Dermod O'Brien, 5th Baron Inchiquin


Dermod McMurrough O'Brien, 5th Baron Inchiquin was an Irish baron.

Biography

Dermod, who was born in October 1594, was the son of Murrough O'Brien, 4th Baron Inchiquin, the son of Murrough McDermot O'Brien, 3rd Baron Inchiquin and Mabel Nugent, daughter of Christopher Nugent, 6th Baron Delvin. He inherited the barony at the age of two.

Family

Dermod O'Brien married Ellen, eldest daughter of Sir Edmund FitzJohn FitzGerald of Cloyne and Ballymaloe House in County Cork, from that powerful Hiberno-Norman family. They had four sons, and several daughters: