Doheny

Doheny is the usual anglicized form of the Gaelic Irish surname Ó Dubhchonna the base word being “dubh” meaning black or dark and possibly “con” meaning a hound or dog. The sept of Ó Dubhchonna was of the tribe known as Corca Laoighdhe, the race of Lughaidh Laidhe, grandfather of Lughaidh MacCon, monarch of Ireland in the third century. This was a great clan in the south-west of County Cork, whose territory covered the Diocese of Ross, and of which the O'Driscolls and O'Learys were the chief families. From here the Ó Dubhchonnas spread to east Munster where Dawney and Downey are often found as synonyms as a result of attempts to make the name look more English. Though never as important as some of the larger septs of their tribe, the name will be familiar familiar to students of nineteenth century history in the person of Michael Doheny. The third son of Michael Doheny, he was born at Brookhill, near Fethard, County Tipperary 1805. He became connected with the national movement in the forties, and wrote prose and verse to The Nation. He took part in the Young Irelander Rebellion of 1848, eluded arrest, and after being hunted by the police for some time, escaped to New York. He settled in the United States, and became a lawyer and a soldier with the Fenian Brotherhood. He died there on April 1, 1863 and was buried in Calvary Cemetery in Queens.

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