Henry O'Brien, 5th Earl of Thomond PC (Ire) (1588–1639), styled Lord Ibrickane until 1624, was summoned to the

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of the Irish Parliament of 1613–1615.

Birth and origins

Henry was born the eldest son of Donogh O'Brien and Elizabeth FitzGerald. His father was the 4th

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. His father's family were the O'Briens, an important Gaelic Irish dynasty, that descended from

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, medieval

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. Henry's mother was the fourth daughter of Gerald FitzGerald, 11th Earl of Kildare and his wife Mabel Brown.

Marriage and children

On 13 July 1608 O'Brien married Mary Brereton, a rich heiress, the only daughter of William Brereton, 1st Baron Brereton and Margaret Savage. Henry and Mary had five daughters: #Lady Mary (died 1686) married, on 24 June 1627, Charles Cokayne, 1st Viscount Cullen #Lady Margaret, who married first Edward Somerset, 2nd Marquess of Worcester and secondly Donough Kearney #Lady Elisabeth (1616–1659) married, on 21 August 1636, Dutton Gerard, 3rd Baron Gerard (1613–1640), grandson of Thomas Gerard, 1st Baron Gerard #Lady Anne (died 1645) married, in 1641, Henry O'Brien, 7th Earl of Thomond #Lady Honora married first Sir Francis Inglefield, knight of Wotton-Bassett, and secondly Sir Robert Howard, son of the

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House of Lords

O'Brien was summoned on 3 March 1613 as Lord Ibrickane to the

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of the Irish Parliament of 1613–1615, the only parliament of King James I in Ireland.

5th Earl

Ibrickane succeeded his father on 5 September 1624 as the 5th Earl of Thomond.

Death

Thomond died in 1639 and was buried in

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. He had no son and was succeeded in his titles by his brother Barnabas O'Brien, 6th Earl of Thomond.

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* * – S to T (for Thomond) * 1588 births 1639 deaths 17th-century Irish politicians Earls of Thomond

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