Slaine MacNamara
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Slaine MacNamara married Brian Catha an Aonaigh O'Brien. The MacNamaras were the O'Briens' chief vassals in Clare and their marriages run through this pedigree for three hundred years.
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✓ (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.): SLAINE, dau. of Lochlan Laidir MacNamara (note-only); 1st wife of Brian of the Battle of Nenagh; mother of Turlogh Bog (No.118, our line). Direct ancestress. Added 23 Jul 2026. ||27 Oct 2026 - FATHER WIRED (~)|| Lodge II p.22: 'Slany, daughter of Lochlin-Lasder Mac-Namara, Prince of Ibh-Caisin in Thomond', wife of Brian Catha an Aonaigh; AFM 1378.7 records a son of 'Loughlin Mac Namara' slain - the chief is real, the daughter is pedigree-only. Source: Lodge, Peerage of Ireland (1789), vol. II, 'O'Brien, Earl of Inchiquin' pp.20-25, from 'Doctor O'Brien's' pedigree (archive.org peerageofireland02lodg), read 27 Oct 2026.