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Brian O'Rourke

c. 1540–1591 · 16th century · Also known as Brian na Múrtha Ó Ruairc

Sir Brian O'Rourke was lord of West Breifne in Connacht, in present-day County Leitrim. He resisted English authority, sheltered survivors of the Spanish Armada in 1588 and rose against the governor Richard Bingham. Defeated, he fled to Scotland, where James VI handed him over to the English; he was executed for treason at Tyburn in 1591.

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