The O'Donnell's of Leckanagh, Burtonport, Co. Donegal

Welcome to my web site! I'm researching the O'Donnell families from Lackanagh, Burtonport Co. Donegal.
Many hours of work have been put into the research and documentation of these ancestors. I hope you will benefit from the information I present here. Any information would be appreciated.
Owen Beag O’Donnell lived in Nesbitt’s Bay or Port Inis Mil, Lackenagh, Burtonport at the beginning of the 19th century. His father James was the first to live there, having come from Inniscoo Island. Owen Beag Married Madgie O'Donnell (Meabha Hughie Mhoir) from the neighboring town land of Milltown , They had one daughter, Mary and two sons, Frank and Johnny my G/Grandfather, who married Margaret Sweeney of Acres and had 5 girls and 3 boys one of which was James my Grandfather. James married
Margaret ("Maggie the Nurse") Walsh from Balintra in St. Edward's Church in Philadelphia 28 Oct., 1903
Returned to Ireland some time after and went back again to Philadelphia on the Caledonia ship from Londonderry, September 17th 1905. with my father (born in Balintra). Their other children were Elizabeth and Margaret both born in Phil. The storey goes that James was employed as Conductor on a streetcar and in 1911 died in an accident. He is buried Holy Cross cemetery, Yeadon, PA.
Section H, Lot 40, North grave Range 13.
See photo below. Some time later Maggie came back to Lackenagh, where she was known as "Maggie the Nurse" and married Owen Yanky Boyle and had one son Eugene (Fr Leonard Eugene Boyle)

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Family Photos

• James O'Donnell (16 KB)
  My Grandfather
• Annie O'Donnell(O'Sullivan) (30 KB)
  My Mother
• Margaret (Walsh) O'Donnell (5 KB)
  My Grandmother
• 1901 Census (83 KB)
  Frank Owen Beag O'Donnell Family Lackenagh
• Fr.Eugene Leonard Boyle OP. (9 KB)
  Prefect of the Vatican Library,Rome 1984-1997
• Michael William O'Donnell (7 KB)
  Michael William O'Donnell,born 24/07/2005
• Our Mother of the Sorrows Church, Philadelphia (28 KB)
  Mararet O'Donnell was Baptised here 22/5/1910
• 1911 Census (89 KB)
  Frank Owen Beag O'Donnell Family Lackenagh
• Garda John G.O'Donnell (9 KB)
  My Father
• O'Donnell Róise (5 KB)
  
• James O'Donnell's Death Cert. (985 KB)
  James O'Donnell's Death Cert.
• 1911 (63 KB)
  Grace (O'Donnell) Sharkey Family Burtonport
• Owen Beag's Grave (63 KB)
  Headstone in Templecrone cemetery Eion Beag O'Donnell of Nesbitts Bay Who died June 1848 and his wife Maggie who died Nov. 1892 and their daughter Mary who died 1857.
• John Sean O'Donnell (32 KB)
  Myself
• Owen Beag's Headstone 15/4/2005 (60 KB)
  Owen Beag's Headstone
• 1911 Census Burtonport (78 KB)
  J F O'Donnell and Family
• John Sean O'Donnell (32 KB)
  Myself
• Innishcoo Island Houses (41 KB)
  Inishcoo Island Houses
• Frank Owen Beag's Head Stone (33 KB)
  Frank Owen Beag's Head Stone
• John 'Sean' O'Donnell (13 KB)
  March 2008
• Owen Beag's Headstone (52 KB)
  Owen Beag's Headstone
• The Pope, Father Leonard (16 KB)
  taken before lunch on 4 Jan 1985
• Boyle Head stone (28 KB)
  Head Stone in Old Church yard Donglue,Co.Donegal
• Innishcoo house (23 KB)
  Remains of house on Inishcoo island with 3 windows
• St. Brigid's Church, Ballintra 1845. (7 KB)
  My Grandmother Margaret O'donnell (ne Walsh) "Maggie the nurse" was Baptised here.
• Johnny Mheabha O'Donnell and family (15 KB)
  Family Grave in Kincassalagh Church Graveyard
• O'Donnells of Pearls (61 KB)
  O'Donnells of Pearls
• Fr L E Boyle OP picture (75 KB)
  Fr L E Boyle OP picture story .jpg
• 1911 Census (89 KB)
  J F O'Donnell family Burtonport
• O'Donnell Chieftains (332 KB)
  O'Donnell Chieftains
• Fr Eugene (80 KB)
  Fr Eugene Picture Story

Family Tree Maker Reports and Trees

• InterneTree: Descendant Tree of Donnacad Scaitte O'Donnell


• Descendant Tree of Donnacad Scaitte O'Donnell (PDF Format)


• Report: Kinship of Donnacad Scaitte O'Donnell (View PDF)

Related Links

• Caherslee News
• O'Donnell Abu website
• Burtonport
• Family Graves
• Donegal Genealogy Resources
• Leonard Boyle OP: St. Thomas Aquinas and the Third Millenniu
• John O'Donnell Australia, website