Connor O'Brien, 2nd Viscount Clare
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Viscount Clare Viscount Clare was a title in the Peerage of Ireland, created twice. First creation The titles of Viscount Clare and Baron Moyarta were conferred on Daniel O'Brien, a younger son of Connor O'Brien, 3rd Earl of Thomond, on 11 July 1662. These ...
( – 1670) was the son of
Daniel O'Brien, 1st Viscount Clare Sir Daniel O'Brien, 1st Viscount Clare also called Donal ( – 1666) was an Irish politician and soldier. He was born a younger son of Connor O'Brien, 3rd Earl of Thomond. He fought against the insurgents at Tyrone's Rebellion, but for the ins ...
and Catherine
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, a daughter of Gerald, 14th
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.


Birth and origins

Connor was born about 1605, the second son of Daniel O'Brien and his wife Catherine FitzGerald. His father was the 1st
Viscount Clare Viscount Clare was a title in the Peerage of Ireland, created twice. First creation The titles of Viscount Clare and Baron Moyarta were conferred on Daniel O'Brien, a younger son of Connor O'Brien, 3rd Earl of Thomond, on 11 July 1662. These ...
. His father's family, the
O'Briens The O'Brien dynasty (; ; genitive ''Uí Bhriain'' ) was an Irish Clan and nobility, noble house of Munster, founded in the 10th century by Brian Boru of the Dál gCais (Dalcassians). After becoming King of Munster, through conquest he establi ...
, were a Gaelic Irish dynasty that descended from
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, medieval
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. Connor's mother was the widow of
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and the third daughter of
Gerald FitzGerald, 14th Earl of Desmond Gerald FitzGerald, 14th Earl of Desmond ( – 1583), also counted as 15th or 16th, owned large part of the Irish province of Munster. In 1565 he fought the private Battle of Affane against his neighbours, the Butlers. After this, he was for so ...
, and his second wife, Eleanor Butler. Connor was one of 11 siblings, who are listed in his father's article.


Marriage and children

O'Brien married Honora O'Brien, daughter of Daniel O'Brien of Duagh, County Kerry, and his wife Ellen FitzGerald, a daughter of the
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. Connor and Honora had a son: *
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(died 1691), his successor —and six daughters: # Margaret, married Hugh O'Reilly # Ellen, married Sir Roger Shagnessy # Honora, married John FitzGerald, 13th Knight of Kerry # Catherine, married 1st Garret FitzGerald of Castleishen and 2ndly John MacNamara # Sarah married Daniel Sullivan Bear # Mary married a Power of Doonil, whose first name in unknown


Later life, death, and timeline

On 11 July 1662 when Charles II created his father Baron
Moyarta Moyarta () is a civil parish in County Clare, Ireland. It lies on the Loop Head peninsula between the Atlantic Ocean and the Shannon Estuary. The parish contains the villages of Carrigaholt and Doonaha. Location The parish of Moyarta is situat ...
and
Viscount Clare Viscount Clare was a title in the Peerage of Ireland, created twice. First creation The titles of Viscount Clare and Baron Moyarta were conferred on Daniel O'Brien, a younger son of Connor O'Brien, 3rd Earl of Thomond, on 11 July 1662. These ...
, O'Brien gained the
courtesy title A courtesy title is a title that does not have legal significance but is rather used by custom or courtesy, particularly, in the context of nobility, the titles used by children of members of the nobility (cf. substantive title). In some context ...
of Baron Moyarta. On his father's death, which happened in 1663 or in 1666, Moyarta, as he was now, succeeded as the 2nd Viscount Clare. Clare enjoyed his new title only a few years as he died about 1670. He was succeeded by his eldest son Daniel.


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* * – (for Thomond) * * – N to R (for Ormond) * – S to T (for Thomond) * – Canonteign to Cutts (for Clare) * * – 1625 to 1655 * – (for timeline) * * * * * – 1641 to 1643 {{DEFAULTSORT:Clare, OBrien, Connor, 2nd Viscount 1600s births 1670 deaths 17th-century Irish nobility Connor People from County Clare Viscounts in the Peerage of Ireland