Calvagh O'More (Irish: An Calbhach Ó Mórdha)[1] (1540 - 27 March 1618), also known as Callagh, The Calough or Charles,[2] was an Irish-born loyalist[1] of noble ancestry.
Calvagh O'More An Calbhach Ó Mórdha | |
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| Born | 1540 Portlaoise, County Laois, Ireland |
| Died | March 27, 1618 (aged 77–78) Balyna, County Kildare, Ireland |
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He was raised in England. Upon returning to Ireland in his early thirties, he was granted an estate in Balyna by the Crown, which was owned by his descendants until 1960.
His brother and father were Irish chiefs - the Lord of Laois - and his son Rory O'Moore was a leader of the Irish Rebellion of 1641.
Early life edit
Calvagh O'More was born in 1540 in Portlaoise, Laois.[3] His father was Rory Caoch O'More, Irish chief and Lord of Laois,[4][3] and his mother was Margaret Butler, granddaughter of Piers Butler, 8th Earl of Ormond.[5][3]
Upon Rory's death at the hands of his brother Giolla Pádraig, it seems that Margaret removed Calvagh and his siblings from Laois.[1]
Time in England edit
O'More was brought up in England, and was called 'The Calough' by the English. As he describes himself as of Gray's Inn in 1568, he may be the John Callow who entered there in 1567.[6][4][1]
His loyalist tendencies were in stark contrast to his brother Rory Oge O'More, a staunch rebel who became Lord of Laois in 1557, and returned to Ireland in the 1560s to lead his clan against the Tudor army.[1]
Return to Ireland edit
In 1571, Ormond petitioned for Calvagh O'More's return.[4] Soon afterwards he came back to Ireland, and in 1574, was granted an estate at Balyna, near Moyvalley, County Kildare.[7][4][8] The estate was granted by Elizabeth I in an attempt to stop the ongoing violence between the Tudors and O'More's brother Rory.[2]
In 1582, O'More was thought to be a sufficiently strong adherent to the English to receive a grant of land in Laois.[7][4] He also possessed part of the ancestral property of Owen Roe O'Neill in County Armagh,[9] and received grants of land in Meath and Dublin.[1]
In 1585, Sir Thomas FitzGerald of Laccagh posted bond for O'More, referencing his "good conduct [and] appearance when called for."[10]
Personal life edit
O'More married Margaret Scurlock. Their son Rory[2] was born about 1600, either in Laois, or more likely at the Balyna estate.[citation needed] Another son was named Lewis.[2]
Death and legacy edit
On 27 March 1618, O'More died in Balyna.[3][1] His son Lewis inherited his Balyna estate,[11] and it remained in the ownership of the O'More family until it was sold in 1960.[2]
O'More's son Rory went on to become one of the principal organisers of the Irish Rebellion of 1641.[2] Through Rory, O'More is a direct ancestor of Diana, Princess of Wales and, by extension, her son William.[11] James Moore Sr., governor of Carolina, also claimed descent from Calvagh through Rory.[12]
Family tree edit
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Sources
- Annals of the Four Masters
- Dictionary of Irish Biography (October 2009)
- Ó Raghallaigh, Eoghan (2010). "A poem to Rudhraighe Caoch Ó Mórdha, lord of Laois 1542-7" (PDF). Ossory, Laois and Leinster. 4.
- Dictionary of National Biography
- "The Church in Ireland During the Reigns of Henry VIII and Edward VI (1509-1553) @ ELCore.Net". 7 June 2010.
- "Combs &c. Families of County Laois, Ireland". combs-families.org.
- http://clannmuironline.ning.com/forum/topics/rory-o-moore-genealogy
- Heitzler, Michael James (2005). Goose Creek, A Definitive History: Volume One, Planters, Politicians and Patriots. The History Press. p. 275. ISBN 978-1-59629-055-6. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
References edit
- ^ a b c d e f g O'Byrne, Emmett (October 2009). "O'More (Ó Mórdha), Rory (Ruaidhrí Óg)". Dictionary of Irish Biography. doi:10.3318/dib.006909.v1.
- ^ a b c d e f "More O'Ferrall of Balyna, Co. Kildare". Turtle Bunbury.
- ^ a b c d "Calvagh Callogh (alias Charles Calvagh or Callough) Moore O'More of Ballina (1540-1618)". Genealogy Online. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
- ^ a b c d e Archbold, William Arthur Jobson (1895). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 42. pp. 175–176.
- ^ O'Byrne, Emmett (October 2009). "O'More (Ó Mórdha), Rory (Ruaidhrí Caoch)". Dictionary of Irish Biography. doi:10.3318/dib.006908.v1. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
- ^ (Foster, Reg. of Gray's Inn, p. 39)
- ^ a b (Cal. State Papers, Irish Ser. 1574–85, pp. 392, 412)
- ^ Bagwell, Richard (1895). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 42. pp. 176–178.
- ^ Ó Siochrú, Micheál (October 2009). "O'More, Rory". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
- ^ Calendar of the Irish Council Book, 1581-1586, edited by John P. Prendergast and David B. Quinn, Published by The Irish Manuscripts Commission Ltd., p.164, item 308
- ^ a b Doyle, Jim (16 February 2024). "Death of Rory O'Moore, Organizer of the Irish Rebellion of 1641". SEAMUS DUBHGHAILL. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
- ^ Heitzler, Michael James (2005). Goose Creek, A Definitive History: Volume One, Planters, Politicians and Patriots. The History Press. p. 275. ISBN 978-1-59629-055-6. Retrieved 8 October 2011.