O’Byrne, Owen MacHugh, captain of Kerne, 328
O’Byrnes, the, of Wicklow, 57, 80, 90, 158, 160, 167, 200, 221, 244, 266, 375, 397
O’Cahan or O’Kane, in Londonderry County, 62, 239, 272, 349, 376
O’Caharney;
see O’Kearney.
O’Callaghan, of Duhallow in Cork, 242, 268
O’Carroll, Donough, Prince of Oriel in 1142, 314
— Mulrony, chief of Ely, 132, 135, 146, 151, 156, 157
— Fergananim, son of Mulrony, chief of Ely, 157, 200, 207, 223, 224, 226, 231, 242, 262
— Donough, brother of Mulrony and claiming the succession, 157, 207, 262
— John, 262
— Teig, son of Fergananim, 262
— Teig, son of Donough, 262
— Calvagh, chief of Ely, 262, 338, 345, 393, 402, 403, 407
O’Carrolls, the, of Ely in King’s County, 69, 86, 120, 127, 157, 207, 329, 334, 335, 393, 403
O’Conarchy, Christian, Bishop of Lismore and papal legate, 314
O’Connor, Tirlogh, King of Connaught and Ireland, 40
— Roderic, King of Connaught and Ireland, son of Tirlogh, 40, 43, 45, 47, 52, 54, 55, 58, 68
— Cathal Crovdearg, chief of the Connaught O’Connors, brother of Roderic, 58-61
— Honora, ancestress of the White Knights, 76
— Brian, chief of Offaly, 135, 136, 150-153, 163, 177, 207, 210, 211, 213, 214, 221, 222, 224, 226, 227, 229, 251, 256, 326, 328, 335, 373, 392, 400, 401
— Cahir Roe, brother of Brian, 151, 177, 207, 211, 213, 214, 251, 332
— Donogh, son of Brian, 400, 402, 403, 408
— Lady Mary, wife of Brian;
— Margaret, daughter of Brian, 392
— Roe, in Roscommon, 140, 228, 374
O’Connors, the, 56, 57, 61, 62, 69, 86
— of Offaly, the, 86, 120, 121, 129, 130, 175, 177, 213, 348, 385, 401-403
O’Corrin, James, Bishop of Killaloe, 305
Octavian de Palatio, Archbishop of Armagh (1480-1513), 104, 108
O’Dempseys, the, of Clanmalier (Portnahinch in Queen’s Co. and Upper Philipstown in King’s Co.), 251
O’Dogherty, chief of Innishowen in Donegal, 140, 274, 345
O’Donlevy, chief of Uladh, 53
O’Donnell, chief of Tyrconnel, 62
— Donnell Oge, chief of Tyrconnel, 63
— Hugh Roe, chief of Tyrconnel, 111, 113, 119, 120
— Hugh Oge (called also Hugh Dhu), son of Hugh Roe, chief of Tyrconnel, 124, 125, 132, 136, 140, 141, 147, 154, 211, 212, 253
O’Donnell, Manus, grandson of Hugh Roe, chief of Tyrconnel, 140, 147, 212, 218-220, 237, 239, 247, 262, 263, 345, 347, 373, 395
— Roderic, Bishop of Derry, 237
— Lady Eleanor, wife of Manus;
— Calvagh, son of Manus, chief of Tyrconnel, 377, 393, 395, 405, 407
— Con, son of Calvagh, 405
— the, 120, 257, 272, 300, 349, 399
O’Doyne, of Iregan or Portnahinch in Queen’s Co., 213, 218, 251
O’Driscoll, of Baltimore in West Cork, 88
O’Duffy, Keyly, Archbishop of Tuam, 51
O’Dwyer, of Kilnemanagh in Tipperary, 242, 266
Offaly (greater part of King’s Co. and part of Queen’s Co.), 206, 211, 213, 218, 349, 350, 373, 392, 399, 400, 401, 408, 409
— Barony of, in Kildare, 251
O’Fihely, Maurice, Archbishop of Tuam, 292
O’Gallagher, Edmund, Bishop of Raphoe, 293
— Raymond, Bishop of Killala (Papal), and afterwards of Derry, 293, 307
O’Gallaghers, the, of Donegal, 140
O’Grady, chief of a district near Killaloe in Clare and Galway, 271
O’Gunnell, i.e. Carrigogunnell in Limerick, 186
O’Haingly, Donat and Samuel, Archbishops of Dublin, 34
O’Hanlon, chief of Orior in Armagh, 111, 112, 115, 120, 263, 353, 376, 397, 398
O’Hanmire, Maelisa, Bishop of Waterford, 35
O’Hara, of Leyny in Sligo, 60, 69
Oisy;
see De Candolle.
O’Kane;
see O’Cahan.
O’Kearney, or O’Caharney, called ‘the Fox,’ of Kilcoursey in King’s County, 56, 69
O’Kellies, the, of the tribe of Hy-Maine, much scattered, but in this work chiefly between Tuam and Roscommon, 69, 75, 172, 334, 374
O’Kelly, Hugh, 266
O’Kennedy, of Ormonde in Tipperary, 120, 224, 227, 242, 266
— Sitricson, 29
— Trygvesson, 32
Oldcastle, Sir John, 388
Olderfleet (Larne), 351
Olfin, 18
Olioll Olum, 22
O’Lonergan, Edmund, 317
O’Madden, of Longford in Galway, 69, 228, 402
O’Meagher, of Ikerrin in Tipperary, 211, 242, 321, 329
O’Melaghlin (commonly corrupted into MacLoughlin), of Clonlonan in Westmeath, 39, 52, 228, 334
O’Molloy, of Fercall (including Ballyboy and Ballycowan) in King’s County, 206, 211, 226, 262, 338, 402, 403
O’More, Lysaght, 77
— Connell, chief of Leix, 132, 175-177, 224
— Peter, brother of Connell, 224, 225
— Lysaght, son of Connell, 224, 225
— Kedagh, son of Connell, 224-226, 266
— Rory, son of Connell, 224-226, 266, 275, 329, 335, 341
O’Mores, the, of Leix, 88, 125, 127, 130, 135, 140, 146, 167, 176, 177, 211, 258, 348, 399, 403, 408
O’Mullally, Thomas, Archbishop of Tuam, 292
O’Mulrian, or Ryan, of Owney in Tipperary and Limerick, 227, 266, 393
O’Murrilly, John, Bishop of Ross, 293
O’Neill, Donnell, 68
O’Neill, Con More, chief of Tyrone, 118
— Henry and Donnell, brothers to Con More, 118-120
— Art Oge, son of Con More, chief of Tyrone, 121
— Con Bacagh, son of Con More, by Lady Alice O’Neill, and half-brother to Art Oge, whom he succeeded as chief (he was created Earl of Tyrone), 119, 132, 134, 136, 137, 140, 142, 147, 163, 167, 176, 199, 221, 222, 231, 232, 237-240, 243, 247, 259, 263, 264, 268;
see Tyrone, Earl of.
O’Neill, Tirlogh, brother to Con Bacagh, 119, 120
— Shane, son of Con Bacagh, 270, 376, 377, 403-405, 407
— Matthew Ferdoragh, reputed son of Con Bacagh;
see Dungannon, first Baron of.
— Tirlogh Luineach (so-called from having been fostered with the O’Loonies), nephew of Con Bacagh, and afterwards chief of Tyrone, 377
— Phelim Roe and Neill Connelagh, nephews of Con Bacagh, 263
— Hugh Boy, founder of the Clandeboye branch, 62, 76
— Phelim Bacagh, chief of Clandeboye, 198
— of Clandeboye, Phelim Roe, 258
O’Neills, the, of Clandeboye, 129, 142, 239, 362
— the, 40, 120, 211, 212, 239, 385, 399
O’Nolans, the, of Forth in Carlow, 57, 86, 210
Oransay, 13
O’Reilly, Farrell, chief of Brefny-O’Reilly (this consisted of Cavan, except Tullyhaw and Tullyhunco), 154
— Malachias, brother and successor to Farrell, 221, 222, 238, 349, 375, 376
O’Reillys of Cavan, the, 90, 120, 127
Oriel, 32
Orkney, 32
Ormonde, James Butler, first Earl of, 72
— — — second Earl of, 79
— — — third Earl of, 84
— — — fourth Earl of (the ‘White Earl’), 89, 90, 316
— — — fifth Earl of, 91
— John Butler, sixth Earl of, 102
— Thomas Butler, seventh Earl of, 102
— Sir Thomas Boleyn, sometimes called Earl of;
see Boleyn.
— Piers Butler, eighth Earl of, and first Earl of Ossory (called Roe, ‘The Red’), 102;
marries Lady Margaret Fitzgerald, 103;
kills Sir James Ormonde, 117;
claims the earldom of Ormonde, 126;
co-operates with Surrey, 132, 133, 136;
superseded, 143;
sends his son to London, 145;
his disputes with Kildare, 146;
in England, 147;
created Earl of Ossory, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 160, 164, 165, 167, 170, 173, 182, 183, 187, 189, 190, 193, 200;
on good terms with Cromwell, 202, 207, 210;
Earl of Ormonde after Boleyn’s death, 218;
his attempts at civilisation, 221;
he quarrels with Grey, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229;
hollow reconciliation with Grey, 231;
entertains the Council at Kilkenny, 235;
supposed falsification of records in his time, 279;
in opposition to his son, the Archbishop of Cashel, 291
Ormonde, James Butler, ninth Earl of, and second Earl of Ossory, called ‘The Lame,’ 139;
at Court, 145;
escapes marrying Anne Boleyn, 149;
his influence among the Irish, 151, 152;
made Lord Treasurer, 156;
at the siege of Dungarvan, 182;
at the second siege, 189;
his journey in Munster, 190-193, 199, 200, 201, 202;
at the siege of Carrigogunnell, 203, 204, 218;
falls out with Grey, 223, 229, 231;
his head in danger, 234;
entertains the Council at Carlow, 235;
risks his person in the Desmond country, 249;
attacks the Kavanaghs, 250, 254;
attends St. Leger in Munster, 255;
his claims on the Desmond estates, 256;
addresses Parliament in Irish, 258;
at Court, 271;
furnishes a large contingent for Scotch war, 276;
his quarrel with St. Leger, 278-286;
proposed for Deputy, 279;
chosen to command the contingent in Scotland, 280;
he is poisoned, 285, 331, 341;
his chaplain Bicton, 359
— Thomas Butler, tenth Earl of, called ‘Black Thomas,’ succeeds his father at the age of fourteen, 286, 325, 326;
receives part of his rents, 375;
his death reported, 382;
his uncle, 386;
returns to Ireland, 392, 393, 400, 409
Ormonde, James Butler, Duke of, 316
— Sir James, 102, 103, 109, 114, 117, 118
— the northern part of Tipperary, 266
— Joan, Countess of;
O’Rourke, Tiernan, prince of Brefny, 39, 46, 47, 49
O’Rourkes, the, of Brefny (Brefny-O’Rourke was Leitrim with Tullyhaw and Tullyhunco in Cavan), 63, 140, 239, 266
Osbertstown, 240