15 to natives. It was better to forget, and so the living walked away from their dead, abandoning much of what had been dear to them. In May 1991, the prominent Sinn Fin politician Councillor Eddie Fullerton was assassinated by the Provisional IRA's opponent, the Ulster Defence Association (UDA), at his home in Buncrana. Co Donegal Whiskey is made very largely both in licensed and unlicensed distilleries: the latter are chiefly in the Rosses, Boyalgh, and Ennishowen, which last place has long been celebrated for the quality of the spirit produced there. The most elevated mountains are Errigal (An Earagail), which, according to the Ordnance survey, rises 2463 feet above the level of the sea; Blue Stack (An Chruach Ghorm), 2213 feet; Dooish West (An Dubhais), 2143; Slieve Snaght (Sliabh Sneachta), 2019; Silver Hill (Cruach an Airgid), 1967; Slieve League (Sliabh Liag), 1964; and Aghla (An Eachla)1958. St Johnston Cricket Club play in the North West Senior League, while Letterkenny Cricket Club play in the Derry Midweek League.[74]. The early 18th century exodus was thought to be mainly Presbyterians who went to North America and beyond in search of religious freedom, land and a better life. Notice. Sommer Lecky also achieved silver in the World Junior High Jump 2018. It contains: Donegal is the most western of the three northern counties of Ireland. This was broken up into Donegal East and Donegal West from 1937 to 1977, and into Donegal North-East and Donegal South-West from 1981 to 2016. 'Graveyard inscriptions at St. Anne's Church of Ireland, Ballyshannon'. Industry 4.0 and the future of work: How to prepare for the digital age. Copy Citation In 2007, Donegal won only their second national title by winning the National Football League. The Gaelic Athletic Association (G.A.A.) [43] The oldest rocks on mainland Donegal are a quartzo-feldspathic paragneiss found around Lough Derg, which have been dated to 1.713 billion years ago. A joint effort between the Irish and Northern Irish governments restored the canal in the late 20th century, and the ShannonErne Waterway reopened in 1994.[22]. Finn Harps play in the League of Ireland and won promotion to the Premier Division in 2015 following a 21 aggregate win over Limerick F.C. Letterkenny is by far the largest settlement in Donegal, with a population of just under 20,000. Before the Famine the squaring of farms had brought a scarifying transformation of both the physical and the moral landscape. The O'Donnells were Ulster's second most powerful clan or ruling family from the early 13th century through to the start of the 17th century. Died 02/11/1850. These town boundaries are registered as their own townlands and are much larger than rural townlands. Catriona J. McKenzie, Eileen M. Murphy and Colm J. Donnelly (Editors), This page was last edited on 1 May 2023, at 04:30. Of the Gaeltacht population of 24,744 (16% of the county's total population), 17,132 say they can speak Irish. Until around 1600, the O'Donnells were one of Ireland's richest and most powerful native Irish ruling families. 'Of the King's 1st Regiment of Dragoon Guards', married Harriet Hillier daughter of Nathaniel Hillier of Stoke Park, Surrey 1809. sport of Gaelic football is very popular in County Donegal. Tel. The Ua Canannin (OCannon) dynasty produced twenty-two kings who ruled Tir Conaill (Chonaill) periodically between 941 and 1250. [66] Today, the closest railway station to the county is Waterside Station in the City of Derry, which is operated by Northern Ireland Railways (N.I.R.). Donegal music has also influenced people not originally from the county including folk and pop singers Paul Brady and Phil Coulter. In the western champaign district, between Ballintra and, On its western side is a region of scattered rocks and hills, some on the mainland, others insulated: the larger of these rocks are thinly covered with peat and moss; a few admit of some degree of cultivation, while almost all the innumerable smaller rocks are entirely bare.