Calvagh O'More
Irish-born landowner
About Calvagh O'More
Lived 1540 – 1618 (aged 77–78).
Calvagh O'More (; 1540 – 27 March 1618), also known as Callagh, The Calough or Charles, was an Irish-born landowner of noble ancestry.
He was raised in England. Upon returning to Ireland in his early thirties, he was granted an estate in Balyna by the Crown, which was owned by his descendants until 1960.
His brother and father were Irish chiefs - the Lord of Laois - and his son Rory O'Moore was a leader of the Irish Rebellion of 1641.
Early life Calvagh O'More was born in 1540 in Portlaoise, Laois. His father was Rory Caoch O'More, Irish chief and Lord of Laois, The estate was granted by Elizabeth I in an attempt to stop the ongoing violence between the Tudors and O'More's brother Rory. and received grants of land in Meath and Dublin.
Personal life O'More married Margaret Scurlock. Their son Rory
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Who was Calvagh O'More?
irish-born landowner (1540–1618)
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Calvagh O'More was born in 1540.
When did Calvagh O'More die?
Calvagh O'More died in 1618.
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