death marked the end of the O'Mores as one of the most important Irish clans. Born around 1575, O'More was the son of Rory Oge O'More, Lord of Laois, and...

notably owned by, Rory O'More, Lord of Laois. The O'Mores left the castle and moved to Kildare, on land granted to them in 1574 by Rory O'More's cousin...

skirmish in 1600, the O'Mores as an Irish clan were doomed. Rory O'More's nephew (his brother Calvagh's son) was colonel Rory O'Moore, principal organiser...

recorded as existing in 1016, in the Annals of the Four Masters. After the O'Mores were dispossessed of their lands in the 16th century, they left Laois,...

during the Tudor conquest of Ireland. In 1556 Queen Mary I confiscated Clan O'Mores' lands and created "Queens County" (modern-day County Laois). Over 180...

massacre, although the degree of his responsibility is not clear, many of the O'Mores at Mullaghmast, near Athy, who had been summoned to the fortress on avowedly...

drenched in blood. This killing reputedly of 400 people including 120 O'Mores, virtually the whole O'More family, emptied the country of authority, continuing...

a nobleman from Loígis who fought against the English in Leinster. The O'Mores had been expelled from much of Loígis four decades prior, as it was the...

arrival. He was present as a guest when the Earl of Ormond was seized by the O'Mores at a parley in the same year, and managed to escape with the Earl of Thomond...

O'Ferrall, a powerful Irish family of ancient lineage whose ancestors, the O'Mores, ruled the county of Laois. The ancestral home of the More O'Ferrall family...