B41997-O'Donovan

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Name of the family:

O'Donovan

Blason:

Ar. issuing from the sinister side of the shield a cubit dexter arm vested gu. cuffed of the first, the hand grasping a skein or old Irish sword in pale, the blade entwined with a serpent ail ppr.

Crest(s):

On a chapeau gu. turned up enn. a falcon alighting ar. tips of wings and tail sa.

Motto:

Vir super hostem, a translation of the ancient slogan, or call to war, of the Sept, viz., Giolla ar a-namhuid a-bu.

Info about the family:

The O'Donovan ; Henry Winthrop O'Donovan, of Lissard, co. Cork, Chief of Clan Cathal, a Sept who in ancient times ruled over Hy Fidhgeinte, a territory extending along the banks of the River Maigue, co.. Limerick, on which stood the Castle of Crom. Driven from their territory by the Fitzgeralds and De Burghos after the invasion of 1172, they settled in the Barony of Carbery, co. Cork, where the estates of the present chieftain are situate. Cathal, Chief of Hy Fidhgeinte, was slain by Callaghan Cashel, King of Munster, a.D. 964, and was s. by his son, Donovan, who ruled as Chief 977, from him the Sept took their tribe name; seventh in descent from Donovan was Crom O'Donovan, The O'Donovan, slain 1264, leaving three sons: I. Cathal O'Donovan, O'Donovan, ancestor of the subsequent chieftains; II. Aneslis O'Donovan, ancestor of O'Donovan, Mac Aneslis; III. Loughlin O'Donovan, ancestor of The O'Donovan, of Clan Loughlin; from these three sons descend the whole family of O'Donovan and Donovan. Donel O'Donovan, The O'Donovan, ninth in descent from Crom O'Donovan, The O'Donovan, s. his father 1684, and had seven sons: I. Donel, ancestor of the succeeding chieftains, whose male line became extinct, 1829, on the death of Richard O'Donovan, The O'Donovan, General in the Army; II. Teige, ancestor of the present chieftain; III. Morogh, ancestor of O'Donovan, of Malaga, in Spain; IV. Donough, ancestor of O'Donovan, of Cooldurragh; V. Dermot; VI. Richard, ancestor of O'Donovan, of O'Donovan Street, Cork; VII. Keadagh, ancestor of O'Donovan, Clan Keady, from whom descend the branches of Lisheens and Ardahill

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