Biography

Domnallan was the son of Maelbrigdi, a member of the Ui Maine dynasty, located in south-east Connacht. His pedigree

Pedigree

Pedigree can refer to the lineage or genealogical descent of people, whether documented or not, or of animals, whether purebred or not. This can include:-Concepts and documents:...

 is given as Domnallan mac Maelbrigdi mic Grenain mic Loingsich mic Domnallain mic Bresail mic Dluthaig mic Fithchellaig mic Dicholla mic Eogain Find.

Descendants

The bard

Bard

In medieval Gaelic and British culture a bard was a professional poet, employed by a patron, such as a monarch or nobleman, to commemorate the patron's ancestors and to praise the patron's own activities.Originally a specific class of poet, contrasting with another class known as fili in Ireland...

ic family of Ó Domhnalláin

Donnellan

Donnellan is an Irish surname and refers to the clan name Ó Domhnalláin.At least two unrealated families of the name existed in Gaelic Ireland. One in south-east Ulster, another in south-east Connacht in the kingdom of Ui Maine....

 derived their surname from him. Originally located in Ballydonnellan, County Galway

County Galway

County Galway is a county in Ireland. It is located in the West Region and is also part of the province of Connacht. It is named after the city of Galway. Galway County Council is the local authority for the county. There are several strongly Irish-speaking areas in the west of the county...

, they were of a sept

Sept

A sept is an English word for a division of a family, especially a division of a clan. The word might have its origin from Latin saeptum "enclosure, fold", or it can be an alteration of sect.The term is found in both Ireland and Scotland...

 of the Uí Maine called Clann Breasail, who held the position of Cathmhaol or Battle Champion.

Descendants of the Uí Domhnalláin are still found in Galway and Roscommon under the surname Donnellan

Donnellan

Donnellan is an Irish surname and refers to the clan name Ó Domhnalláin.At least two unrealated families of the name existed in Gaelic Ireland. One in south-east Ulster, another in south-east Connacht in the kingdom of Ui Maine....

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See also

• Flann Óge Ó Domhnalláin
  Flann Óge Ó Domhnalláin
  Flann Óge Ó Domhnalláin was Chief Poet of Connacht.Ó Domhnalláin was a member of an Irish family of Bards, originally located in Ballydonnellan, County Galway...
  
  , Chief Poet of Connacht, died 1342.
• Ainglioch Ó Dónalláin
  Ainglioch Ó Dónalláin
  -Origins:Ó Dónalláin was a member of a minor family of bards based at Ballydonnellan, Loughrea, County Galway, in what was then the kingdom of Uí Maine...
  
  , poet, fl. mid-14th or mid-15th century.
• Nehemiah Donnellan
  Nehemiah Donnellan
  Nehemiah Donnellan , Archbishop of Tuam, fl. c. 1560-1609.-Background:Donellan was born in the county of Galway, a son of Mael Sechlainn Ó Dónalláin, by his wife Sisly, daughter of William Ó Cellaigh of Calla...
  
  , Archbishop of Tuam
  Archbishop of Tuam
  The Archbishop of Tuam is an archiepiscopal title which takes its name after the town of Tuam in County Galway, Ireland. The title was used by the Church of Ireland until 1839, and is still in use by the Roman Catholic Church.-History:...
  
  , fl. c. 1560-1609.
• James Donnellan, lawyer and politician, c. 1588 - 1665.
• Pádhraic Ó Domhnalláin
  Pádhraic Ó Domhnalláin
  -Outline:Ó Domhnalláin was the eponymous subject of a poem by Antoine Ó Raifteiri, concerning a duel he fought, which is believed to have been one of the very last, if not the last, ever fought in County Galway, once notorious for such events.-Circumstances:...
  
  , Irish duelist, fl. 1830.
• Padraig Ó Domhnallain
  Padraig Ó Domhnallain
  Padraig Ó Domhnallain,, Irish short-story writer, born 1884.Born at Oughterard in 1884, he became a member of the Gaelic League in the early 1900‘s, and was a local organiser. He and Colm de Bhailís assisted Patrick Pearse during his time at Rosmuck, in collecting poems and songs of the region...
  
  , short-story writer, born 1884.
• Michael Donnellan
  Michael Donnellan
  Michael Donnellan was an Irish Clann na Talmhan politician.Michael Donnellan was born in Dunmore, County Galway in 1900. He joined Sinn Féin after the Easter Rising in 1916 and was elected as a councillor on Glenamaddy District council in 1917...
  
  , Clann na Talmhan
  Clann na Talmhan
  Clann na Talmhan , abbreviated CnaT, was an Irish agrarian political party active between 1939 and 1965.- Formation and Growth :Clann na Talmhan was founded on 29 June 1939 in Athenry, County Galway, in the wake of the breakdown of unification talks between the Irish Farmers Federation and...
  
   politician, 1900-1964.
• Seosamh Ó Dónalláin
  Seosamh Ó Dónalláin
  Seosamh Ó Dónalláin, , member of the Irish Republican Army, died 1920.Ó Dónalláin was a native of Kilkerrin, Ballinasloe, and came to be involved with the volunteer movement via his brother, Tom Donnellan, who was principal teacher at Brierhill.He was shot dead in an ambush at the Old Gallows near...
  
  , Irish Republican Army
  Irish Republican Army
  The Irish Republican Army was an Irish republican revolutionary military organisation. It was descended from the Irish Volunteers, an organisation established on 25 November 1913 that staged the Easter Rising in April 1916...
  
  , died 1920.
• John Donnellan
  John Donnellan
  John F. Donnellan is a former Irish politician and sportsperson. He served as a Fine Gael Teachta Dála for Dáil Éireann for twenty-five years. He played Gaelic football with his local club Dunmore McHales and with the Galway senior inter-county team in the 1960s.-Early & private life:John...
  
  , former Irish politician and sportsperson, born 1937.
• Pat Donnellan
  Pat Donnellan
  Pat Donnellan is an Irish retired sportsperson. He played Gaelic football with his local club Dunmore McHales and was a member of the Galway senior inter-county team from 1960 until 1967....
  
  , retired sportsperson, born 1941.
• Martin Donnellan
  Martin Donnellan
  Martin Donnellan , Garda Síochána Detective Sergeant 17179D and recipient of the Scott Medal, born 1948.Donnellan was born at Ballymoe, County Galway, on 7 June 1948...
  
  , recipient of the Scott Medal, born 1948.
• Michael Donnellan (Gaelic footballer), sportsperson.

External links

• http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/G105007/index.html
• http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/surname/index.cfm?fuseaction=Go.&UserID=
• http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100005C/
• http://www.ballyd.com/