About the O'Donohue Surname

Behind the O'Donohue surname stands O'Donoghue, an Irish name that clerks and families wrote in more than one way.

Records show O'Donohue as one of the forms O'Donoghue took over time. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists.

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named O'Donohue, so the heraldry linked to O'Donoghue is a starting point, not an automatic right. Research your O'Donohue family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.