Connor O'Brien, 2nd Viscount Clare
Connor O'Brien | |
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| Viscount Clare | |
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| Tenure | 1666–1670 |
| Successor | Daniel, 3rd Viscount Clare |
| Born | c. 1605 |
| Died | 1670 |
| Spouse(s) | Honora O'Brien |
| Issue Detail | Daniel, & others |
| Father | Daniel, 1st Viscount Clare |
| Mother | Catherine FitzGerald |
Connor O'Brien, 2nd Viscount Clare (c. 1605 – 1670) was the son of Daniel O'Brien, 1st Viscount Clare and Catherine FitzGerald, a daughter of Gerald, 14th Earl of Desmond.
Birth and origins
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Connor was born about 1605, the second son of Daniel O'Brien and his wife Catherine FitzGerald.[6] His father was the 1st Viscount Clare. His father's family, the O'Briens, were a Gaelic Irish dynasty that descended from Brian Boru, medieval high king of Ireland.[7]
Connor's mother was the widow of Maurice Roche, 6th Viscount Fermoy and the third daughter of Gerald FitzGerald, 14th Earl of Desmond,[8][9] and his second wife, Eleanor Butler. Connor was one of 11 siblings, who are listed in his father's article.
Marriage and children
[edit]O'Brien married Honora O'Brien, daughter of Daniel O'Brien of Duagh, County Kerry, and his wife Ellen FitzGerald, a daughter of the Knight of Glin.
Connor and Honora had a son:
- Daniel (died 1691), his successor
—and six daughters:[10]
- Margaret, married Hugh O'Reilly
- Ellen, married Sir Roger Shagnessy
- Honora, married John FitzGerald, 13th Knight of Kerry
- Catherine, married 1st Garret FitzGerald of Castleishen abd 2ndly John MacNamara
- Sarah married Daniel Sullivan Bear
- Mary married a Power of Doonil, whose first name in unknown
Later life, death, and timeline
[edit]On 11 July 1662 when Charles II created his father Baron Moyarta and Viscount Clare,[11] O'Brien gained the courtesy title of Baron Moyarta. On his father's death, which happened in 1663[12] or in 1666,[13][14] Moyarta, as he was now, succeeded as the 2nd Viscount Clare.[14]
Clare enjoyed his new title only a few years as he died about 1670.[15] He was succeeded by his eldest son Daniel.
| Timeline | ||
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| Age | Date | Event |
| 0 | 1605, about | Born[6] |
| 19–20 | 1625, 27 Mar | Accession of King Charles I, succeeding King James I[16] |
| 26–27 | 1632, 12 Jan | Thomas Wentworth, later Earl of Stafford, appointed Lord Deputy of Ireland[17] |
| 35–36 | 1641, 23 Oct | Outbreak of the Rebellion[18] |
| 37–38 | 1643, Nov | James Butler, 1st Marquess of Ormond appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland[19] |
| 43–44 | 1649, 30 Jan | King Charles I beheaded.[20] |
| 43–44 | 1649, 15 Aug | Oliver Cromwell landed in Dublin[21] |
| 46–47 | 1652, 12 May | Fall of Galway[22] |
| 46–47 | 1652, 27 Jun | Gave his son as hostage at the surrender of Ross Castle by Muskerry.[23][24][25] |
| 54–55 | 1660, 29 May | Restoration of King Charles II[26] |
| 60–61 | 1670 | Died[14][15] |
Notes and references
[edit]Notes
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^ O'Brien 1949, p. 82. Pedigree of the Viscounts Clare
- ^ Cokayne 1913, p. 251Genealogy of the viscounts Clare
- ^ Burke 1883, pp. 406–407. Genealogy of the viscounts Clare
- ^ Burke 1883, p. 405Genealogy of the earls of Thomond
- ^ Cokayne 1896, p. 392Genealogy of the earls of Thomond
- ^ a b Cokayne 1913, p. 252, line 10. "Connor (O'Brien) Viscount Clare, &c. [I. [Ireland] ], 2nd but 1st surv. s. [surviving son] and h. [heir], b. [born] about 1605."
- ^ Cokayne 1896, p. 391, note b. "They were descended from the celebrated Brien Boroihme, principal king of Ireland (1002–1004) through his grandson Turlogh ..."
- ^ Ohlmeyer 2004, p. 358, right column, line 22. "In 1600 he married Lady Catherine, third daughter of Gerald FitzGerald, sixteenth earl of Desmond;"
- ^ Ó Siochrú 2009, 1st paragraph, 4th sentence. "O'Brien married Catherine, widow of Maurice, Viscount Roche of Fermoy, and third daughter of Gerald Fitzgerald ..."
- ^ Burke 1883, p. 406, right column, bottom. "... with 6 daus, Margaret, m. to Hugh O'Reilly; Ellen, m. to Sir Roger Shagnessy; Hornora, m. to John Fitzgerald, Esq., of Castleishen, and 2ndly to John Macnamafra, Esq.; Sarah, m. to Daniel Sullivan Bear; Mary m. _ Power of Doonil ..."
- ^ Cokayne 1913, p. 252, line 1. "At the age of 80 or upwards he [Daniel] was cr. [created] 11 July 1662, Baron Morarta and Viscount Clare [or O'Brien of Clare], co Clare [I. [Ireland] ]."
- ^ Ohlmeyer 2004, p. 358. "O'Brien, Daniel, first viscount Clare (1577?–1663)"
- ^ Cokayne 1913, p. 252, line 8. "He was living June 1663 and d. [died] about 1666."
- ^ a b c Ó Siochrú 2009, 3rd paragraph, 3rd sentence. "He died in 1666 and was succeeded by his eldest surviving son Conor, and then in 1670 by Daniel, his grandson."
- ^ a b Cokayne 1913, p. 252, line 13. "He d.[died] about 1670"
- ^ Fryde et al. 1986, p. 44, line 16. "Charles I. ... acc. 27 Mar. 1625 ..."
- ^ Asch 2004, p. 146, right column, line 23. "Wentworth was appointed lord deputy on 12 January 1632 ..."
- ^ Warner 1768, p. 6. "... the twenty-third October [1641] ... seized all the towns, castles, and houses belonging to the Protestants which they had force enough to possess;"
- ^ Cokayne 1895, p. 149, line 29. "Viceroy of Ireland, as Lord Lieutenant 1643–47 ..."
- ^ Fryde et al. 1986, p. 44, line 17. "Charles I. ... exec. 30 Jan. 1649 ..."
- ^ Coffey 1914, p. 213. "Cromwell landed in Dublin on August 15th [1649]."
- ^ Cusack 1871, p. 320. "The town [Galway] surrendered on the 12th of May 1652."
- ^ Ohlmeyer 2004, p. 107, right column, line 55.
- ^ Firth 1894, p. 322, line 4. "... his son together with Daniel Obryan were delivered to me [Edmund Ludlow] as hostages ..."
- ^ Ó Siochrú 2009, End of 2nd paragraph. "... he submitted to the English parliament under the articles agreed the following year by Donogh MacCarthy, Viscount Muskerry. O'Brien was one of the hostages ..."
- ^ Fryde et al. 1986, p. 44, line 39. "Charles II. ... acc. 29 May 1660 ..."
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- Cokayne, George Edward (1913). Gibbs, Vicary (ed.). The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant. Vol. III (2nd ed.). London: St Catherine Press. OCLC 228661424. – Canonteign to Cutts (for Clare)
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