Art o’Leary (Art Ó Laoighre), antecedents and descendants.

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Lawyer  Descendants:

 

1768-1846 Cornelius O’Leary Barrister, Captain French Army, MP Cork City 1841-7 Raleigh, ed Paris may have been brought up Protestant, Captain French Army, m 1. Rebcca Gentleman, 2. Mary Purcell d Dromore House, Duhallow. Sons Cornelius TCD and Goodwin TCD, 1832 Son of outlaw Art O’Leary (Raleigh) and Maíre Dubh Ní Chonaill authoress of Caoineadh Art Uí Laoighre on his judicial murder 1783 for refusing to sell Abraham Morris his horse for £5.

1853 Cornelius F.O.O’Leary Councillor TCD 1832, son Cornelius. On platform 1853 Skibbereen to welcome Daniel O’Connell, his cousin. Only active in one known case, 1843 assistant to Daniel O’Connell. Died unmarried aged 31, Dromore House, Duhallow Grandson of outlaw Art O’Leary (Raleigh) and Maíre Dubh Ní Chonaill authoress of Caoineadh Art Uí Laoighre on his judicial murder 1783 for refusing to sell Abraham Morris his horse for £5. Paddy O’Keeffe papers

 

 

 

 

From Father Holland’s History of West Cork, 1949.