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Geoffrey Paul Vincent, The O'Donoghue of the Glens

Geoffrey O'Donoghue was born in 1937 and was educated at the Christian Brothers School in Enniscorthy, County Wexford. He joined the Irish Air Corps and served in engineering for six years. Moving to England, he worked for Vickers Armstrong for five years before returning to Ireland. He inherited Ballinahown Court, in County Westmeath, from his great aunt. This property came into the ownership of the O'Donoghues of the Glens on the death of Sir John Ennis, whose daughter Marie married Daniel O'Donoghue, the MP. In 1874 it was a very large estate of nearly nine thousand acres reducing through the pressures of the Land Acts to 500 acres by the end of the nineteenth century. It proved impractical to maintain and in 1968, was sold.

The O'Donoghue, a retiree, lives just outside Tullamore, County Offaly. He married Frances Kelly(deceased) in 1963 and has seven children. He is an avid reader of history. As an Irish nationalist, in the traditions of his ancestors, he seeks to maintain and develop his family history.

The O'Donoghue of the Glens has seven children. Four Daughters; Paula, Gwen, Grainne and Niamh Three Sons; Conor, Donagh, Geoffrey.