Kevin Patrick Mostyn Family - Person Sheet
Kevin Patrick Mostyn Family - Person Sheet
NameConor O'BRIEN 3rd Earl Of Thomond, 12G Grandfather
FatherDonough O'BRIEN 2nd Earl Of Thomond (-1553)
MotherLady Ellen BUTLER (-1597)
Spouses
Web Notes notes for Conor O'BRIEN 3rd Earl Of Thomond
He became 3rd Earl of Thomond in 1553, after his father died.
From "A New History of Ireland," edited by Moody, Martin & Byrne, vol 3, ISBN 0-19-821739-0, 1976, p 88:
[Around 1567] South Connacht was in turmoil because of the succession dispute of the Man an Iarla half-brothers, Ulick and John, sons of Richard Sassanach, second earl of Clanricard. Thomond, where the earl was opposed by his uncle, was in like case. The original earls of Clanricard and Thomond had, unfortunately for the English, died shortly after their English ennoblement. The transition from pseudo-Gaelic or pure Gaelic rule to the English system was thus, in neither lordship, managed by a vigorous, able and long-lived appointee. In Clanricard, the promiscuous marital relations of the Burkes, together with a plenitude of offspring, added to the confusion. In both lordships, those who considered that Gaelic institutions were preferable, or gave them a better chance of furthering their own ends, resisted change.
The History and Topography of the County of Clare by James Frost
Part I. Topography of Thomond Chapter 3. Burren, or Corcomroe East
The following historical notices of this people and territory occur in the Annals of the Four Masters:—
A.D. 1562. The son of O’Loghlen, namely, Melaghlin, son of Owney, son of Melaghlin, son of Rury, son of Ana, son of Donogh-an-chuil, son of Ana Bacagh O’Loghlen, was killed in an expedition of the Earl of Thomond against Glin Castle, county of Limerick.
From "A New History of Ireland," edited by Moody, Martin & Byrne, vol 3, ISBN 0-19-821739-0, 1976, p 88:
[Around 1567] South Connacht was in turmoil because of the succession dispute of the Man an Iarla half-brothers, Ulick and John, sons of Richard Sassanach, second earl of Clanricard. Thomond, where the earl was opposed by his uncle, was in like case. The original earls of Clanricard and Thomond had, unfortunately for the English, died shortly after their English ennoblement. The transition from pseudo-Gaelic or pure Gaelic rule to the English system was thus, in neither lordship, managed by a vigorous, able and long-lived appointee. In Clanricard, the promiscuous marital relations of the Burkes, together with a plenitude of offspring, added to the confusion. In both lordships, those who considered that Gaelic institutions were preferable, or gave them a better chance of furthering their own ends, resisted change.
The History and Topography of the County of Clare by James Frost
Part I. Topography of Thomond Chapter 3. Burren, or Corcomroe East
The following historical notices of this people and territory occur in the Annals of the Four Masters:—
A.D. 1562. The son of O’Loghlen, namely, Melaghlin, son of Owney, son of Melaghlin, son of Rury, son of Ana, son of Donogh-an-chuil, son of Ana Bacagh O’Loghlen, was killed in an expedition of the Earl of Thomond against Glin Castle, county of Limerick.