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Lord of Slemargy

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The Lord of Slemargy was a title held by Irish Gaelic nobility, specifically the O'More and McMurrough families.

Origin

Slievemargy (Irish: Sliabh Mairge) is a barony in County Laois, named after mountains in the area. The name has been anglicised "Slieuemargue", "Slewmergie", "Slieuemargue" and "Slieuemargy" - The Dictionary of Irish Biography uses the spelling "Slemargy".

Title history

In 1398, Maurice Boy O'More held the title.

In March 1557, the Lord of Slemargy, Domhnall MacLysaght O'More, and his uncle Conall Og O'More, Lord of Laois, were respectively hanged and crucified by the English administration in Leighlinbridge.

By the early 1560s, Domhnall's brother Murtagh O'More (Irish: Muircheartach Ó Mórdha) was using the title. Murtagh was killed around 1577 in the Massacre of Mullaghmast, a mass killing of Gaelic nobility. His cousin, infamous rebel and Lord of Laois Rory O'More, avenged Murtagh's death by gathering an army and burning the town of Naas.

References

  1. Grace, James (1842). Annales Hiberniae. p. 148. "upon the M'Murghs and O'Morthes of Slemargy"
  2. "Sliabh Mairge/Slievemargy". Logainm.ie.
  3. General Alphabetical Index to the Townlands and Towns, Parishes, and Baronies of Ireland: Based on the Census of Ireland for the Year 1851. Genealogical Publishing Com. 12 July 1984. ISBN 9780806310527 – via Google Books.
  4. Patrick, Saint; Press, Aeterna. "The Life and Writings of Saint Patrick". Aeterna Press – via Google Books.
  5. Brewer, James Norris (1826). The Beauties of Ireland: Being Original Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Biographical, of Each County. Sherwood, Jones, & Company. p. 112 – via Internet Archive. Slievemargy.
  6. "The Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ireland: Adapted to the New Poor-law, Franchise, Municipal and Ecclesiastical Arrangements, and Compiled with a Special Reference to the Lines of Railroad and Canal Communication as Existing in 1843-44; Illustrated by a Series of Maps, and Other Plates; and Presenting the Results, in Detail, of the Census of 1841, Compared with that of 1831". A. Fullarton. 12 July 2018 – via Google Books.
  7. ^ O'Byrne, Emmett (October 2009). "O'More (Ó Mórdha), Rory (Ruaidhrí Óg)". Dictionary of Irish Biography. doi:10.3318/dib.006909.v1.
  8. Annals of the Four Masters: "1398...The son of Maurice Boy O'More, Lord of Slieve-Margy, fosterer of the Iearned and destitute of Ireland, died."
  9. O'Byrne, Emmett (October 2012). "MacMurrough, Murchadh". Dictionary of Irish Biography. doi:10.3318/dib.005071.v1. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  10. Archbold, William Arthur Jobson (1895). "O'More, Rory (d.1578)" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 42. pp. 175–176.
  11. Journal of the County Kildare Archaeological Society, Vol 3 (1899), pp.377-378
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