User:Irish Mountaineer

Irish Mountaineer is the Wikipedia pseudoname of the author (South Africa - Reflections on a Revolution, and Mass Murder on the Mine, a SAPS calamity.) Donough McGillycuddy is the hereditary holder of one of Irelands oldest dynasties, tracing back 3,300 years. His title is 'The McGillycuddy of the Reeks.' Before the English Tudor monarchs arranged Ireland the way they wanted it without Gaelic kingships. The Reeks comprised some 55,000 acres of County Kerry and the mountains stretch West from the Lakes of Killarney. Until C. 17th the tribe was that of O'Sullivan Mor. That Chieftain sent his eldest son (Giolla) to be educated at Lismore under the tutelage of St. Mochuda. The name 'O'Sullivan mac giolla mochuda gradually became Mac Goilla mochuda. The influence of the Spanish language on the development of the Irish language placed the letter 'y' in the middle of the name, since 'y' is 'and' in Spanish. Today it had gradually become anglicised to McGillycuddy, or MacGillycuddy. Further Spanish influence dictates that the 'G' is pronounced as an 'H'. Thus the preferred pronunciation is Mac-hilly cuddy. Donough was bred and born in Ireland of Anglo-Irish parentage, being 52.4% English/Scottish. He was educated at Eton College, Neuchatel University and the City of Leicester Polytechnic. He served 4 years in the Irish Guards before managing a thoroughbred stud farm, a game farm and pursuing commercial business interests in the petfood market. He married Wendy O'Conor Spencer, a descendent of The O'Conor Royal Irish household. She died in South Africa where they farmed on a small scale, in 2013. Donough wrote his books and returned to Ireland in 2015. He now lives in Lincolnshire, England near where his Grandfather formed the Machine Gun Corps (which see) in 1915.