- 1624
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| Name |
Donough (the "Great Earl") O'Brien |
- Called "The Great Earl"; like his father continued to support successive Lords Deputy and the Earl of Ormond, and took a prominent part in the campaign against the Irish "rebels" and in the pacification of Ireland; Member of the Council of Connaught and Thomond 1588, and of Munster 1599; granted a pension of £200 for life by Queen Elizabeth I 1589; Commander under Sir Thomas Norris of the forces in Munster 1598; Col of a Regiment of Foot 1599; Governor of co. Clare and of Thomond 1599 and re-appointed by King James I 1603; Privy Councillor [I] 1603; Constable (with his second son, Barnabas) of Carlow Castle 1604; Commissioner for the President of Munster 1607 and for the Plantation of Ulster 1610; President of Munster 1615-24 [Cracroft's Peerage]
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| Suffix |
PC, 4th Earl of Thomond |
| Gender |
Male |
| Will: |
1624 |
Richard Boyle, Earl of Cork was executor of the will  |
| [Documents from Thomond House at Petworth House Archive by Luke McInerny - footnote 3] |
| Died |
5 Sep 1624 |
Clonmel, Co. Tipperary, Ireland |
| Person ID |
I191 |
Donald |
| Last Modified |
11 Dec 2022 |
| Father |
Conor O'Brien, 3rd Earl of Thomond, b. c 1535, d. Jan 1591, Ennis, Co. Clare, Ireland (Age ~ 56 years) |
| Relationship |
Birth |
| Mother |
Una O'Brien, of Co. Tipperary, d. 1589, Co. Clare, Ireland |
| Relationship |
Birth |
| Family ID |
F117 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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