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The O'Conor dynasty (Middle Irish: Ó Conchobhair; Modern Irish: Ó Conchúir) are an Irish noble dynasty and formerly one of the most influential and distinguished royal dynasties in Ireland. The O'Conor family held the throne of the Kingdom of Connacht up until 1475. Having ruled it on and off since 967, they ruled continuously from 1102 to 1475.
Charles O'Conor was born in 1710, in near Kilmactrany in the County Sligo, to Denis O'Conor of Bellanagare a scion of a cadet branch of the land-owning family of O'Conor Don, and Mary O'Rourke daughter of Colonel Count Tiernan O'Rourke, The O'Rourke (d. in 1702 at the Battle of Luzzara fighting for the armies of the Holy Roman Emperor) and Isabella MacDonagh daughter of Captain Brian MacDonagh ...
The O'Conors were prominent Catholic gentry who had been the traditional Kings of Connacht and counted among their ancestors two twelfth-century High-Kings of Ireland, Tairrdelbach Mor Ua Conchobair and Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair who was the last high king of Ireland. On his father's side, he was a nephew of Rev. Charles O'Conor and Matthew O'Conor.
O'Connor was born in Gravelmount House, [2] a small country house in Castletown Kilpatrick, a parish located between Kells and Ardee in the north of County Meath in Ireland.He was the third and youngest son and fourth child of John O'Connor, a farmer and company secretary, and his wife Mary Elizabeth, née O'Keefe. [3]
Denis Armar O'Conor, O'Conor Don (Irish: Donnchadh Ó Conchubhair Donn; 1912–10 July 2000) was hereditary Chief of the Name O'Conor, and is a direct descendant of Tairrdelbach Ua Conchobair, the last High King of Ireland with a surviving male-line lineage and was seen by some as a nominal claimant [citation needed] to that defunct position.
Francis Burdett O'Connor was an officer in the Irish Legion of Simón Bolívar's army in Venezuela. Luke O'Connor (1831–1915), first recipient of the Victoria Cross and British General Sir Richard O'Connor (1889–1981), British General
O’Connor gave birth to her third baby, son Shane, in 2004, whom she shared with folk singer Lunny. In January 2022, Shane was reported missing in Newbridge, Ireland, after the 17-year-old was ...
O'Connor married Joan McTernan in Limerick in 1949 and together they had five children. After his retirement the couple settled in Muckross, County Kerry. O'Connor was predeceased by his wife in April 2008. [4] O'Connor died in Kenmare on 21 August 2022, aged 108. [5] At the time of his death he was believed the oldest man in Ireland. [6]