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Brian Sreamhach Ua Briain
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Brian Sreamhach Ua Briain (died 1400),[1] also known as Briain Catha-an-Aonaigh Ó Briain,[2] and Brian Ó Briain,[3] was King of Thomond from 1369 to 1400.[4] He was the son of Mathghamhain Maonmhaighe Ó Briain. In about 1370 or 1371, he defeated and captured Gerald FitzGerald, 3rd Earl of Desmond near Limerick.[5] On his death in 1400 he was succeeded by his brother Conchobhar, who was succeeded on his death in 1426 by Brian's son Tadhg na Glaoidh Mór.
Family
[edit]He married firstly Sláine, daughter of Lochlann Láidir Mac Conmara and had issue: Tadhg na Glaoidh Mór, Mathgamain Dall, and Toirdhealbhach Bóg. He married secondly Margaret Fitzgerald, daughter of James Fitzgerald of Desmond and had issue: Brian Udhar Catha. [6]
Citations
[edit]- ^ Jefferies (2005).
- ^ Moody; Martin; Byrne (2005).
- ^ Watt (2008).
- ^ Moody; Martin; Byrne (2005) p. 219.
- ^ Watt (2008); Jefferies (2005).
- ^ John O'Hart,"Irish Pedigrees or the Origin and Stem of the Irish Nation", Volume 1, 1892, page 160, https://archive.org/stream/irishpedigreesor_01ohar#page/160
References
[edit]- Jefferies, HA (2005). "Ua Briain (Uí Briain, O'Brien)". In Duffy, S (ed.). Medieval Ireland: An Encyclopedia. New York: Routledge. pp. 457–459. ISBN 0-415-94052-4.
- Moody, TW; Martin, FX; Byrne, FJ, eds. (2005). Maps, Genealogies, Lists: A Companion to Irish History. New History of Ireland (series vol. 9, pt. 2). Oxford: Clarendon Press. ISBN 9780198217459.
- Watt, JA (2008) [1987]. "The Anglo-Irish Colony Under Strain, 1327–99". In Cosgrove, A (ed.). Medieval Ireland, 1169–1534. New History of Ireland (series vol. 2). Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 352–396. ISBN 978-0-19-821755-8.
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