-
unsuccessful rebellion of
Cahir O'Doherty (****isted by his
kinsman Phelim Reagh MacDavitt), led to the
seizure of the O’Doherty
lands by the English, and the dispossession...
-
Phelim Reagh MacDavitt or
Phelim Reagh MacDevitt (Irish:
Feidhlimidh Riabhach Mac Dhaibheid, or
Brindled Felim -
probably a
reference to a
white streak...
- Hugh Boy
MacDavitt (Irish:Aodh
Buidhe Mac Daibheid) was a
Gaelic Irish warrior from Inishowen. He was the
brother of
Phelim Reagh MacDavitt and the foster...
-
Phelim MacDavitt, a
wanted man, to the authorities – a sign of the
extreme demands being made on him. O'Doherty's
lobbying on
behalf of
MacDavitt led to...
-
Michael Davitt (25
March 1846 – 30 May 1906) was an
Irish republican activist for a
variety of causes,
especially Home Rule and land reform. Following...
- and executed. The most
notable rebel to be
executed was
Phelim Reagh MacDavitt.
Lifford achieved national recognition in the 2008 Tidy
Towns Awards as...
- Dubh was also a
competing claimant.
After Hugh
MacEdegany's death,
Niall took over as the head of the
MacCalvagh faction.
Niall had a
significant following...
- Tyrone, and Tyrone's
brother Cormac MacBaron
occurred in a
small house beside Lifford's castle. Hugh Boye
MacDavitt of Inishowen, a war
veteran who had...
- Island,
where they were
successfully besieged.
McCavitt p.135-42
McCavitt p.146 McCavitt, John. The
Flight of the Earls. Gill &
MacMillan, 2002. v t e...
- able to take the
lower fort
without bloodshed, but his
deputy Phelim MacDavitt had
harder work in the
higher fort. Some
resistance was led by a Lieutenant...
