I’m one of the few who became interested in genealogy when a child. I would sit beside my great-grandmother and ask her to tell me stories about her parents and her grandparents. Her answer wasn’t encouraging, “I really don’t have much to tell, my parents and family never talked about themselves very much.” Years later.. [More]

The O’Brien Clan of Torrance “He who cares nothing about his ancestors will rarely achieve anything worthy of being remembered by his descendants” Born into a big, beautiful, loving Irish family, at the height of the great American depression in 1928. Much talk of the old country was always in the air. It may well.. [More]

Brian mac Cennetig “Boru” (Brian of the Tributes) High King of Ireland (Died 1014) learn more Murrough O’Brien (The Tanist) (1st Earl of Thomond & 6th Baron Inchiquin) (Died 1551) learn more The O’Brien, Prince of Thomond, 18th Baron of Inchiquin, 10th Baronet of Lemenagh Chief of the Name learn more The O’Brien Clan Adopted.. [More]

Below is a list of passenger ships who brought some O’Briens to America. These lists were collected from around the internet. There are literally thousands of ships passenger lists available. These lists are the only ships passenger lists found that contain O’Briens (and variations of O’Brien) who emigrated from Ireland. There are probably more passenger.. [More]

Descendants of Brian Boru through the O’Brien Pedigree 941 A.D. to Present The O’Brien Clan is the main family descended from Brian Boru. The following families are also descended from Brian Boru through various O’Brien ancestors. Bernard MacConsidin Lysaght Maughan Bryan Consadine MacLysaght O’Mahony McBryan McConsidn Lysat Padden O’Bryan O’Crotty MacMahon Patten MacBryan Crottie Mahon Plunkett.. [More]

Ireland was divided into five kingdoms: Ulster, Munster, Leinster, Connaught, and Meath, over all of which a High King reigned. Brian Boru, King of Munster, who became Ireland’s greatest King, was assassinated after the Battle of Clontarf, 1014, a great victory over the Danes. The supremacy of his descendants, the O’Briens, ended in 1119, but.. [More]

Extract from How to Start the Search for your Irish Roots It is a help when tracing your family history to know something about the origin of and evolution of Irish names and particularly how names have changed over the centuries. Early times: In ancient Ireland the population was much smaller than today and the.. [More]

IRISH PEDIGREES (HEBER GENEALOGIES) O’BRIEN. (No. 9.) Of Ballyetragh, County Waterford Turlogh Maol, second son of Murtagh, who is No. 115 on the “O’Brien” (Kings of Thomond) pedigree, was the ancestor of “O’Brien” of Bun-Cumeragh, in the county Watrerford.  The O’Briens of Ballyetragh are a branch of that family.  Several other branches* of the O’Briens.. [More]

(HEBER GENEALOGIES) O’BRIEN (No. 10.) (OF AMERICA) Branch of the Marquises of Thomond Donal, a younger brother of James, who is No. 128 on the “O’Brien” (Marquises of Thomond) pedigree, was the ancestor of this branch of that family: whose descent from said Donal down to the Rev. Matthew Patrick O’Brien, Rector of St. Vincent.. [More]

(HEBER GENEALOGIES) O’BRIEN. (No. 1.) Kings of Thomond The Armorial Bearings of the “O’Brien” (of Thomond) family are : Arms : Gules three lions, passant, guardant, per pale, or and argent. Crest : On a wreath issuing out of clouds, a naked arm, embowed, the hand grasping a sword, all ppr. Motto : Lamh Laidir.. [More]