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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.
Sinéad Marie Bernadette O'Connor [18] was born on 8 December 1966 at the Cascia House Nursing Home on Baggot Street in Dublin. [1] She was named Sinéad after Sinéad de Valera, the mother of the doctor who presided over her delivery (Éamon de Valera, Jnr.), and Bernadette in honour of Saint Bernadette of Lourdes.
Early in 1565, she became the second wife of Gerald FitzGerald, the Earl of Desmond. She could speak Irish and English and her education was by private tutors. Her new husband had only recently become a widower and the marriage had several advantages. [1] The Desmonds and the Butlers were traditional enemies of each other. [2]
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]
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 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 ...