Maurice Roche, 8th Viscount Fermoy

Maurice Roche
Tenure	1635–1670
Predecessor	David, 7th Viscount Fermoy
Successor	David Roche, 9th Viscount Roche
Born	1593
Died	1670
Spouse(s)	Ellen Power
Detail Issue David, John, & others
Father	David, 7th Viscount Fermoy
Mother	Joan Barry

Maurice Roche, 8th Viscount Fermoy (1593–1670) was an Irish magnate, soldier, and politician. He fought for the Confederates in the Irish Confederate Wars and then against the Parliamentarians in the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland.

Birth and origins[]

Maurice was born early in 1593,^[1] probably in Castletownroche, County Cork, Ireland. He was the eldest son of David Roche and his wife, Joan Barry.^[2] At the time of his birth, his grandfather was the 6th (also counted as the 1st). His father was heir apparent and would succeed as the 7th Viscount in 1600.^[3] His paternal family, the Roches were Old English and descended from Adam de Rupe who had come to Ireland from Wales with Robert FitzStephen.^[4]

His mother was a daughter of James FitzRichard Barry, 3rd Viscount Buttevant, by his wife Ellen MacCarthy Reagh.^[5] His wife's family, the de Barrys, were Old English like his own and descended from Philip de Barry, who had come to Ireland from Wales in 1183.^[6]

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He was the eldest of five brothers: Maurice (1593–1670) John, deaf and dumb, died unmarried[9] Theobald, married Julia daughter of Dominick Sarsfield, 1st Viscount Sarsfield but had no issue[10] Ulick, married Gyles (Cecilia) daughter of John O'Conor Kerry, of Carrigfoyll, County Kerry[11] Redmond went with St. Leger in December 1641 to reduce the rebellion in County Waterford.[12]

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Ellen, who married first Donnell MacCarthy Reagh of Kilbrittain, secondly Charles MacCarthy, 1st Viscount Muskerry, and thirdly Thomas Fitzmaurice, 4th son of Thomas Fitzmaurice, 18th Baron Kerry.[13] Elinor Joan Amy, married John Everard of Fethard, County Tipperary, as his second wife[b]

Marriage and children[]

About 1625 Roche married Ellen (Eleanor), daughter of John Og Power, son of .^[17][18] Ellen also was a sister of .

Maurice and Ellen had at least three children, two sons:

1. David (died 1703), a naval officer, who succeeded as the 9th Viscount but drowned near Plymouth unmarried^[19]
2. John, married Catharine Condon and had issue^[20]

—and at least one daughter:

1. Ellen, married William, Lord Castle Connell^[21]

Viscount[]

He succeeded his father as the 8th Viscount Fermoy on 22 March 1635.^[22] He is also counted as 3rd Viscount.^[23] Lord Fermoy took his seat in the House of Lords of the Parliament 1640–1649 on 26 October 1640.^[24][25]

Irish wars[]

Ireland suffered 11 years of war from 1641 to 1652, which are usually divided into the Rebellion of 1641, the Confederate Wars, and the Cromwellian Conquest. This eleven years' war in turn formed part of the Wars of the three kingdoms,^[26] also known as the British Civil Wars.^[27]

Phelim O'Neill launched the Rebellion from the northern province of Ulster in October 1641.^[28] Fermoy was one of the first in the southern province of Munster to join the rebels and was the leader of the Confederates in Munster in the early times. On 2 March 1642 Donough MacCarty, the 2nd Viscount Muskerry joined the rebellion^[c][30] Muskerry was his nephew by marriage as his father had married Fermoy's sister Ellen in 1599.^[31]

Lord Fermoy was a member of the 1st,^[32] 2nd,^[33] and 7th Supreme Council of the Irish Catholic Confederation.^[34]

Death, succession, and timeline[]

Lord Fermoy died on 22 March 1670 and was succeeded by his son David, a naval officier.^[35][19]

showTimeline
As his birth date is uncertain, so are all his ages.
Age	Date	Event
0	1592 or 1593	Born[1]
7	1600, 24 Oct	Father succeeded as 7th Viscount Fermoy[3]
8	1601, 22 Sep	The Spanish landed at Kinsale[36]
10	1603, 24 Mar	Accession of King James I, succeeding Queen Elizabeth I[37]
20	1613, Mar	Father took his seat in the Parliament of Ireland
32	1625, 27 Mar	Accession of King Charles I, succeeding King James I[38]
32	1625, about	Married Ellen, daughter of John Power[17]
39	1632, 12 Jan	Thomas Wentworth, later Earl of Strafford, appointed Lord Deputy of Ireland[39]
42	1635, 22 Mar	Succeeded his father as the 8th Viscount Fermoy[22]
48	1641, 12 May	Strafford beheaded[40]
48	1641, 23 Oct	Outbreak of the Rebellion[41]
52	1645, 21 Oct	Giovanni Battista Rinuccini, the papal nuncio, landed in Ireland.[42]
53	1646, 5 Jun	Battle of Benburb[43]
56	1649, 30 Jan	King Charles I beheaded.[44]
56	1649, 23 Feb	Giovanni Battista Rinuccini, the papal nuncio, left Ireland[45]
56	1649, 15 Aug	Oliver Cromwell landed in Dublin[46]
58	1651, 3 Sep	Battle of Worcester[47]
59	1652, 12 May	Fall of Galway[48]
65	1658, 3 Sep	Oliver Cromwell died.[49]
67	1660, 29 May	Restoration of King Charles II[50]
77	1670	Died[35]

Notes, citations, and sources[]

Notes[]

Citations[]

Sources[]

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Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by David Roche	1635–1670	Succeeded by David Roche