The Homecoming is the institutional pulse of the modern Clan Ó Dubhda. Every few years, on the lands, the family gathers. The next one is at Belleek Castle, Co. Mayo, in 2028.

The place.

Belleek Castle is a 19th-century Gothic-revival house on a wooded estate on the south bank of the Moy, just upstream from Ballina. The grounds are large enough to host the procession; the great hall seats the council; the medieval Ardnaree friary – one of our family’s burial places – is within walking distance.

The shape of the gathering.

Three days. Lectures from clan historians, archive viewings, a guided tour of the Moy valley castles (Roslee, Enniscrone, Castleconnor, Ardnaglass), the Carn Amhalghaidh procession at sunrise on the central day, and the council meeting at which the next Taoiseach is elected and inaugurated.

The ninth Taoiseach’s three-year term ends at Belleek 2028. The tenth Taoiseach will be confirmed there.

Who can come.

You. Anyone in the clan, in any of the nine name-spellings, from any country, paid member or not. Voting members and Patrons get accommodation priority and seat the council session. Everyone else attends every other element.

What you can do now.

The Homecomings page on the site has the working schedule, the venue contact, the rough budget guide for travel, and the registration form (opening 2027). If you want to help shape the programme – lectures, music, archive contributions – the council is taking proposals through the contact form.

Save the dates.

Three days at Belleek. The river. The shore. The family.

Read the Homecomings page →

We are Ó Dubhda. We’re rebuilding the clan online at odubhda.org.