The following tract concerns descendants of Tadhg na gCaor Ó Ruairc who died in 1376. Tadhg was a brother of Tighearán Mór (died 1418) who was the ancestor of the politically more dominent branch of the family. The source of this tract is from RIA (formerly Stowe) MS. C. IV. I. which consists mainly of four sections, the pedigrees dealt with here contained in section d as published by Prof. James Carney (Celtica, V1, Part 2; 1950).
Gioniollach Shiol Ruaric sonn Ag Úalgharg mhac Domhnaill mhac Amhlaighe condreguid sliocht Thaidhg na cCaor mhac Ualghairg an sionserr et sliocht Tighernan Mhoir an sosar ; agus gan géilleadh don ordhercas tarrla do sliocht Tighernain fri ré cuig no a se do ghluinibh bheram tosach seanchas do lorg Thaidhg na cCáor ar a shinnserracht. Agas cibe leana mían fios an leasamna bheth aige go firinneach, .i. Taidhg na cCáor, biodh fios aige garbh e ebhar & siocair an fhorranma : - la n-aon dia ndeachaidh inghean Ui Bhriain Tuadhmhumhan, bean Úailgha[i]rc, righ Breifne, do ghlacadh aéir et aigeanntais re cois srotha na Búiannaide óna longphurt nó ona baile puirte fein soir gach ndíreach maille re uath[adh] do mharcshluag et do bhanntracht ina fochair, & ar ttiompó ara th-ais dhi, et í taobhthrom torrachm do-chonaire tor coilleadh darbh ainm Molán na cCáor & croinn caoirthain na coilleadh ag claonadh leis an mbárr dearg do chaoraibh aille apchiche buidh furro, & do ghabh an ríoghan mian agas ailghios dona cáoraibh, et do chuir d'fhiachuibh ar mharcach da muinnteir tairbhling agus méid éigin dona caoraibh do thabhairt chuici chum an bhaile ; & do-ronadh samhlaidh & do chaith a lórdhaochain go cosg a mian dhibh. Agas ab oidche cheanna tanig am tuismeadha don ríoghain et do rug mac ; agas tugadh Thadg na cCáor d'ainm fair do bhri na ccaor réimhráite. Truir mac iomorra buidh ag Tadhg na cCaor, .i. Lochlainn, Art & Conchu[bh]ar. Ni bhfuil sliocht [ar] Chonchu[bh]ar. A translation (above text): The Genealogy of O Ruairc here. The line of Tadhg na gCaor, the older son of Ualgharg, and the line of Tighernan Mor, the younger son, converge at Ualgharg, son of Domhnaill, son of Amhlaoibh, and without yielding to the pre-eminence held by Tighearnan's line for five or six generations , we will commence our historical account by tracing the line of Tadhg na gCaor because of his seniority. And whoever would know the true meaning of his nickname, i.e. Tadhg of the Berries (na gCaor), let him know this is the reason and basis of the name:- one day as the daughter of O'Brian of Thomond, the wife of Ualgharg, King of Breifne, went to take a pleasant airing by the stream of the Buannaide (river Bonet) directly eastwards from her own residence accompanied by a few horseman and attendant women : on her return, and she was heavily pregnant, she saw a wooded knoll called Berry Mound and a rowan tree with its red top bending with the weight of beautiful ripe berries, and the queen got a desire and longing for the berries and she besought one of the horseman among her followers to dismount and bring some of the berries to her to the house and it was done so, and she ate her fill till she was satisfied. And the same night the queen's time of delivery came and she bore a son, and he was called Tadhg of the Berries by reason of the aforesaid berries. Tadhg na gCaor had three sons moreover, Lochlainn, Art and Conchubhair. Conchubhar had no descendants. * [source: translation written by Dr. Katherine Simms for the history of O Ruairc of Breifne (Mac Dermot, 1990)] Gioniollach sleachta Lochluinn mhac Taidhg na [c]Cáor sonn Sliocht Domhnaill meic Lochluinn meic Tadhg na gCaor sonn Trúir mac iomorra buidh ag Arrt maic Taidhg na cCáor, .i. Aodh, Cobhthach, & Cathal Ballach Gioniollach sleachta Aodha meic Airt [meic Tadhg na gCaor] sonn Tadhg, Seánm Toidhealbhach, & Conn, clann Sheaffroidh meic Tordhealbhaigh meic Feidhlim meic Seaffraidh meic Feidhlim meic Cobhthaich meic Domhnaill meic Aodha meic Airt meic Taidhg na cCaor meic Ualgha[i]rg meic Domhnaill meic Amhluighe meic Airt meic Domhnaill meic Fearghail meic Domhnaill meic Tighernáin meic Ualghairg meic Neil[l] meic Aodha meic A[i]rt Oirdnidhe meic Aodh meic Seun-fhearghail meic Airt meic Ruairc a quo an fine meic Tighernain meic Seallacháin meic Cearrnachain meic Doibhdhorrtha meic Donchadha meic Baoithín meic Blathmhic meic Feidhlim meic Criomhthoin meic Sganlain meic Aodh Finn meic Fearghna meic Fearghuis meic Muireadh[aigh] Mhail meic Eoghain Sréibh meic Duach Ghalaigh meic Briain meic Eochach Muighmheadhoin meic Muireadhuidh Thíridh meic Fiacha Sreafthini meic Cairbre Lifeachair meic Corbmaic Ulfhada meic Airt Áonfhir meic Coinn Chédchathaigh meic Feidhlimidh Reachtmhair meic Tuathail Teachtmhair meic Fiacha Fionollaidh meic Fearadhaigh Finnfhachnaigh meic Criomhthainn Niadh Nár meic .... (& back through Eremhoin mic Mile Easpáine... to Adhaimh) [Sliocht Domhnaill meic Aodha meic Airt] Sliocht Donachaidh meic Cathail Sliocht Cobhthaigh meic Airt sonn Sliocht Seain meic Uaithne do shliocht Cathuil Bhallaigh fad Sliocht Cathail Bhallaich mic Airt [meic Tadhg na cCáor] sonn Do sliocht Fearuidhe meic Uaithne (Do Shliocht Cathail Bhallaigch iad) A lineage follows (225v): (7) Tighearnan an Colonel mac (a gheneamhain A.D. 1656) (6) Bhrian Bhallach Ua Ruairc mac (a ghenaimhain A.T. 1600) (5) Tighearnain (bráthair Bríain na Múrrtha) meic (a ghenaimhain 1540) (4) Briain Bhallaigh Mhoir [meic] (do ecc A.T. 1562, a ghenaimhain 1501) (3) Eogha[i]n [meic] (a ghenaimhain 1450) (2) Tighernan meic (1417) (1) Taidhg meic (a ghenaimhain 1387) Tighernain Mhoir (do eg A.D. 1418, a ghenaimhain 1358) Sliocht Tighernan Mhoir meic Ualgha[i]rg meic Domhnaill meic Amhliughe sonn Brian Ballach Mór mac Eoghain meic Taidhg meic Tighernain Mhoir an ceap asa ttiobhram gach líne dar chin uaidhe. Cuig meic Briain Bhalliagh Mhóir, mar ata, Brian na Múradh, Tighernan, Tadhg, Aodh Gallda, & Aodh Buidhe. Ni bfhuil sliocht fearrgha are Brian faráor. Sliocht Tighernain meic Brian Bhallaigh sonn Sliocht Taidhg meic Briain Bhallaigh Mhoir Sliocht Aodh Gallda For additional discussion on the descendants of Tadhg na gCaor, see O'Rourkes of Carrigallen Ualgarg mór (1346) __|__ | Tadhg na gCaor (1376) __________________________|_______________________________________________________ | | Art (1430) Lochlainn (1458) _|_______________________________________________ ____________|______________ | | | | | Aedh Cobhthach Cathal Ballach Domnall (1464) Eóghan (1486) _|_ _|_ _|_ ______|____ _|_ | | | | | | Domnall Feidhlim Uathni Tadhg Tighernán Seaan _|_____________ _|_ _|_ _|_ _|_ _____|______ | | | | | | | | Cobhthach Ferghal Art Seaan Seaan Donnchad Maghnus Seaan Og _|_ _|_ _|_ _|_ _|_ _|_ _|_ _|_ | | | | | | | | Feidhlim Art Feidhlim Aedh Feidhlim Tighernán Brian Eoghan _|_ _|_ _|_ _|_ _|_ _|_ _|_ _|_ | | | | | | | | Seaffraidh Ferghal Donnchad Ballach Tighernán Brian Eoghan Tadhg Seaan Og _|_ _|_ _|_ _|_ _|_ _|_ _|_ _|_ | | | | | | | | Feidhlim Eoghan Aedh Domnall Carrach Feidhlim Conn Aedh Brian Return to: Early O'Ruairc Lineage --- Descent from Ruairc --- History Index --- Ua Ruairc of Breifne --- Kings of Breifne ![]() |