- Rossa's
ancestors belonged to the
obscure but
ancient sliocht of the
MacEnesles or Clan
Aneslis O'Donovans. His
ancestors had held
letters patent in Kilmeen...
- Donnubán,
referring to the 10th
century ruler of the Uí Fidgenti, Donnubán
mac Cathail.
During the 12th and 13th century, O'Donovan
relations relocated...
- The O'Donovan Mor, and
Helena O'Donovan,
daughter of
Denis O'Donovan
MacEnesles of Moyny. He was not
raised as an O'Donovan, but was
instead fostered...
- and was
inaugurated and
granted the
White Rod by the
MacCarthy Reagh, his father-in-law Owen
MacCarthy Reagh,
Prince of Carbery, in 1584. He was then...
-
support not only of his O'Leary in-laws, but also the
Sliocht Aineislis [
MacEnesles] O'Donovans, the
family of his
mother and one
itself of the four main...
