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 524 BURKE'S COLONIAL GENTRY. (i^*3Dcinciban, DENLS O'DONOVAN, C.M.G., of Brinbane, and Como, Orniiston, Cleve- land, Queensland, F.E.S.L., E.R.G.S., &e., b. at Kinsalc, co. Cork, Ireland, 23rd August, 1836 ; m. 1st May, 1867, Aimee, daughter of Etienno Lerouv de Gbandmaison, by Luce, liis wife, daughter of Henri Dausin de Bodkges, and widow of Alfred Auguste Bisson, and by her (who d. 24th June, 1892) has issue, I. WiM.iAM DE BouKOKS, I). 3rd June, 1870. II. Kathleen Aimee. II. Claire Denise. Mr. O'Donovan received his education in Ireland and at Paris, and ^vas for some time professor in the College des Hautes Etudes, afterwards the Catholic University of Paris, and in one of the colleges of the University of Prance ; he held an important editorial position on thn Pre.^s in Paris ; was appointed parliamentary librarian of Queensland in 1874, which post he still holds ; is the author of Memories of Borne and other works, both iu French and English, and also of an Analytical Catalogue which is a remark- able contribution to Bibliography. He is a member of a number of learned bodies, and a corresponding member (causa honoris) of the Societes de Geographic Commerciale of Paris and Havre, and an honorary member of the Societe d'Anthropologie of Paris. Mr. O'Donovan was created a C.M.G. in 1893. Hincage. The ancestor of this family in modern timea was Donell II. O'Donovan, of Castle O'DonoTan, in the co. of Cork, by liis first wife, Helena, grand-daughtir of Viscount Buttevant. The following pedigree is taken from an old manuscript which has been in the possession of this branch of the family for nearly two liundred years : — Donell II. O'Doxovan, who s. to the dignity of chief in 1584-, inaugnrdted by McCarthy Eeagh, who delivered him the White Wand, and was recognised by Lord Chancellor Adam Loftus, 12th February, 1592, as chieftain lawfully inaugurated according to the Irish custom. He surren- dered his territory of ClanCathal to J awes I, 1608, and received a re-grant of the entire of it, 1615.* He had eleven sons, of whom the eldest, Donell III, was the ancestor of General Richard O'Donovan, with whom this branch became extinct at his death in November, 1829 {see O'Donovan of Chin Ccdhal in Bueke's Lauded Oeniry). The second son was CoNOGHEE O'DonovAN (whose name is mentioned in a manuscript at Lambeth Palace, Carew Collection, No. 635, fol. 151), who entered the Austrian Army and fought at the battle of Prague, in which Frederick, King of Bohemia, was totally defeated (1620). He Iiad previously m. a Spanish lady, Donna Juana de Sa, and about the end of his life removed to Brazil, where one of his wife's relations was the fir^t governor (Capitao Mor) of Rio de Janeiro. He was therefore absent from Ireland on the death of his father in 1630. His only son, EoGHAN (or Eugenic) O'Donovan, d. in South America about 1681. His eldest son, CAriAiN DoNOUGH (or DioNisio) O'Don- ovan, served in the Brazilian Navy. His eldest son, Richard O'Donovan, was chef de bat- jiillon in the Frencli Army, and fought at Eamilies. He visited Ireland, and ;«. there Catherine MacCaethv, grand-daughter of Corniac MaeC'arthy, the master of Monrne. His eldest son, Cork, in the north wall of wliieh is a block of limestone, containing the memorial, "Jus Mauia. Don. ic. 1626. doc," in raised letters two and a half inches long. The castle is still standing, though much dilapidated, and has niucty-lwo steps leading to the ballle- mcnts.
 * O'Donovan built Castle Donovan in the Hills, three miles north of Dromoleague, co.