Dermod O'Brien, 5th Baron Inchiquin

Dermod Ruadh O'Brien, 5th Baron of Inchiquin (October 1594 – 29 December 1624) was an Irish baron.^[1]

Biography

Dermod, who was born in October 1594, was the son of Murrough O'Brien, 4th Baron Inchiquin (1562 – 24 July 1597), the son of Murrough McDermot O'Brien, 3rd Baron Inchiquin and Mabel Nugent, daughter of Christopher Nugent, 6th Baron Delvin.^[2] He inherited the barony at the age of two.

Family

Dermod O'Brien married Ellen, eldest daughter of Sir Edmund FitzJohn FitzGerald of Cloyne and Ballymaloe House in County Cork,^[2] from that powerful Hiberno-Norman family. They had four sons,^[3]^[a] and several daughters:

Murrough, 6th Baron Inchiquin, their eldest son, became the first Earl of Inchiquin.^[2]^[6]
Henry (d. 1645),^[2] a lieutenant colonel in the army of King Charles I.^[4]^[3]
Christopher (died 1664),^[2] a lieutenant-colonel in the Irish Confederate Army, who was created "Baron of Inchiquin," by the Supreme Council of the Catholic Confederation.^[4] He never married.^[3]
Murtough O'Brien, who led a guerrilla campaign against Cromwell's generals in the Burren. He later obtained a pardon and emigrated to Spain where he became a general in the Spanish army
Honora,^[7] who married Anthony Stoughton of Rattoo, County Kerry.^[4]
Mary,^[1] married Michael Boyle, Archbishop of Armagh, and Lord Chancellor of Ireland, and had with him numerous children, including Murrough Boyle, 1st Viscount Blesington, and Eleanor (who became the wife of the William Hill of Hillsborough, M.P.,^[8] and mother to Michael Hill (1672–1699) M.P.).
Ann, died unmarried^[4]

Ancestors

Ancestors of Dermod O'Brien, 5th Baron Inchiquin

16. Murrough O'Brien, 1st Earl of Thomond

8. Dermod O'Brien, 2nd Baron Inchiquin

17. Eleanor FitzGerald

4. Murrough O'Brien, 3rd Baron Inchiquin

18. Donough O'Brien, 2nd Earl of Thomond

9. Margaret O'Brien

19. Helen Butler

2. Murrough O'Brien, 4th Baron Inchiquin

20. John Cusack

10. Sir Thomas Cusack

21. Alison de Wellesley

5. Margaret Cusack

22. George Darcy

11. Maud Darcy

23. Jane Riccard

1. Dermod O'Brien, 5th Baron Inchiquin

24. Christopher Nugent

12. Richard Nugent, 5th Baron Delvin

25. Marion St Lawrence

6. Christopher Nugent, 6th Baron Delvin

26. Jenico Preston

13. Elizabeth Preston

27. Catherine FitzGerald

3. Mabel Nugent

28. Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare

14. Gerald FitzGerald, 11th Earl of Kildare

29. Elizabeth Grey

7. Mary FitzGerald

30. Anthony Browne

15. Mabel Browne

31. Alice Gage

Notes

^ John O'Hart states that there were two sons called Christopher and the first died as an infant.^[4] However Lucius, 13th Lord Inchiquin in his "Petition..." states that there were only three brothers,^[3] and Darryl Lundy citing Cokayne and Mosley only mentions one Christopher.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b Lundy 2012, p. 10284 § 102833 cites Cokayne 2000, p. 193
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Lundy 2012, p. 10284 § 102833 cites Mosley & 2003, vol. 2, p. 2035
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Inchiquin 1861, p. 67.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e O'Hart 2007, p. 129.
^ Lundy 2012, p. 10284 § 102833.
^ Bagwell 1888, p. 320.
^ Lundy 2012, p. 10284 § 102833 cites Mosley & 2003, vol. 1, p. 400
^ Anglo-American Magazine 1852, p. 506.

Bibliography

The Anglo-American Magazine, vol. 1, Toronto: Maclear, July–December 1852, p. 506
Bagwell, Richard (1888), "O'Brien, Murrough (1614-1674)" , in Stephen, Leslie (ed.), Dictionary of National Biography, vol. 16, London: Smith, Elder & Co, pp. 320–327
Inchiquin, Lucius Lord of (1861) [1765], "The Petition of the right Honourable Lucius Baron of Inchiquin (otherwise Inskwyne), of that part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland called Ireland.", Case of the Right Honourable Lucius, lord Inchiquin in the peerage of Ireland on his claiming the right to vote at the election of representative peers for Ireland. ..., pp. 66–70
Lundy, Darryl (22 October 2012), Dermot O'Brien, 5th Baron of Inchiquin, thepeerage.com, p. 10284 § 102833 Endnotes:
- Cokayne, G.E. (2000), Vicary Gibbs; H.A. Doubleday; Geoffrey H. White; Duncan Warrand; Howard de Walden (eds.), The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, vol. 1 (nee, 1910–1959; reprint in 6 volumes ed.), Gloucester, UK: Alan Sutton Publishing, p. 193
- Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003), Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, vol. 1 (107th, 3 volumes ed.), Wilmington, Delaware, USA: Burke's Peerage, p. 400
- Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003), Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, vol. 2 (107th, 3 volumes ed.), Wilmington, Delaware, USA: Burke's Peerage, p. 2035
O'Hart, John (2007), The Irish And Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry, When Cromwell Came to Ireland: Or, a Supplement to Irish Pedigrees (reprint ed.), Heritage Books, p. 129, ISBN 9780788419270

Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by Murrough O'Brien	Baron Inchiquin 1662–1719	Succeeded by Murrough O'Brien

[6] John O'Hart states that there were two sons called Christopher and the first died as an infant.^[4] However Lucius, 13th Lord Inchiquin in his "Petition..." states that there were only three brothers,^[3] and Darryl Lundy citing Cokayne and Mosley only mentions one Christopher.^[5]

[Cokayne-p193-1] Lundy 2012, p. 10284 § 102833 cites Cokayne 2000, p. 193

[Mosley-v2-2035-2] Lundy 2012, p. 10284 § 102833 cites Mosley & 2003, vol. 2, p. 2035

[FOOTNOTEInchiquin186167-3] Inchiquin 1861, p. 67.

[FOOTNOTEO'Hart2007129-4] O'Hart 2007, p. 129.

[FOOTNOTELundy201210284_§_102833-5] Lundy 2012, p. 10284 § 102833.

[FOOTNOTEBagwell1888320-7] Bagwell 1888, p. 320.

[8] Lundy 2012, p. 10284 § 102833 cites Mosley & 2003, vol. 1, p. 400

[FOOTNOTEAnglo-American_Magazine1852506-9] Anglo-American Magazine 1852, p. 506.

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