There is a Book out i am ordering called
The Hidden Annals
A Thousand Years of The Kingdom of Connaught 366-1385
by Vincent Byrne
Synopsis
This acccount chronicles fifty O'Conor kings of Connaught, among whom are the last two High Kings: Turlough Mor and his son, Roderick. Hundreds of still extant family names associated with them are also included.
These early Irish annals 366-1385 AD. span a most significant era in the history of Ireland, whose consequences are all too apparent today.
About The Author
Vincent Byrne is a graduate of Trinity College Dublin. His grandfather, Joseph O'Reilly, a native of Frenchpark, Co.Roscommon, kept the local hotel which was the venue of Douglas Hyde, Lord de Freyn of Frenchpark, and Charles Owen, The O'Conor Don, all of whom had a common interest in Irish antiquities.
Years later, Vincent and his brother, Francis, spent their summer holidays in Frenchpark and found their grandfather's library a source of never-failing interest.
The "Hidden Annals" first appeared as a weekly series in the Roscommon Herald in 1994 under the title: "A Thousand Years of the O'Conor kings of Connaught".
Read the first pages for free.... Enjoy
http://www.universal-publishers.com/...ook=1581125682
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The O'Conor Family of Connaught was one of 5 O'Conor/O'Connor Families. Some who have said to have taken their name from a different O Conchobhair or O Conchuir.
(To which sept do you belong.)
http://www.araltas.com/features/oconnor/
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We need more members in the dna project to produce family lines.
The Hidden Annals
A Thousand Years of The Kingdom of Connaught 366-1385
by Vincent Byrne
Synopsis
This acccount chronicles fifty O'Conor kings of Connaught, among whom are the last two High Kings: Turlough Mor and his son, Roderick. Hundreds of still extant family names associated with them are also included.
These early Irish annals 366-1385 AD. span a most significant era in the history of Ireland, whose consequences are all too apparent today.
About The Author
Vincent Byrne is a graduate of Trinity College Dublin. His grandfather, Joseph O'Reilly, a native of Frenchpark, Co.Roscommon, kept the local hotel which was the venue of Douglas Hyde, Lord de Freyn of Frenchpark, and Charles Owen, The O'Conor Don, all of whom had a common interest in Irish antiquities.
Years later, Vincent and his brother, Francis, spent their summer holidays in Frenchpark and found their grandfather's library a source of never-failing interest.
The "Hidden Annals" first appeared as a weekly series in the Roscommon Herald in 1994 under the title: "A Thousand Years of the O'Conor kings of Connaught".
Read the first pages for free.... Enjoy
http://www.universal-publishers.com/...ook=1581125682
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
The O'Conor Family of Connaught was one of 5 O'Conor/O'Connor Families. Some who have said to have taken their name from a different O Conchobhair or O Conchuir.
(To which sept do you belong.)
http://www.araltas.com/features/oconnor/
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
We need more members in the dna project to produce family lines.
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