This section recounts the story of the Ó Baoighill from their emergence as a distinct sept around the year 1000 and their engagement with the Gaelic world until its very existence comes under threat around 1600.

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Donegal Beginnings

The sept emerges

Territories

Galloglass

Erenaghs?

Life and Death in Gaelic Ireland

Where did they live?

An Irish Romeo and Juliet

The wider world intrudes

Vikings and wreckers?

The Spanish Armada

Dynastic Rivalries

O'Donnells' Wars

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