O'Brien family

E941909

High King of Ireland Irish noble family dynasty

The O'Brien family is a prominent Irish noble lineage descended from the medieval High King Brian Boru, historically influential in the region of Thomond and later associated with titles such as the Barons Inchiquin.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Brian Boru	0
O'Brien clan	1
O'Brien family of Dromoland	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	High King of Ireland ⓘ Irish noble family ⓘ dynasty ⓘ
anglicisedSurnameForm	O'Brien NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedCastle	Bunratty Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ Dromoland Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ
cadetBranchTitle	Baron Inchiquin NERFINISHED ⓘ
clanSystem	Irish clan ⓘ
clanTerritory	County Clare NERFINISHED ⓘ parts of County Limerick ⓘ parts of County Tipperary ⓘ
coatOfArmsFeature	three lions passant guardant ⓘ
coatOfArmsTincture	gules ⓘ or ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Ireland ⓘ
descendedFrom	Brian Boru NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Dál gCais NERFINISHED ⓘ Irish people ⓘ
hasAncestralRegion	Thomond NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasClanChiefStyle	The O'Brien, Prince of Thomond NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFounder	Brian Boru NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPatrilinealDescentFrom	Dál gCais NERFINISHED ⓘ
hereditaryChiefTitle	Prince of Thomond NERFINISHED ⓘ The O'Brien NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalEra	early modern Ireland ⓘ medieval Ireland ⓘ
historicallyAlliedWith	Dál gCais kindred NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPowerBase	Kingdom of Thomond NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalReligion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
historicalRole	Irish peers ⓘ rulers of Thomond ⓘ
houseType	Gaelic dynasty ⓘ
languageOfOrigin	Irish language ⓘ
laterReligion	Anglicanism ⓘ
nobleTitleAssociated	Baron Inchiquin NERFINISHED ⓘ Earl of Thomond NERFINISHED ⓘ Marquess of Thomond NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableAncestor	Muirchertach Ua Briain NERFINISHED ⓘ Toirdelbach Ua Briain NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableBranch	Inchiquin branch NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomond branch NERFINISHED ⓘ
peerage	Peerage of Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalInfluenceRegion	western Ireland ⓘ
region	Munster NERFINISHED ⓘ
surnameDerivedFrom	personal name Brian ⓘ
traditionalLanguage	Munster Irish ⓘ
traditionalSurnameForm	Ó Briain NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dromoland Castle → ancestralSeatOf → O'Brien family ⓘ

Baron Inchiquin → associatedWith → O'Brien family ⓘ

Dromoland Castle → associatedWithClan → O'Brien family ⓘ

this entity surface form: O'Brien clan

Lucius O'Brien → memberOf → O'Brien family ⓘ

Sir Edward O'Brien → memberOf → O'Brien family ⓘ

Baron Inchiquin → nobleTitleFor → O'Brien family ⓘ

Lucius O'Brien → notableFamily → O'Brien family ⓘ

Sir Edward O'Brien → notableFamily → O'Brien family ⓘ

this entity surface form: O'Brien family of Dromoland