Maud
"Mór"
FitzGerald
formerly O'Brien
Born about in Ireland
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
John FitzThomas FitzGerald
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Maurice FitzGerald, Eleanor (FitzGerald) FitzGibbon, James FitzJohn Fitzgerald, Catherine (FitzGerald) Burke and Ellen FitzGerald
Died [date unknown]
in Ireland
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Biography
Maud (Mór) O'Brien was the daughter of Mahon O'Brien of Carrigogunnell,[1]and Elizabeth O'Brien of Ara, and her paternal grandparents were Donough O'Brien (of Carrigogunnell & Pobble)[2] and Margaret O'Kennedy of Aherlow, Co. Tipperary.[3]
Maud married Sir John FitzThomas FitzGerald, 12th "de facto" Earl of Desmond.
The O'Briens of Carrigogunell descended from Conor O'Brien, King of Thomond,[4][5] (d.1426) who was the younger son of Mahon O'Brien, King of Thomond (d.1369), of Bunratty Castle, Co. Clare. (see image for pedigree)[6]
Research notes:[7]
- Coonagh/Counagh [Gonagh] is the name of the barony in County Limerick.
- Family name is also Mac-i-Brien-Ara.
- Alternate names: "Mac Ui Bhrian (Mac Brien). Mac Longachain (Long or Longan) is found alongside the O'Dwyers as chiefs of a territory which included part of this barony and part of Owney and Arra in Tipperary."
Among the children of Maud O'Brien and John FitzThomas FitzGerald was Catherine FitzGerald[8] who married William Bourke, 1st Baron Bourke of Connell, and they in turn had the following sons:[9]
- Theobald d. 19 Aug 1579, m. Mary, daughter of Donough O'Brien, 1st/2nd Earl of Thomond[10][11] (Theobald was famous for killing his 1st cousin James FitzMaurice FitzGerald, the "Arch-Traitor", who had arrived in Smerwick (Co. Kerry) with Spanish and Italian troops during the Desmond Rebellion)
- Ulick
- William d. 19 Aug 1579
- David
- John
Sources
- Wikipedia link for her husband, John FitzThomas FitzGerald (1460-1536), "de facto" 12th Earl of Desmond:
- ↑ Castle of Carrigogunnell, County Limerick: "This castle on a volcanic crag overlooking the Shannon estuary was probably founded by the de Burghs, but became a major seat of the O'Briens before being held by the earls of Desmond. It has a violent history. In 1536 after sustaining a prolonged barrage by cannon, it was surrendered to Lord Deputy Grey by its commander Edmund Cahill. He was hanged along with his entire garrison, but the castle was later recovered by the O'Briens. During the Cromwellian wars it was taken over by Captain Wilson, who occupied it, building a stable in the bawn. A Jacobite garrison of 150 men surrendered the castle to William III's forces in 1691, and shortly afterwards it was blown up. The castle is a mixture of periods; the roughly heart shaped outer enclosure extending down the slope dates from the C15, although the triangular section is a C16 addition. The north wall of the inner court on the highest part of the crag is C13."
- From the website "Irish Castles", including a map pinpointing the castle's location:
- ↑ The Earls of Desmond by James Graves “No. 2. The Earls of Desmond.” The Journal of the Historical and Archaeological Association of Ireland, vol. 1, no. 2, 1869, pp. 459–498. JSTOR,
- www.jstor.org/stable/25497799.
- ↑ Maud is 17 generations below Brian Boroimhe (d.1014), also known as Brian Boru, "King of Munster and Leinster" MacCennetig, also known as "High King of Ireland".
- Pedigree (p.108) of The Earl of Lismore and Viscounts Tallow. Author: Donough O'Brien. History of the O'Briens from Brian Boroimhe A.D. 1000 to A.D. 1945. Published by R. Schindler (1949).
- ↑ [Conor] was King of Thomond from 1400-1426 (his death). He was succeeded by his nephew Teige an Glemore -- son of Brian Catha an Aonaigh, who had been King from ca.1370-1400. Conor had 3 sons; Dermod, who left no issue; Donald Bishop of Limerick ; and Brian Duff, who carried on the line of the Carrigogunnell O’Briens, and is said to have given the name “Pobble Brian” to the Barony of that name in the County of Limerick ... The Carrigogunnell O’Briens
split into 2 branches in the time of Mahon, great grandson of Conor O’Brien, who died in 1642.
- Donough O'Brien. "History of the O'Briens from Brian Boroimhe A.D. 1000 to A.D. 1945". Published by R. Schindler (1949), p.107:
- ↑ " Mortogh died in AD. 1343 and was succeeded [as King of Thomond] by his son Mahon Moinmoy, who died in 1367 [some sources says 1369] and was the ancestor of the Thomond and Inchiquin branches of the family. [Mahon's] brother Turlogh Mael (The Bald) succeeded him, who was the ancestor of the Waterford O’Briens. [Turlogh Mael] was deposed in AD. 1370 in favour of his nephew Brian Cathan Aonagh; very little information is given of [Brian] by the Annalists (Annals of the Four Masters), and he died in AD. 1399. Brian Catha’s successor was his brother Conor (son of Mahon Moinmoy ... from [Conor] descend the “Pobblebrien and Aherlow O’Briens” also called “Carrigogunnell O’Briens”. From Conor’s younger brother, Teige Baccach, descend the “O’Briens of Ballyardan”. [Conor] was succeeded in AD. 1426 by his nephew Teige na Glamore."
- Donough O'Brien. "History of the O'Briens from Brian Boroimhe A.D. 1000 to A.D. 1945". Published by R. Schindler (1949).
- ↑ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_monarchs_of_Thomond
- ↑ The Baronies of Ireland:
- ↑ http://www.thepeerage.com/p14723.htm#i147228
- ↑ G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new edition (Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), Vol.2, p.255.
- ↑ Theobald Bourke's son (grandson of William & Catherine) was the well-known supporter of the English Crown Theobald, 1st Lord Bourke, Baron of Brittas, who in 1607 betrayed his staunchly Catholic cousin Sir John Bourke of Brittas Castle and later took possession of the castle.
- ↑ Two photos of Brittas Castle, the location of the mass which cost Sir John Bourke his life. From the website "Irish Castles", and including a map pinpointing its location:
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Maud O'Brien1 F, #147228 Last Edited=19 May 2005 Maud O'Brien is the daughter of Mahon O'Brien.1 Child of Maud O'Brien and Sir John FitzThomas FitzGerald Catherine FitzGerald+1 Citations [S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume II, page 255. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
The creator of this pedigree (Donough O'Brien, published his research in 1949) is well regarded as a family historian.
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