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Irish Family Name

O'Connor

Ó Conchobhair — “descendant of Conchobhar, 'lover of hounds'”
Provincial colours of Connacht — this name has no clan tartan tradition and no single agreed coat of arms
Irish formÓ Conchobhair
Historic titleKing of Connacht; High King of Ireland
HeartlandCo. Roscommon, with separate septs in Offaly, Kerry, Clare, Derry & Armagh
RegionConnacht

The royal house of Connacht and Ireland's last High Kings: Toirdhealbhach and his son Ruaidrí, who faced the Norman invasion of 1169. The O'Conor Don line still lives at Clonalis in Roscommon.

Ancestral seats

  • Ballintubber Castle, Co. Roscommon
  • Clonalis House, Castlerea, Co. Roscommon

Where to walk in their footsteps

Access, opening hours and admission change. We confirm every site before it goes into an itinerary.

Clonalis House, Castlerea, Co. Roscommon

Ancestral home of the O'Conor Don; family archive and inauguration stone, seasonal opening.

Rathcroghan, Tulsk, Co. Roscommon

Traditional capital of the Connachta and a royal site of Ireland; visitor centre in Tulsk.

Also recorded as

ConnorO'ConorConnerO'Conor Don

Travelling to O'Connor country

Cashel Travel has arranged clan gatherings and heritage tours across Scotland and Ireland since the 1990s, including full gatherings for Clan Gordon, Hay, Keith, Lindsay, Hunter, Dunbar, Graham, Sutherland and MacLaren. We research the family history, build the itinerary around it, and arrange access to places that are not normally open to the public.

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