Earl of Tyrconnell
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The peerage title Earl of Tyrconnell has been created four times in the Peerage of Ireland. It was initially created in 1603, for Rory, brother of Prince Hugh Roe O'Donnell, Prince of Tyrconnell, only to be attainted in 1614. Following the exile of the Gaelic aristocracy, and the ensuing Ulster Plantation, it was created a second time in 1661 for Oliver FitzWilliam, 2nd Viscount FitzWilliam, but died with him in 1667. It was created a third time in 1685 for Richard Talbot, but was forfeit in 1691 when the earl joined King James II against the Glorious Revolution; James also created Talbot as Duke of Tyrconnell in 1689 as part of the Jacobite peerage. The title was created a fourth and final time in 1761 for George Carpenter, 3rd Baron Carpenter. On the death of the fourth earl in 1853 this creation became extinct.
The earl of the first creation (O'Donnell) had the subsidiary title of Baron of Donegal for his heir apparent. The earls of the third creation (1685) had the subsidiary titles Viscount Baltinglass and Baron Talbotstown, both in the Peerage of Ireland. The earls of the fourth creation had the subsidiary title of Viscount Carlingford, in addition to the previously held title Baron Carpenter, which had been created in 1719.
See also: Viscount Tyrconnel.
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[edit] Earls of Tyrconnell, first creation (1603)
- Roderick, also known as Rory O'Donnell, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell (1575–1608); letters patent of King James I, September 1603.
- Hugh, son of Roderick (Rory), died 1642; title attainted 29 October 1614, but continued recognised on Continent, where he served for Spain.
[edit] Earls of Tyrconnell, second creation (1661)
- Oliver FitzWilliam, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell (d. 1667) (extinct)
[edit] Earls of Tyrconnell, third creation (1685)
with subsidiaries: Baron (of) Talbotstown and Viscount Baltinglass (1685)
- Richard Talbot, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell (d. 1691) (forfeit 1691)
[edit] Earls of Tyrconnell, fourth creation (1761)
- George Carpenter, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell (1723–1762)
- George Carpenter, 2nd Earl of Tyrconnell (1750–1805)
- George Carpenter, 3rd Earl of Tyrconnell (1788–1812)
- John Delaval Carpenter, 4th Earl of Tyrconnell (1790–1853) (extinct)
[edit] Further reading
- The Life of Hugh Roe O'Donnell, Prince of Tyrconnell (Beatha Aodh Rua O Domhnaill) by Lughaidh O'Cleirigh. Edited by Paul Walsh and Colm Ó Lochlainn. Irish Texts Society, vol. 42. Dublin: Educational Company of Ireland, 1948 (original Gaelic manuscript in the Royal Irish Academy in Dublin).
- A View of the Legal Institutions, Honorary Hereditary Offices, and Feudal Baronies established in Ireland, by William Lynch, Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, published by Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, Paternoster Row, London, 1830 (O’Donnell: page 190, remainder to 1st creation Earl’s patent; page 405 on attainder).
- The Fate and Fortunes of the Earls of Tyrone (Hugh O’Neill) and Tyrconnel (Rory O’Donel), their flight from Ireland and death in exile, by the Rev. C. P. Meehan, M.R.I.A., 2nd edition, James Duffy, London, 1870.
