B42344-O'Morchoe

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Name of the family:

O'Morchoe

Blason:

Ar. an apple tree eradicated fructed ppr. on a chief vert a lion pass. or.

Crest(s):

On a chapeau gu. turned up erm. a lion ramp. also gu. holding betw. the paws a garb or.

Info about the family:

a Sept of the tribe of Mac Murchadha, or Mac Morogh, of Leinster, descended from Muchadha na nGaoidhnal, or Morogh, "The Irishman," brother of Dermot Mac Morogh, King of Leinster, who surrendered his souvereignty to Henry II., 1172; the Sept possessed the territory of "The Murrows," now comprising the Baronies of Ballaghkeen, North and South, co. Wexford, and had their chief residencies at Tubberlimnagh and Oulartleigh. Mortogh O'Morchor, Chief of the Sept, had a charter, 1 Edward IV., 1461, to entitle him to use English law among his Sept. The subsequent chiefs retained their gallowglasses, or armed soldiers, down to the sixteenth century. Connal O'Morchor, of Tubberlimnagh, The O'Morchos (son of Donel, son of Art, son of Donel, son of Art, son of Teige, The O'Morchoe), d. Oct. 1634, leaving four sons; I. Teige, who forfeited his estate 1641, II. Phelim, d. unm.; III. Piers; IV. Daniel. Fun. Ent. Ulster's Office

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