Mac Dougall family from Tyrone

[karenb]

I am looking for information on the Mac (Mc) Dougall family whole lived in Omagh and Tyrone during the late 1800 early 1900 period.   My great grandmother was Catherine Mac Dougall born 1874/5 she had brothers and sisters including a Robert, John who moved and settle in New Zealand, and a sister Ethel.  There was possibly also a Lily or Lilian in the family, as well as other brothers.
regards
Karen

[Colla MacDonnell]

Karen,

Hello very, very distant cousin.  You decended from Dugal mac Somhairle and I from Raghnall mac Somhairle in the 12th century.  My family, the MacDonnells also ended up in county Tyrone in 1425 where we were the hereditary military body of the O'Neills.  In regard to your question.  I would begin working with the Catholic Church in city Armagh.  Your relative would have been in the Civil Parish of Cloger.  The church for most of the Ulster has fairly good baptismal records back to the 1820s.  If your family is Catholic, you could probably find her baptism record, the name of her parents and siblings.  You may also be able to find her parents baptism records.  Its a start. 

Colla

[Colla MacDonnell]

Karen,

I also hope their are no hard feeling about my great however many grandfathers Raghnall slaying his brother and your however many great grandfathers Dugal in 1192 for chieftainship of Clan Somhairle.  You will be happy to know Dugal's great grandson Alexander killed  my great however many uncle and his entire family in 1299 and I hold no hard feelings.

Colla

[karenb]

Hi Colla
thanks for the information you sent, it's interesting, sorry about those distant relatives!    I have found out that our Mac Dougalls married in the Church of Ireland.  I have the names of (what I assume are) a few of the brothers and sisters in a birthday book, yet I can find nothing about any of them anywhere on the sites I've searched... apart from a couple of confirmed birthdates on the LSD IGI. it's just so frustrating... I've spent so much time following the wrong lines, just keep hoping for a lucky break as there must be someone out there who belongs to that line of Mac Dougalls.
thanks again for your reply

[Colla MacDonnell]

Karen,

Dead ends are the name of the game in this endeaver.  I have only been able to follow through on two leads this entire year.  The first involve the Carew Manuscripts in 1561.  Total accident me coming across this passage.  The second was yesterday and my great....grandfather, who was also your great.....grandfather's relationship with St. Malachy and St. Bernard.  In 1140 St. Malachy predicted the fall and death of King Edward the Bruce on the Irish battlefield outside Dublin in 1318.  Many of our relatives died on the same battlefield.  St. Bernard was St. Malachy most close friend.  St. Bernard had a very profound impact on my families destiny in Ireland for the next 500 years.

Colla