(From De Burgo’s Hib. Dom., p.559)

AMONG our Irish martyrs assuredly these may well claim the first place. 

They are spoken of at length in the work bearing the title Palma Fidel Ordinis Prœdicatorum composed by the Rev. Father B. Peter Malphæus, OP., prior of Brussels ; viz:’

Donough, alias William, Olvin, prior of the convent of Derry in Ulster2 : he was hanged, with many secular priests, in the square of the said city, and quartered, by the English heretics in the year 1608.3

The brother of the Prior; he too was a religious of the Order of preachers, and was hanged some time before the Prior suffered, in the same city, because he professed the Catholic faith, as we read in the said Malphæus.

See also O’Sullevan, Molanus, O’Daly, and Porter

1 Or O’Laighen

2 Founded by O’Donnell, chief of his clan, in 1244. Hib. Dom. P.281

3 There is some uncertainty about the date. The above is that given in Hib. Dom., p.559

Please pray for final perseverance for all of us!
May the martyrs of old inspire us all.