ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-2"> <meta name="GENERATOR" content="Family Tree Heritage"> <title>Helen's Family Trees - DORE/DOWER - dor01.htm</title> </head> <body background="images/wider version of airbrushed background for HelensFamilyTrees.jpg"> <h3 align=center>DESCENDANTS OF Robert O DOGHAIR (to contribute information, please email Helen@HelensFamilyTrees.com)</h3> <h2 align=center>First Generation</h2> <hr> <table BORDER=0 CELLSPACING=5 WIDTH="100%" > <tr VALIGN=TOP> <td></td> <td><p>1. <b><a name="7546"></a>Robert O DOGHAIR</b> was born about 1705 in probably west Co. Limerick.</p> <blockquote><p>Robert's descendants settled in Gortnagloss, Templeglantine, Co. Limerick, where members of the family still live. The O Doghair surname was eventually anglicised to O'Dower and Dower, with the surname of several of the O'Dower/Dower family members evolving into Dore. The Dower/Dore name is numerous throughout Ireland, especially in Co. Limerick. It's a name derived usually from the Irish "Ó Doghair" from the word "doghra" meaning "sorrow".<br> <br> John O'Connor of Brisbane, Australia, and his wife, Roslyn (née Ryan), have written an in-depth history of their families entitled 'Made in Queensland ...a Product of Ireland, a History of the O'Connor/Dore and Ryan/Challis Families in Queensland' (published in 2010). Included in the book is an account of the Dore/Dower family of Gortnagloss, some of which appears below with the kind permission of the authors. However much more information on the family is available in 'Made in Queensland'. For further details on the book, please contact John and Roslyn at jermoc@bigpond.com.<br> <br> Note from Helen: Although neither my husband nor I are descended from Robert, his great-great-great-granddaughter Brigie Dore married my great-granduncle Richie Cunningham. In the course of my research into the Cunninghams, I have been provided with valuable information on the Dore/Dower family that might be useful to visitors to this website, hence its inclusion.</p> </blockquote> </td> </tr></table><p>He had the following children. </p> <blockquote><table border="0" cellspacing="7"> <tr><td valign=top>+</td> <td valign=top>2</td> <td valign=top>M</td> <td valign=top align=right>i</td> <td><a name="7545C"></a> <a href="dorg02.htm#7545"><b>Robert O'DOWER</b></a> was born about 1730.<tr><td valign=top>+</td> <td valign=top>3</td> <td valign=top>M</td> <td valign=top align=right>ii</td> <td><a name="7547C"></a> <a href="dorg02.htm#7547"><b>Maurice O DOWER</b></a>.</table> </blockquote> <p align=center> <a href="dorx.htm#TOC"><img src="images/home.jpg" border=0 ALT="Home"></a> <a href="dorg02.htm"><img src="images/next.jpg" border=0 ALT="Next"></a> <a href="dorg15.htm"><img src="images/end.jpg" border=0 ALT="Last"></a> </p> <p align=center><a href="dorx2.htm">Surname List</a> | <a href="dorx31.htm">Name Index</a> </p> </body> </html>