His parents' families then engaged in a series of custody lawsuits, as the MacDonaghs were Roman Catholic and the Giffords were Protestant; in the climate of Ne Temere, the MacDonaghs were successful.
Donagh O'Leary | Donagh MacDonagh | Charles Donagh Maginnis | Thomas MacDonagh | Rita Donagh |
The former Belvedere House, Dublin is now part of the renowned teaching establishment Belvedere College, school to the writers James Joyce and Austin Clarke, the stained glass artist Harry Clarke, the patriot and poet Joseph Plunkett who was executed in 1916, the poet Donagh MacDonagh, Volunteer Kevin Barry, and latter-day press and bean baron, Tony O'Reilly.