Mor Ni Conchobair,
Princess of
Connacht and
Queen of
Munster
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, died 1190.
Mor was the only full-sister of King
Ruaidhri Ua Conchobair
Rory is a given name of Gaelic origin. It is an anglicisation of the ga, Ruairí/''Ruaidhrí'' and gd, Ruairidh and is common to the Irish, Highland Scots and their diasporas. for the given name "Rory". The meaning of the name is "red king" ...
of
Connacht. Their parents were
Tairrdelbach Ua Conchobair and
Caillech De Ni hEidhin of
Aidhne. She went on to marry King
Tairdelbach Ua Briain (died 1167), who had sons
* Muirchertach - succeeded his father but died in 1168
* Brian of
Slieve Bloom
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- (blinded 1169, his son Muirchertach contested the kingdom of
Thomond
*
Domnall Mor Ua Briain - reigned 1168-1194 as last
King of Munster
Mor herself died in 1190. Her brother Ruaidhri died in 1198.
References
* ''Ua Conchobair, Ruaidhri'',
Ailbhe Mac Shamrahan, in ''Dictionary of Irish Biography ... to the Year 2002'', p. 572
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People from County Galway
Nobility from County Limerick
12th-century Irish people
Medieval Gaels from Ireland
Irish princesses
Irish royal consorts
12th-century Irish women
1190 deaths
Year of birth unknown