There's a bit o' Irish in a lot of us. In the UK portion of the North of Ireland, there are the mostly Protestant SIX Counties. Those include: Antrim, Armagh, Down, Fermanagh, Londonderry and Tyrone. A little LESS well known is the OTHER Northern Irish County of Donegal.
Donegal consists of the dark green county to the left of the map. In the map, the darker the green, the greater the percentage of Irish that is spoken. Donegal is notable because, even more than in the rest of the Republic, it is filled with Irish speakers.
While most of North Ireland became Protestant and aligned with England, Donegal stood with their cousins to the south. Along with Cavan and Monaghan, it is one of three Counties that are part of the Province of Ulster, yet also part of the Republic of Ireland.
That being said, there are a lot of resources for those with ancestors from Donegal. Many of these resources are actually in the language of the invader - English. One source that can lead the Donegal researcher to many other resources may be found here. It's got over 3000 pages, so it is more or less a "Cyndi's List" of North-western Ireland.
Otherwise, Michael Dindinger's suggestions, here are an excellent place to get going from. You could also check out Facebook, with Donegal resources here, here, here, and here, among other places.
IF, on the other hand, you do a Google search for "McDevitt Family of Glenties, County Donegal." You will come up with thousands of hits. Apparently, they were the "big dogs: of that area after the famine.
The original inquiry was as follows:
"So, is this message coming from Steve?
"Supposedly my g-g grand Peter McDevitt came from Moville Parish, Donegal, Ireland in 1835. "came from Londonderry, Ireland, on the vessel Leslie Gault to Saint John, New Brunswick on 6 June1834" (Source, Early Narrag River Fam. of Washington Co, ME.) I located the ships list and found the reference to Moville Parish...."
While most of North Ireland became Protestant and aligned with England, Donegal stood with their cousins to the south. Along with Cavan and Monaghan, it is one of three Counties that are part of the Province of Ulster, yet also part of the Republic of Ireland.
That being said, there are a lot of resources for those with ancestors from Donegal. Many of these resources are actually in the language of the invader - English. One source that can lead the Donegal researcher to many other resources may be found here. It's got over 3000 pages, so it is more or less a "Cyndi's List" of North-western Ireland.
Otherwise, Michael Dindinger's suggestions, here are an excellent place to get going from. You could also check out Facebook, with Donegal resources here, here, here, and here, among other places.
IF, on the other hand, you do a Google search for "McDevitt Family of Glenties, County Donegal." You will come up with thousands of hits. Apparently, they were the "big dogs: of that area after the famine.
The original inquiry was as follows:
"So, is this message coming from Steve?
"Supposedly my g-g grand Peter McDevitt came from Moville Parish, Donegal, Ireland in 1835. "came from Londonderry, Ireland, on the vessel Leslie Gault to Saint John, New Brunswick on 6 June1834" (Source, Early Narrag River Fam. of Washington Co, ME.) I located the ships list and found the reference to Moville Parish...."
