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Sir Roger O'Shaughnessy, The O'Shaughnessy (died 11 July 1690), was
Chief of the Name The Chief of the Name, or in older English usage Captain of his Nation, is the recognised head of a family or clan ( Irish and Scottish Gaelic: ''fine'') in Ireland and Scotland. Ireland There are instances where Norman lords of the time like ...
and a captain in the
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of
James II of England James II and VII (14 October 1633 – 16 September 1701) was King of England and Monarchy of Ireland, Ireland as James II and King of Scotland as James VII from the death of his elder brother, Charles II of England, Charles II, on 6 February 1 ...
. He was present at the
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, and died ("sick, though not wounded") ten days after the battle at his castle in
Gort Gort ( or ) is a town of around 2,800 inhabitants in County Galway in the west of Ireland. Located near the border with County Clare, the town lies between the Burren and the Slieve Aughty and is served by the R458 road (Ireland), R458 and R460 ...
. All his property was declared forfeit, and his son and heir, William O'Shaughnessy, was forced into exile. In 1697 Roger's estates were granted to
Sir Thomas Prendergast, 1st Baronet Brigadier-General Sir Thomas Prendergast, 1st Baronet ( 1660 – 11 September 1709) was an Irish politician and soldier. Early life He was the son of Thomas Prendergast (d. 1725) of Croane, County Limerick, a small Catholic landowner, and Ele ...
, a Catholic neighbor; who had previously been a Jacobite and Confederate and had lost most of his own estates during the Cromwellian Wars; but this time decided to switch sides. There followed decades of legal disputes with the Prendergasts, but the
O'Shaughnessy Ó Seachnasaigh, O'Shaughnessy, collectively Uí Sheachnasaigh, clan name Cinél nAedha na hEchtghe, is a family surname of Irish origin. The name is found primarily in County Galway and County Limerick. Their name derives from Seachnasach mac ...
family were never able to recover them.


Family

Roger was the son of Dermot O'Shaughnessy. He married Helena, daughter of Conor O'Brien, a son of
Donogh O'Brien, 4th Earl of Thomond Donogh O'Brien, 4th Earl of Thomond and Baron Ibrickan, PC (Ire) (died 1624), was a Protestant Irish nobleman and soldier, and Chief of Clan O'Brien. He fought for Queen Elizabeth during Tyrone's Rebellion and participated in the Siege of K ...
. Her brother was William O'Brien. Their children were: * Helena. She married Theobald Butler. They had three children: Francis, John and Theobald. * Major General William O'Shaughnessy, The O'Shaughnessy. Roger O'Shaughnessy succeeded to the O'Shaugnessy lands in Ireland in 1678.Lough Cutra, Galway
Castles in Ireland


References


Further reading

* D'Alton, John
Illustrations, Historical and Genealogical, of King James's Irish Army List (1689)
Dublin: 1st edition (single volume), 1855. pp. 328–32. * O'Hart, John
Irish Pedigrees
Dublin: James Duffy and Co. 5th edition, 1892. pp. 754–6 * ''History of Galway'',
James Hardiman James Hardiman (February 1782 – 13 November 1855), also known as Séamus Ó hArgadáin, was a librarian at Queen's College, Galway and an important historian. Hardiman is best remembered for his '' History of the Town and County of Galway'' (1 ...
, 1820 * ''Tabular pedigrees of O'Shaughnessy of Gort'' (1543–1783), Martin J. Blake, Journal of the
Galway Archaeological and Historical Society The Galway Archaeological and Historical Society was founded on 21 March 1900. It promotes historical preservation, as well as the study of the archaeology and history of the west of Ireland. As of January 2002, the Society had published 53 cons ...
, vi (1909–10), p. 64; vii (1911–12), p. 53. * ''Old Galway,'' Professor Mary Donovan O'Sullivan, 1942 * ''Galway: Town and Gown,'' edited Moran et al., 1984 * ''Galway: History and Society'', 1996 People from County Galway
Roger Roger is a masculine given name, and a surname. The given name is derived from the Old French personal names ' and '. These names are of Germanic languages">Germanic origin, derived from the elements ', ''χrōþi'' ("fame", "renown", "honour") ...
1690 deaths 17th-century Irish people
O'Shaughnessy Ó Seachnasaigh, O'Shaughnessy, collectively Uí Sheachnasaigh, clan name Cinél nAedha na hEchtghe, is a family surname of Irish origin. The name is found primarily in County Galway and County Limerick. Their name derives from Seachnasach mac ...
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