NameConor O'BRIEN King Of Thomond, 14G Grandfather
Web Notes notes for Conor O'BRIEN King Of Thomond
King of Thomond after his father died, from 1528-1539.
Ancestor of the Earls of Thomond, extinct in 1741, and the Viscount Clares, extinct in 1774.
From Chart of Hon Donough O'Brien, "The Viscounts Clare" Branch of the "O'Brien" Family: died 1540. Brother of Murrough O'Brien The Tanist, whom in 1543 surrendered his Kingdom and Country to King Henry VIII at Greenwich, and was created 1st Earl of Thomond and 1st Baron Inchiquin.
The History and Topography of the County of Clare by James Frost
Part I. Topography of Thomond Chapter 4. Ui Caisin
Moyry Park is situate in the townland of Toonagh, parish of Clooney. The tree stood there beneath which the O’Briens were inaugurated as kings of Thomond.