The greatest of these families included the Ó Dálaigh ( O ' Daly ), several of whom were accorded the rank of ' chief ollamh of poetry of all Ireland ,' and O ' hUiginn ( O ' Higgins ) who were hereditary filí in more than one Gaelic house such as O ' Conor Slighit, The MacDermotts, The McDonagh and O ' Doherty., The Ó Maol Chonaire chiefly as Ollamh of the Síol Muireadhaigh, the Ó Conchubhair Donn and the MacDermot of Moylurg ; although this family was also associated with Ulster and spread from Connacht into the courts of Munster and Leinster.

Which is doubly sad, as Durness is also the birthplace of one of the greatest Gaelic poets of all time, Rob Donn Calder ( some argue " Mackay "), born at Achnacaillich in Strathmore in 1714 and a keen and fearless observer of people and situations.

It is mentioned in the ancient Irish epic, the Táin Bó Cuailgne, as being one of the places where Queen Medb and her army stopped on their journey to take the Donn Cuailnge ( the Brown Bull of Cooley ).

The Beaux-Arts-style station designed by Donn Barber was one of the grandest buildings in Chattanooga, featuring an arched main entrance that is claimed to be the largest unsupported brick arch in the world.

Martial arts scholar Donn Draeger was one of Nakayama's well-known co-authors.

Originally, Donn was the chief of the Sons of Mil, a mythological race who invaded Ireland, ousting the Tuatha Dé Danann.

* June 6 – William Donn de Burgh, 3rd Earl of Ulster is murdered and the Burke Civil War begins in Ireland.

* Donnchad Donn, King of Ireland

When Medb raises an army from four of the five provinces of Ireland and launches an invasion of Ulster to steal the bull Donn Cúailnge in the Táin Bó Cúailnge, Conchobar, like all the Ulstermen but Cú Chulainn, is unable to fight, disabled by the curse of Macha.

The only bull his equal in Ireland was Donn Cúailnge, so it was decided to acquire him for Medb to restore their equality.

She does, however, manage to bring Donn Cuailnge back to Connacht, where the bull fights Finnbhennach, kills him, but is mortally wounded, and wanders around Ireland creating placenames before finally returning home to die of exhaustion.

William Donn de Burgh, 3rd Earl of Ulster and 4th Baron of Connaught ( 17 September 1312 – 6 June 1333 ), was a noble in the Peerage of Ireland.

Before coming to Ireland, he and his older brother Éber Donn were joint rulers of Spain.

His great-uncle Íth made a peaceful expedition to Ireland, which he had seen from the top of a tower built by his father Breogan, but was killed by the three kings of the Tuatha Dé Danann, Mac Cuill, Mac Cecht and Mac Gréine, and in revenge the Milesians invaded in force, with Érimon and Éber Donn in command.

In Irish lore, Donn, a god of the dead, reigned over Tech Duinn (' The House of Donn '), which was seen as existing on or under Bull Island, located off the Beare Peninsula in the southwest of Ireland.

Notable writers for TurboPlay included Victor Ireland ( of Working Designs fame ) and Donn Nauert ( a video game record holder ).

Elizabeth was born at Carrickfergus Castle near Belfast, Ireland, the only child of William Donn de Burgh, 3rd Earl of Ulster and Maud of Lancaster.

Fermanagh was a stronghold of the Maguire clan and Donn Carrach Maguire ( died 1302 ) was the first of the chiefs of the Maguire dynasty.

The Valley Club ( CAFC Supporters Club ) was situated in Harvey Gardens behind the North Stand, and was managed by licensee Ray Donn from 1970 – 1984 the club had a full club licence supplying food and drink to its members and guests during match days and live entertainment, with cabaret and dancing every night of the week.

Knockfierna, County Limerick was Donn Fírinne's residence.

Congalach was the grandson of High King Flann Sinna of Clann Cholmáin and succeeded to the Uí Néill High Kingship in unusual circumstances on the death of his mother's half-brother Donnchad Donn.

Other sources say that Scota was the daughter of Pharaoh Neferhotep I of Egypt and his wife Senebsen, and was the wife of Míl, that is Milesius, and the mother of Éber Donn and Érimón.

Donn Draeger, world renowned martial arts pioneer, was the first Westerner to bring widespread attention to the often cited “- do ” versus “- jutsu ” controversy.

As king of the Munster síde with Lén as his smith, Bodb Sída ar Femen (' of the Mound on Femen ') plays a role in an important prefatory tale to Táin Bó Cuailnge, for it is his swineherd who quarrels with that of the king of the Connacht síde ; the swineherds are later swallowed and reborn as the magical bulls Donn Cuailnge and Finnbennach, of which the former was the object of the great cattle-raid.

The proprietor was Ernest Raymond Beaumont-Gantt, a young man from Louisiana who had sailed throughout the South Pacific ; later he legally changed his name to Donn Beach.

Donn was the first restaurateur to mix flavored syrups and fresh fruit juices with rum.

Trader Vic ( Victor Bergeron ) was a Donn Beach contemporary and the founder of Trader Vic's restaurant chain.

Cináed mac Duib ( Modern Gaelic: Coinneach mac Dhuibh ) anglicised as Kenneth III, and nicknamed An Donn, " the Chief " or " the Brown ", ( before 967 – 25 March 1005 ) was King of Scots from 997 to 1005.

* Fragile Forest: The Donn and Marilyn Lipton Fragile Forest was opened in 2005.

Domnall Donn ( died 696 ) was king of Dál Riata ( modern western Scotland ).

The general confusion of the sources makes any conclusion difficult, but while it is likely that Máel Dúin was co-ruler, with his brother Domnall Donn, of the Cenél nGabráin lands in Kintyre, it is not likely that Máel Dúin and Domnall were high kings of Dál Riata.

Betrothed when a child to Elizabeth de Burgh, 4th Countess of Ulster ( d. 1363 ), daughter and heiress of William Donn de Burgh, 3rd Earl of Ulster ( d. 1332 ), he was married to her in 1352, but before this date he had entered into possession of her great Irish inheritance.

Tenshin Shōden Katori Shintō-ryū was popularised in the west by the extensive research and writings of late Donn F. Draeger ( 1922 – 1982 ).

She discovered that the only rival to Ailill's bull, Finnbennach, was Donn Cúailnge, owned by Dáire mac Fiachna, a vassal of Conchobar's.

Donn Cúailnge was brought back to Cruachan, where it fought Ailill's bull, Finnbennach, killing him, but dying of his wounds.

A place near this spot, on a small rocky island named ' Tech nDuinn ' (' the House of Donn '), became Donn's dwelling place as god of the dead.

According to Irish mythology, Donn, or the Dark One, is the Lord of the Dead and father of Diarmuid Ua Duibhne, whom he gave to Aengus Óg to be nurtured.

Donn is regarded as the father of the Irish race ; a position similar to that of Dis Pater and the Gauls, as noted by Julius Caesar.

Cnoc Fírinne ( meaning ' Hill of Truth ') takes its name from Donn, who is said to forewarn the local people of bad weather by gathering up rain clouds around him on the hill.

In 2002, Donn Parker proposed an alternative model for the classic CIA triad that he called the six atomic elements of information.

* 1935 – Donn Clendenon, American baseball player ( d. 2005 )

* Starry, Donn A., General.

* Starry, Donn A., General.

In the Táin Bó Cuailnge queen Medb of Connacht launches an invasion of Ulster to steal the bull Donn Cuailnge ; the Morrígan, like Alecto of the Greek Furies, appears to the bull in the form of a crow and warns him to flee.

* 1968 – Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 7, the first successful manned Apollo mission, with astronauts Wally Schirra, Donn F. Eisele and Walter Cunningham aboard.

Instead, William Jolitz gave regular code updates to Donn Seeley of BSDi for packaging and testing, and returned all materials when William Jolitz left that company following fundamental disagreements on company direction and goals.

** NASA announces the crew for the Apollo 7 space mission ( first manned Apollo flight ): Walter M. Schirra, Jr., Donn F. Eisele, and R. Walter Cunningham.

* An Calbhach mac Aodha O Conchobhair Donn is inaugurated as the last king of Connacht.

* June 6 – William Donn de Burgh, 3rd Earl of Ulster ( b. 1312 )