LANGAN'S HISTORICAL A-Z, INDEX & DIARY BY George Langan

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  • WILLIAM DANAHER. (Liam O’Danchair) By George Langan.

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    We were left with the following account on the Danaher family from Colm Danaher, son of master William.  ‘In the middle of the 17th century, two brothers Maurice & Philip Danaher left their home in North Tipperary. They were escaping the landlord Brodel’s persecution…a Cromwellion officer who was rounding up hundreds of young people to be dispatched to the West…