Connor O'Brien, 2nd Viscount Clare

Viscount Clare

-First creation:The titles of Viscount Clare and Baron Moyarta were conferred on Daniel O'Brien, a younger son of Connor O'Brien, 3rd Earl of Thomond, on 11 July 1662. These titles were forfeit by the attainder of the third Viscount in 1691. However, the title continued to be used by his...

(1605–1670) was the son of Daniel O'Brien, 1st Viscount Clare

Daniel O'Brien, 1st Viscount Clare

Daniel O'Brien, 1st Viscount Clare was the younger son of Connor O'Brien, 3rd Earl of Thomond and Una O'Brien....

 and Lady Catherine FitzGerald, a daughter of Gerald, 14th Earl of Desmond

Earl of Desmond

The title of Earl of Desmond has been held historically by lords in Ireland, first as a title outside of the peerage system and later as part of the Peerage of Ireland....

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He married Honora O'Brien, daughter of Daniel O'Brien and Ellen FitzGerald, a daughter of the Knight of Glin

Knight of Glin

The Knight of Glin, also called the Black Knight, was a hereditary title in the Fitzgeralds of Limerick, Ireland since the early 14th century. The family was a branch of the FitzGerald dynasty or Geraldines, related to the Earls of Desmond , who were granted extensive lands in County Limerick by...

, and together they had one son Daniel O'Brien, 3rd Viscount Clare

Daniel O'Brien, 3rd Viscount Clare

Daniel O'Brien was the 3rd Viscount Clare.O'Brien was the son of Connor O'Brien, 2nd Viscount Clare and Honora O'Brien, daughter of Daniel O'Brien and Ellen FitzGerald....

, and a daughter Honora, who married John FitzGerald, 13th Knight of Kerry

Knight of Kerry

Knight of Kerry, also called the Green Knight, is one of three Anglo-Irish hereditary knighthoods, all of which existed in Ireland since feudal times. The others are the White Knight and the Knight of Glin...

. O'Brien succeeded to the title Baron Moyarta in 1666.