placenamesDoohat
Dútháite
Doohat’s accordion band and annual picnic connect a small Monaghan locality with a wider border marching-band tradition.
The name
A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.
Recorded forms
- Dútháite · Irish · main form · validated name
- Doohat · English · main form
Place & story
An accordion band founded in 1963
Doohat Accordion Band was established in 1963, according to the Ulster-Scots Agency’s account of its later development. Its first uniform combined black trousers, white shirts, red ties and caps. Those colours remained part of the band’s appearance over the following sixty years. The band gave this small County Monaghan locality a musical identity that could travel beyond the townland through performances and gatherings. [2]
The picnic recorded by Seven Days
RTÉ’s Seven Days visited Doohat while reporting on Protestant communities near the border in 1971. Its archive describes a picnic rehearsal before the Twelfth of July, with bands from Doohat, Druminan and Drumate taking part. Drum’s band was absent because the key to its hall had been lost, but the gathering continued. Broadcast on 2 July 1971, the programme preserved a particular moment in the social life surrounding local music and marching. [3]
New instruments for a continuing tradition
In 2023, Doohat’s band received support through an Ulster-Scots Agency pilot scheme for marching bands in the Republic’s border counties. It replaced heavy side drums with lighter, low-tension instruments better suited to the accordions, and added new shirts and weather-resistant jackets. The equipment was introduced at the annual community picnic inJuly 2024. The project linked practical improvements in sound and comfort with the band’s wish to attract a younger generation of players. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Doohat. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Agency Grant Supports Doohat Accordion Band · Ulster-Scots Agency
- Ulster Scotts of Monaghan 1971: Seven Days, broadcast 2 July 1971 · RTÉ Archives
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2013-11-05. How this page was prepared.