Of Castles, Pirates and Kings:
The O'Driscoll Clans of Ireland

Ó hEidirsceoil - O'Driscoll

Drombeg Stone Circle or Druid's Alter
A Neolithic site in Skibbereen, County of Cork.

All photographs of Ireland on this page were kindly
contributed and described by Richard Watson

  My Irish ancestors were descended from the O'Driscolls

of West Cork, Ireland and this page about their

 beginnings is intended to honor them.

The O'Driscoll Clans were first in South Kerry,

then later West Cork, Corca Laoighde,

in the County of Cork, Southern Ireland.

Dún na Séad Castle in the town centre,
now an impressive ruin standing
on a rock overlooking the harbour.

Lough Hyne with the remains of Cloghane Castle,
the final home of Sir Fenen O'Driscoll,
is on an island to the right of centre.

My gg grandmother Mary Ann Driscoll

was born in Kentucky in 1838,

her parents came from Pennsylvania

and Kentucky, with her father and brother

both being named Andrew Jackson Driscoll.

John Henry and Mary Ann Driscoll Deal were married

December 25, 1856 in Jefferson County, Indiana

and were the parents of my great grandmother

Mary Elizabeth Deal

John Deal Sr. was born in Mercer County, Kentucky

in 1832 and died May 30, 1904.

His parents were both born in Pennsylvania.

Mary Ann Driscoll was born April 2, 1838 in Kentucky

and died May 2, 1923 in Shelby County, Indiana.

Mary's father and brother were both named Andrew Jackson Driscoll

and her parents were born in Kentucky and Pennsylvania.

John Henry and Mary Ann Driscoll Deal lived with their children

in Boggstown/London, in the Moral Township of

Shelby County, Indiana near many other Deal family members.

The O'Driscolls were among the first Clans of Ireland.

The Territories of Ancient Irish families

were rulers and Royalty who later became pirates 

as outsiders began invading their ancestral lands.

Many of the O'Driscoll Castles which were once home

to these proud people, remain standing today

in the areas surrounding the County of Cork.

Rincolisky, the O'Driscoll Castle
at Whitehall north of Baltimore

The entrance to Baltimore Harbour,
looking across to Sherkin Island

The O'Driscolls

Driscolls of Cork

The O'Driscoll Clan

The Name O'Driscoll

O'Driscoll Strongholds

The Baltimore O'Driscolls

Early History of the O'Driscolls

The Driscoll Family Homestead

The O'Driscoll Clan from Baltimore

The Mighty O'Driscolls - Medieval Times

The Territories of Ancient Irish Families

Baltimore Town Centre

Richard Watson cycling near Baltimore

County of Cork:

County Cork

Map of West Cork

A History of Cork

Cork County, Ireland

Cape Clear, West Cork

A History of Clonakilty, West Cork

Cork Ireland, Things to See and Do

Map of Ireland - CIA Factbook

Ireland in general

Irish History

Early History of Ireland

Irish History on the Web

Ireland's History in Maps

Irish Newspapers Online

Old Irish - Gaelic Surnames

http://www.rootsweb.com/~irlcor/

An Alternative History of Celticism

A Political Study of Ancient Ireland

Desmond's Concise History of Ireland

Old Ireland, the Story of the Irish Race

Map of Houses, Castles and Gardens of Ireland