The O'Donnell Baronetcy, of Newport House in the
County of Mayo, was a title in the
Baronetage of Ireland
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. It was created on 22 December 1780 for Neale O'Donnell. Initially a Catholic, he renounced this faith and became a Protestant before being created a baronet.
Hugh O'Donnell, eldest son of the first Baronet, sat as a member of the
Irish House of Commons
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for
Donegal Borough, and
James Moore O'Donnell, second son of the first Baronet, was member for
Ratoath. Both were opposed to the
Act of Union and predeceased their father. The latter was succeeded by his third son, Neale, the second Baronet. The title became dormant on the death of the fifth Baronet in 1889.
Neale was the great-great-great grandson of
Niall Garve O'Donnell, a
Gaelic Irish
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nobleman who assisted royal forces during the
Nine Years' War
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.
O'Donnell baronets, of Newport House (1780)
*Sir Neale O'Donnell, 1st Baronet (died 1811)
*Sir Neale O'Donnell, 2nd Baronet (died 1827)
*Sir Hugh James Moore O'Donnell, 3rd Baronet (1806–1828)
*Sir Richard Annesley O'Donnell, 4th Baronet (1808–1878)
*Sir George Clendining O'Donnell, 5th Baronet (1832–1889)
References
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Origins of Neal ( Niall ) O'Donnell's in Ireland
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Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of Ireland