Arms/Crests/Motto:
Vert a lion ramp. double queued and crowned or.
Crest: A dexter arm embowed in mail garnished or, the hand grasping a sword erect ppr. pommel and hilt gold.

Motto: Nec timeo, nec sperno.

Introduction:

Pedigree:

65. Ciar: son of Fergus Mór, lived in the second century before Christ.
66. Mogha Taoi: his son.
67. Astaman: his son.
68. Ulacht: his son.
69. Lamhneach: his son.
70. Eunna: his son.
71. Dealbhna: his son.
72. Fionn Bhan: his son.
73. Eochaman: his son.
74. Aithrea: his son.
75. Eochoman (2) his son.
76. Orbsenmar: his son.
77. Mogha-Art: his son.
78. Saul: his son.
79. Messincon: his son.
80. Uilin: his son.
81. Iomghon: his son.
82. Hebric: his son.
83. Iomcha: his son.
84. Forba: his son.
85. Rethach: his son.
86. Senach: his son.
87. Durrthacht: his son.
88. Hugh Logha: his son.
89. Multuile ("tuile:" Irish, a flood): his son; a quo O'Maoiltuile, anglicised Multully, Tully, and Flood.
90. Bachtbran: his son.
91. Cobthach: his son.
92. Colman: his son.
93. Flaith Fearna: his son.
94. Melachlin: his son.
95. Fionn: his son.
96. Conor: his son.
97. Dermod: his son.
98. Cu-Luachra: his son.
99. Roger: his son.
100. Teige: his son.
101. Hugh: his son.
102. Charles: his son.
103. Conchobhar ("conchobhar": Irish, the helping warrior): his son; a quo O'Connor (Kerry).
104. Maolbreath: his son.
105. Corc O'Connor: son of Maolbreath; m. dau. of O'Keeffe, of Duhallow; d. 1019.
106. Mahoon: his son; chief of Kerry Luachra; m. Joanna, dau. of Muldoon O'Moriarty of Lough Lein.
107. Dermod (2) na Sluaghach: his son; m. Mora, dau. of Rory O'Donoghue Mor.
108. Mahoon (2): his son; m. Mora, dau. of Melaghlin O'Mahony, lord of Rathculler.
109 Dermod (3): his son
110 Connor (3): his son.
111. Dermod (4): his son; m. Joanna, the dau. of the lord of Kerry.
112. Connor (4): his son; m. Una, dau. of MacMahon of Corcakine. This Connor was lord of Kerry Luachra, and was slain in his 58th year by the Walshes of Kerry; had two sons - 1. Dermod; 2. Connor.
113. Connor (5): his son; m. Margaret, dau. of John Fitzgerald, of Callan, and was treacherously slain in 1396. This Connor's brother, Dermod, m. a dau. of O'Keeffe of Duhallow, and in 1405, his eyes were put out by Maurice Fitzgerald.
114. Connor (6), prince of Iraght and Kerry Luachra: son of Connor; married Kathleen, dau. of John de Brunell of Kerry; and was slain by his kinsman, Mahon O'Connor, in 1445, whilst on his way in a boat to Iniscatha (or Scattery Island), on the Shannon.
115. John: son of Connor; was lord of Kerry Luachra and Iraghticonnor; m. in 1451 Margaret dau. of David Nagle of Monahinny; he founded in 1470 Lislaghtan abbey, where he was buried in 1485.
116. Connor (7) of Carrigafoyle: his son; m. Joanna, dau. of Thomas Fitzgerald, Knight of the Valley, by whom he had issue: - 1. Connor Fionn; 2. Charles, d. s. p.; 3. Cahir, d. s. p.: 4. Dermod, d. s. p.; 5. Donal Maol, who m. Ellis, dau. of Thomas Fitzgerald of Billamullen, by whom he had a son, Connor.
117. Connor (8) Fionn: his son; m. twice: first, Margaret, dau. of the lord of Kerry, by whom he had a son, Brian-na-lana, (or Brian of the blades), who d. in 1566; and, second, Slaine, dau. of O'Brien of Kilaloe, by whom he had a son, Connor. This Connor Fionn was slain in the battle of Lixnaw, in 1568.
118. Connor (9) Baccach: his son; m. Honoria, dau. of Dermod, 2nd Earl of Thomond, by whom he had - 1. John; 2. Donal Maol; and 3. Donoghy, who was slain in 1599, by the sons of Manus Oge McSheehy. This Connor died in 1573.
119. John-na-Cathach (or John of the Battles) O'Connor "Kerry:" his son; m. Julia, dau. of O'Sullivan Mór, by whom he had five children: 1. Connor who died young; 2. Honoria, m. John Fitzgerald, Knight of Glynn; 3. Una, m. Oliver Delahoyle; 4. Julia, m. Ulick Roche; and 5. Mary, who m. her kinsman, Connor Cam, and had a son John O'Connor Kerry. This John-na-Cathach, in 1600, surrendered his estates and castle of Carrigafoyle into the hands of the Earl of Thomond, President of Munster, and obtained a grant thereof from Queen Elizabeth. This chief died without male issue in 1640, whereupon the chieftaincy reverted to the descendant of Donal Maol second son of Connor Baccach, No. 118 above mentioned.
120. Connor (10): son of Donal Maol, son of Connor Baccach O'Connor "Kerry;" m. a dau. of John Fitzmaurice.
121. Connor (11) Cam: his son; m. twice: first, Mary (d. s. p.), dau. of John-na-Cathach; and, second, a dau. of Murrogh O'Connor of Ballylyne, and left issue: - 1. John; 2. Donogh, who died in Flanders; 3. Cahir; 4. Cathal Roe, who m. Eliza, dau. of the lord of Kerry, and left issue, Mary, who d. s. p.; and 5. Julia, who m. Charles O'Connor of Dublin.
122. John O'Connor (2) "Kerry": son of Connor Cam; m. twice: first, Amelia, dau. of John Fitzgerald, Knight of the Valley; and, second, Joanna, dau. of Tadhg MacCarthy, of Aglish, co. Cork. In 1652, this John with Teige O'Connor, lord of Tarbert, suffered martyrdom for their faith; they were by stratagem seized by Cromwell's followers, brought to Tralee, and there half hanged, and next beheaded on Sheep Hill, near Killarney.
We are at present unable to bring down this illustrious pedigree to recent times.
According to MacFirbis, Dermod was an elder brother of Connor, No. 113, and his descendants were "the real O'Connors,"
113. Dermod* (5): son of Connor (4) O'Connor "Kerry."
114. Dermod (6): his son.
115. Connor: his son.
116. Connor: his son.
117. John: his son.
118. Connor: his son.
119. John: his son; living in 1666.
Of this branch was the learned Doctor Bernard O'Connor, author of a History of Poland, etc.; and Physician to John Sobieski, King of that country. He studied in Paris, and practised in London, where he died in 1698. - See his obituary in the next genealogy, infra, (The "O'Connor" of Carrig-a-Foyle pedigree.)

Notes:

Family Name:
O CONNOR (No.2)

SubTitle:
Of Carrig-a-Foyle, Dingle, West Kerry

Arms/Crests/Motto:
Vert a lion ramp. double queued and crowned or. Crest: A gauntleted arm, with a hand holding a dart. Motto: Nec timeo, nec sperno.

Introduction:
IN the preceding (No. 1.) genealogy we give the "O'Connor" (Kerry) pedigree from its ancestor down to No. 122 John O'Connor "Kerry" (A.D. 1652), with whom the pedigree ceases; for at that period took place the Cromwellian Confiscations, when Cromwell's soldiers surprised and surrounded the O'Connor Kerry's Castle, and in the most brutal manner murdered The O'Connor himself (see No. 122 on the preceeding genealogy.) Half wild with fear and anguish, the wife of The O'Connor escaped to Bandon, then a great Protestant stronghold, taking with her their infant son; for, she was so utterly unnerved and horrorstricken by the dreadful crimes of the Cromwellian soldiers, that she thought the only chance of safety for herself and her child from the violence of the then dominant party, was to train up the boy as a Protestant, and call him Conner, instead of O'Connor. From that boy the Conner family in Munster is descended.
At that period no Catholic was allowed to live in Bandon. It was on that account that Dean Swift, who deeply deplored such want of Christian charity and forbearance, wrote upon the gate of the town of Bandon the following witty lines:
"Jew, Turk, or Atheist
May enter here,
But not a Papist."
The Dean's Irish servant added to his master's the equally witty lines:
"Whoever wrote this did write it well;
The same is written on the gates of hell."
Among the "Forfeiting Proprietors" of the "O'Connor" Kerry family, consequent on the Irish War of 1641-1652, appear the following names: In the barony of Iraghticonnor - Bryan (or Bernard) O'Connor, Donnogh O'Connor, Teig O'Connor, James Connor, Morogh Connor, Thomas Connor James Connor (2); and in the barony of Trughanacmy - Bryan Connor, Dermod O'Connor, Turlagh Connor, Thomas O'Connor ("A Protestant, since August, 1654"), Redmond O'Connor, Thomas Connor (son of Turlagh), and Thomas O'Connor (son of Tirlagh).
In Vol. I., p. 514, of The Roll of the Royal College of Physicians, of London (Three Volumes, London: 1878; Edited by William Munk, M.D., F.S.A.), we read:
"Bernard O'Connor, M.D., was descended from an ancient Irish family, and was born in the county of Kerry about the year 1666. He studied at the Universities of Montpelier and Paris, but took the degree of Doctor in Medicine at Rheims, 18th Sept., 1691. In Paris he met with the two sons of the High Chancellor of Poland, then on the point of returning to their own country. They were entrusted to O'Connor's care, and he travelled with them, first into Italy. At Venice he was called to attend William Legge, Earl of Dartmouth, then seriously ill with fever, and, having recovered his patient, accompanied him to Padua. Thence he passed through Bavaria and Austria, down the Danube to Vienna, and, after some stay at the Court of the Emperor Leopold, passed through Moravia and Silicia to Cracow, and thence to Warsaw. He was well received by King John Sobieski, and, in the beginning of 1694, being then only twenty-eight years of age, was appointed physician to his Majesty. His reputation at the Polish Court was great, and it was deservedly raised by his accurate diagnosis in the case of the King's sister, the Duchess of Bedzeoil. This lady was treated by her physician for argue, but O'Connor insisted that she had an abscess of the liver, and that her case was desperate. His prediction made a great noise among the Court, more especially when it was justified by the event; for, she died within a month, and upon examination of the body, his opinion of the malady was fully verified.
"O'Connor did not remain long at Warsaw; but, having obtained the appointment of physician to Teresa Cunigunda, who had been espoused to the Elector of Bavaria by proxy in 1694, and was about to leave for Brussels, he accompanied the Princess on her journey. Arrived at that place, he took leave of the Princess, and, having passed through Holland, reached England in February, 1695. He stayed but a short time in London, and then went to Oxford, where he delivered a few lectures on Anatomy and Physiology. In his travels he had conversed with Malpighi, Bellini, Redi and other celebrated physicians; and of their communications he made a proper use. In these lectures he explained the new discoveries in Anatomy, Chemistry, and Physic, in so clear a manner, that they added greatly to his reputation. This was still further increased by his publishing, during his sojourn at Oxford, Dissertations Medico-Phgsicoe de Antris Lethiferas; de Montis Vesuvii Incendio; de stupendo Ossium; de Immani Hypogastri Sarcomate. Many very curious questions are therein discussed, and several curious facts related, which prove the author to have been a man of much thought and observation, as well as of great learning and general knowledge.
"In the Summer of 1695 he returned to London, where he read lectures as he had done at Oxford; was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society; and, on the 6th of April, 1696, was admitted a Licentiate of the College of Physicians of London. In 1697 he published his Evangelium Medici, sea Medicina Mystica de Suspensis Naturoe legibus sive de Miraculis..... He subsequently published "The History of Poland," in two Volumes, containing much novel and interesting information. Doctor O'Connor died of fever, 30th October, 1698, when he was little more than 32 years of age; and was buried at St. Giles'-in-the-Fields, London." (His Works may be consulted in the Library of the British Museum, London.)
In Cameron's History of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (Dublin: Fanning & Co., 1886), we read that in his Evangelium Medici, Doctor O'Connor advanced an opinion that "generation" may be effected without actual contact of the sexes - an opinion, it is said, which has been verified by recent experimental results!
At present we are unable to trace the genealogy of this family in the male line for more than three generations down to the present time; but we can trace it in the female line back to Mortogh Sugrue (commonly called "The Sugrue"), of Dunloe Castle, who married Sheela, daughter of the Marquis of Thomond. Commencing with that Mortogh Sugrue, the genealogy is as follows:

Pedigree:

Notes:

* Mortogh: On the death of Charles Sugrue, Honoria, his widow, m. the family Tutor, who was named Mahony, a Protestant, and a native of Cork. This Mortogh was found murdered in the grounds of Dunloe Castle, and Mahony, who then seized the property, was credited with the murder. Timothy Sugrue, the younger brother of Mortogh, came to an agreement with Mahony, and kept thirty-six farms for his share, Mahony having the remainder of the estate.
** Walsh: Captain Stephen Walsh was previously married to E. Mahony, by whom he had five daughters, one of whom was Joanna, who married Charles MacCarthy, and had a son named Justin, and a daughter, Mary-Anne; Justin married Mary Meagher; and Mary-Anne married D. Falvey.
*** James: This James O'Connor in 1881 married Maggie, a younger daughter of John O'Connor (of the O'Connor Connaught family, New York, who, besides other daughters named Ellie, Sarah, Fanny, &c., had a son John F. K. O'Connor, who in 1886, married Constance Hamilton, daughter of J. Hamilton Jaffrey, of Yonkers-on-Hudson, United States, America,) and had - 1. John-Patrick, born 1881; 2. Kathleen; 3. James-Arthur-Michael, born 1886.
**** William: Of this William O'Connor, M.D., etc., we read in the Lancet, of the 18th September, 1880, p. 479 (London):
"We have to record the death of Doctor William O'Connor, Senior Physician to the Royal Free Hospital (London), which took place on the 3rd instant at his residence, 30 Upper Montagu Street, Montagu Square, W. He had been in practice in this metropolis for close upon forty years, during twenty-five of which he was an active member of the institution above mentioned. He was known principally for his treatment of stomach and neuralgic affections, and for his success in the management of the diseases of children.
Doctor O'Connor was descended from an ancient Kerry family, remarkable for the great number of members whom it has afforded to our profession, including several of his brothers ... The deceased was ... of the same family as the celebrated Bernard O'Connor, M.D. (above mentioned), who died in 1698, historically noted for his Treatise Evangelium Medici, and his accurate diagnosis in the case of the Duchess of Bedzeoil, sister of the King of Poland, to whom he was Physician. Of the three surviving sons of the deceased, Arthur O'Connor, Barrister-at-Law, is M.P. for Queen's County (he is now, in 1887, M.P. for East Donegal); another occupies an official position; and the third son, Bernard O'Connor, M.D., M.R.C.P. London, (late) Physician to the Westminster General Dispensary, in Gerrard Street, Soho, is in consulting practice in Brook Street, Grosvenor Square. It is a curious fact that the only possessors of the name "O'Connor" who have figured on the Roll of the Royal College of Physicians (of London) during the last three hundred years should bear the same Christian name: the one, the last named son of William; and the other, the Physician to the Polish King already referred to."
It may be here observed that Doctor William O'Connor, referred to in this Obituary, was the first Catholic since the Reformation who was appointed to any large public Hospital or similar Institution in England.
***** Bernard: In the Medical Directory for 1887 (London: J. and A. Churchill), London List, p. 224, we read: -
"O'Connor, Bernard, 17 St. James-place, S.W., A.B. Qu. Univ. Ireland, 1868; M.D.; Master in Surgery and L.M., 1872; M.R.C.P. Lond. 1880; (studied at Queen's Coll. Cork; Carmichael School and Whitworth, etc., Hosps. Dublin; Univ. and Royal Infirmary, Edin.; St. Mary's Hospital, London; and Ecole de Médicine, Bordeaux); Fellow of the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society: Member of the Pathological and Clinical Societies and British Medical Association; Physician North London Hospital for Consumption; Consulting Physician Convent of Refuge; Lecturer to the National Health Society; (late) Physician Westminster General Dispensary; (late) Editor of Hibernia. Author of: "Antiseptic Treatment of Surgical Wounds, with special reference to Carbolic Acid;" "The Medical and Allied Sciences in connection with Professional Education;" "Sur la Liqueur Ethérée dans la Diarrhée, la Cholérine, le Mal de Mer, et quelques autres Affections," 1877; "A Simple View of the Essential Nature of Small-pox, and a consideration of some of the causes of Popular Objection to Compulsory Vaccination," 1883. Contributions: "Diphtheria, True and False, and the Abuse of the Term," in Lancet, 1878; "Unusual Sequel of Hoemoptysis," ibid., 1879; "Syphilitic Psoriasis," ibid. 1881; "Enuresis in Children," ibid. 1881; "Congenital Ichthyosis," Transactions of the Clinical Society, 1882: "Symmetrical Gangrene," Trans. Pathological Soc., 1884; Articles on Sanitary Science and Medical Reform and Education to the Medical Press.
The present Dr. Bernard O'Connor's first important case (1873) was an abcess of the liver in the diagnosis of which he was opposed by two other Practitioners. (So it was in 1694 in the case of Dr. O'Connor, above mentioned.) Each of the Doctors O'Connor was away on the Continent, etc., for some six years or so, from London; and, on returning thereto, each was in April, admitted to the College of Physicians: the one, as a Licentiate, in 1696; the other, as a Member, in 1880. It is worthy of remark that Doctor O'Connor (d. 1698) was the first man to dissect an elephant!