A genealogical history of Irish families : with their crests and armorial bearings (1895)
Rooney, John, b. 1837 · [New York : Cherouny ptg. & pub. co.,] · leaf 267
fled to England, and besought and securedthe assistance of King Henry II., thus bringing about the first Anglo-Norman invasion. This story, in the light of modern research, has been shown to bebaseless. The late Eugene OCurry, one of the greatest of Irishantiquarians, has declared that the… … 93 Many celebrated chiefs of the ORourkes often contended with theOConors for the sovereignty of Connaught. One of them, TiernanORourke, who possessed East Meath, was treacherously murderedby Hugh de Lacy, to whom King Henry the Second of England had grauted ORourkes lands. ORourke resisted de…
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