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From: "Dick O'Donnell" <>
Subject: Beatification of Hugh Red O'Donnell
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 06:41:20 -0400


I received the following notice from Mr. J. C. Sullivan who requested
that it be passed on to interested parties. Who better than members of
this mailing list?

Dick O'Donnell
Listowner

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NEWSLETTER OF RED HUGH O'DONNELL GUILD
Shirley Starke, Route 2, Box 230, Valley City, ND 58072

Editor - J.C. Sullivan

In 1977 a meeting took place in the rectory of St. Catherine's Church,
Valley City, North Dakota. Seven individuals came together for an
unusual
cause - the formation of a Guild to honor a 17th century Irish-Catholic
patriot. "The purpose of the Guild is to promote Red Hugh O'Donnell's
cause for beatification and to gather and share knowledge about his life
and heroic sanctity," said Shirley Starke. "The 17th century
Irish-Catholic
patriot was truly exception in his utter devotion to God and the Church.
"In his faith and hope in God, even when faced with great obstacles, and
in
his love which led him to show a degree of mercy toward even his enemies
that was unheard of in his day."

Ms. Starke is the force behind this goal. A St. Catherine
parishioner,
she and Father Gerald McCarthy, Sister Therese Celine and others, are
leading the attempt to consolidate world-wide public support for the
beatification. To help accomplish this goal she has written a short
biography to educate other Roman Catholics: Red Hugh: The Story of Hugh
Roe
O'Donnell (Aodh Ruadh O'Domhnll).

The Surnames of Ireland, written by Edward MacLysaght, states "The main
sept, one of the most famous in Irish history, especially in the
seventeenth century, is of Tirconnell; another is of Thomond and a third
of
the Ui Maine. (Map Clare, Donegal and Galway.)" John Grenham, author of
Clans and Families of Ireland - the heritage and heraldry of Irish clans
and their families (Gill and Macmillan) states that the name comes from
the
Irish 'descendant of Domhnall, a personal name meaning 'world-mighty'.
He
states the clans arose simultaneously in west Clare and East Galway.

We highly recommend Beati aodh ruadh ui Domnaill, The Life of Hugh Roe
O'Donnell, Prince of Tirconnell (1586-1602), by Lughaidh O'Clery, Fallon
&
Co, Dublin, 1895. It is available through inter-library loan. It reads
like
a book of the bible and is a wonderful history of the O'Donnells.

YOU ARE ENCOURAGED to reproduce and forward this newsletter and write
Ms.
Starke with the names of those who will be most influential in helping
us
to realize this worthwhile goal. Please give her your support, comments
and inspirations.

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