O'Conor dynasty
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The O'Conor dynasty are an Irish noble dynasty and formerly one of the most influential and distinguished royal dynasties in Ireland. The O'Conor family held the throne of the Kingdom of Connacht up until 1475. Having ruled it on and off since 967, they ruled continuously from 1102 to 1475. Moreover, the O'Conor parent house the Uí Briúin and Síol Muireadaigh ruled Connacht on many occasions – but not continuously – between 482 and 956. The house of O'Conor also produced two High Kings of Ireland, Tairrdelbach Ua Conchobair and his son Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair, the last High King of Ireland. The family seat is Clonalis House outside Castlerea in County Roscommon.
Isabella, Countess O'Rourke (née MacDonagh), grandmother of Charles O'Conor of Ballinagare (1710–1791). After her husband's death in 1702 at the Battle of Luzzara, she became a lady-in-waiting to Mary of Modena, before retiring to the household of her son-in-law Denis (Just below).
Denis O'Conor of Ballinagare (Donnchadh Liath) (b. 1674), Charles' father.
Charles O'Conor of Ballinagare (1710–1791) , in middle age.
Denis O'Conor of Ballinagare (1732–1804), Charles' eldest son, in middle age.
Connacht
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Connacht or Connaught, is one of the four provinces of Ireland, in the west of Ireland. Until the ninth century it consisted of several independent major Gaelic kingdoms.
Passage Tomb, part of the Listoghil Complex at Carrowmore, County Sligo
Glencar Waterfall, County Leitrim
The Cliffs of Moher
Stone carving of Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair from Cong Abbey