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From Ballyboyle to Corglass.
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a Boyle family's story
Part 1 - Ballyboyle - our ancient ancestors
Welcome
Signposts
A History Lesson
Gaelic Society
The English get tough
The Plantation of Ulster
Cromwell & Co
The dark 18th century
The 19th century
The 20th century
Why? Who? Where? How many?
Aren't we all descended from kings...?
Why are Gaelic names so complicated?
What's in a name?
Boyle or O'Boyle?
Donegal or Tyrconnell or TÃr Chonaill?
How many (O)Boyles are there?
Petty's Census
Where were Boyles / O'Boyles in the 1850
1901 Census
Religious affiliation
The 'Other' Boyles
Ancient Ancestors 1000-1600
Donegal Beginnings
The sept emerges
Territories
Erenaghs?
Life and death in Gaelic Ireland
Where did they live?
Where did they live 2
An Irish Romeo and Juliet
The wider world intrudes
Vikings and Wreckers?
The Armada
Dynastic Rivalry
O'Donnells' Wars
O'Donnells' Wars 2
Defeat and decline 1600-1700
Aftermath and Flight
Turlough Roe - the last Chief
Turlough Roe (cont.)
Resistance and Rebellion
Confiscations
Into the shadows
Boyle of Washington
References
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