Robuck or Roebuck O'Shaughnessey (died 1762?) was an Irish

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and Lord of

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. Robuck was a younger brother of the previous chief. He continued his brothers legal proceedings against

Sir Thomas Prendergast, 2nd Baronet Sir Thomas Prendergast, 2nd Baronet (1702-died 23 September 1760) was an Irish politician. His career was helped by influential family connections, but apparently hampered by his own lack of ability. To Jonathan Swift, who detested him, he was "N ...

, and his nephew and heir,

John Prendergast Smyth, 1st Viscount Gort John Prendergast-Smyth, 1st Viscount Gort (1742 – 23 May 1817) was an Irish politician. Born John Smyth, Gort was the son of Charles Smyth, Member of the Irish Parliament for Limerick City, and Elizabeth Prendergast. His paternal grandparents ...

. The case was ongoing at the time of his death. Robuck had issue Joseph (died 1783), William, Mary, Catherine, Ellice, Elleanor, all alive in 1784.

References

* D'Alton, John
Illustrations, Historical and Genealogical, of King James's Irish Army List (1689)
Dublin: 1st edition (single volume), 1855. pp. 328–332. * ''History of Galway'',

James Hardiman James Hardiman (1782–1855), also known as Séamus Ó hArgadáin, was a librarian at Queen's College, Galway. Hardiman is best remembered for his '' History of the Town and County of Galway'' (1820) and ''Irish Minstrelsy'' (1831), one of the fi ...

, 1820 * ''Tabular pedigrees of O'Shaughnessy of Gort'' (1543–1783),

Martin J. Blake Martin Joseph Blake (born c. 1853) was an Irish historian who died around 1930. Blake was a descendant of one of The Tribes of Galway The Tribes of Galway ( ga, Treibheanna na Gaillimhe) were 14 merchant families who dominated the political, ...

, Journal of the

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, vi (1909–1910), p. 64; vii (1911–1912), p. 53. *

John O'Donovan John O'Donovan may refer to: *John O'Donovan (scholar) (1806–1861), Irish language scholar and place-name expert *John O'Donovan (politician) (1908–1982), Irish TD and Senator *John O'Donovan (police commissioner) (1858–1927), New Zealand pol ...

The Genealogies, Tribes, and Customs of Hy-Fiachrach
Dublin:

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. 1844. Pedigree of O'Shaughnessy: pp. 372–391. * ''Old Galway,'' Professor

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, 1942 * ''Galway: Town and Gown,'' edited Moran et al., 1984 * ''Galway: History and Society'', 1996 Nobility from County Galway 18th-century Irish people Roebuck 1762 deaths Year of birth unknown {{Ireland-bio-stub