O'Rourke

O'Rourke
Ó Ruairc
Parent houseUí Briúin Bréifne
CountryKingdom of Connacht
Foundedca. 960 AD
FounderFergal ua Ruairc
Current headGeoffrey Philip Columb O'Rorke
Final rulerTadhg Ó Ruairc
Historic seatParke's Castle (originally O'Rourke's Tower House)
MottoServiendo guberno
Dissolution1605
Cadet branches
  • MacLoughlin
  • MacRannell
  • MacNeill
  • MacKiernan
Branches
  • O’Rourke of Dromahair
  • O’Rourke of Kilnagarn
  • O’Rourke of Leitrim Castle
  • O’Rourke of Inishmagrath
  • O’Rourke of Castlerourke
  • O’Rourke of Carrha
  • O’Rourke of Aughavas
  • O’Rourke of Carrigallen
  • O’Rourke of Cloncorick

O'Rourke (Irish: Ó Ruairc) is an Irish Gaelic clan based most prominently in what is today County Leitrim. The family were the historic rulers of Breifne and later West Breifne until the 17th century. The O'Rourke Clan Chief was at odds with the O'Reilly Chief because both clans contested each other for the title Prince of Breifne. The O'Rourke chief was seated at O'Rourke's Tower House which was on the north side of Lough Gill, County Leitrim, and which is now Parke's Castle.

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