O'Rourke

O'Rourke
*Ó Ruairc*
O'Rourke; Ó Ruairc
Parent house	Uí Briúin Bréifne
Country	Kingdom of Connacht
Founded	ca. 960 AD
Founder	Fergal ua Ruairc
Current head	Geoffrey Philip Columb O'Rorke
Final ruler	Tadhg Ó Ruairc
Motto	Serviendo guberno
Dissolution	1605
Cadet branches	MacLoughlin; MacRannell; MacNeill; MacKiernan;
Branches	O’Rourke of Dromahair; O’Rourke of Kilnagarn; O’Rourke of Leitrim Castle; O’Rourke of Inishmagrath; O’Rourke of Castlerourke; O’Rourke of Carrha; O’Rourke of Aughavas; O’Rourke of Carrigallen; O’Rourke of Cloncorick;

O'Rourke (Irish: Ó Ruairc)^[1] is an Irish Gaelic clan based most prominently in what is today County Leitrim. The family were the historic rulers of Breifne and later West Breifne until the 17th century. The O'Rourke Clan Chief was at odds with the O'Reilly Chief because both clans contested each other for the title Prince of Breifne.^[2]

Naming conventions

Male	Daughter	Wife (Long)	Wife (Short)
Ó Ruairc	Ní Ruairc	Bean Uí Ruairc	Uí Ruairc

Notable people

O'Rourke may refer to several people:

O'Rourke (baseball), baseball player
Andrew O'Rourke, judge and politician from New York State
Beto O'Rourke (born 1972), American politician in Texas.
Brian O'Rourke (1540–1591), hereditary lord of West Breifne in Ireland
Brian Oge O'Rourke (1568–1604), lord of West Breifne
Bud O'Rourke (1919–2001), American basketball player
Colm O'Rourke (born 1957), Irish footballer
Danny O'Rourke (born 1983), American soccer player
Declan O'Rourke, Irish singer
Denis O'Rourke (born 1946), New Zealand politician
Dennis O'Rourke (1945–2013), Australian documentary film director
Derval O'Rourke (born 1981), Irish sprint hurdles athlete
Edward O'Rourke (1876–1943), Polish Roman Catholic priest, bishop of Riga, first bishop of Danzig (Gdańsk)
Frank O'Rourke (disambiguation), multiple people
Heather O'Rourke (1975–1988), American child actress
Jet O'Rourke (born 1983), Australian Pop/ Rock singer songwriter
Jim O'Rourke (baseball player) (1850–1919), American professional baseball player
Jim O'Rourke (musician) (born 1969), American musician and producer
John O'Rourke (footballer, born 1945) (1945–2016), English footballer
John O'Rourke (baseball) (1849–1911), American baseball player
Joseph O'Rourke (disambiguation), multiple people
Kathy Kirby, stage name of Kathleen O'Rourke, pop singer
Kevin O'Rourke, Irish economist
Lou Ann O'Rourke, (died 2019), American Bridge player
Malachy O'Rourke, Irish footballer and manager
Mary O'Rourke (born 1937), Irish politician
Míceál O'Rourke, an Irish classical pianist
Michael O'Rourke (gambler) (1862–1882 alias "Johnny-Behind-the-Deuce"), a professional gambler of the Old West
Michael James O'Rourke (1878–1957), Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross
Mike O'Rourke (baseball) (1868–1934), Major League Baseball pitcher
Mike O'Rourke (athlete) (born 1955), New Zealand javelin thrower
Paddy O'Rourke (disambiguation)
P. J. O'Rourke (1947–2022), American political satirist, journalist, and writer
Patrick Henry O'Rourke (1837–1863), Irish-born Civil War colonel
Peter O'Rourke (footballer) (1874–1956), Scottish footballer and manager
Ryan O'Rourke (born 1988), American baseball player
Sean O'Rourke, Irish journalist and broadcaster
Steve O'Rourke (1940–2003), manager of rock band Pink Floyd
Timothy O'Rourke, American college football head coach
Ualgarg O'Rourke, (died 1346), king of West Breifne
William O'Rourke, New Zealand cricketer

References

^ "Ruarc — Database of Irish-language Surnames". Gaois. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
^ Newerkla, Stefan Michael (2020), Das irische Geschlecht O'Reilly und seine Verbindungen zu Österreich und Russland [The Irish O'Reilly family and their connections to Austria and Russia]. In: Diachronie – Ethnos – Tradition: Studien zur slawischen Sprachgeschichte [Diachrony – Ethnos – Tradition: Studies in Slavic Language History]. Eds. Jasmina Grković-Major, Natalia B. Korina, Stefan M. Newerkla, Fedor B. Poljakov, Svetlana M. Tolstaja. Brno, Tribun EU, pp. 259–279 (accessible online), here pp. 263–265.

External links

O'Rourke family pedigree at Library Ireland
The Irish O'Reilly family and their connections to Austria and Russia by Stefan M. Newerkla, with chapter 3.2 on the family O'Rourke in the Russian and Austrian context

[1] "Ruarc — Database of Irish-language Surnames". Gaois. Retrieved 26 December 2022.

[2] Newerkla, Stefan Michael (2020), Das irische Geschlecht O'Reilly und seine Verbindungen zu Österreich und Russland [The Irish O'Reilly family and their connections to Austria and Russia]. In: Diachronie – Ethnos – Tradition: Studien zur slawischen Sprachgeschichte [Diachrony – Ethnos – Tradition: Studies in Slavic Language History]. Eds. Jasmina Grković-Major, Natalia B. Korina, Stefan M. Newerkla, Fedor B. Poljakov, Svetlana M. Tolstaja. Brno, Tribun EU, pp. 259–279 (accessible online), here pp. 263–265.

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