The shield is mostly green with two white foxes. The upper section is white with a black eagle. The crest is an arm in armour holding a sword intertwined with a green serpent.

Today the Donoghue, or Donahue name is widespread. The family name comes from the personal name, Donnchadh, which is anglicized to Donogh. They descend from a twelfh century king of Munster who took part in the battle of Clontarf. Their most enduring territory was Cork and Kerry. When the sept divided, several of the O Donoghues spread north into Galway, Kilkenny and Cavan.

The head of the Kerry sept, O Donoghue Mór, had his stronghold at Ross Castle on Lough Lene, Killarney. He is known as O Donoghue of the Glens, as is the present representative, who can style himself The O Donoghue, one of the authenticated old Irish chieftaincies. In his pedigree in Irish Family Records, he mentions that his father was deprived of his command in the British army in 1922 for joining a mutiny by the Irish serving in the British army in India and that he subsequently joined the newly formed Irish army. (See Historical Background)

When the O Donoghues were forced to flee Ireland, they served with distiction in the armies of Europe. A descendant who settle in Spain, Joan O Donju, has been described as "the last Spaniard to rule Mexico"

Charles F. Donahue

and

Edith J. (Campbell) Donahue

Dad's

High School

Graduation

Photo

Charles F. and

his Father

John H. Donahue

(Don't know the dogs name)

Dad's Holy Rosary

School Photo.

Can you find the "X" ?

Mary, Margaret
and Madeline
Donahue

Emigrant's tomb in Calvary Cemetary

Michael and
Mary Donohoe Donoghue
& family

Holy Cross Cemetery,
Milwaukee, WI.

History of the Name

"Clan O'Donoghue"

Genealogy of O'Donoghue