 The family became much more scattered during the later Williamite War in Ireland.As an example of their wealth and capacity in the mid-16th century, an early O'Leary of Carrignacurra  is purported to be the fosterer of Donnel na g croiceann, or Donnel of the Hides, ancestor of the modern O'Donovans of Clan Cahaill.His daughter Ellen married Donnell.