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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.