Baron Inchiquin

thumb|Murrough surrenders his royalty to [[King Henry VIII at Greenwich upon the Thames July 1543 and receives the titles of Baron Inchiquin for his heirs male and Earl of Thomond with special remainder to his nephew Donough.]]

Baron Inchiquin () is one of the older titles in the Peerage of Ireland. It was one of two titles created on 1 July 1543 for Murrough O'Brien, Prince of Thomond, who claimed descent from Brian Boru, a High King of Ireland. The English titles were granted under the policy of surrender and regrant, and therefore conditional upon the abandonment of any Irish titles, the adoption of English customs and laws, pledging of allegiance to the Crown, apostasy from the Catholic Church, and conversion to the Church of Ireland. Murrough was made both Earl of Thomond in the Peerage of Ireland, with remainder to his nephew Donough O'Brien and Baron Inchiquin, with remainder to his male heirs. Following the death of his first cousin, Conor O'Brien, 18th Baron Inchiquin, in June 2023, he was succeeded by Conor O'Brien, 19th Baron Inchiquin.

History

On his death in 1551, Murrough was succeeded in the earldom, according to the special remainder, by his nephew, the second Earl (see Earl of Thomond for the later history of this title), but the barony of Inchiquin passed to his son Dermod, the second baron.

The O'Brien line of Conor O'Brien, Chief of the name

There is some overlap with the Barons Inchiquin; those people are marked off in bold.

Murrough an Taniste O'Brien, d. 1551
Donough O'Brien 29 Sep 1582
Conor O'Brien d. 1603
Donough O'Brien d. 1634
Conor O'Brien, 1617–1651
Donough O'Brien, 1642–1717
Lucius O'Brien, 1675–1717
Edward O'Brien, 1705–1765
Lucius O'Brien, 1731–1795
Edward O'Brien, 1773–1837
Lucius O'Brien, 1800–1872
Edward O'Brien, 1839–1900
Lucius O'Brien, 1864–1929
Fionn O'Brien, 1903–1977
Conor Myles John O'Brien, 18th Baron Inchiquin (1943–2023)
Conor John Anthony O'Brien, 19th Baron Inchiquin (b. 1952)

Art and culture

Lord Inchiquin is the name of a traditional Irish air by O'Carolan, assumed to be dedicated to his contemporary William O'Brien, 4th Earl of Inchiquin.

The painter George O'Brien, who made his name as an artist in New Zealand, was a descendant of the first Baron Inchiquin.

References

Notes

Sources

Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
O'Donoghue, John, Historical Memoir of the O'Briens. Dublin: Hodges, Smith, & Co. 1860.
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