Lord and Prince of Inishowen, County Donegal Donchartach, Lord and Prince of Inishowen

• Name	Donchartach   [1]
  Title	Lord and Prince of Inishowen, County Donegal
  Suffix	Lord and Prince of Inishowen
  Gender	Male
  Also Known As	"Conqueror of Difficulties"  [1]
  Person ID	I45	Doherty Genealogy
  Last Modified	1 Oct 2024

  
  

  Father	Maongal, Lord of Inishowen
  Family ID	F37	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family
  Children	1. Maongal O'Docharty, Lord of Inishowen
  Family ID	F36	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Oct 2024

  
  

• Notes

  DOHERTY, OR O’DOCHERTY, OF INISHOWEN. Lineage. The surname of O’Docharty, or Doherty, is derived from DOCHARTACH, (i.e. Conqueror of Difficulties,) Lord and Prince of Inishowen, co. Donegal, son and heir of MAONGAL, of Inishowen, and grandson of FIANAN, Lord of Inishowen, who was third son of CEAN FAOLA, Prince of Tire Connell, now the county of Donegal, and twelfth in lineal descent from Conal Gulban, seventh son of NIAL the Great, also called Niall of the Nine Hostages. This Dochartach was father of MAONGAL, whose son and heir, DONALL, of Drumfernoght, Lord of Inishowen, was father of DONOGH DONN O’DOCHARTY, Lord of Inishowen. 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.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] John Burke 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).