Notes
Son of William and Bridget O'Donoghue; Veronica O'Donoghue's paternal grandfather. Recorded age 18 in the 1901 census living with his widowed mother [census-ireland-1901-castlemungret-odonoghue] (Codex peer re-read corrected my earlier 17). Absent from the 1911 household (already married out by then) — this is the great-grandfather Michael Vaughan Jr's WhatsApp memory was about ("there in 1901, missing 1911, back married in 1926"). By c.1928 head of his own household at Castlemungret, age 42, with wife Nora (47) and seven children: William (21), May (19), Anastatia (15), Michael (14), James (12), Arthur (10), John (4) [household-record-c1928-castlemungret-james-odonoghue]. Birth-year offset (1901 census age 18 → b.1883; 1928 record age 42 → b.1886) is a typical census-age fudge; reconciled at 1883 here. Slug retained as 'james-odonoghue-1884' for URL stability despite the corrected birth year. Source: family submission by Michael Vaughan Jr, 2026-05-06 — hand-drawn family tree + WhatsApp testimony [personal-testimony-mvj-odonoghue-2026-05-06].