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"The O Driscoll"

Corca Laidhe

The diagram below depicts the pedigree and descendants of Eirdirsceil the progenitor after whom the Ui Eidersceoil or O'Driscolls took their hereditary surname. He is estimated to have lived around 942 AD and is a descendent of Lughaidh Laidhe, from whom Corca-Laidhe families such as the O'Driscoll, O'Coffee or O'Cowhig and O'Flynn are said to descend.

Conchobar or Cornelius O'Driscoll

• Cornelius O'DRISCOLL; a captain in the Archduke country, living 1615; m. Ellen daughter of Donnell MAC SWYNE of Muskerry
  • Donogh O'DRISCOLL, chief of his name
    • Florence O'DRISCOLL of Ballyisland b.~1677
      m. 1st 1706 Miss O'DONOVAN
      • Denis O'DRISCOLL of Creagh Court b. 1707; m. 2nd Martha O'HEA
        • Matthias (Matthew) O'DRISCOLL b.~1756, Co. Cork, Ireland; d. 1820, Charleston, SC; bur. near Jacksonboro; m. Anna Ladson BUER; came to America in 1794
          • Dennis O'DRISCOLL b. 01 Feb 1794 Jacksonboro, Colleton, SC [IGI]; m. Harriet C. EVANS, Apr 1817; d. 17 Aug 1817, Savannah, GA
            • Anna Ladson O'DRISCOLL b. 30 Mar 1818; d. Jun 1819
          • Eliza O'DRISCOLL b.~1800, SC; d. 25 Dec 1851, SC
          • Anna Rachel O'DRISCOLL b. 17 Oct 1797; d. 21 Mar 1849; m. John Blake WHITE, 1 Oct 1819, SC
        • Michael O'DRISCOLL of Baltimore b.1764; d. 1849; m. Helena O'DRISCOLL of Lakelands, daughter of Timothy O'DRISCOLL, Esq. J.P. and sister of Alexander O'DRISCOLL, Esq. J.P
          • Denis O'DRISCOLL; d. w/o issue
          • Helena O'DRISCOLL
          • Eliza O'DRISCOLL b. 1805; d. 28 Apr 1877, Dublin; m. 1st James O'BRIEN of Cork; m 2nd De Courcy O'GRADY, Esq. of Castleconnell, Co. Limerick.
          • Jane O'DRISCOLL
        • William O'DRISCOLL b. 06 Jun 1766; m. Mary RABY of Kingsland, Middlesex, (Maraget); 1841 Census: Stoke Damerel, Devonport
          • William Henry O'DRISCOLL b. 16 Jun 1803, Stoke, Plymouth; d. 26 Jun 1865, Kensington; m. Laura Isabella BROWNE 4 Apr 1853 Spanish Place Chapel, Marylebone
          • Mary O'DRISCOLL b. 06 Aug 1805; d. 09 Dec 1833
        • Cornelius O'DRISCOLL who settled in America, and became an officer in the United States' Navy, in which service he died
          [O'Driscoll, Cornelius. Lieutenant, 26 April, 1799. Discharged 15 April, 1801, US Navy Officers
          The following gentlemen to be Lieutenants in the Navy: ... Cornelius O'Driscoll, of S. Carolina. JOHN ADAMS. United States, January 8th, 1800. Journal of the executive proceedings of the Senate of the United States of America, Volume 1
          Married, by the Rev. Dr. Gallagher, on Tuesday evening last, Capt. Cornelius O'Driscoll, to Miss Maria R. Talvande, both of this city. (Friday, December 11, 1807.) ]
          • William Cornelius O'DRISCOLL of Charleston, SC and having legitimate issue male (as of 1849)
            • Francis O'DRISCOLL b.~1847, GA; m. Isabelle (Belle) COHEN; d. 14 Jun 1875, Savannah, GA [University of Virginia: Its History, Influence, Equipment and ...google eBook]
              • Frances (Fanny) O'DRISCOLL b. 07 Mar 1867, Paris, France; m. John H HUNTER; 1900 Census: Savannah, Chatham, GA
              • Isabell (Belle) O'DRISCOLL b.~1870, GA; m. Frank (Francis) Chauncey BATTEY Sr.
              • Edith O'DRISCOLL b.~ 1872, GA; m. Wright HUNTER 1894
        • Lucy O'DRISCOLL m. John O'GRADY of Limerick
      • William O'DRISCOLL from whom Daniel MACCARTHY of Gortnascreena, was descended in the female line.
      m. 2d Miss FITZGERALD
      • Michael O'DRISCOLL d. w/o issue; m. Honora MORRIS
      • Cornelius O'DRISCOLL, of Florence Court and Riverview
        • Ellen O'DRISCOLL m. Dr. Mauritius POWER, Surgeon Royal Navy of Clonakilty; d. 19 Feb 1835 [Ref: Cork Evening Herald, 1835, Limerick Chronicle, 18 Feb 1837]

Alexander O'Driscoll, Esq. J.P

• Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland, Vol. 5, 1856
  • O'Driscoll More He was Chief of Collymore, a territory of which Baltimore was the chief town, in the county of Cork. Sir Fineen, or Florence, O'Driscoll More was not a member of this Parliament. Con O'Driscoll, called the Admiral, was the last known chief of this family. Alexander O'Driscoll, Esq., J. P., of the county of Cork, comes from a junior branch.
• Alexander O'Driscoll and Margaret O'Sullivan, Caharagh Church Records
  m. 30 Jul 1820 in Garanish, Berehaven
  • Cathe chr. 26 Oct 1821, of Mount Musick; m. first Herbert Baldwin Nov 1845 in Skibbereen m. second James O'Sullivan of Bantry 1859
  • Margt Anne chr. 28 Nov 1824, of Mt. Musick
  • Ellen chr. 16 Apr 1826, of Mt. Musick
  • Elizabeth chr. 11 Feb 1831, of Mt. Musick
  • Alex chr. 26 Apr 1832, of Gortnascreena

Some oft-cited accounts mistakenly give the wife of Alexander O'Driscoll of Mountmusic as Mary. The church records record her as Margaret.

By some of these accounts the O'Driscolls of Creagh Court, Old Court, Mountmusic, and Lakelands may have been related but the exact relationships are difficult if not impossible to work out. The aforementioned Alexander O'Driscoll of Mountmusic (above), has been cited as a relative of Alexander O'Driscoll J.P. of Norton Cottage, the magistrate who died in jail in 1849. See also: Timothy O'Driscoll of Old Court.

References

• Miscellany of the Celtic Society By John O'Donovan
• Daughters of "The O'Driscoll"

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