The Ó Dochartaigh Clann Association
Gathering & Travel
2026 Ó Dochartaigh Clann
Get your 2026 Ó Dochartaigh Clann Gathering ticket!
2026 August 12-August 15: Our 2026 Ó Dochartaigh Clann Gathering tickets are available. The per-person ticket price is €295 EUR for the four-day Gathering being held August 12 to August 15, based at McGrorys Hotel in Culdaff, Co. Donegal.
We have nine separate events, including the premiere of an exclusive concert with world renowned musicians, a full day bus tour with lunch, an evening Clann family tree workshop followed by a Pub Quiz, a day of various heritage lectures with lunch, cultural crafts workshops, a traditional ceili with tea & coffee and scrumptious finger food, visiting the Doagh Famine Village with tea & scone, Local heritage exhibition and Banquet dinner with traditional music and dancers.
Create memories for a lifetime as you savor the traditional food and drink at McGrory’s Hotel in Culdaff.
Book early. The venues in Inishowen are intimate and seating is limited.
For more information email info@odochartaighassociation.org.
Current Schedule
August 12, 2026 – Wednesday
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7 pm – Premiere of Concert "Sara Dougherty: The Un-Crowned Queen of Country Music" at McGrory's
August 13, 2026 – Thursday
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10 am to 4 pm – Bus Tour of Inishowen and O Dochartaigh Antiquities including Lunch
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7 pm – 9 pm – Clann Genealogy Forum – Open Conversation about Genealogy research
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9:30 pm – Pub Quiz
August 14, 2026 – Friday
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10 am to 4 pm – Heritage Lectures at McGrory's with a Light lunch
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10 am to 4 pm – Cultural Crafts workshops in the hall in Culdaff
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8 pm – Céilí Dance at McGrory's
August 15, 2026 – Saturday
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10 am – Visit the Doagh Famine Village
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Noon – Lunch on your own
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2 pm Meet at Clonmany Market House for the Clonmany Genealogy & Heritage exhibition
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6 pm – Closing banquet with traditional entertainment at McGrory's
Some of our Past Gatherings
Beginning in the early 1980s, a dedicated group of O’Dochartaigh volunteers in Ireland organised the worldwide Clann Gathering. The first O’Dochartaigh Clann Gathering was held in 1985 and was a month-long event which saw over two thousand visitors. Subsequent gatherings were held in 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005, 2008, 2010 and 2015. The Gathering in 2008 was out of the five-year rotation and was held to honor the last Gaelic Chieftain, Cahir Rua Ó Dogherty who was killed in 1608. Government travel and gathering restrictions relating to the COVID-19 pandemic prevented the hosting of the scheduled 2020 Gathering. Following COVID-19, our non-profit Association suspended hosting gatherings in Ireland. Our past gatherings were held in Inishowen, Co. Donegal and Derry City, Co. Derry and included a variety of activities including music, dancing, genealogy workshops, heritage tours, and more. Presently, The Clann O'Dochartaigh Association (a non-for-profit) has been hosting virtual clann hangout gatherings via Zoom. We also welcome you to explore other groups and for-profit agencies to explore your interest in any O'Dochartaigh themed gatherings. Join our Facebook group or mailing list to keep up! Please contact us if you are planning an O'Dochartaigh themed gathering, so we can help spread the word!
Regardless of whether you attend one of these gatherings, many would like to visit the place where almost everyone is a Doherty! Where? None other than the O’Dochartaigh homeland situated in northwest Ireland. Below you will find links to planned O'Dochartaigh themed gatherings as well as travel-related information which may be of use of anyone who wants to visit the family's ancestral homeland.
Photos From Past Ó Dochartaigh Gatherings
Photos kindly provided courtesy of our past Gathering Coordinator, Eva Doherty Gremmert, and her husband, Arden Gremmert.
Click the thumbnails below to open the photos in a larger viewer!
