Donal IV O'Donovan, (or Anglicized as Daniel O'Donovan) (), The

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, of Clancahill (died 1705), was the son of Donal III O'Donovan, The O'Donovan of Clancahill, and Gyles (Sheela)

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, daughter of Elis Lynch and Sir Roger Gilla Duff O'Shaughnessy, The O'Shaughnessy.

Career

;Patriot Parliament O'Donovan was MP for

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, Ireland, in James II's

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of 1689, along with his kinsmen

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, The O'Donovan of Clan Loughlin, and Daniel O'Donovan. Following the Parliament, Donal was outlawed in 1691. At the time he was outlawed, he was characterised as a gentleman, of Benlahane, an archaic spelling of Bawnlahan, then the family seat. Donal's grandson, Daniel, son of Richard, changed the name of the family estate from Bawnlahan to Castle Jane when he married (at age 60) Jane Becher, who was then 15.

O'Donovan's Infantry Regiment

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, as Deputy Governor of the 1200 strong garrison of

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under Sir Edward Scott. His regiment also appears later in the preparations for the Siege of Limerick.

Marriages and issue

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. This may have contributed to his success in avoiding confiscation of his remaining lands. From his tenure his branch made a massive shift to anglicize and conform, inevitably ruining their reputation (which was already low due to his grandfather's surrender and re-grant of clan lands) but which facilitated their retention of property during the

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. He was first married to Victoria Copinger (Coppinger), daughter of Captain Walter Copinger of Cloghan, by whom he had a daughter, Helena, who married her 2nd cousin Conn (Cornelius) O'Donovan of

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, ancestor of the present O'Donovan, Lord of Clancahill. Secondly, he married in 1665 Elizabeth Tonson, daughter of Major Richard Tonson (ancestor of Baron Riversdale), by whom he had: ;Daughters * Sarah, married Samuel Morris of Skibbereen * Honora, married Richard O'Donovan * Catherine, married

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of Mallow * Elizabeth, married Daniel O'Leary of Glassheen ;Sons * Richard I O'Donovan * Daniel, who died young * Barry, who died young * Cornelius (Conor), married Honora, daughter of

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MacFineen Duff. He died in 1737. According to O'Hart he was called ''Conchobhar-na-Bhuile'', or "of the madness", and had his residence at Achres in the parish of Drimoleague.O'Hart, p. 201 ** Richard *** Cornelius, died 1841, last descendant in the male line ** Honoria, born 1741

Ancestry

Notes

References

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Donal O'Shaughnessy family Year of birth unknown Irish MPs 1689