O'BRIEN, King Murtogh Mor

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• Name	O'BRIEN, Murtogh Mor
  Prefix	King
  Birth	1050	Munster, Ireland
  Gender	Male
  Title (Nobility)	King of Munster
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  Death	10 Mar 1119	Lismore, Waterford, Ireland
  Burial	13 Mar 1119	Lismore, Waterford, Ireland
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  Father	O'BYRNE, King Toirrdelbach Mor ,   b. 1009, Ireland Ireland
  Mother	IRELAND, Mor ,   b. 1011, Ireland Ireland
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  Family	NA OSSORY, Queen Dubhchobhleig ,   b. Apr 1056, Ossory, Leinster, Ireland Ossory, Leinster, Irelandd. 1098, Munster, Clare, Ireland (Age 41 years)
  Children	+ 1. O'BRIEN, Lafracoth ,   b. 1076, Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Walesd. Abt 1119, Carew Castle, Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, Wales (Age 43 years)
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  BIOGRAPHY: Murtogh Mor O'Brien, son of Turlogh Mor, succeeded his father as King of Munster. His conquests were numerous, and after a reign of thirty years, he retired to a Monastery at Lismore, where he died in 1119. Alice de Montomery's parents were Arnuf de Montgomery and Lafracoth O'Brien was the daughter of Muirchertach O'Brien, 180th Monarch of Ireland. The O'Briens were a high-ranked Gaelic family and for a time the kings of Thomond in what now is County Clare. What makes this connection a veritable gold-strike to family tree buffs is that the O'Briens appear in the ancient genealogical poetry of Ireland, written as early as the 7th Century, to ennoble important families, and link them to the ancient Gaelic invasion 14 centuries before that. Following the practices of the earliest tribes to link their kings to the gods, Irish genealogies, once exposed to Christianity, took the next logical step. A family tree can't get much longer than this, and what follows are the 100 generations beyond Muirchertach O'Brien that connect him to Adam and Eve. --------------------- Ballyhannon Castle - County Clare in Ireland Most of the Irish landowners who took part in this rebellion were later stripped of their possessions. Among those noted as having forfeited their property after the rebellion was Mahone MacNamara of Ballyhannon. His property was disposed of to Pierce Creagh (a Protestant settler) and to the Earl of Thomond, Barnabas O'Brien, 6th Earl. (Creagh also received property at Dangan in Quin.) After the rebellion, the Cromwellian campaign attempted to complete the subjugation of the native Irish, and many of their castles were dismantled by the Commonwealth forces to render them defenceless. Ballyhannon appears to have escaped this destruction and a sketch of the castle in 1675, which survives in the "Edenvale Survey", shows it to have been roofed and in good condition. The castle appears to be surrounded by a bawn wall with a gate and loophole windows at this time. With the assention to the English throne of the Catholic King James II in 1685, the fate of the native Irish improved somewhat for a time. Ballyhannon Castle was one of the castles noted by Sir Daniel O'Brien, Viscount Clare, as being suitable for the imprisonment of Protestant settlers who were now being dispossessed. A letter written in 1689 describing the events of the time is worth recording. "Take every one of them that are young (Seir or Mr.), and let the common sort lie in the prison, and the rest strictly guarded, or rather put into some strong castle that has a greate to be locked on the outside like Ballyhannon" (15). Pierce Creagh who had received part of the MacNamara property at Ballyhannon after the rebellion was named as one of those to be imprisoned in the above letter from Sir Daniel O'Brien. The castle is also mentioned in 1690 when Thomas Hickman, who seemed to be living in fear during another upsurge in the coflict, asked Sir Donough O'Brien to collect some of his belongings from Ballyhannon Castle and to keep other possessions of his in a safe place, as he expected the castle was soon to be garrisoned. ------------------- O'Brien dynastyFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding reliable references. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (January 2011) Ó Briain Armorial of O'Brien Country Kingdom of Munster, Kingdom of Thomond Ancestral house Dál gCais Titles Kings of Munster Kings of Cashel High Kings of Ireland Kings of Limerick Kings of Dublin King of Mann and the Isles Kings of Waterford Kings of Thomond O'Brien claim to Desmond Earl of Thomond Earl of Inchiquin Marquess of Thomond Viscount Clare Baron Inchiquin Founder Brian Boru Final sovereign Murrough O'Brien, King of Thomond Current head Conor O'Brien, Prince of Thomond and 18th Baron Inchiquin Founding 978 Ethnicity Irish The O'Brien dynasty (Irish: Uí Briain or Ua Briain; Modern: Ó Briain) are a royal and noble house founded in the 10th century by Brian Boru of the Dál gCais or Dalcassians. After becoming King of Munster, through conquest he established himself as High King of Ireland. Brian's descendants thus carried the name O'Brien, continuing to rule the Kingdom of Munster until the 12th century where their territory had shrunk to the Kingdom of Thomond which they would hold for just under five centuries. In total, four O'Briens ruled in Munster, and two held the High Kingship of Ireland (with opposition). After the partition of Munster into Thomond and the MacCarthy Kingdom of Desmond by Tairrdelbach Ua Conchobair in the 12th century, the dynasty would go on to provide around thirty monarchs of Thomond until 1542. During part of this period in the late 13th century they had a rivalry with the Norman de Clare house, disputing the throne of Thomond. The last O'Brien to reign in Thomond was Murrough O'Brien who surrendered his sovereignty to the new Kingdom of Ireland under Henry VIII of the House of Tudor, becoming instead Earl of Thomond and maintaining a role in governance. Today the head carries the title of Prince of Thomond, and depending on succession sometimes also Baron Inchiquin. Throughout the time that the O'Briens ruled in medieval Ireland, the system of tanistry was used to decide succession, rather than primogeniture used by much of feudal Europe. The system in effect was a dynastic monarchy but family-elected and aristocratic, in the sense that the royal family chose the most suitable male candidate from close paternal relations— roydammna (those of kingly material) rather than the crown automatically passing to the eldest son. This sometimes led to bitter quarrels and in-family warring. Since 1542, the head of the O'Brien house adopted primogeniture to decide succession of noble titles instead. Contents 1 Background 2 Rise of Brian Boru 3 Dynasts 4 See also 5 References 5.1 Footnotes 5.2 Bibliography 6 External links BackgroundThe O'Briens emerged as chiefs of the Dalcassian race from the south-west of Ireland — a cohesive set of septs, related by blood, all claiming descent in tradition from a common ancestor of Cormac Cas.[1] In the Annals of the Four Masters, the father of Cormac Cas was said to be Oilioll Olum, who was according to tradition King of Munster and King of Leinster in the 3rd century.[1] Such a connection would have meant that the race held kinship with the Eoghanachta who had dominated Munster since the earliest times.[2] While founder mythologies were very common in antiquity and the medieval world, such a connection is generally regarded as fanciful and politically motivated in the context of the rise to prominence of the Dalcassians.[2] Instead, academic histories generally accept the Dalcassians as being the Déisi Tuisceart, after adopting a new name — first recorded under their newly adopted name under the year 934 in the Annals of Inisfallen.[2] The Déisi, a people whose name means literally vassals, were originally located where today is Waterford, south Tipperary and Limerick;[3] the O'Rahilly's historical model counts them as ethnically Érainn; the sept split into the Déisi Muman who continued to hold territory in Waterford and Tipperary, while the west Déisi controlled areas either side of the River Shannon.[3] During the 8th century, the latter was further divided into the Déisi Deiscirt and the Déisi Tuisceart who would become the Dalcassians.[2][4] Prehistoric ancestors of the Déisi Tuisceart and Dál gCais may have been a once prominent Érainn people called the Mairtine.[5] It was during this century that the race annexed to Munster the area today known as Clare and made it their home. Taken from the weakened Uí Fiachrach Aidhne it had previously been part of Connacht but was renamed Thomond (Tuamhain, meaning North Munster). After gaining influence over other tribes in the area such as the Corcu Mruad and Corcu Baiscinn, the Dalcassians were able to crown Cennétig mac Lorcáin as King of Thomond, he died in 951.[4] His son Mathgamain mac Cennétig was to expand their territory further according to the Annals of Ulster; capturing the Rock of Cashel capital of the Eoghanachta, the Dalcassians became Kings of Cashel and Munster over their previous overlords for the first time in history.[2] Mathgamain along with his younger brother Brian Boru began military campaigns such as the Battle of Sulcoit, against the Norse Vikings of the settlement Limerick, ruled by Ivar. The Dalcassians were successful, plundering spoils of jewels, gold and silver, saddles, finding "soft, youthful, bright girls, booming silk-clad women and active well-formed boys".[2][6] The males fit for war were executed at Saingel, while the rest were taken as slaves.[6] Through much of his reign Mathgamain was competing with his Eoghanachta rival Máel Muad mac Brain.[4] Mathgamain was only defeated in the end by a piece of treachery; he believed he was attending a friendly meeting, but was betrayed at Donnubán mac Cathail's house, handed over to his enemies and executed in 976.[7] The crown of Munster was briefly back in the hands of the Eoghanachta for two years until Brian Boru had thoroughly avenged his brother,[8] with the defeat and slaying of Máel Muad in the Battle of Belach Lechta. Rise of Brian Boru Brian Boru, High King. This section requires expansion. The following year Brian came to blows with the Norsemen of Limerick at Scattery Island where a monastery was located. Whilst all parties were Christians, when their king Ivar and his sons took refuge in the monastery, Brian desecrated it and killed them in the sanctuary; the Vikings of Limerick had earlier killed Brian's mother.[9] Following this the Dalcassians came into conflict with those responsible for the death of Mathgamain, the Eoghanachta represented by Donovan and Molloy. A message was sent to Molloy, where Boru's son Murrough would challenge him in single combat; eventually the Battle of Belach Lechta took place where Molloy along with 1200 of his soldiers were slain. Donovan was destroyed together with Aralt, his brother-in-law and Ivar's remaining son, newly elected king of the Danes and Foreigners of Munster, in Donovan's fortress of Cathair Cuan, which Brian razed. With this Brian Boru was now the King of Munster.[6] Brian's rise did not go unnoticed, however; Máel Sechnaill II from the Clann Cholmáin sept of the Uí Néill, as reigning king of Mide and High King of Ireland marched an army down to Munster to send a warning to the Dalcassians. His army cut down the tree of Magh Adhair, which was sacred to the Dalcassians as it was used as their site of royal inaugurations. DynastsDonnchad mac Briain, King of Munster Tadc mac Briain, assassinated by Donnchad in 1023 Toirdelbach Ua Briain, King of Munster and High King of Ireland Muirchertach Ua Briain, King of Munster and High King of Ireland Diarmait Ua Briain, King of Munster Blathmin Ua Briain, Queen Consort of Norway Domnall Mór Ua Briain, King of Thomond and King of Munster Earls of Thomond Murrough O'Brien, 1st Earl of Thomond Connor O'Brien, 3rd Earl of Thomond Donogh O'Brien, 4th Earl of Thomond Barnabas O'Brien, 6th Earl of Thomond Earls of Inchiquin Murrough O'Brien, 1st Earl of Inchiquin William O'Brien, 4th Earl of Inchiquin Marquesses of Thomond Murrough O'Brien, 1st Marquess of Thomond James O'Brien, 3rd Marquess of Thomond Early Barons Inchiquin Barons Inchiquin Viscounts Clare Daniel O'Brien, 1st Viscount Clare Daniel O'Brien, 3rd Viscount Clare O'Brien's of Aran Mahon mac Turlough Mantach Ó Briain See also - Irish nobility Irish Royal Families List of people named O'Brien References Footnotes a b O'Dugan, The Kings of the Race of Eibhear, 9. Duffy, Medieval Ireland, 121. Fitzpatrick, Royal Inauguration in Gaelic Ireland C. 1100-1600, 36. Koch, Celtic Culture, 554. Dáibhí Ó Cróinín, "Ireland, 400-800", in Dáibhí Ó Cróinín (ed.), A New History of Ireland (Volume 1): Prehistoric and Early Ireland. Oxford University Press. 2005. p. 222 Frances Cusack, Ireland, 294. Corbishley, The Young Oxford History of Britain & Ireland, 82. Lydon, The Making of Ireland, 31. Fitzroy Foster, The Oxford History of Ireland, 37. BibliographyCusack, Mary Fraces (1868). Ireland. Plain Label Books. ISBN 160303630X. Corbishley, Mike (1998). The Young Oxford History of Britain & Ireland. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0199104662. Lydon, James F (1998). The Making of Ireland. Routledge. ISBN 0415013488. O'Dugan, John (1999). The Kings of the Race of Eibhear. Gryfons Publishers & Distributors. ISBN 0965422062. Fitzroy Foster, Robert (2001). The Oxford History of Ireland. Oxford University Press. ISBN 019280202X. Fitzpatrick, Elizabeth (2004). Royal Inauguration in Gaelic Ireland C. 1100-1600. Boydell Press. ISBN 1843830906. Duffy, Seán (2005). Medieval Ireland. CRC Press. ISBN 0415940524. Koch, John T (2006). Celtic Culture. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 1851094407. 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