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Reogh, together with four of his sons, and that the said Hugh Oge, then O'Flahertie, grandfather to the said Rory, was taken by the murderers; and with them detained without meat or drink, until he died by famine, at Moycullen: that O'Flahertie used to eat meat among the inhabitants of the said places, and had money paid to him; and, that the septe of the Purcelles, now inhabitors of the said lands, confessed, that there was due to the septe of Gilleduff, 40 pence sterling, of annual rent, (but now of late Morogh-ne-Do, waxing stronge, took the rent,) and also that they had 3s. 4d. annual rent, out of the Island Eddy, paid by the Purcelles.—Rot. Pat. 29. Elix.

On 16th August, 1607, it was found by inquisition, taken at Galway, that Teige ne bolly O'Flaherty of Arde was chief of his name, and that he had the title of O'Flaherty, since the time of Sir Henry Sidney, lord deputy; that he was seized in fee of the castle of Arde, and 2 cartrons, called the two Ardes, and, under a division between him and others of his competitors, of one half of Ballyndorvin and Ballinahinch; that as chief of his name, or Tanist, he was seized in fee, of the castle and island of Ballynahinch, and the fishings of the river of Owenmore, until one Teig Mac Morroughe ne dubh, his two sons, and Murrough ne More O'Flaherty, dispossessed him of the same; that by the composition with queen Eliz. he was to hold the entire by knights service, as of the castle or manor of Ardkyn in the great island of Arren. It was also found, that he had mortgaged several lands, to Richard Martin, of Galway, merchant.

At the same time, a similar inquest was held, as to Murrough ne More, finding all his extensive property and chief rents in Conamara, and several Irish customs, viz. that for every cow, horse, &c. stolen within the barony seven-fold restitution should be made to O'Flaherty; that the natives should furnish him with a butt of wine at certain times, that they should not take wreck of the sea, without giving him notice, and whenever he should give any of his daughters in marriage, that they should bestow a heifer, out of every quarter of land, &c.—Inq.

Murrough ne More made the following mortgages, amongst others, of several lands, the fee simple of which are now held by the descendants of the mortgagees.—Id.

28th April, 1613. To Gilleduffe Mc. Mortagh, the cartron of Derrynclare, for four milch cows.

8th Sept. 1615. To Nicholas Martin of Galway, merchant, Lettercamsy, for 204.

2d May, 1618. To the same, several town lands, parcels of Ballinahinch, for 100l.

8th June, 1622. To Nicholas Martin, Geoffry Lynch and Martin Browne, the lands of Lecarrow, Urrislonan, Ardage, &c. for 1000 years for 131l.

To Nicholas Martin, Edward Browne and Martin Browne, the lands of Clegganbegg, &c. for 100l.

8th May, 1623. To Johnock Lynch, &c. the lands of Renville, Lettergosse, Ballinakill, Ardbear, Ardkill, and several others.

3d June, 1624. To Edmund Ffrench, James Darcy, &c. 3 cartrous in Monynmore, &c. for 80l.

Murrough ne More, who, until the latter period of his life never obeyed any other than the Brehon laws, was, perhaps, the last of the old Irish chieftains. He died on 16th April, 1626, leaving Murrough ne Mart his son and heir. During the civil wars which followed this period, the different clans of the name, lost almost the entire of their properties; a comparatively small portion, however, still remains in the possession of Thomas Henry O'Flaherty, Esq. of Lemonfield, County Galway, the lineal descendant of one of the chiefs of this illustrious family.

* Dupmae Colujm-dille volorgaobran bljaobajn ro, gona teamplajb, agar cajrlean Sajiljme, agar Apopatan map an cceaona.—Ann. Iniaef.

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