Conor O'Brien King of Thomond
d. 1426
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✓ the man; ~ the parentage. Conor (Conchobhar) O'Brien, King of Thomond c.1400-1426: AFM 1426.4 'Conor O'Brien, Lord of Thomond, died, at an advanced age, on Easter Saturday, and Teige, son of Brian O'Brien, was inaugurated in his place'; AFM 1411.2 'Donnell, the son of Conor O'Brien, Tanist of Thomond, was slain by Barry More'; AFM 1409.11 / 1410.17 the war and peace between 'O'Brien and his sons and the sons of Brian O'Brien ... his kinsmen'. Lodge II p.22 (Dr O'Brien's pedigree): second of the seven sons of Mahon Maonmaighe (d. 1369) by Una, daughter of Felim O'Conor of Corcomroe, brother of Brian Catha an Aonaigh (I99656); 'on the death of his brother was proclaimed King of Thomond; he held the government for eight years, and in 1414 resigned in favour of Teige-na-Gleadh-More, eldest son of his brother Brien' (the annals keep the title with him to 1426); m. Mary, da. of Teige O'Brien, chief of Cuanach; sons Dermod (d.s.p.), BRIAN DUBH of Carrigogunnell (our line), Donal (bishop of Limerick). Wired ~ as son of Mahon Maonmaighe and Winifred/Una O'Conor (both already in the tree) - RING: the Desmond earls' O'Brien blood meets the Thomond line that reaches Brian Boru. Source: Annals of the Four Masters (O'Donovan ed.) 1426.4, 1580.12, 1585.19, CELT T100005D-E, read 27 Oct 2026; Source: Lodge, Peerage of Ireland (1789), vol. II, 'O'Brien, Earl of Inchiquin' pp.21-22 (Dr O'Brien's pedigree) (archive.org peerageofireland02lodg); O'Donoghue, Historical Memoir of the O'Briens (1860) (archive.org historicalmemoi00odogoog); both read 27 Oct 2026. [DIRECT ANCESTOR OF THE COMPILER: flag added 27 Oct 2026 by walking the tree from Aynsley, so that this marker is reliable and can be searched.]