Donegal Studies - Donegal People

 
Donegal People
Donegal has given birth to many famous people down the centuries - Churchmen, political figures, scholars, writers and musicians.
Here we give a brief introduction to some of these interesting lives, arranged according to the field for which they are best known.
Ancient Donegal 
Conall Gulban, Niall of the Nine Hostages
Red Hugh O'Donnell
Church History
Colm Cille
Michael Cardinal Logue
James Canon McDyer
James Canon McFadden
Archbishop Daniel McGettigan
Rev. Francis Makemie
Marianus Scotus
Patrick Cardinal O'Donnell
Rev. James Porter
Archbishop George Otto Simms
Public Life
John George Adair
Neil T. Blaney
Joe Brennan
Cormac Breslin
Isaac Butt
John Doherty
Paddy 'the Cope' Gallagher
John Pitt Kennedy
Hugh A. Law
John Pentland Mahaffy
'Pa' O'Donnell
Music & Arts
Johnny Doherty
Derek Hill
Literature
Adhamhnán [Adamnan or Eunan]
William Allingham
Frances Browne
John Colgan
Brian Friel
John Kells Ingram
Seosamh Mac Grianna
Frank McGuinnes
Charles Macklin
Patrick MacGill
Seumas MacManus
Mael Íosa Ó Brolcháin
Micheál Ó Cleirigh
Peadar O'Donnell
Seamus Ó Grianna
Cathal Ó Searcaigh
John G. Simms
Harry Percival Swan
Maureen Wall