School: Cill Dara (Pres. Convent) (roll number 15599)
- Location:
- Cill Dara, Co. Chill Dara
- Teacher: Sr. Philomena
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0779, Page 067
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- (continued from previous page)Battle of Kilrush, in Co. Kildare on the 15th April 1642, in which the Confederate Army was unsuccessful, O'More retired on his own district and died at Kilkenny during the ensuing Winter. His daughter Anna, was mother of Patrick Sarsfield. The daughter of James, the last O'More, who died in 1779 married Richard O'Farrell of Ballinalee, Co. Longford, of whom the present direct descendants are the More O'Ferralls of Ballya.
The residence of the O'Mores was a place of refuge for the Bishops and Priests in times of persecution
