Daniel O'Brien, 1st Viscount Clare

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Daniel O'Brien
Viscount Clare
Daniel O'Brien, 1st Viscount Clare.jpg
Tenure1662–1663
SuccessorConnor O'Brien, 2nd Viscount Clare
Bornc. 1577
Died1666
Spouse(s)Catherine FitzGerald
Issue
Detail		Connor, & others
FatherConnor O'Brien, 3rd Earl of Thomond
MotherUna O'Brien

Sir Daniel O'Brien, 1st Viscount Clare (Irish: Dónall MacConchobhair Ó Briain) (c. 1577 – 1663) was an Irish politician and soldier. He was a younger son of Connor O'Brien, 3rd Earl of Thomond and Una O'Brien.

Birth and origins[]

Daniel was born about 1577, the third and youngest son of Connor O'Brien and his second wife, Una O'Brien.[1] His father was the 3rd Earl of Thomond. His father and his mother were from different branches of the O'Briens, an important Gaelic Irish dynasty that descended from Brian Boru, medieval high king of Ireland.[2]

Family tree
Daniel O'Brien with wife, parents, and other selected relatives.[a]
Donough
2nd Earl
d. 1553		Helen
Butler
Connor
3rd Earl
c. 1534 – 1581		Una
O'Brien		Gerald
14th Earl
of Desmond
c. 1533 – 1583
Rebel Earl
Donogh
4th Earl
d. 1624		Elizabeth
FitzGerald
d. 1617		Daniel
1st Viscount
1577–1666		Catherine
FitzGerald
Henry
5th Earl
c. 1588 – 1639		Barnabas
6th Earl
c. 1590 – 1657		Connor
2nd Viscount
1605–1670		Honora
O'Brien
Daniel
3rd Viscount
d. 1691
Legend
XXXSubject of
the article		XXXViscounts
Clare		XXXEarls of
Thomond		XXXEarls of
Desmond

Nine Years' War[]

In 1599 Hugh Roe O'Donnell invaded Clare, ravaging the country, capturing most of the castles. O'Brian had been left by his brother Donough O'Brien, 4th Earl of Thomond to defend his lands. O'Brien was attacked in his castle of Ibrickane and was taken prisoner.[6][7]

Knight and Parliaments[]

On 1 July 1604 in Leixlip, county Kildare, O'Brien was knighted and became Sir Daniel O'Brien. He was elected as one of the two "knights of the shire", as county MPs were then called,[8] for Clare County in the Irish House of Commons 1613 to 1614.[9] In the Irish Parliament of 1634–1635 he replaced his nephew Barnabas O'Brien, the future 6th Earl of Thomond, who had absented himself to England.[10]

Marriage and children[]

O'Brien married Catherine FitzGerald, daughter of Gerald FitzGerald, 14th Earl of Desmond and his second wife, Eleanor Butler.

Daniel and Catherine had four sons:

  1. Donogh (died 1638), married Elizabeth Dowdall but died in 1638 predeceasing his father.[11]
  2. Connor, succeeded as 2nd Viscount Clare
  3. Morrough
  4. Teige

—and a daughter:

  1. Margaret

Irish wars[]

O'Brien was a member of the Supreme Council of the Catholic Confederates. On 27 June 1652, at Ross Castle near Killarney, Sir Daniel together with Lord Muskerry surrendered to Ludlow. Sir Daniel served as hostage to guarantee Muskerry's compliance with the terms.[12]

Restoration and death[]

At the Restoration O'Brien returned to Ireland and recovered a good deal of his estate. On 11 July 1662 Charles II created him Viscount Clare.[13] Lord Clare, as he now was, died in 1666 and was succeeded by his eldest surviving son Conor.[14]

Notes, citations, and sources[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ This family tree is based on genealogies of the viscounts of Clare[3] and the Earls of Thomond.[4][5] Also see the lists of siblings and children in the text.

Citation[]

  1. ^ Cokayne 1913, p. 251, line 29: "Daniel O'Brien, of Moyarta and of Carrigaholt, co. Clare, 3rd and ygst s. [youngest son] of Connor (O'Brien), 2nd Earl of Thomond [I.[Ireland]], by his 2nd wife, Ownye, da. [daughter] of Turlogh Mac-i-Brien-Ara ..."
  2. ^ Cokayne 1896, p. 391, Note b: "They were descended from the celebrated Brien Boroihme, principal king of Ireland (1002–1004) through his grandson Turlogh ..."
  3. ^ Cokayne 1913, p. 251Genealogy of the viscountss of Clare
  4. ^ Burke 1866, p. 406Genealogy of the earls of Thomond
  5. ^ Cokayne 1896, p. 392Genealogy of the earls of Thomond
  6. ^ Pollard 1895a, p. 310, right column, line 9: "Daniel was attacked in the castle of Ibrickan on which a treacherous assault was made on 1 Feb. 1599. The castle surrendered and O'Brien was wounded and made prisoner;"
  7. ^ Pollard 1895b, p. 313, left column, line 46: "In 1599 O'Donnell invaded Clare, ravaging the country, capturing most of the castles, and making a prisoner of Thomond's youngest brother, Daniel O'Brien, afterwards first Viscount Clare, who had been left to defend it."
  8. ^ Harris 1930, p. 1193, left column, line : "k. [knight] of the shire, in England, one of the representatives of a shire or county in Parliament, in distinction from the representatives of cities and boroughs."
  9. ^ House of Commons 1878, p. 608, row 15: "1613 / 2 " [April] / Hon. Sir Daniel O'Brien (knt.) / Carigcowlie / ditto [Clare County]"
  10. ^ House of Commons 1878, p. 608, row 17: "1634 / - Nov. / Sir Daniel O'Bryen (knt.) vice Brien absent in England / Carigencoltie / ditto [Clare County]"
  11. ^ Lodge 1789, p. 33: "... Donough [O'Brien], his heir who married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Thomas Southwell, of Polylong in the county of Cork, Knt. widow of Sir John Dowdall of Kilfinny, and dying at Limerick 6 August 1638, was buried in St Mary's church in the tomb of his ancestors;"
  12. ^ Ó Siochrú, "O'Brien, Sir Daniel", End of 2nd paragraph: "... he submitted to the English parliament under the articles agreed the following year by Donogh MacCarthy, Viscount Muskerry. O'Brien was one of the hostages ..."
  13. ^ Cokayne 1913, p. 252, line 1: "At the age of 80 or upwards he was cr. 11 July 1662, Baron Morarta and Viscount Clare [or O'Brien of Clare], co Clare [I.[Ireland] ]."
  14. ^ Ó Siochrú, "O'Brien, Sir Daniel", 3rd paragraph, 3rd sentence: "He died in 1666 and was succeeded by his eldest surviving son Conor, and then in 1670 by Daniel, his grandson."

Sources[]

Peerage of Ireland
New creation Viscount Clare
1662–1663 		Succeeded by
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