O'Leary

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O'Leary Coat of Arms
O'Leary Coat of Arms

History

Ancient

The Uí Laoghaire clan, today associated with the Uibh Laoghaire parish in County Cork, is considered by scholars[1][2] to have originated in the early Middle Ages on the south-west coast, in the area of Ros Ó gCairbre (Rosscarbery), of which the O'Leary were hereditary lords.[3]

Carrignacurra Castle, Inchigeelagh, Co. Cork, Ireland.
Carrignacurra Castle, Inchigeelagh, Co. Cork, Ireland.

The Annals of Innisfallen (Dublin copy) records St. Fachtna's (

River Lee in the late 16th century, a mile east of Inchigeelagh.[6]

The Corcu Loígde were the rulers of

Erainn tribe who were the second wave of Celts to settle in Ireland from 500 to 100 BC.[7]
The port of Dún Laoghaire, near Dublin is not associated with the O'Leary sept(s), rather it is named for Lóegaire mac Néill, a 5th-century High King of Ireland.

The book of Lecan (A.D. 1397-A.D. 1418) details the early status of O'Leary as a Corco Laide taisach duchusa (hereditary chieftain) in the tuath of Ross (Ruis), with associated families:

Tuath Ruis .i. Tuath in Dolaich, o Loch in Bricin co Faid Ruis -, o Thraig Long co Sid na Fear (i) Find. O Leagaire a taisach duchusa. Is iad so an oclaid duchusa .i. O Ruaidri -, O Lonan -, O Laidid -, O Torpa -, O hUrmoltaich -, O Mirin -, O Meic Dairic -, O Tuaraide -, O Trena -, O hUainidi -, O Cerdin

Eoghanacht
branches of O'Learys settling in north-west Cork and nearby Kerry respectively, the tracing of lineage is complex.

Modern

Peadar Ua Laoghaire, one of the founders of modern literature in Irish.

Although almost nothing is known of their activities for several centuries, the O'Learys reappear as a still titled

White Wand (a symbol of authority).[11] They were the only other freeholders in Muskerry besides the O'Mahonys,[12] and had built several castles in their territories, including Carraignaneelagh, Drumcarragh and Carrignacurra, of which Carrignacurra is the only one still standing.[13] The celebrated Irish language writer Peadar Ua Laoghaire was a descendant of the Carrignacurra branch of the family.[14]

attained, and their lands parceled out, but because of the remoteness of their territory it was never carried out, and they remained safe there until the Cromwellian confiscations decades later. Donough MacCarty, 1st Earl of Clancarty did however appear to do his best to allow them to stay on their lands through leasing.[15] The family became much more scattered during the later Williamite War in Ireland
.

As an example of their wealth and capacity in the mid-16th century, an early O'Leary of Carrignacurra

Donnell II O'Donovan
.

The last O'Leary lord of the Old Gaelic order was Donal MacArt O'Leary (1575–1657).[17]

People

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Religion

Poetry and literature

Politics and law

Journalism and activism

Arts and entertainment

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Other

  • Brian O'Leary, American "scientist-astronaut"
  • Catherine O'Leary (1827–1895), owner of the property in which it was alleged the Great Chicago Fire started
  • Ciarán O'Leary, Irish professional poker player practicing in the USA
  • Daniel O'Leary (mobster), Irish American mobster
  • James Patrick O'Leary (c. 1860–1926), American mobster
  • Kevin O'Leary (entrepreneur)
    , Canadian entrepreneur and venture capitalist
  • Michael O'Leary (Ryanair)
    , CEO of the low-cost Irish airline Ryanair

Places

See also

References

  1. ^ Dublin Annals of Inisfallen
  2. ^ John O'Donovan, ed. 'The Genealogy of Corca Laidhe', in Miscellany of the Celtic Society. Dublin. 1849. alternative scan
  3. ^ Cork History and Society, P. O'Flanagan, C. Buttimer, Geography Publications, Dublin 1993
  4. ^ John O'Donovan
  5. ^ "中国-双彩网有限公司＞首页". Archived from the original on 22 September 2008. Retrieved 3 August 2008.
  6. ^ "Castles of Ireland - Carrignacurra Castle". Castles of Ireland.
  7. ISBN 0899503624
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  8. ^ Cork History and Society, P. O'Flanagan, C. Buttimer, eds. Geography Publications, Dublin 1993
  9. ^ Cork History and Society, P. O'Flanagan, C. Buttimer, eds. Geography Publications, Dublin 1993, p 63
  10. ^ In the Gaelic system.
  11. ^ a b Ó Murchadha, p. 208
  12. ^ Diarmuid Ó Murchadha, Family Names of County Cork. Cork: The Collins Press. 2nd edition, 1996. pp. 206 ff
  13. ^ Lee, Phillip (1914). "Notes on Some Castles in Mid Cork" (PDF). Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society. XX (102): 57–68.
  14. ^ Ó Murchadha, p. 214
  15. ^ Ó Murchadha, p. 211
  16. ^ The branch to which this O'Leary belonged is not precisely known. It may have been different from the one that later occupied it.
  17. ^ Donal MacArt O'Leary[permanent dead link] by Peter O'Leary
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