Denis O'Driscoll
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- Denis /O'Driscoll/
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- Denis
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- O'Driscoll
English form used as the primary name for searching; Irish Donnchadh, Spanish Dionisio, also written Donogh (see alternative names).
Donnchadh mac Conchobhair O'Driscoll, lord of Castlehaven (Gleann Bearcháin), head of the Sliocht Thaidhg branch of the O'Driscolls. Called "Dionisio Odriscol, señor de Castelaven" in the 1634 Santiago genealogy of his son, and "Denis O'Driscoll, lord of Castlehaven" in Spanish records of 1602-03 (O'Scea 2004); English records give Donogh. Son of Conchobhar O'Driscoll and Joan O'Mahony of Dunbeacon; brothers Diarmaid, Conchobhar, Tadhg and Dáire (Coombes, JCHAS 1965, pp. 108-110 and App. I). Welcomed Zubiaur's Spanish squadron to Castlehaven on 6 Dec 1601 and placed his castle at their disposal; sailed to Corunna with his wife and family in Aug 1602; received a Spanish royal pension of 80 escudos a month (memorial of 26 Nov 1603, AGS Guerra Antigua leg. 611).
- Name
- Donnchadh /O'Driscoll/
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- also known as
- Given names
- Donnchadh
- Surname
- O'Driscoll
- Name
- Donogh /O'Driscoll/
- Type of name
- also known as
- Given names
- Donogh
- Surname
- O'Driscoll
- Name
- Dionisio /Odriscol/
- Type of name
- also known as
- Given names
- Dionisio
- Surname
- Odriscol
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Birth of a son
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Note: Place: "natural de Castelaven" (1634 Santiago genealogy). Date: several witnesses in the 1634 Madrid depositions give his age as 34 ("de hedat de treynta y quatro años"), so born about 1600. Very probably taken to Corunna as an infant when his parents sailed for Spain in Aug 1602 (Coombes, JCHAS 1965, p. 110). |
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Marriage
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Note: Married before May 1601, when "Donnchadh and his wife Eilis Ni Rannaill Ui Mhuirthile" were pardoned together (Irish fiant 6515, 17th Report DKPRI; cited by Coombes, JCHAS 70 (1965), p. 108 n. 1). The 1634 Santiago genealogy of their son Dermicio names his parents as Don Dionisio Odriscol, señor de Castelaven, and Doña Isauel Ohurleo, natural de Baly Nicarrigui. |
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Death of a brother
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Citation details: p. 109 Quality of data: secondary evidence Note: Drowned when the English sank his brother Tadhg's great boat at the Downings. |
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Death of a brother
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Citation details: p. 111 Quality of data: secondary evidence Note: Dead by 30 July 1621, when his son Cornelius pressed the claims of "his widowed mother and family". |
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Note
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Other possible children (not linked, grade C): "Antonio Driscol, b. Castlehaven", a sponsor in Madrid in 1627 with Dermicio and his cousin Daniel (Walsh, Spanish Knights I, doc. XXV; A.H.N. Calatrava exp. 1832; A.G.S. Estado leg. 2755-2756). The 1603 memorial speaks of Donnchadh's "wife, children, and family" at La Coruña, so there was more than one child. |
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Last change
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Author of last change: daveh |
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Birth: estimated 1580
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— Ballinacarriga, Ballymoney, County Cork, Ireland |
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Source citation
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Citation details: App. I note
Quality of data: questionable evidence |