Author: Donoughue, A.
Biography:
DONOUGHUE, A. (fl 1799)
Most of the subscribers to his book were from Welshpool, Montgomeryshire, Wales, and references in the poems confirm the author’s strong connection to Welshpool. Likely he was the Aloysius Donoughue of Welshpool, Montgomeryshire, who married Martha Jones in Ellesmere, Shropshire, on 28 Apr. 1799. A daughter, Mary Ann Jones Jeremiah Donoughue, was born in June 1800 and baptised in Welshpool in July. Curiously her father’s name is given in the birth record as Jeremiah Aloysius Donoughue, suggesting a possible link to J. Donoghue (q.v.). A Mr. Jones of Barnstaple, Devon, was one of the subscribers to Essay on the Passions and J. Donoghue lived in Barnstaple. Nothing more is known. (O’Donoghue; ancestry.co.uk 29 July 2024) SR