The Taoiseach is the elected head of the modern Clan Ó Dubhda. The office is a three-year trust: serve the clan, hold the lineage, hand it on cleanly to the next.

Sean O’Dowda Stephens was inaugurated as the ninth modern Taoiseach on Carn Amhalghaidh in October 2025 – the same hill the kings of Uí Fiachrach Muaidhe stood on more than a thousand years ago. He succeeded Colum O’Dowd, the eighth modern Taoiseach, who served from 2022 to 2025.

What the office does.

The Taoiseach chairs the Council, represents the clan publicly, signs the inauguration roll, holds the institutional memory, and writes the year’s letters to the diaspora. The Taoiseach does not own the clan – serves it.

The line of office.

The full list of modern Taoisigh, with biographies, term dates, and the work each oversaw, is on the Previous Taoisigh page. The line is unbroken from 1991 to the present.

The Council.

Behind the Taoiseach sits a Council of Voting Members who decide the clan’s direction collectively. New members are appointed for service to the clan. Council seats are listed publicly on the Council page.

What comes next.

The current term runs to 2028, ending with the next Homecoming at Belleek Castle. The election for the tenth Taoiseach will happen there. If you want a voice in that election, become a Voting Member.

Read the Taoiseach’s page →

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