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Teige O'Brien

d. 1022

Vitals

Died
1022

Family

Parents
BO
Brian O'Brien (Boru)
d. 1014 · Kincora
E
Eachraidh (O'Brien)
Spouse
MO
Mor O'Mulloy
Children
TM
Turlogh Mor O'Brien
1009 – 1086

About

Teige O'Brien was a son of Brian Boru by his second wife, and it is through him, not through the more famous sons, that the line of Thomond and this family runs.

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.): TEIGE, younger son of Brian Boru (O'Farrell's Linea Antiqua calls him Brian's eldest); KILLED IN 1022 by his brother Donogh (who then took the kingship of Munster). m. Mor, dau. of Gilla-Brighid O'Mulloy, Lord of Fircall. Father of Turlogh Mor (our line). Direct ancestor.

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