Murrough O'Brien, 4th Baron Inchiquin
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Murrough McMurrough O'Brien (1562 – July 24, 1597) was the 4th Baron Inchiquin. He was the son of Murrough McDermot O'Brien, 3rd Baron Inchiquin and Annabelle Nugent. He married Margaret Cusack, daughter of Sir Thomas Cusack (Irish judge) of Cussington, Meath, Lord Chancellor of Ireland and his second wife Maud Darcy, and had one son; Dermod O'Brien, 5th Baron Inchiquin.
He was shot in 1597 when fording the River Erne near Sligo during the Irish wars. When half across the ford, a bullet passed under one arm and out at the other. He fell from his horse and drowned. [1]
He was buried at Donegal Abbey and was succeeded by his son, then only 2 years old.
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- 1562 births
- 1597 deaths
- 16th-century Irish people
- People from County Clare
- Barons in the Peerage of Ireland
- O'Brien dynasty
- People of the Tudor period
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