Families of County Donegal
Tír Chonaill — the Ó Domhnaill kingdom, Ráth Cheannaí, and the last Gaelic Ireland to fall.
Families of County Donegal
- O'DonnellTír Chonaill — Red Hugh's escape, and the Flight of 1607.
- GallagherOf Tír Chonaill and the household cavalry of the O'Donnell.
- DohertyLords of Inishowen — and the revolt that triggered the Plantation of Ulster.
- BoyleTwo unrelated families, one Anglicisation — Donegal kings and the Earls of Cork.
- ClarkeAnnalists of Tír Chonaill — and the surname of the 1916 Proclamation's first signatory.
- McLaughlinSons of the Norseman — kings of Inishowen.
- SweeneyHebridean gallowglass — household cavalry of Tír Chonaill.
Historic ties to Donegal
Families with historic but not core ground in this county.