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Donnell Mór Mac Turlough O’BRIEN

Donnell Mór Mac Turlough O’BRIEN

Male Abt 1137 - 1194  (~ 57 years)

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  • Name Donnell Mór Mac Turlough O’BRIEN 
    Born Abt 1137  Connaught Province, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Also Known As Domnall 
    Occupation King of Thomond 
    Married? Y 
    Died 1194  Limerick, County Limerick, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I44203  Main
    Last Modified 15 Dec 2023 

    Father Maynard FISHER,   d. 1970 
    Mother Olive H. MCKENZIE,   b. 11 Nov 1904, Johnsonburg, Wyoming, New York Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Oct 2001, Warsaw, Wyoming, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 96 years) 
    Family ID F31017  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Father King Toirrelbach MacDiarmata O’BRIEN,   b. Abt 1100, Connaught Province, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 7 Nov 1167, Killaloe, County Clare, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 67 years) 
    Mother Sadb MAC GILLAPATRICK,   b. 1127, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1162, Galway Castle, Galway, County Galway, Connacht, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 35 years) 
    Family ID F19242  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Urlachan MAC MURROUGH,   b. 1142, Leinster Province, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1200, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years) 
    Children 
     1. --?-- O’BRIEN,   b. Abt 1165, Connaught Province, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1218, Galway Castle, Galway, County Galway, Connacht, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 53 years)
    Last Modified 15 Dec 2023 
    Family ID F19241  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • He spent most of his adult life fighting against the incursions of Norman invaders. In 1171, he submitted to King Henry II of England at Cashel, but he continued to fight successfully against the Norman incursion into south-west Ireland for many years.
      In 1175, having demolished the Cambro-Normans at the Battle of Thurles, he consolidated his power by blinding two of his cousins, Dermot mac Taig Ua Briain and Mathgamain mac Toirdhelbeach Ua Briain, in Limerick.
      He was, driven from Thomond by Ua Conchobair, the High King, the same year.
      In 1176, he drove the Normans from Limerick.
      He is buried in the apse of St. Mary's Cathedral, Limerick; his tomb now covered with a carved sepulchre stone near the church's main altar. According to tradition Donal O'Brien, the King of Thomond, founded the Cathedral of St. Mary on the site of his palace on King's Island, Limerick, the palace itself having been built on the site of an earlier church built at the center of the old Norse settlement in Limerick  [1]

  • Sources 
    1. [S151] WikiTree, https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/O'Brien-362.


Notes

This website uses dates from the Gregorian calendar (New Style), unless otherwise noted.

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Updated 23 Dec 2023