Ár nDúthchas (Our Heritage)

“Who so ever asks me of my birth…
I will tell them I am born of Irish Princes who ruled in Donegal a thousand years ago; that I am descended from the High Kings of Ireland, and my name is from the Clann Ó Dochartaigh!”
—Ár nDúthchas newsletter #27

This is your portal to the past, present and future of the Ó Dochartaigh Clann, with a focus on our family in Canada. The banner image is a view of Inch Island from the Grianan of Aleach, gateway to our ancestral homeland, Lough Swilly and the Inishowen Peninsula,

Suggested pronunciation: o-DOCK-har-tay (Gaelic), DOH-her-tee (English)

Honouring my father, who researched our family and got me into this: Hugh R C Doherty b. 1926-07-30 – d. 2020-08-07 (age 94)
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