This is the story about the red hand of Ulster being on the Family Crest. Two rival families, one of which being the Donnellys, were in a race from the Aran Isles across the sea to the mainland at Donegal. Whichever clan chief touched the soil first could claim the land for his family. As they approached the land the Donnellys were losing. The clan chief needed some quick thinking and acting. So he chopped off his hand and threw it onto the approaching beach thus winning the contest and the land. Hence the red blood stained hand on the crest.
My mother was a Donnelly and spent many fun summers at her grandfather John Donnelly's farm in Kansas. He was born in Ireland and had many stories to tell her.
My mother was a Donnelly and spent many fun summers at her grandfather John Donnelly's farm in Kansas. He was born in Ireland and had many stories to tell her.
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