INCHIQUIN. 315 refusethenatueof O'Breene." He w.as, accordingly, in reward. ei 1 July 1543, ( a ) EARL OF THOMOND [I.] for life (with a. spec, rem. in favour of his nephew the head of the O'Brien family, and BARON OF INCHIQUIN [I.] with (the usual) rem. to the heirs male of his body ;( b j P.C., 1543. He in, Eleanor, da. of Sir Thomas Fitz Gerald, the Knight of Glyn. He d. 7 Nov. 1551, when his Earldom passed to his nephew but this Barony devolved as below. His will dat. 26 June 1551. II. 1551. ft Dermod (O'Brien) Baron Inchiquin [L], s. and h.,( c ) sue. to the peerage [I.], 26 June 1551, inheriting also the Castle and lands of Inchiquin. He in. before 15 )0, Margaret, 1st da. of his first cousin, Douogh (O'Bkiks), Eahl ok Thomond [I.], by Helen, da. of Pierce (Bdtler), EaitL of Ossort AKi> Ormonde [I.] Hen". 31 January (or 1 May) 1557. III. 1557. ,?. Murrough MacDermot (O'Brien), Baron Inchiquin [I.], only s. and h. ; b. 1550; sue. to the peerage [I ], 1557. He m. Margaret, ia. of Sir Thomas CusiOK, of Lismullen, co. Meath, sometime (1546 and 1551-55) Lord Chancellor [I.], by his second wife, Maud, da. of John DaRCV, of Platten. He d. 20 April 1573 or 10 May 1574. His widow m. Christopher Cruise, of the Naul, co. Meath. IV. 1573 1 4- Murrough (O'Brien), Baron Inchiquin [I.], only s. and h., was 11 years old when he sue. to the peerage [I.] in 1573 or 1574. He »i. Mabella. sister of Richard, 1st Earl ok VVestmeath [1.1, da. of Christopher (Nugent), 6th Baron Dblvin [I.], by Mary, da. of Gerald (Fitz Gerald), Earl ok Kildare [[.] He d. 20 July 1597. being slain at the Erne, fighting on the side of the English against O'Douel and the Irish of Ulster. I lis widow in. John Fitz-Patrick, of Upper Ossory. V. 1597. 5. Dermod (O'Brien), Baron Inchiquin [I.], s. atid h., aged but 2 years and 9 mouths when he sue. to the peerage [I.], 20 July 1597. He m. Ellen, 1st da. of Sir Edmond Fitz-Edmund Fm Gerald, of Cloyne, by Houora, da. of James Fitz Gerald. He d. 29 Dec. 1024. VI. 1624. 1 and 6. Murrouoh (O'Brien), Baron Inchiquin [I.], ■Pq ih „ rn known as "An, tothaine" (the Incendiary ), s. and h. ; b. aboutl618 ; .earldom W sue. to the peerage [1.1 29 Dec 1624, and obtained livery of his I. 1G54. land, 23 July 1636, when in his 18th year ; took his seat 16 March 1639 ; Vice-President of Monster, 1640 ; obtained several victories over the rebellious Irish in behalf of the King, till 1613, from which date he espoused the side of the Parl.,( d ) defeating a large force with the loss of 3,000 men, 13 Nov. 1047, near Mallow. Soon after this he again, however, favoured the Royal cause, was voted a traitor by Pari. 14 April 1019, and appointed by the exiled King, President of Monster, and was by him cr. (by patent dat. at Cologne) 21 Oct. 1S54,(«) EARL OF INCHIQUIN' [I.], P.O. He had resided in France since 1650, was excepted from pardon by Pari., 12 Aug. 1652 ; was Lieut-Gen. in the French Army and was cr. by the King of France, Viceroy of Catalonia on the conquest of that province. He had become a Roman Oatholic.( r ) He m. Elizabeth, da. of Sir William St. Leoer, (") At the palace of Greenwich, 1 July 1513 " was the creation of two Earles and a Baron of Ireland — the first, Moroghe O'Brien, cr, Earle of Tormond, the second, William Burgh, cr. Earle of Claurycard — the third Donughe O'Brien, cr. Baron of Ybreekan." See p. 314, note b." ( b ) See " Lodge, " vol. ii, p. 28, for the preamble to this creation. ( c ) The third son, Douough O'Brien, of Dromolaud, co. Clare, was ancestor of the 13th Baron Inchiquin ami the subsequent Lords. See vol. i, p. 299, note "a," sub. " Bedford," where he appears in the list (there given) of the Commanders in the armies of the Commonwealth. His abandonment of the cause of the King was, according to Cla:v.idon, because he had been refused the Presidency of Monster. (°) See " Lodgs," vol. ii, p. 54, for the preamble to this creation. ( r ) See vol. ii, p. 149, for a list of tbe Roman Catholic nobility, &c. [I.], who " remonstrated " in 10tS3, among whom his name appears.
