PEDIGREES

 

IRISH PEDIGREES

(HEBER GENEALOGIES)

O'BRIEN. (No. 6.)

Of Ara,* in the County of Tipperary

Brian Ruadh [roe], second son of Connor-na-Siuddine, who is No. 112 on the "O'Brien" (Kings of Thomond) pedigree, was the ancestor of this branch of that family.
113 Brian Ruadh, who was murdered at the Castle of Bunratty, by Thomas le Clare, had:
I. Donogh, who was drowned in the Fergus, leaving five sons: 1. Dermod, 2. Mahon, 3. Teige, 4. Connor-na-Feasoige, 5. Murtogh Gharbh.
II. Donal, of whom presently.
III. Murtogh.
IV. Teige Roe.
V. Brian.
VI. Turlogh.
114 Donal: second son of Brian Ruadh; married Margaret, dau. of Turlogh Dubh MacMahon, of Clondarala, and had:
I. Bryan, of whom presently.
II. Donogh.
III. Donal.
115 Brian: the son of Donal; settled in Ara, in the county of Tipperary, and m. the dau. of Henry de Burgo, by whom he had:
116 Murrough-ra-Ranaighe, who m. Mór, dau. of O'Kennedy, of Ormond, and had:
117 Turlough, who m. Honoria, dau. of De Barry Oge, of Buttevant, and had:
118 Teige, who had:
119 Donal Mór, who had:
120 Murtogh Caoch, who had:
121 Turlogh, who m. Mór, dau. of Donogh (FitzJohn) O'Carroll, and had five sons and one dau.:
I. Murtogh, of whom presently.
II. Donogh, who died in his father's lifetime.
III. Turlogh Carrach, the proprietor of the Castles of Bealanath and Cnockan-an-Enfin.
IV. Teige-na-Buile, who possessed the Castle of Kilcolman.
V. Murrough-an-Tuath, of the Castle of Aos-Greine.
I. Winifred, who m. Connor, the third Earl of Thomond.
122 Murtogh: eldest son of Turlogh; possessed the Castles of Monroe, Pallas, Cahirconnor, and Castletown.  This Chieftain conformed to the Protestant Religion, entered into Holy Orders, and was appointed to the See of Killaloe.  He d. in 1613, leaving two sons and four daughters:
I. Sir Turlogh, of whom presently.
II. John, who d.s.p.
I. Slaine, m. to Teige (FitzMurrough) O'Brien, Baron of Inchiquin.
II. Honoria.
III. Mór.
IV. Margaret.
123 Sir Turlogh: the son of Murtogh; m. a sister of Donal O'Brien, of Annagh, and d.s.p. in 1626.

* Ara: See the Pedigree of "MacUi-Brien Ara," in Vol H. 1.7, MSS. Lib., Trinity College, Dublin.   "Ara" is a small mountain tract, south of Lough Dearg, and north of the Keeper Hills.

REF:  Irish Pedigrees by O'Hart, Volume 1, dated 1892, reprinted 1989.

 

 
 
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