Rory O'More
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Rory O'More, also known as Rory Oge O'More (Irish: Ruairí Óg Ó Mórdha; c. 1544 - c. 30 June 1578), was an Irish noble of the O'More clan. As Lord of Laois, he rebelled against the English Tudor forces.
Rory O'More Ruairí Óg Ó Mórdha | |
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Lord of Laois | |
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Tenure | 1557 - 1578 |
Predecessor | Conall Óg O'More |
Successor | James O'More |
Born | c. 1544 Ireland |
Died | c. 30 June 1578 Ireland |
Spouse(s) | Margaret O'Byrne (m. 1573) |
Issue | Owny MacRory O'More Fiach O'More Remainn O'More Doryne Tyrrell (née O'More) |
Irish nationalists Patrick Pearse and Philip O'Sullivan Beare characterise O'More as a patriot who fought against the tyranny of the English, who had established plantations on his family's land.[1][2] Unionist Peter Kerr-Smiley claims that despite O'More's ostensible duty to protect Catholicism in Ireland, him and his followers were "nothing more or less than a band of lawless brigands whose chief aim was to attack small towns or villages, burn the Protestant houses, and murder and mutilate the inhabitants".[3]
O'More is considered the greatest obstacle to Elizabeth I's conquest of the Irish midlands.[4] He was killed by troops led by his loyalist cousin Barnaby Fitzpatrick, 2nd Baron Upper Ossory.