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Mor MacNamara
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Mor MacNamara was a daughter of the MacNamara lord of Hy-Coileann, of the family that served as hereditary marshals of Thomond. She married Connor na Siudaine O'Brien, King of Thomond, and the marshals' blood entered the royal line it had guarded.
Research notes
✓ (O'Hart, Irish Pedigrees (1892), 'O'Brien (No.1) King of Thomond', gen. nos. as cited; corroborated by the Annals of the Four Masters and by the DC782/R-L226 O'Brien Y-DNA study (which independently numbers this same descent 105 Brian Boru -> 120 Turlogh Donn). Wired 23 Jul 2026.): MOR, dau. of MacNamara, Lord of Hy-Coileann, co. Clare (the MacNamaras, hereditary marshals of Thomond - note-only); wife of Connor-na-Siuddine; mother of Teige (our line). Direct ancestress. Added 23 Jul 2026.