Clan Sweeney - The Chieftaincies of Fanad, Doe, and Banagh

The Chieftaincies of Fanad, Doe, and Banagh

• The chiefly line of Fanad (Mac Suibhne Fánad)

Historians maintain that the chiefly line of Fanad had disappeared before 1800.

• The chiefly line of Doe (Mac Suibhne na d'Tuath)

The chiefly line of Doe is thought to descend from the chiefly line of Fanad. Thomas A. Sweeney claims to be the senior male, directly descending from Maol Mhuire (Sir Myles Mac Sweeney, Chief of Doe, 1596-1630). In 1999 Sweeney petitioned the Office of the Chief Herald of Ireland to be recognized as Chief of the Name of the Mac Sweeneys of Doe. In July 2003, in light of the MacCarthy Mór Scandal, the Genealogical Office discontinued the practice of recognising Chiefs, with Sweeneys petition still pending investigation.

• The chiefly line of Banagh (Mac Suibhne Boghaineach)

Folk tradition of south Co. Donegal maintains that the last two male descendants of the chiefly line died in Teelin near the end of the nineteenth century.