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Descendants of James Doran, Sr.

Generation No. 1

1. JAMES² DORAN, SR. (???¹) was born in Ireland, and died Unknown. He married CATHERINE SHAUGHNESSY February 07, 1785 in Borris Parish, Carlow County, Ireland. She was born in Ireland, and died Unknown.

Notes for JAMES DORAN, SR.:
Carlow History
http://www.rootsweb.com/~irlcar2/History_of_Carlow.htm

Carlow is one of the Irish Counties favoured by having much of it’s Celtic past largely undisturbed. The first settlers to reach Ireland around 6000 BC left traces of their passing in the flint weapons and implements found along the Barrow valley. The legends of County Carlow began with the saga of the destruction of Dinn Righ, an immense to hill fort near Leighlinbridge. This fort was, according to tradition destroyed by Labraidh Loinseach who is said to have come from Gaul with the first wave of Celtic settlers about 300 BC Much earlier civilizations, however, built the great Dolmen at Browne’s Hill and other notable specimens within the county. Excavations at the great stone fort of Rathgall just inside the Wicklow border have brought to light the sophisticated technology used by the Celts when making their bronze weapons.
Rathgall was a huge workshop where spears, swords and shields were fashioned. On excavation in 1969 of Rathgall turned out to be the first Later Bronze Age Workshop located in Ireland and more than four hundred fragments of clay moulds were found. A further two or three hundred mould fragments were discovered away from the main workshop showing the considerable extent of the bronze-working area.

The coming of Christianity saw the development of the great religious site of Saint Mullins in a beautiful location on the River Barrow, north of New Ross. To day St. Mullins is well worth a visit to see the beautiful ruins of the once great monastic settlement.

After the Norman Invasion a great chieftain, Art McMurrough Kavanagh became King of Leinster and the most feared fighting man in the country. He attacked the Norman forces with such frequency that King Richard II came to Ireland personally to resolve the issue in 1394 with an estimated 10,000 men. A treaty was agreed and King Richard II returned to England but he had barely reached home when Art McMurrough Kavanagh struck again and a series of battles culminated in a peace engagement at Kellistown near Tullow where the King’s cousin, Roger Mortimer was routed and slain. In fury King Richard II returned to Ireland to defeat Art McMurrough Kavanagh but he inflicted defeat after defeat on the King’s forces. Richard’s war in Ireland gave his enemies their chance. Bolingbroke usurped England’s throne, the ill-fated Richard returned to his death and Art McMurrough Kavanagh of Borris won back his kingdom.

Carlow County remained a total Gaelic enclave for centuries after this until after the Cromwellian confiscation's of 1650, the later Penal Laws and the banishment of Gaelic Society.

Principal Families of Co. Carlow 11th to 17th Century

BARONS: - Butler, Carew
LORDS: - O'Cavanagh, O'Moore, O'Nolan, O'Ryan
CHIEFTAINS: - MacGorman, O'Cahill, O'Doran
NO TITLE DESIGNATED: - Chevers, Coke, Eustace, Fitzgerald, Grace, Lombard, MacMurrough, MacTeigue, O'Bolger, O'Doyle, O'Doyne, O'Gorman, O'Kinsellagh, Sarsfield, Strongbow, Tallon, Wall.

This Information provided by Alan O'Neill aoneill@home.com

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Parishes of County Carlow
http://www.rootsweb.com/~irlcar2/parish.htm

"County Carlow [7 baronies]
All - Anciently cited to be inhabited by the Brigantes and Cauci (by Ptolemy) or by the Coriundi (by Whitaker). It later formed the northern part of a territory called Hy Kinselagh, and was distinguised by the name Hy Cabanagh and Hy Drone. An early form of the county's name was Catherlagh. The principal septs included Mac Murrough, Kavanagh, O'DORAN, O'Nolan, MacKEOGH and O'Ryan.
Carlow - The Ui Bairrche are noted early in this barony. The O'Dolans were hereditary brehons of Leinster and cited here.
Forth - O Nuallain (O'Nolan) were Princes of Fotharta, the root name for the barony of Forth. They were of the sept of the Fotharta of Mag Fea
Idrone (East) - The Ui Bairrche and Ui Drona are cited early here. The O'Riain (Ryan) sept were Lords of Ui Drona. The O'Doyle clan of Viking origin was said to originate from a 9th century King of Idrone.
Idrone (West) - O'Riain (Ryan), Lords of Ui Drona, are cited here. Following the Norman Invasion the Kavanaghs, descendants of the MacMurrough clan, held this territory then known as Hy Cabanagh or Ui Cavenagh.
Rathvilly - In the 5th century, Crimthan, King of Leinster, lived at Rathvilly. The territory was that of the Ui Felmelda Tuaid, a Ui Cheinnselaig sept descended from Feidlimidh son of Enna Ceansalagh and brother of Crimthan. The MacKEOGHs here were chief bards of the Kings of Leinster. An O'Neill family was centered here.
St. Mullin's (Lower) - The ancient land of the Ui Drona was centered here in the 8th century.
St. Mullin's (Upper) - Very early this area was referred to as Fearann Uí Néill, or the country of Farren O'Neale, lords of Tully. This may refer to the O Neill sept of Magh dá chonn in Leinster."

County Carlow
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/irl/CAR/index.html

"Carlow, or Catherlough, a county of Ireland, in Leinster, 28 miles long and 8 broad, bounded E by Wicklow and Wexford, W by Queen's county and Kilkenny, and N by Kildare, divided into 50 parishes, and sends 3 members to parliament. Chief rivers, the Barrow and Slaney. Pop. 81,287."

County Carlow, IrelandGenWeb
http://www.rootsweb.com/~irlcar/

"General Information

Carlow is located in the south east of Ireland, approximately 80km from Dublin. The modern name Carlow is derived from the old Irish place name Ceatharloch, meaning ‘four lakes’.

Towns and Villages in the County

Ardattin, Bagenalstown, Ballinabranagh, Ballinkillen, Ballon, Ballymurphy, Borris, Carlow, Clonegal, Clonmore, Fennagh, Garryhill, Graiguecullen, Grange, Hacketstown, Kildavin, Leighlinbridge, Myshall, Nurney, Old Leighlin, Rathoe, St. Mullins, Tinryland, Tullow."

County Carlow Facts/"Irish Roots" magazine Rootsweb Posting by Jean Rice
Author: Jean Rice Date: 16 Jan 1999 12:00 PM GMT

"Carlow with an area of 346 square miles is one of the smallest counties in Ireland. The population of the county in 1841 was 86, 228, over the next forty years it decreased thus, in 1861, 57,137, in 1871 to 51,650, in 1881 to 46,588, the population almost halved in forty years. Famine played a big part in this with emigration also to blame. The population of Carlow County from the 1991 census was 40,942, with Carlow town at 11,271. Almost triangular in shape, Carlow is surrounded by counties Kildare, Wicklow, Wexford, Kilkenny and Laois, and bounded by the River Slaney to the east and the River Barrow to the west. There are 597 townlands, and seven baronies in Carlow: Carlow, Rathvilly, Idrone East, Idrone West, Forth, St. Mullins Upper and St. Mullins Lower. With Mount Leinster at a height of 2,610 feet, looking down on the beautiful village of Borris, the county is surrounded by hills. The Barrow Valley, in all its breathtaking beauty, takes you through Carlow town, on to Leighlinbridge, Bagnalstown, Goresbridge, Graignamanagh and on to St. Mullins, famed in history, from where the river is tidal. At the time of trading, the boats were met there by a steamer which took them out on the early morning tide. St. Mullins is the site of the famous monastery founded by St. Molling, a place of great learning and holiness. The saint is reputed to have promised that those buried in the graveyard would go straight to Heaven. Griffth's valuation was carried out in Carlow in 1852. At that time the most numerous household surname in Carlow was Byrne, with no less than 498 Byrne households in the county, followed by Nolan/Nowland with 310."

Local Ireland.ie Carlow
http://carlow.local.ie/content/13689.shtml
County Carlow

"Location: An inland county in the south-east of the country, Carlow is the second smallest county in Ireland and is one of the few inland counties that does not constitute part of the central plain. Carlow is bounded in the east by the granite walls of the Blackstairs Mountains and is split in three by the great rivers of the Barrow and the Slaney as they travel southwards. The Castlecomer Plateau, which Carlow shares with County Kilkenny, contains coal shale - a geological feature that has given Carlow an industrial tradition, unusual in Ireland.

History: The county’s fertile land has been prized for centuries, and this factor, along with Carlow’s strategic position between Kilkenny and the east coast, has contributed to the county’s violent history. During early Christian times, Carlow’s rich river valleys were the sites for many monastic settlements, most of which were destroyed by the Vikings. In the 14th century, Art MacMurrough Kavanagh of Borris became king of Leinster and a thorn in the side of the English armies. His attacks on the Pale were so frequent that Richard II was himself compelled to confront the chieftain with an estimated 10,000 strong expeditionary force. However, Art Oge, as he was known, inflicted defeat upon defeat on the king, giving Richard’s enemies the chance to usurp the English throne. Carlow remained a stronghold of Gaelic power until after the Cromwellian plantation of the 1650s. County Carlow and County Wexford were the sites of most of the fiercest fighting in the 1798 rebellion, and more than 600 rebels were slaughtered in the county. A monument now commemorates them at Graiguecullen.

Origin of County name: Derived from the Irish ‘Ceatharlach’, meaning quadruple lake.
Land area: 346 sq. miles (County’s rank in size in the island of Ireland: 31).
County Capital: Carlow.
Main towns: Borris, Muinebeag, Tullow.
Census details: Total population - 41,616 - a 1.6% increase since 1991."

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Ancient Kinsella Lineage
http://www.kinsella.org/history/famline.htm7:32 AM 8/23/2002

"The ancient kings of Leinster (Ui Cinnsealaigh = Hy Kinsella) had fortresses or royal residences at Dinn Righ, near the river Barrow, between Carlow and Leighlin; at Naas, in Kildare; and, in after times at the city of Ferns in Wexford, which was their capital; and also at Old Ross in Wexford; and at Ballymoon in Carlow. The Ui Cinnsealaigh were inaugurated as kings of Leinster at a place called Cnoc-an-Bhogha, attended by O'Nolan, who was the King's Marshal, and Chief of Forth in Carlow; by O'Doran, Chief Brehon of Leinster; and by MacKeogh, their Chief Bard."

Annals of the Four Masters (Author: Unknown)
http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100005D/text004.html
1404-1416
"M1404.9
Carroll O'Daly, Ollav of Corcomroe; Donnell, the son of Donough O'Daly, who was usually called Bolg-an-Dana; Flann, the son of John O'Donnellann, Ollav of Sil-Murray in poetry; William O'Doran, Ollav of Leinster in judicature; Nuala, daughter of Donnell, son of Murtough O'Conor, and wife of Farrell, the son of Cormac Mac Donough; and Donncahy, the son of Murray Mac Shanly, a wealthy brughaidh cedach farmer of Corco-Achlann, and chief servant of trust to Rory O'Conor, King of Connaught, died."

Ancients 5 O'Toole (No. 1)
http://fp.dowling.f9.co.uk/a6_0220.htm

"The ancient kings of Leinster had fortresses or royal residences at Dinnrigh, near the river Barrow, between Carlow and Leighlin; at Naas, in Kildare; and in aftertimes at the city of Ferns in Wexford, which was their capital; and also at Old Ross in Wexford; and at Ballymoon in Carlow.
The MacMoroughs were inaugurated as kings of Leinster at a place called Cnoe-an-Bhogha, attended by O'Nolan, who was the King's Marshall, and Chief of Forth in Carlow; by O'Doran, Chief Brehon of Leinster; and by MacKeogh, his Chief Bard; and the MacMoroughs maintained their independence, and held the title of "Kings of Leinster, " with large possessions in Wexford and Carlow down to the reign of Queen Elizabeth I.

The Hy-Cavanagh or O'Cavanaghs were chiefs of the ancient territory which now comprises the barony of Idrome East, in the county of Carlow; and in modern times became the representatives of the MacMoroughs, Kings of Leinster. (Irish Pedigrees or The Origin and Stem of The Irish Nation by James O'Hart published in 1892 by James Duffy & Co. Ltd. Dublin)."

Notes for CATHERINE SHAUGHNESSY:
GoIreland.com - Genealogy surname search
http://www.goireland.com/genealogy/Html/surname_search.htm

"The O'Shaughnessys (in Irish O Seanchnasaigh) were a sept of considerable importance in that part of Co. Galway known as the barony of Kiltartan; indeed we may say are, rather than were, for around that area the greater number of persons of the name are still concentrated. They have an illustrious origin, being of the southern Ui Fiachrach, descended from the famous King Daithi, the last pagan King of Ireland. In the eleventh century the supplanted their kinsmen the O'Cahills and also the O'Clerys as the principal sept of Ui Fiachra Aidhne which was Co-extensive with the diocese of Kilmacduagh: they are recorded as chiefs there from 1100 onwards and their territory is described in the "Composition Book of Connacht" (1585) as O'Shaughnessy's Country. They do not figure prominently in the history of the country until the seventeenth century. Sir Dermot O'Shaughnessy whose great-great-grandfather had, as Chief of the Name, so far forsaken the Gaelic order as to fall in with the policy of "Surrender and regrant" and accept a knighthood from Henry VIII, joined the Confederation of Kilkenny. As a result his estates were confiscated under the Cromwellian regime. Though possession of a considerable portion was regained at the Restoration much of it was once more lost in the Williamite forfeitures, for the chief of the day was again found on the Irish side. However, the O'Shaughnessy influence remained strong in south Galway for at least another generation for we find in a case relating to O'Shaughnessy lands in 1731 their opponents appealing for a transfer of venue on the grounds that no jury in Co. Galway would give a verdict unfavourable to that family. As was the case in so many of the great Irish families the last Chief of the Name, William O'Shaughnessy (1674-1744), served in the Irish Brigade: he was colonel of Clare's regiment and died in France, having attained the rank of marshal after almost fifty years of active service, which began in King James's army at the Boyne. A branch of the Kiltartan O'Shaughnessys settled in Co. Limerick in the sixteenth century where their descendants are still living. One family of this branch changed their name temporarily to Sandys. Sir John c("Big John") O'Shannassy (1818-1883), distinguished himself as an Australian statesman and ardent Catholic: while Sir William Brooke O'Shaughnessy (1809-1889) of the Limerick branch, was a pioneer of telegraphy as well as an eminent surgeon. The sacred crozier of St. Colman, reputed to be used as a means of inducing defrauders to give up illicitly acquired goods to their rightful owners, was in the possession of the O'Shaughnessy family from the time of Bishop O'Shaughnessy of Kilmacduagh (d. 1223) for several centuries: it is now in the collection of the National Museum of Ireland."

Marriage Notes for JAMES DORAN and CATHERINE SHAUGHNESSY:
Borris Roman Catholic Parish, County Carlow, Ireland
Source: Compiled by Carlow Genealogy Project, Old School, College St., Carlow, Co. Carlow, Ireland - Email: carlowgenealogy@iolfree.ie
Mary Moore, Co-ordinator, Carlow Genealogy Project (Additional Source: FHL Film 926107)

February 07, 1785
Parish: Borris
Religion: Roman Catholic
Volume No. 1, Page No. 440, Entry No. 82
Husband: James Doran; Address, Not Recorded
Wife: Catherine Shaughnessy; Address: Borris
Witnesses: John Doran and James Coulton

Children of JAMES DORAN and CATHERINE SHAUGHNESSY are:

CATHERINE³ DORAN, b. Abt. October 1785, Coonogue (Borris RC Parish), Kiltennell Civil Parish, County Carlow, Ireland; d. Unknown.

Notes for CATHERINE DORAN:
Borris Roman Catholic Parish, County Carlow, Ireland
Source: Compiled by Carlow Genealogy Project, Old School, College St., Carlow, Co. Carlow, Ireland - Email: carlowgenealogy@iolfree.ie
Mary Moore, Co-ordinator, Carlow Genealogy Project (Additional Source: FHL Film 926107)

Baptism: Catherine Doran
Parish: Borris
Volume 1, Page 42, Entry 537
Date of Baptism: November 1, 1785
Father's Name: James Doran
Mother's Name: Catherine Shaughnessy
Address: Coonogue
Sponsors: Peter Swords and Judith Ryan

More About CATHERINE DORAN:
Baptism: November 01, 1785, Coonogue (Borris RC Parish), Kiltennell Civil Parish, County Carlow, Ireland

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MARGARET DORAN, b. Abt. October 1786, Coonogue (Borris RC Parish), Kiltennell Civil Parish, County Carlow, Ireland; d. Unknown.

Notes for MARGARET DORAN:
Borris Roman Catholic Parish, County Carlow, Ireland
Source: Compiled by Carlow Genealogy Project, Old School, College St., Carlow, Co. Carlow, Ireland - Email: carlowgenealogy@iolfree.ie
Mary Moore, Co-ordinator, Carlow Genealogy Project (Additional Source: FHL Film 926107)

Baptism: Margaret Doran
Parish: Borris
Volume 1, Page 54, Entry 684
Date of Baptism: November 1, 1785
Father's Name: James Doran
Mother's Name: Catherine Shaughnessy
Address: Coonogue
Sponsors: Daniel Blanchfield and Catherine Ryan

More About MARGARET DORAN:
Baptism: October 26, 1786, Coonogue (Borris RC Parish), Kiltennell Civil Parish, County Carlow, Ireland

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MARY DORAN, b. Abt. November 1788, Coonogue (Borris RC Parish), Kiltennell Civil Parish, County Carlow, Ireland; d. Unknown.

Notes for MARY DORAN:
Borris Roman Catholic Parish, County Carlow, Ireland
Source: Compiled by Carlow Genealogy Project, Old School, College St., Carlow, Co. Carlow, Ireland - Email: carlowgenealogy@iolfree.ie
Mary Moore, Co-ordinator, Carlow Genealogy Project (Additional Source: FHL Film 926107)

Baptism: Mary Doran
Parish: Borris
Volume 1, Page 80, Entry 1003
Date of Baptism: November 11, 1788
Father's Name: James Doran
Mother's Name: Catherine Shaughnessy
Address: Coonogue
Sponsors: Patrick Foley and Catherine Foley

More About MARY DORAN:
Baptism: November 11, 1788, Coonogue (Borris RC Parish), Kiltennell Civil Parish, County Carlow, Ireland

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JOHN DORAN, b. Abt. May 1793, Coonogue (Borris RC Parish), Kiltennell Civil Parish, County Carlow, Ireland; d. Unknown.

Notes for JOHN DORAN:
Borris Roman Catholic Parish, County Carlow, Ireland
Source: Compiled by Carlow Genealogy Project, Old School, College St., Carlow, Co. Carlow, Ireland - Email: carlowgenealogy@iolfree.ie
Mary Moore, Co-ordinator, Carlow Genealogy Project (Additional Source: FHL Film 926107)

Baptism: John Doran
Parish: Borris
Volume 1, Page 140, Entry 1799
Date of Baptism: May 25, 1793
Father's Name: James Doran
Mother's Name: Catherine Shaughnessy
Address: Coonogue
Sponsors: Martin Doran and Margaret Doran

More About JOHN DORAN:
Baptism: May 25, 1793, Coonogue (Borris RC Parish), Kiltennell Civil Parish, County Carlow, Ireland

2.	v.	MICHAEL DORAN, b. Abt. August 1794, Coonogue (Borris RC Parish), Kiltennell Civil Parish, County Carlow, Ireland; d. Unknown.
3.	vi.	JAMES DORAN, JR., b. Abt. April 1797, Coonogue (Borris RC Parish), Kiltennell Civil Parish, County Carlow, Ireland; d. Unknown.
	vii.	ANNE DORAN, b. Abt. March 1800, Coonogue (Borris RC Parish), Kiltennell Civil Parish, County Carlow, Ireland; d. Unknown.

Notes for ANNE DORAN:
Borris Roman Catholic Parish, County Carlow, Ireland
Source: Compiled by Carlow Genealogy Project, Old School, College St., Carlow, Co. Carlow, Ireland - Email: carlowgenealogy@iolfree.ie
Mary Moore, Co-ordinator, Carlow Genealogy Project (Additional Source: FHL Film 926107)

Baptism: Anne Doran
Parish: Borris
Volume 1, Page 227, Entry 2746
Date of Baptism: March 19, 1800
Father's Name: James Doran
Mother's Name: Catherine Shaughnessy
Address: Coonogue
Sponsors: Patrick Keran and Nancy Doran

More About ANNE DORAN:
Baptism: March 19, 1800, Coonogue (Borris RC Parish), Kiltennell Civil Parish, County Carlow, Ireland

viii.

CHARLES DORAN, b. Abt. July 1805, Coonogue (Borris RC Parish), Kiltennell Civil Parish, County Carlow, Ireland; d. Unknown.

Notes for CHARLES DORAN:
Borris Roman Catholic Parish, County Carlow, Ireland
Source: Compiled by Carlow Genealogy Project, Old School, College St., Carlow, Co. Carlow, Ireland - Email: carlowgenealogy@iolfree.ie
Mary Moore, Co-ordinator, Carlow Genealogy Project (Additional Source: FHL Film 926107)

Baptism: Charles Doran
Parish: Borris
Volume 1, Page 311, Entry 3837
Date of Baptism: July 29, 1805
Father's Name: James Doran
Mother's Name: Catherine Shaughnessy
Address: Coonogue
Sponsors: Patrick Foley and Elizabeth Doyle

More About CHARLES DORAN:
Baptism: July 29, 1805, Coonogue (Borris RC Parish), Kiltennell Civil Parish, County Carlow, Ireland.

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