Raghnailt Macnamara
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Raghnailt MacNamara was a daughter of John MacNamara of Clancullen in County Clare, of a family long allied to the O'Briens, and she married Turlogh Donn, Prince of Thomond.
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✓ DOCUMENTED (Burke's Peerage, INCHIQUIN (O'Brien of Thomond) lineage pp.2033-34, photographed & read 23 Jul 2026.): RAGHNAILT, dau. of JOHN MACNAMARA of Clancullen, co. Clare (the Macnamaras, hereditary marshals of Thomond - note-only); 1st wife of Turlogh Donn O'Brien; mother of Conor, Prince of Thomond (our line). Direct ancestress. Added 23 Jul 2026. UPDATE 25 Oct 2026: PRIMARY CONFIRMATION - AFM 1486.27 records the death of 'Raghnailt, daughter of John Mac Namara, and wife of Turlough son of Teige O'Brien, Lord of East Thomond'; father John wired ✓. (Her husband is thus the Turlough who d. 1486-98, not necessarily 'Turlogh Donn b.1499' as the story-note has it - check the O'Brien generation.)