Inishowen
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Inishowen is a peninsula in the north of County Donegal in Ireland. Inishowen is the most northerly peninsula on the island of Ireland.
Five Finger Strand
Looking across the mouth of Lough Foyle to Dunagree Point and Inishowen Head
The Grianán of Aileach is a stone fort on the Inishowen peninsula.
Buncrana is the largest town in Inishowen and the second largest in County Donegal
O'Doherty family
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The O'Doherty family of Inishowen in County Donegal is an Irish clan who were a prominent sept of the Northern Uí Néill's Cenél Conaill, and one of the most powerful clans of Tír Connaill.
Lebor Gabála Érenn is recorded in more than a dozen medieval manuscripts including the Book of Leinster shown here, which is just one of the primary sources of text. Image: Dublin, TCD, MS 1339 (olim MS H 2.18)
Signatures of the authors of the Annals of the Four Masters, compiled between 1632 and 1636 AD from earlier annals by Brother Mícheál Ó Cléirigh from Ballyshannon, who was assisted by, among others, Cú Choigcríche Ó Cléirigh, Fearfeasa Ó Maol Chonaire and Cú Choigríche Ó Duibhgeannáin
Annals of the Four Masters, entry for the year 432 AD
Owen Roe O'Neill (1585 – 1649). Second husband of Rosa O'Doherty. Lithograph copy of a painting attributed to the Flemish artist Van Brugens.