Dermod Ruadh O'Brien, 5th Baron of 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 Murrough MacMurrough O'Brien, 4th Baron of Inchiquin (1562 – 24 July 1597) was the son of Murrough McDermot O'Brien, 3rd Baron Inchiquin and Margaret Cusack, daughter of Sir Thomas Cusack of Cussington, Meath, Lord Chancellor of Ireland and hi ...

(1562 – 24 July 1597), 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 Mabel Nugent, daughter of

Christopher Nugent Sir Christopher Nugent, 6th (or 14th) Baron Delvin (1544–1602) was an Irish nobleman and writer. He was arrested on suspicion of treason against Queen Elizabeth I of England, and died while in confinement before his trial had taken place. F ...

, 6th

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. cites He inherited the barony at the age of two.

Family

Dermod O'Brien married Ellen, eldest daughter of Sir Edmund FitzJohn FitzGerald of

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and

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, from that powerful

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family. They had four sons, and several daughters: * Murrough, 6th Baron Inchiquin, their eldest son, became the first Earl of Inchiquin. * Henry (d. 1645), a lieutenant colonel in the army of King Charles I. * Christopher (died 1664), a lieutenant-colonel in the Irish Confederate Army, who was created "Baron of Inchiquin," by the Supreme Council of the Catholic Confederation. He never married. * Murtough O'Brien, who led a guerrilla campaign against Cromwell's generals in the Burren. He later obtained a pardon and emigrated to Spain where he became a general in the Spanish army * Honora, cites who married Anthony Stoughton of Rattoo,

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. * Mary, married Michael Boyle,

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, and Lord Chancellor of Ireland, and had with him numerous children, including

Murrough Boyle, 1st Viscount Blesington Murragh Boyle, 1st Viscount Blesington (c.1645–1718) was an Irish peerage, peer and member of the Irish House of Lords. Murrough (or Murragh) Boyle was born in Cork (city), Cork, Ireland, the only surviving son of Michael Boyle (archbishop of A ...

, and Eleanor (who became the wife of the William Hill of Hillsborough, M.P., and mother to

Michael Hill (1672–1699) Michael Hill (7 August 1672 – 1699) was a politician in England and Ireland. Biography He was the son of William Hill, of Hillsborough, County Down, Hillsborough by his wife Eleanor, daughter of Archbishop Michael Boyle (archbishop of Arma ...

M.P.). * Ann, died unmarried

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