Conchobar O'Brien, 3rd Earl of Thomond

Biography from http://www.harrymclaughlin.com/Descent_From_King_Edward_I_.pdf

Conchobar ‘Long Nailed’ O'Brien, Third Earl of Thomond. Lord Ibrackan. Born ca 1535. Died 1581, Ennis, Clare.

Conor O'Brien, 2nd Earl of Thomond

M, #89450, b. circa 1535, d. 1581

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    Conor O'Brien, 2nd Earl of Thomond was born circa 1535.1 He was the son of Donough O'Brien, 1st Earl of Thomond and Helen Butler. He married, secondly, Una O'Brien, daughter of Turlogh O'Brien.2 He married Eveleen MacCarthy, daughter of Donald MacCormac Ladrach MacCarthy Mor, after 17 July 1559. He died in 1581 at Ennis, County Clare, Ireland.1 He was buried at Ennis Abbey, Ennis, County Clare, Ireland.

Conor O'Brien, 2nd Earl of Thomond was also known as Conchobar.1 He succeeded to the title of 2nd Earl of Thomond [I., 1552] on 1 April 1553.
Child of Conor O'Brien, 2nd Earl of Thomond

   * Margaret O'Brien+ d. 20 Feb 1636/37 3

Children of Conor O'Brien, 2nd Earl of Thomond and Una O'Brien

   * Donough O'Brien, 3rd Earl of Thomond+ d. 5 Sep 1624

* Sir Donal O'Brien+ 4
* Daniel O'Brien, 1st Viscount Clare+ d. c 1666 2
Citations

  1. [S1007] Dr. G. Harry McLaughlin, "re: McLaughlin Family," e-mail message from <e-mail address> (Glendale, California, U.S.A.) to Darryl Lundy, 25 January 2004 and 6 April 2004. Hereinafter cited as "re: McLaughlin Family".

2. [S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume III, page 251. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
3. [S37] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 1213. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.
4. [S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume VII, page 210.

Conor O'Brien, 2nd Earl of Thomond succeeded to the title of 3rdd Earl of Thomond [I., 1552] on 1 April 1553; Donough O'Brien and succeeded by Donogh O'Brien.

Parents: eldest son of Donough O'Brien, 2nd Earl of Thomond, and Helen Butler, youngest daughter of Piers Butler, 8th Earl of Ormond.

Married

1. first, Ellen (or Eveleen), daughter of Donald MacCormac MacCarthy Mor and widow of James FitzGerald, 14th Earl of Desmond; she died in 1560, and was buried in Muckross Abbey:
2. secondly, Una, daughter of Turlough Mac-i-Brien-Ara (6 childen)
3. He married Eveleen MacCarthy, daughter of Donald MacCormac Ladrach MacCarthy Mor, after 17 July 1559

Children of Una and Conor O'Brien:

1. Donough, his heir
2. Teige
3. Daniel, created 1st Viscount Clare
4. Honora, first wife of Thomas Fitzmaurice, 18th Lord Kerry;
5. Margaret, second wife of James Butler, 2nd Lord Dunboyne
6. Mary, wife of Turlough Roe MacMahon of Corcovaskin.[5]

Links

• Connor O'Brien, 3rd Earl of Thomond

Further reading

• Lodge; Archdall (1789). The peerage of Ireland: or, A genealogical history of the present nobility of that kingdom. 2. Dubli: James Moore. pp. 27–32.

Citations

1. [S22] Sir Bernard Burke, C.B. LL.D., A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire, new edition (1883; reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1978), page 406. Hereinafter cited as Burkes Extinct Peerage.
2. [S1007] Dr. G. Harry McLaughlin, "re: McLaughlin Family," e-mail message to Darryl Lundy, 25 January 2004 and 6 April 2004. Hereinafter cited as "re: McLaughlin Family."
3. [S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume III, page 251. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
4. [S37] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 1213. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.
5. [S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume VII, page 210.
6. [S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume VII, page 212.
7. [5] Robert Dunlop. Dictionary of National Biography Volume XLI, pp. 309–310