Tadhg mac Murchadh Ó Briain (anglicised Teige Mac Murrough O’Brien), died 1577, was an Irish soldier and official who served as the first sheriff of Thomond between 1570 and 1571.[1]

Ó Briain played an active political and military role during the Tudor reconquest of Ireland. He was a son of Murrough O'Brien, 1st Earl of Thomond and Eleanor fitz John. Ó Briain had four children:[2]

  • Honora Ní Briain
  • Toirdhealbhach Ó Briain
  • Slany Ní Brien
  • Amy Ní Brien

References

  1. Thomas Johnson Westropp. Notes on the Sheriffs of County Clare, 1570-1700, Retrieved 12 October 2009
  2. Person Page - 3845, thePeerage.com Retrieved 12 October 2009
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