O'Donnell Irish Family Gifts & Heritage
From the Donegal heartland of Red Hugh O’Donnell and the lords of Tír Chonaill come these O’Donnell blankets, mugs, flags, pennants, coasters and ornaments, made to honor the Ó Domhnaill name.
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O'Donnell Irish Family Crest Garden Flag -
O'Donnell Irish Family Crest Ceramic Christmas Ornament -
O'Donnell Irish Family Crest Wall Pennant -
O'Donnell Irish Heritage Mug -
O'Donnell Irish Heritage Woven Blanket | Family Crest Tartan Throw -
O'Donnell Irish Family Crest T-Shirt -
O'Donnell Irish Family Crest Novelty License Plate -
O'Donnell Irish Family Crest Tartan Coaster Set
About O'Donnell Irish Family Gifts & Heritage
O’Donnell is the English form of Ó Domhnaill, “descendant of Domhnall,” a personal name meaning world-mighty. Its most celebrated family descended from Conall Gulban, son of Niall of the Nine Hostages, and took the surname from Domhnall, grandson of Dálach, a ninth-century lord of Tír Chonaill. After the Anglo-Norman invasion the family rose from its mountain patrimony between the Swilly and the Dobhar to rule Tír Chonaill, today’s County Donegal, for four centuries, with Donegal Castle as a principal seat.
Red Hugh O’Donnell escaped captivity in Dublin, fought beside Hugh O’Neill in the Nine Years’ War and died in Spain in 1602; five years later his brother Rory, Earl of Tyrconnell, left Ireland in the Flight of the Earls. Many O’Donnells then served continental powers, and Leopold O’Donnell became prime minister of Spain. Separate Ó Domhnaill families also held lands in west Clare, Galway, Carlow and Armagh.
Bring the name home with a woven blanket, accent mug or coaster set on the Irish National Tartan, a garden flag or wall pennant, and a ceramic Christmas ornament. The family crest T-shirt and novelty license plate carry O’Donnell further afield. Discover more in our O’Donnell surname history.