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. [1]

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Origin

Slievemargy (Irish : Sliabh Mairge [2] ) is a barony in County Laois, [3] named after mountains in the area. [4] [5] The name has been anglicised "Slieuemargue", "Slewmergie", "Slieuemargue" and "Slieuemargy" [6] - The Dictionary of Irish Biography uses the spelling "Slemargy". [7]

Title history

In 1398, Maurice Boy O'More held the title. [8]

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. [7] [9]

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, [7] avenged Murtagh's death by gathering an army and burning the town of Naas. [10] [11]

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References

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  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.
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  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.
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  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