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The O'Driscoll Clans of Ireland

Ó hEidirsceoil -
O'Driscoll

Drombeg
Stone Circle or Druid's Alter
A Neolithic site in Skibbereen, County of Cork.
All
photographs of Ireland on this page were kindly
contributed
and described by Richard
Watson
My
Irish ancestors were descended from the O'Driscolls
of West Cork,
Ireland and this page about their
beginnings
is intended to honor them.

The O'Driscoll Clans were first in South Kerry,
then later
West Cork, Corca Laoighde,
in the
County of Cork, Southern Ireland.

Dún
na Séad Castle in the town centre,
now an impressive ruin standing
on a rock overlooking the harbour.

Lough Hyne with the remains of Cloghane Castle,
the final home of Sir Fenen O'Driscoll,
is on an island to the right of centre.
My gg grandmother Mary Ann
Driscoll Deal
was born in Kentucky April
2, 1843/Feb 4, 1843?
Her father Andrew Jackson
Driscoll was born in Kentucky 1822?,
and her mother
Mary Donahue was in born OH ?1824,
they were married in Scott
County, Indiana June 15, 1841.
Mary's brother
was Andrew Jackson Driscoll, Jr.
(Driscoll, Andrew J., Private, Company K, 36th Indiana
Infantry)
The family moved to Shelby
County, near Fairland in 1869.
Andrew Jr. born Feb. 14,
1860 in Kentucky, died in Fairland, IN. Nov 28, 1934.
(married may 25, 1887 Laura Colclazier, they had
nine children)
John Henry Deal born
February 26, 1832 Mercer County, Kentucky
and Mary Ann Driscoll
Deal were married December 25,
1857?
in Jefferson County,
Indiana and were
the parents of my great
grandmother
Mary Elizabeth Deal
Nugent
John Deal Sr. died May 30,
1904 in Shelby County, Indiana.
His parents were both born in
Pennsylvania.
Mary Ann
Driscoll Deal died May 2, 1923 in Shelby County,
Indiana.
John Henry and Mary
Ann Driscoll Deal lived with
their children
in Boggstown/London, in the Moral Township of
Shelby County, Indiana near many other Deal family members.
Several pictures of this
area are here: Indiana Deals

The O'Driscolls were among the first Clans of Ireland.
The Territories of Ancient Irish families
were rulers
and Royalty who later became pirates
as
outsiders began
invading their ancestral lands.
Many of the O'Driscoll Castles which were once home
to these
proud people, remain
standing today
in the
areas surrounding the County of Cork.

Rincolisky, the O'Driscoll Castle
at Whitehall north of Baltimore

The entrance to Baltimore Harbour,
looking across to Sherkin Island
The
O'Driscolls
Origins of O'Driscoll
Driscolls of Cork
O'Driscoll Castles
O'Driscoll Gathering - 2012
Driscoll Clan Gathering
Driscoll of Cork History
Driscolls of West Cork
O'Driscoll of Cork History

Baltimore Town Centre

Richard Watson cycling near Baltimore
County of Cork:
Map of West Cork
Cork County, Ireland
Cape Clear, West Cork
A
History of Clonakilty, West Cork
Cork Ireland, Things to See
and Do
West Cork

Map of Ireland

Ireland
in General
Irish History Online
Early History of Ireland
Ireland's History in Maps
A Timeline of
Irish History
http://www.rootsweb.com/~irlcor/
Desmond's Concise History of Ireland

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