Dowd name in Ireland

O'Dowd was the name before Dowd and O'Dubhda before that which is the Irish name. They claim descent from Irish Rayalty. It is said to mean "The Dark One". The first King being Aodh O'Dubhada (Ca. 982), King of Connacht.

By the 19th Century most bearers of the name Dowd were by proportion 4 to 1 Dowd. At the turn of the centruy they added O'Dowd. Originally O'Dubhde from dubh meaning Black (Gaelic). They are the tribe which he was brother to what we call now O'Neill's. Murphy was a son of Nial. The O'Dowds were the most powerful in this group and for centuries their lands included large parts of BW Mayo and Sligo Counties. The name is still common in those counties.

The name became Anglicised by the invaders and shows up in counties Munster, Kerry, and Derry,. The name Doody, Duddy are variations of this Dowd name.
The shield is green with a gold x taking most of the shield, in between at the top of it is two gold sword with red and gold handles.
Ballina-Population 6, 563. Ballina, the largest town in North Mayo and the seat of the bishop of the Roman Catholic diocese of Killata, straddles the River Moy. the Cathedral of St. Muiredach on the east bank between the bridges was built in the 19C next to the ruins of a late 14C Augustinian friary founded by the O;Dowd family; the church with its decorated west door and window date from the 15C.
Source gravell@bsc.net(Jean Grave)
http://boards.ancestry.com/localities.northam.usa.states.ohio.counties.vinton/2.21.1.1/mb.ashx

Flax Growers of Ireland, 1796

Doud James Ematris Monaghan


Doud Patrick Aghnamullen Monaghan

Source:
http://www.failteromhat.com/flax/monaghan.htm

Interment Ireland Graves

 Interment. net website - graves for Ireland

County Cavan

Dowd, Bridget, d. 17 Nov 1982, w/o James, Clougbally, [AR]
Dowd, Catherine, d. 2 Sep 1988, w/o John Ambrose, Island Ryefield Virginia, [AR]
Dowd, James, d. 30 Jul 1963, h/o Bridget, Clougbally, [AR]
Dowd, John Ambrose, d. 17 Dec 1973, h/o Catherine, Island Ryefield
Souce:
http://www.interment.net/data/ireland/cavan/maghera/maghera.htm

County Mayo
Abbey Cemetery, Cong, County Mayo, Ireland
O’Dowd, James, d. 28 Oct 1961, h/o Susan, [FC]
O’Dowd, John, d. 22 Jan 1969, [FC]
O’Dowd, Kitty, d. 30 Apr 1982, [FC]
O’Dowd, Mary (Egan), d. 10 Apr 1997, dil/o James & Susan, [FC]
O’Dowd, Susan, d. 23 Nov 1952, w/o James, Cong, [FC]
Source:
   http://www.interment.net/data/ireland/mayo/cong/index.htm

Kilcolman Old Cemetery, Ballaghaderreen, County Mayo, Ireland
O'Dowd, Jeremiah, d. 6 Jan. 1956, Husband of Mary Frances
O'Dowd, Mary Frances, d. 9 Apr. 1928, Wife of Jeremiah, The Square
Source:
   http://www.interment.net/data/ireland/mayo/kilcolman/oldkilman.htm

Lisloughry Cemetery, Cong, County Mayo, Ireland
O'Dowd, Nora, d. 7 Feb 1973, Cregaree, [FC]
Summerville, Bridget, d. 20 Oct 1994, w/o Martin, [FC]
Summerville, Martin, d. 3 Dec 1989, age: 79 yr, h/o Bridget, Lisloughry, Cong, [FC]
Source: 
     http://www.interment.net/data/ireland/mayo/lisloughry/index.htm

Tulrahan Cemetery, Claremorris, County Mayo, Ireland
O'Dowd, Mary Ann, d. Dec 1990, w/o Michael, [AR]
O'Dowd, Michael, d. 5 Jan 1951, h/o Mary Ann, Carramack, [AR]
O'Dowd, Thomas Joseph, d. 2 Feb 1994, s/o Michael & Mary Ann, [AR]
Source:
    http://www.interment.net/data/ireland/mayo/tulrahan/tulrahan.htm



County Galway
nothing

County Sligo
No Dowds or Somervilles

Freeholders Records of NI

The link below explains and allows you to search the Freeholders' Records of Northern Ireland

Freeholders’ records provide a range of information about land ownership and may contain all or some of the following:


Name of freeholder, Address of freeholder, Location of freehold, Description of freehold, Name of landlord, Address of landlord, Value of freehold, Names of other lives, Date and place of freeholder’s registration, Occupation of freeholder, Religion of freeholder.

http://www.proni.gov.uk/index/search_the_archives/freeholders_records.htm

Ulster Covenant

The website belows allows you to search those who signed the Ulster Covenant.

http://www.proni.gov.uk/index/search_the_archives/ulster_covenant.htm

Griffiths Valuation of Ireland - Kilshine, County Meath

Griffiths Valuation of Ireland - Kilshine, County Meath

    Dowd Lawrence Dowdstown Kilshine Meath


Griffith's Valuation
"Griffith's Valuation was a nationwide survey of property holders taken between 1847 and 1864, for the purpose of assessing the rate of local taxation, which was levied for the upkeep of the poor and destitute of the parish.
"Since most of the census returns for the 19th century have been destroyed, Griffith's Acts as a valuable mid century census substitute"
(Source:http://www.timeline.ie/record_search/griffith_valuation.html)

Source:
http://www.failteromhat.com/griffiths/meath/kilshine.php

Flax Growers of Ireland, 1796 - County Sligo

Flax Growers of Ireland, 1796 - County Sligo

Dowd James Kilmorgan Sligo
Dowd Matthew Kilmorgan Sligo
Dowd Stephen Kilmorgan Sligo

O'Dowd Denis Achonry Sligo

O'Dowde Patrick Achonry Sligo

Source:
http://www.failteromhat.com/flax/sligo.php

Land Owners in Ireland - 1876 Offaly

Dowd Robert 46 Offaly


O'Dowd M. Mrs. 49 Offaly


 
Source:
http://www.failteromhat.com/lo1876/offaly_i.php

Land Owners Mayo 1876

Land Owners in Ireland, 1876 - Mayo

O'Dowd James K. 311 Mayo


O'Dowd Patrick 311 Mayo

Source:
http://www.failteromhat.com/lo1876/mayo_i.php

Selected Irish Marriages

 Selected Irish Marriages 1600-1900

Fineral, Anna M.

F

1858

O'Dowd, Patrick PatrPatrick J.

1851

Marriage Date

Name

Sex

Birth Date

Spouse

Birth Date

                       Fineral, Anna                    F       1858         O'Dowd, Patrick J.             1851

O'Dowd, Patrick J.

M

1851

Fineral, Anna M.

1858

Source:
http://www.failteromhat.com/marriageall.php

Land Owners in Ireland, 1876 - Mayo

Land Owners in Ireland, 1876 - Mayo


O'Dowd James K. 311 Mayo


O'Dowd Patrick 311 Mayo

 
Source:
http://www.failteromhat.com/lo1876/mayo_i.php

Griffiths Valuation of Ireland - Magheracloone, County Monaghan

Griffiths Valuation of Ireland - Magheracloone, County Monaghan

Dowd John Ballycartlan Magheracloone Monaghan

Dowd Patrick Ballycartlan Magheracloone Monaghan

Source:
http://www.failteromhat.com/griffiths/monaghan/magheracloone.php

Griffiths Valuation of Ireland - Killukin, County Roscommon

Griffiths Valuation of Ireland - Killukin, County Roscommon



Dowd Bridget Lugnashammer Killukin Roscommon

Dowd James Ballindrehid Killukin Roscommon
Dowd James Ballyculleen Killukin Roscommon
Dowd James Mullaghmore Killukin Roscommon
Dowd John Ballindrehid Killukin Roscommon
Dowd John Derrylow Killukin Roscommon
Dowd Martin Ardmore Killukin Roscommon
Dowd Martin Croghan Killukin Roscommon
Dowd Martin Derrylow Killukin Roscommon
Dowd Martin, Jr. Derrylow Killukin Roscommon
Dowd Mary Ballindrehid Killukin Roscommon
Dowd Mary Ballyculleen Killukin Roscommon
Dowd Michael Enagh Killukin Roscommon
Dowd Michael Toormore Killukin Roscommon

Source:
http://www.failteromhat.com/griffiths/roscommon/killukin.php

Griffiths Valuation of Ireland - Kilgarrylander, County Kerry

Griffiths Valuation of Ireland - Kilgarrylander, County Kerry

Dowd Bridget Ardabaun Kilgarrylander Kerry
Dowd Denis Lassaboy Kilgarrylander Kerry
Dowd Elizabeth Laghtacallow Kilgarrylander Kerry
Dowd James Ballyarkane Oughter Kilgarrylander Kerry
Dowd John Ardabaun Kilgarrylander Kerry
Dowd John Boolteens West Kilgarrylander Kerry
Dowd John Shanakeal Kilgarrylander Kerry
Dowd Laurance Laghtacallow Kilgarrylander Kerry
Dowd Laurence Laghtacallow Kilgarrylander Kerry
Dowd Mary Ardabaun Kilgarrylander Kerry
Dowd Maurice Boolteens West Kilgarrylander Kerry
Dowd Maurice Gortaleen Kilgarrylander Kerry
Dowd Michael Ardabaun Kilgarrylander Kerry
Dowd Patrick Boolteens West Kilgarrylander Kerry
Dowd Peter Castledrum Kilgarrylander Kerry
Dowd Thomas Ardabaun Kilgarrylander Kerry
Dowd Thomas Shanakeal Kilgarrylander Kerry
Dowd William Laghtacallow Kilgarrylander Kerry

Source:
http://www.failteromhat.com/griffiths/kerry/kilgarrylander.php

Dowds: Flax Growers of Ireland, 1796 - County Longford

Flax Growers of Ireland, 1796 - County Longford

Dowd Cormick Granard Longford

Dowd Denis Moydow Longford
Dowd James Moydow Longford
Dowd Jane Rathcline Longford
Dowd John Granard Longford
Dowd John Moydow Longford
Dowd Mathew Rathcline Longford
Dowd Matthew Moydow Longford
Dowd Michael Moydow Longford
Dowd Patrick Moydow Longford
Dowd Thomas Granard Longford
Dowd Thomas Moydow Longford
Dowd Widow Longford Longford
Dowd William Moydow Longford

Source:
http://www.failteromhat.com/flax/longford.php

Dowds in Griffiths Valuation of Ireland - Kilbegnet, County Galway

Griffiths Valuation of Ireland - Kilbegnet, County Galway

Dowd Anne Camderry Kilbegnet Galway

Dowd Jer. Tallavamraher Kilbegnet Galway

Dowd Jeremiah Tallavamraher Kilbegnet Galway

Dowd John Tallavamraher Kilbegnet Galway

Dowd John, Jr. Ballynahowna Kilbegnet Galway

Dowd John, Jr. Tallavamraher Kilbegnet Galway

Dowd John, Sr. Tallavamraher Kilbegnet Galway

Dowd Margaret Camderry Kilbegnet Galway

Dowd Mary Camderry Kilbegnet Galway

Dowd Michael Camderry Kilbegnet Galway

Dowd Michael Leaha Kilbegnet Galway

Dowd Patk. Camderry Kilbegnet Galway

Dowd Patk. Tallavamraher Kilbegnet Galway

Dowd Patrick Camderry Kilbegnet Galway

Dowd Patrick Tallavamraher Kilbegnet Galway

Dowd Thaddeus Leaha Kilbegnet Galway

Dowd Thomas Boleythomas Kilbegnet Galway

Dowd Thomas Camderry Kilbegnet Galway

Dowd Thomas Tallavamraher Kilbegnet Galway

Dowd Thos. Camderry Kilbegnet Galway

Dowd Ths. Tallavamraher Kilbegnet Galway

Source:
http://www.failteromhat.com/griffiths/galway/kilbegnet.php

Hearth Money Roll - Sligo, 1665

Hearth Money Roll - Sligo, 1665


Dowdes and Dowdas

http://www.failteromhat.com/sligohearth/page12.php

Ireland 1901 Census Extracts, Dingle Parish

This is not my direct line. Thought other Dowds might need this. 

Ireland 1901 Census Extracts

Found Dowds living on John Street
born in the County of Kerry, Dingle Parish
Roman Catholic


Dowd Thomas Head Roman Catholic 40 Publican Married Kerry


Dowd Ellie Wife Roman Catholic 37 Married Kerry

Dowd Mary Daughter Roman Catholic 10 Scholar Married Kerry

Dowd Ellie Daughter Roman Catholic 8 Scholar Not Married Kerry

Dowd Thomas Son Roman Catholic 7 Scholar Not Married Kerry

Dowd Bridget Daughter Roman Catholic 3 Not Married Kerry

Mounsell Johanna Servant Roman Catholic 14 Not Married Kerry

Flaherty Michael Servant Roman Catholic 28 Not Married Kerry

 
http://www.failteromhat.com/census1901/dingle/johnstreet.php

County Monaghan Genealogy Links

County Monaghan Genealogy Links



http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/ireland/monaghan/

No Dowd/O'Dowd landowners in Monaghan in 1876.

Flax Growers of Ireland, 1796 - County Monaghan

No Dowd/O'Dowd

O'Dowd Priests in Killala

Many priests in Killala, County Mayo were O'Dowds

http://ajourneyintothepast.blogspot.com/2008/01/killala-county-mayo-ireland.html

Govt finally says sorry for Bloody Sunday killings

LONDON (AFP) - The government finally apologised Tuesday for Bloody Sunday, one of Northern Ireland's darkest days in which 13 people died, calling the killings "unjustified and unjustifiable".


Prime Minister David Cameron made the admission as a long-awaited report into why British troops opened fire on a civil rights march in Londonderry in 1972 was published, to joy from victims' families.

It concluded that none of the victims were armed, soldiers gave no warnings before opening fire and that the shootings were a "catastrophe" for Northern Ireland, leading to increased violence in subsequent years.

"There is no doubt... what happened on Bloody Sunday was both unjustified and unjustifiable. It was wrong," Cameron told the House of Commons in London.

"The government is ultimately responsible for the conduct of the armed forces. And for that, on behalf of the government, indeed on behalf of our country, I am deeply sorry."

The new premier's apology was greeted with cheers from relatives and thousands of supporters listening to his statement on a huge screen in Londonderry.

Amid jubilant scenes in Northern Ireland's second city, relatives took turns to voice their relief that their 38-year campaign to clear their loved ones' names had been vindicated.

"Now the world knows the truth," said Liam Wray, whose 22-year-old brother died in the shootings after being shot in the back with what the report said was "no possible justification".

"Jim was murdered, Jim was innocent," Wray added.

The killings were among the most controversial in Northern Ireland's history and there had been fears the 5,000-page report could re-open old wounds.

More than 3,500 people died during The Troubles which pitched Catholics against Protestants and were largely ended by a 1998 peace deal, but emotions still run high in Northern Ireland over its violent history.

British soldiers, most of whom were identified only by their rank and initials in the report, could still face prosecution over the shootings.

Northern Ireland's Public Prosecution Service said it was considering whether to prosecute anyone, adding this decision would be taken "as expeditiously as possible" although it gave no date.

But lawyer Stephen Pollard, who represents some of the soldiers involved in the inquiry, rejected claims that the report had opened the door for British troops to be prosecuted.

He accused the senior judge who led the inquiry, Mark Saville, of having "cherry picked" evidence to support the investigation's results.

And a reminder of how relevant the events are to the present day came with a reference to the role played on that day by Northern Ireland's Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness, who was then an Irish Republican Army (IRA) commander.

The report said McGuinness was present on Bloody Sunday and was probably armed with a sub-machine gun which he may have fired. He denied this and the probe said he did nothing to provoke soldiers opening fire.

"There was absolutely no foundation or substance to that allegation, which we all have to remember came from very, very suspect characters," he said after the report's publication Tuesday.

The inquiry, which took 12 years to report at a cost of more than 190 million pounds, aimed to paint a full picture of events.

It was commissioned by then premier Tony Blair in 1998 as the peace process gained momentum and after a 1972 probe, immediately after the killings, was dismissed as a whitewash.

The inquiry heard from more than 900 witnesses and received statements from around 2,500 people. The evidence ran to an estimated 20-30 million words. It is the longest-running and most expensive public inquiry in British history.

Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen welcomed the report, saying its publication meant "the truth has been set free".

And Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams said it had consigned past "lies" about Bloody Sunday "into the dustbin of history".

In Washington, a US State Department spokesman also hailed its publication, saying he hoped it would "contribute to Northern Ireland's ongoing transformation from a turbulent past to a peaceful future".

A memorial in Londonderry, Northern Ireland, depicts the names of the 13 men who died on Bloody Sunday and a 14th person who died of injuries later on. British Prime Minister David Cameron apologised on Tuesday for the Bloody Sunday killings, one of the darkest days in Northern Ireland's history, calling them 'unjustified and unjustifiable.

' Photo:Peter Muhly/AFP


 
Source:
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s//afp/100615/world/nireland_britain_unrest_report_7

Dowd History

O'Dowd Irish Clan / Sept

The Clan/Sept History

The family name Doody was first recorded in county Mayo where they had been seated from very ancient times. The family can be traced back to the ancient King Niall of the Nine Hostages, who in turn could be traced back to the Heremon Kings.

Several spelling variations of the name were found in the archives and mainly these variations were the result of families translating the name from the Gaelic into English. Recorded versions of the name Doody included Dowd, Duddy, Doody, O'Dowd, Dowdy, Dowdie, Doudy, Doudie, Doudd, Doodie, Dowde, and many more. Frequently a name was spelt several different ways during the lifetime of the same person, when he or she was born, married and died.

The great Gaelic family of Doody emerged in later years in Mayo. King Niall, brother of Fiachra and descended from Daithi, was one of the last pagan Kings of Ireland. For centuries they were the leading sept of northern Ui Fiachrach. Their territory embraced the baronies of Erris and Tirawley in the county of Mayo and Tireagh in Sligo. The family was called to arms during the Anglo-Norman incursion into their properties in the twelfth century. The long battles to follow lasted until 1354 when Sen-Bhrian O'Dowd succeeded in driving all the Anglo-Norman settlers out of Tireagh. Two branches of the clann established themselves in other parts of Ireland at this time. One group settled in the southern county of Kerry in the province of Munster. This sept called itself Doody and maintained strong ties with the heads of the family in the north. The other sept held a barony in Derry in the far north where survivors of this clan were usually called Duddy. Several O'Dowds were bishops of the parish of Killala. Father John O'Duada who died in 1579 was one of many Irish Franciscan martyrs. The family is noteworthy, in that, great height is a common feature of the family.

Source:
http://www.rowandisplays.com/acatalog/O-Dowd-irish-clan.html

Somerville Family Name History

Somerville

This surname is French in origin and comes from the town near Caen in Normandy; the name means Sumer's estate. 

The first of this name in Scotland was one William de Somerville, who came in the train of David I and received lands in Lanarkshire. There were five Williams in succession, the last dying in 1282. They appeared as witnesses to the charters to the religious houses of Melrose, Kelso, Coldingham, Glasgow, Newbattle and Paisley during the reigns of David I, Malcolm IV and William the Lion. During the reign of William the Lion, William de Somerville slew a monstrous animal or serpent which was terrorising the district of Linton, Roxburghshire. In 1174 he was rewarded with the lands of Linton. 

Robert de Sumeruilla witnessed a charter by Duncan, Earl of Fife, to the Nuns of North Berwick c.1177. Ralph de Sumervilla, acolyte, was promoted to the church of Linton in 1255. William Somerwele of the Plane, was a charter witness in Edinburgh in 1492 and John Semrell was a tenant under the Abbey of Kelso in 1567. In 1430 the title Lord Somerville was conferred on Sir Thomas Somerville. In December 1423 he was given a safe conduct to England to meet James I and he was one of the guarantees of the treaty for his release in December 1424. 

John, third Lord Somerville, was wounded at the battle of Sark against the English in 1448. He had a son, Sir John Somerville of Cambusnethan, who was killed at Flodden in 1513. John, thirteenth Lord Somerville, built the elegant house of Drum where he died in 1765. The peerage ceased in 1870 on the death of the seventeenth Lord.

Source:  
http://www.electricscotland.com/webclans/stoz/somervi2.html

Somerville Family History

According to Sir James Somerville, an earlier family historian (who wrote an abridged edition of William Somerville's, "A Memorie of the Somervilles"—circa late 1600's), the Somervilles were divided into three houses according to the country in which they were very influential.

• The English House
was influential in England from the time of William the Conqueror until the signing of the Magna Carta (about 200 years later). King John didn't like the Somerville influence in that event and the Scottish House eclipsed that of their southern cousins.

• The Scottish House
was born of myth and legend as the founder of that house was rewarded a whole shire for killing a dragon (this same dragon appears atop the shield of Lord Somerville). This house flourished for over 500 years and collapsed through a series of "over indulgences" by one Gilbert Somerville and others.

• The Irish House
came about through the canny management of one or two families who survived the exile of the Jacobites and became businessmen and land holders. Edith Somerville wrote of Irish life in this period through her book, "One Being Irish". The fortunes of this house rises and falls and sends Somervilles far and wide.

Source:
http://www.clansomerville.net/house_info.php

Ireland History in Maps

Ireland History in Maps


circa 1200: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlkik/ihm/ire1200.htm
Lesser Sept: Ua Dubda - O'Dowd (Sligo)

circa 1300: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlkik/ihm/ire1300.htm
O'Dowda

Old Irish Surnames:
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlkik/ihm/irenames.htm
Ó Dubhda - (O) Dowd - Co Mayo and West Sligo - Uí Fiachrach Muaide

Dowd Surname History

Dowd

At the end of the nineteenth century, the vast majority of bearers of this surname, by a proportion of four to one, were "Dowd" rather than "O'Dowd". Since then, a large-scale resumption of the "O" has reversed the proportions, with "O'Dowd" now by far the most popular. The original Irish name was Ó Dubhda, from dubh, meaning "black". In the traditional genealogies, the family is one of the Uí Fiachraigh , a large tribal grouping tracing its origin back to Fiachra, brother of Niall of the Nine Hostages, the fifth century monarch supposedly responsible for kidnapping St. Patrick to Ireland. The O'Dowds were the most powerful in this group, and for centuries their territory including large parts of north-west Mayo and west Sligo, in particular the baronies of Erris and Tirawley in Mayo and Tireragh in Sligo. The Norman invasion of the 13th century curtailed their power, but they retained many of their possessions and much of their influence down to the seventeenth century, as witnessed by the number of O’Dowd bishops of Killalla from the 14th to the 16th centuries. As late as the eighteenth century, a common toast in the Ballina area of Mayo was "Súil Uí Dhubhda le Árd na Rioch!", a reference to the O’Dowd’s hopes of regaining their ancestral possession of Ardnaree. The last traditional chief of the family was killed at the battle of the Boyne in 1690, and is said to have been almost 7 feet tall, great stature having always been a feature of the O’Dowds. The name is still most numerous today in the Sligo/Mayo district. The surname also appears to have arisen separately in two other areas of the country, in Munster, where the anglicisations "Doody" and "Duddy" are quite frequent in the Kerry area, and in Derry, where the anglicisation is almost invariably "Duddy". .Dan O’Dowd (1903-1989) was a Dublin uilleann piper and pipe-maker, best remembered for his role in keeping the spirit of traditional music alive in the capital.
 
Source: IrishTimes
http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/surname/index.cfm?Surname=dowd&fuseaction=Go.

Legends of Sligo: The Mermaid Rocks

Check out the Sligo Legend of the Mermaid Rocks. It involves the O'Dowd clan.

An interesting legend which includes "The O'Dowd"

Source:
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlsli/mermaid.html

Enniscrone Castle Kilglass Parish, Co. Sligo

History of Offaly - Kilkenny Clan O'Nolan: Connaught

This website is for the O'Nolans, not for the O'Dowds but includes history of O'Dowds and the castle of Enniscrone Castle is in Kilglass Parish, Co. Sligo

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nolenancestry/page1d.html

O'Caomhain, a senior branch of the O'Dowd family

“O’Caomhain (see the “Cowan” pedigree), a senior branch of the O’Dowd family, and chiefs of some districts on the borders of Sligo and Mayo, in the baronies of Tireragh and Corran and Costello.”

Source:
http://books.google.ca/books?id=MLrKek2HsEEC&lpg=SL16-PA9&ots=BTv_i4F8Lp&dq=prince%20o'dowd%20county%20sligo&pg=SL16-PA9#v=onepage&q=prince%20dowd%20county%20sligo&f=true

County Sligo Census 1745

County Sligo Diocese of Elphin

Page - Name
366 Dowd, William
370 Dowd, Margaret
376 Dowd, Patrick
387 Dowd, Francis
402 Dowd, Francis
402 Dowde, Widow

358 Dowde, Elinor [page not on website]
Source:
WorldGenWeb Project: "Sligo County Ireland Genealogy" webpage 
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlsli/census1749surnameindex.html

Mayo:
King: O’Conor
Prince: O’Dowd
Baron: Browne, O’Hara, Taaffe

Sligo:
Princes: Mac Dermott., O’Donnell, O’Dowd
Lords: Mac Donogh, O’Conor, O’Flannelly, O’Gara, O’Hara, O’Mulchlohy
Chieftains: O’Crean, O’Hart, O’Kernaghan
No Title Designated: Mac Conway, Mac Firbis, Mac Geraghty, O’Brogan, O’Coleman, O’Conaghty, O’Delvin, O’Durkan, O’Feeney, O’Finegan, O’Gavagan, O’Howley, O’Keevan, O’Meehan, O’Mongan, O’Moran, O’Morrissey, O’Morrison, O’Moynagh, O’Mullany, O’Mulvany, O’Spillane.

Source:
Irish and Scotch-Irish Ancestral Research
A Guide to the Genealogical Records, Methods and Sources in Ireland
Volume I Repositories and Records
By Margaret Dickson Falley, BS
Page 456 and 458

County Sligo genealogy & Family History book

Ireland, County Sligo: genealogy & family history : special extracts from ... By Michael C. O'Laughlin

Link to search for Dowd's in the book
Source:
http://books.google.com/books/p/3123296067943190?q=dowd&hl=en_US&vid=9780940134560&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8#v=snippet&q=dowd&f=false

County Sligo [Contae Shligigh] History websites

Sligo County History
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlsli/history.html



Sligo Heritage
http://www.sligoheritage.com/

Sligo - the unheralded County of Ireland

My Place among the Stones
http://www.moytura.com/sligo.htm


County Sligo History
http://www.westirelandholidays.com/sligo/history.htm

Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_Sligo

Sligo History

http://www.sligoroots.com/#

O'Dowd Crest

MOTTO - "Virtus Ipsa Suis Firmissima Nititur Armis" (Bravery is Best Sustained by Arms).
Authority Chief Herald of Ireland 1574.


Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O'Dowd

Robert Dowd Family

James O'Dowd born 1805 in County Sligo, Ireland who married Marry Summerville.
According to my records they had 5 children Richard, Jame, Robert James, Margaret and Elizabeth.

If these records are correct, I hail from the Robert James line.
Robert was born in cushing, Argenteuil, Quebec, Canada. He married Eliza Bigelow 1872. they are both buried in St. Mongoes Cemetery in Cushing, Quebec, Canada.
Robert had 3 sons - Joseph, Lemuel, and Robert. All 3 born in Argenteuil County, Quebec, Canada.

Source:
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