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==Life==
==Life==
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He went on to the [[Royal Military Academy Sandhurst]] in 1930. He continued to [[Boxing|box]] there and was also noted for his [[horsemanship]],{{fact}} originally learned from his father and honed while [[Fox Hunting|hunting]] in [[Ireland]] and [[Herefordshire]]. Despite the harsh discipline at Sandhurst, he managed to lead a hectic social life in [[London]].{{or-inline}}{{tone-inline}}
He went on to the [[Royal Military Academy Sandhurst]] in 1930. He continued to [[Boxing|box]] there and was also noted for his [[horsemanship]],{{fact|date=March 2022}} originally learned from his father and honed while [[Fox Hunting|hunting]] in [[Ireland]] and [[Herefordshire]]. Despite the harsh discipline at Sandhurst, he managed to lead a hectic social life in [[London]].{{or-inline|date=March 2022}}{{tone-inline|date=March 2022}}


In 1931 he was commissioned in to the [[Lincolnshire Regiment]] and served in [[India]] and [[China]]. India especially gave him the opportunity to [[Fox Hunting|hunt]], play [[polo]], go [[pig-sticking]] and [[Game (hunting)|shoot]].{{fact}} He had one of the highest handicaps at polo in India and China during his time there,{{fact}} and played against the [[American army]] in the [[Philippines]];{{fact}} in China he owned and trained horses, one of which, Kilrea, won several races in Hong Kong.{{fact}} A wild and spirited young man with an eye for the girls,{{fact}}{{tone-inline}} he enjoyed Army life in the East to the limit and often beyond.{{fact}}{{tone-inline}}
In 1931 he was commissioned in to the [[Lincolnshire Regiment]] and served in [[India]] and [[China]]. India especially gave him the opportunity to [[Fox Hunting|hunt]], play [[polo]], go [[pig-sticking]] and [[Game (hunting)|shoot]].{{fact|date=March 2022}} He had one of the highest handicaps at polo in India and China during his time there,{{fact|date=March 2022}} and played against the [[American army]] in the [[Philippines]];{{fact|date=March 2022}} in China he owned and trained horses, one of which, Kilrea, won several races in Hong Kong.{{fact|date=March 2022}} A wild and spirited young man with an eye for the girls,{{fact|date=March 2022}}{{tone-inline|date=March 2022}} he enjoyed Army life in the East to the limit and often beyond.{{fact|date=March 2022}}{{tone-inline|date=March 2022}}


In the [[Second World War]], O'Conor saw action at [[Battle of Dunkirk|Dunkirk]], however he saw no further action due to a training accident involving a grenade. However, he continued in the military in a training and administrative capacity.
In the [[Second World War]], O'Conor saw action at [[Battle of Dunkirk|Dunkirk]], however he saw no further action due to a training accident involving a grenade. However, he continued in the military in a training and administrative capacity.
He retired with the rank of [[Major]] in 1946 and moved to live in [[Roundwood]], [[Co Wicklow]], where his father had bought a farm.{{fact}}
He retired with the rank of [[Major]] in 1946 and moved to live in [[Roundwood]], [[Co Wicklow]], where his father had bought a farm.{{fact|date=March 2022}}


He was not well off and he abandoned farming to become a representative for a firm that sold tractors to farmers. Later he became an inspector for the [[Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals]].{{fact}}
He was not well off and he abandoned farming to become a representative for a firm that sold tractors to farmers. Later he became an inspector for the [[Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals]].{{fact|date=March 2022}}


Field sports were an important to him all his life.{{fact}}{{or-inline}} He hunted [[foxhounds]], [[beagles]], [[Otterhound]] and [[Basset Hound]] at various times. He was a former [[Fox hunting#People|Master]] of [[Delgany]] [[Beagling|Beagles]], a popular pack among university students (whose real interest lay in courting, not [[Beagling|hunting]]).{{fact}}{{or-inline}} He became an acknowledged{{bywhom?}} expert on hounds of all types - and was asked to judge at various shows throughout Ireland and occasionally in England. His love of dogs and his way with them was legendary.{{tone-inline}} In the early 1970s, he moved to [[Dún Laoghaire]] in [[Dublin]].{{fact}}
Field sports were an important to him all his life.{{fact|date=March 2022}}{{or-inline|date=March 2022}} He hunted [[foxhounds]], [[beagles]], [[Otterhound]] and [[Basset Hound]] at various times. He was a former [[Fox hunting#People|Master]] of [[Delgany]] [[Beagling|Beagles]], a popular pack among university students (whose real interest lay in courting, not [[Beagling|hunting]]).{{fact|date=March 2022}}{{or-inline|date=March 2022}} He became an acknowledged{{bywhom?|date=March 2022}} expert on hounds of all types - and was asked to judge at various shows throughout Ireland and occasionally in England. His love of dogs and his way with them was legendary.{{tone-inline|date=March 2022}} In the early 1970s, he moved to [[Dún Laoghaire]] in [[Dublin]].{{fact|date=March 2022}}


O'Conor succeeded as O'Conor Don on the death in 1981 of his second cousin, Father Charles O'Conor, the former provincial of the [[Jesuit Order]] in Ireland. Whereas the Jesuits in their austere way had insisted that Fr. O'Conor not call himself O'Conor Don, Denis O'Conor acclaimed the title with relish, and enjoyed its prerogatives to the full.{{or-inline}} However, Denis was not to inherit the family estate of [[Clonalis House|Clonalis]] outside [[Castlerea]], [[County Roscommon]].{{fact}}
O'Conor succeeded as O'Conor Don on the death in 1981 of his second cousin, Father Charles O'Conor, the former provincial of the [[Jesuit Order]] in Ireland. Whereas the Jesuits in their austere way had insisted that Fr. O'Conor not call himself O'Conor Don, Denis O'Conor acclaimed the title with relish, and enjoyed its prerogatives to the full.{{or-inline|date=March 2022}} However, Denis was not to inherit the family estate of [[Clonalis House|Clonalis]] outside [[Castlerea]], [[County Roscommon]].{{fact|date=March 2022}}


He became chairman of historical and genealogical societies, a regular presiding presence at community events and was even involved in tourist promotion.
He became chairman of historical and genealogical societies, a regular presiding presence at community events and was even involved in tourist promotion.
He was founding member of the [[Council of Irish Chieftains]], consisting of the descendants of the few princely families whose pedigrees have been authenticated by the [[Chief Herald of Ireland]].
He was founding member of the [[Council of Irish Chieftains]], consisting of the descendants of the few princely families whose pedigrees have been authenticated by the [[Chief Herald of Ireland]].
He used his position to promote an interest in Irish heritage from genealogy, local history to archaeology. He became president of the [[Dún Laoghaire]] Genealogical Society in 1991 and President of the [[Genealogical Society of Ireland]] in 1999. He was also deputy chairman of the [[Standing Council of Irish Chiefs and Chieftains]].{{fact}}
He used his position to promote an interest in Irish heritage from genealogy, local history to archaeology. He became president of the [[Dún Laoghaire]] Genealogical Society in 1991 and President of the [[Genealogical Society of Ireland]] in 1999. He was also deputy chairman of the [[Standing Council of Irish Chiefs and Chieftains]].{{fact|date=March 2022}}


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
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==Descent from High King of Ireland==
==Descent from High King of Ireland==
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Denis O'Conor Don is reputedly descended from the [[High King of Ireland]] via the following line of descent:<ref>{{cite book |last=O'Hart |first=John |date=1892 |title= Irish Pedigrees or the Origin and Stem of the Irish Nation |url=https://archive.org/stream/irishpedigreesor_01ohar#page/636 |url-status=live |location=Dublin|publisher=James Duffy and Co. Limited |isbn=9781376251142 }}</ref>{{fv|reason=The subject was reputedly born in 1912. This book was published in 1892. 20 years before the subject was born. Without OR and SYNTH, how can it possibly contain a confirmed lineage for the subject}}
Denis O'Conor Don is reputedly descended from the [[High King of Ireland]] via the following line of descent:<ref>{{cite book |last=O'Hart |first=John |date=1892 |title= Irish Pedigrees or the Origin and Stem of the Irish Nation |url=https://archive.org/stream/irishpedigreesor_01ohar#page/636 |url-status=live |location=Dublin|publisher=James Duffy and Co. Limited |isbn=9781376251142 }}</ref>{{fv|reason=The subject was reputedly born in 1912. This book was published in 1892. 20 years before the subject was born. Without OR and SYNTH, how can it possibly contain a confirmed lineage for the subject|date=March 2022}}
* Denis O'Conor Don
* Denis O'Conor Don
* Charles William O'Conor
* Charles William O'Conor

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Denis Armar O'Conor, O'Conor Don (Template:Lang-ga; 1912–10 July 2000) was hereditary Chief of the Name O'Conor, and is a direct descendant of Tairrdelbach Ua Conchobair, the last High King of Ireland with a surviving male-line lineage and was seen by some as a nominal claimant[citation needed] to that defunct position.[1]

Early years

Denis Armar O'Conor was born in London in January 1912. His father Charles William O'Conor, the son of Denis Maurice O'Conor second son of Denis O'Conor, O'Conor Don, and Ellen Isabella Kevill-Davies daughter of Rev. William Trevalyan Kevill-Davies of Croft Castle. His father was the nephew of Charles Owen O'Conor, O'Conor Don. Charles William lived at his mothers family home of Croft Castle in Herefordshire. His mother Evelyn Lowry-Corry was the daughter of Admiral Hon. Armar Lowry-Corry, a younger son of the Armar Lowry-Corry, 3rd Earl Belmore and Geraldine King-King daughter of James King King of Stanton Park House, Herefordshire. His grandmother Geraldine was also a niece of Lieutenant General Colin MacKenzie. The young Denis won a classical bursary to Downside where he was captain of boxing.

Life

He went on to the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in 1930. He continued to box there and was also noted for his horsemanship,[citation needed] originally learned from his father and honed while hunting in Ireland and Herefordshire. Despite the harsh discipline at Sandhurst, he managed to lead a hectic social life in London.[original research?][tone]

In 1931 he was commissioned in to the Lincolnshire Regiment and served in India and China. India especially gave him the opportunity to hunt, play polo, go pig-sticking and shoot.[citation needed] He had one of the highest handicaps at polo in India and China during his time there,[citation needed] and played against the American army in the Philippines;[citation needed] in China he owned and trained horses, one of which, Kilrea, won several races in Hong Kong.[citation needed] A wild and spirited young man with an eye for the girls,[citation needed][tone] he enjoyed Army life in the East to the limit and often beyond.[citation needed][tone]

In the Second World War, O'Conor saw action at Dunkirk, however he saw no further action due to a training accident involving a grenade. However, he continued in the military in a training and administrative capacity. He retired with the rank of Major in 1946 and moved to live in Roundwood, Co Wicklow, where his father had bought a farm.[citation needed]

He was not well off and he abandoned farming to become a representative for a firm that sold tractors to farmers. Later he became an inspector for the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.[citation needed]

Field sports were an important to him all his life.[citation needed][original research?] He hunted foxhounds, beagles, Otterhound and Basset Hound at various times. He was a former Master of Delgany Beagles, a popular pack among university students (whose real interest lay in courting, not hunting).[citation needed][original research?] He became an acknowledged[by whom?] expert on hounds of all types - and was asked to judge at various shows throughout Ireland and occasionally in England. His love of dogs and his way with them was legendary.[tone] In the early 1970s, he moved to Dún Laoghaire in Dublin.[citation needed]

O'Conor succeeded as O'Conor Don on the death in 1981 of his second cousin, Father Charles O'Conor, the former provincial of the Jesuit Order in Ireland. Whereas the Jesuits in their austere way had insisted that Fr. O'Conor not call himself O'Conor Don, Denis O'Conor acclaimed the title with relish, and enjoyed its prerogatives to the full.[original research?] However, Denis was not to inherit the family estate of Clonalis outside Castlerea, County Roscommon.[citation needed]

He became chairman of historical and genealogical societies, a regular presiding presence at community events and was even involved in tourist promotion. He was founding member of the Council of Irish Chieftains, consisting of the descendants of the few princely families whose pedigrees have been authenticated by the Chief Herald of Ireland. He used his position to promote an interest in Irish heritage from genealogy, local history to archaeology. He became president of the Dún Laoghaire Genealogical Society in 1991 and President of the Genealogical Society of Ireland in 1999. He was also deputy chairman of the Standing Council of Irish Chiefs and Chieftains.[citation needed]

Personal life

He married, in 1936, Elizabeth Marris, daughter of Rev. Stanley Punshon Marris, and had issue:

Denis O'Conor's marriage to Elizabeth did not long outlast the birth of their only son. Elizabeth subsequently married James Cameron.

O'Conor then married, in 1943, Rosemary O'Connell-Hewett, daughter of former Indian Army officer Capt. James Pearse Bowen O'Connell-Hewett, and a direct descendant of Daniel O'Connell, the 19th-century Irish Liberator, through his daughter Ellen O'Connell, and had a daughter and two son.

  • Gail O'Conor (b.1943 - d.1957), died aged thirteen.
  • Kieran Denis O'Conor (b. 28 October 1958), a senior lecturer in Archaeology in NUI Galway, who was married on the 26th of August 1988 to Karena Mary Morton, and had issue.
  • Rory Dominic O'Conor (b. 1 January 1963), who was married on the 21st of August 1999 to Cecilia Emily Gleeson, and had issue.


Because he was divorced, O'Conor was precluded from following the family tradition of becoming a member of the Order of Malta but he joined and eventually became Grand Prior of the Irish priory of the Oecumenical Order of St Lazarus of Jerusalem, which contributes to the relief of leprosy. His also taught disabled children to ride.

The O'Conor Don died on the 10th of July 2000 aged 88 and was buried at the family plot in Castlerea graveyard on the edge of the family estate. His eldest son, Desmond, who lives in Sussex, succeeded as O'Conor Don.

Ancestry

Descent from High King of Ireland

Denis O'Conor Don is reputedly descended from the High King of Ireland via the following line of descent:[2][failed verification]

Distinctions

References

  1. ^ Curley, W.; Vanishing Kingdoms.
  2. ^ O'Hart, John (1892). Irish Pedigrees or the Origin and Stem of the Irish Nation. Dublin: James Duffy and Co. Limited. ISBN 9781376251142.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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