There was another branch, now extinct, of the MacIntyre family, the head of which was Hudie MacIntyre who lived near Doe Chapel, where he had a farm and a shop. The house is still there, as when he was obliged to leave it, and now (1956) occupied by Samuel Stewart. Hudie erected all the houses as they still stand. His reason for his leaving was that the Stewarts were extending their demesne and he, like many others, came within the ambit of that extension. He was sent to Derryart (The Brewers) where his son, Andrew, and his two daughters, Mary and Margaret, lived until the latter two died. To make room for him, Francis Harkin, who had a public house there, was sent to Upper Ballymore, to Dickson’s where his grandson, Jim Harkin still resides on the half of the farm.

His cousins, sons of Frank, occupy the other half. Hudie’s son John, married one of the O’Donnell’s of Faugher, and settled in Dunfanaghy, where he had a public house, as well as land. That branch died out. His brother, Andrew, went to live with him in his old age and died in Dunfanaghy.

There was another family named MacIntyre, that of Peter MacIntyre, of Cashelmore, plumber and mason on the Ards estate, who lived in Cashelmore. That family is now nearly extinct, only one member of it, Bridget, an old age pensioner, being left in the home. Peter had the following family: James, Mary, John, Peter, Bridget, Sarah and William. James (or Jamie) went to England, where his descendants still live. Mary went to America. She died a few years ago, leaving some money, which was divided on her next of kin. Peter also went to England. He may still be alive (1956). John remained at home and died a couple of years ago. He was, I think, 80 at the time of his death. He never married. Bridget was at service, mostly around Derry. She came home when she qualified for the old age pension, and was there when her sister, Sarah, died and she was there when John died some time later. She is there alone at present (1956). Willie is still alive but he is in the Mental Hospital in Letterkenny. John worked on the Ards estate, and when it was taken over by the Land Commission, he received a grant of land and the house in which he lived. It is now in the occupation of Bridget.

The MacIntyres of Derryheriff are in no way related to our branch of the family. The grandfather of the present (1956) Jim MacIntyre was Paddy MacIntyre, a shoemaker from Derryhasson, Rossguill.

Written by Andrew MacIntyre II