Murrough MacMurrough O'Brien, 4th Baron of Inchiquin (1562 – 24 July 1597) was the son of

Murrough McDermot O'Brien, 3rd Baron Inchiquin Murrough McDermot O'Brien (c.1550 - 20 April 1573) was the 3rd Baron Inchiquin. He was the son of Dermod O'Brien, 2nd Baron Inchiquin and Margaret O'Brien and inherited his title in 1557 on the death of his father. He married Margaret Cusack, ...

and Margaret Cusack, daughter of Sir Thomas Cusack of Cussington, Meath,

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and his second wife Maud Darcy. He married Mabel Nugent, daughter of

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, 6th

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. He had one son;

Dermod O'Brien, 5th Baron Inchiquin Dermod McMurrough O'Brien, 5th Baron Inchiquin (October 1594 – 29 December 1624) was an Irish baron. cites Biography Dermod, who was born in October 1594, was the son of Murrough O'Brien, 4th Baron Inchiquin (1562 – 24 July 1597), the son ...

. He was shot in 1597 when fording the

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near

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during the

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. When half across the ford, a bullet passed under one arm and out at the other. He fell from his horse and drowned. He was buried at

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and was succeeded by his son, then only 2 years old.

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O'Brien Pedigree
{{DEFAULTSORT:Inchiquin, Murrough Obrien, 4th Baron 1562 births 1597 deaths 16th-century Irish people People from County Clare Murrough People of Elizabethan Ireland Barons Inchiquin