Conchobhar Mag Uidhir

Conchobhar Mag Uidhir [ kɾɔxuːɾ məg ^ɰ iːɾʲ ], 2nd Baron Maguire ( Anglicized Connor Maguire , also Cornelius Maguire * 1616 in County Fermanagh ; † 10. February 1645 in Tyburn in London ) was an Irish nobleman, a member of the upper house of the Irish Parliament and participant in the Irish Rebellion of 1641 .

Life

His father Brian Rua Mag Uidhir ( Bryan Maguire , 1589-1633) was chief of Fermanagh and was raised to the hereditary Baron Maguire , of Enniskillen, in the Peerage of Ireland in 1627 due to the family's loyalty to the English crown . His paternal grandfather was Conchubhar Rua Mag Uidhir, called "the Queen's Maguire" († 1625). His mother was Rós Ní Néill, a daughter of Art Ó Néill and sister of Eoghan Rua Ó Néill . Conchubhar was one of four sons. Mag Uidhir was educated at Magdalen College , Oxford , but without having been enrolled at the university. Conchobhar Mag Uidhir was married to Mary Fleming, daughter of Thomas Fleming, Lord of Castle Fleming in Queen's County , and had one son. In 1634, after the death of his father, he became chief of Fermanagh and 2nd Baron Maguire of Enniskillen. As such, he was a member of the Irish House of Lords. He attended parliamentary sessions from March 10, 1640, when Parliament met in Dublin .

Plan to rebel

During the parliamentary term in February 1641 he was recruited by Ruairí Ó Mórdha ( Rory O'Moore ), who had drafted a plan for the uprising of the Catholics in Ireland. Mag Uidhir was valued for his influence among his wife's relatives in the Pale region . In August 1641 the decision was made that Mag Uidhir, together with Lieutenant Colonel Aodh Óg Mac Mathúna , Colonel John Reade and others , should take Dublin Castle as a prelude to the uprising. The date was set for October 23, 1641. On the night of October 22nd, however, an acquaintance of Mac Mathúnas betrayed the plan and thus thwarted the coup .

Imprisonment and execution

Manner of execution at Tyburn, 17th century

Mac Mathúna, Reade and Mag Uidhir, gathered in Oxmantown near Dublin, were arrested on the morning of October 23rd. Ó Mórdha managed to escape. Reade and Mac Mathúna were tortured, but Mag Uidhir confessed all the facts without torture on March 26, 1642 and made an even more detailed testimony six months later. In June 1642, Mac Mathúna, Reade and Mag Uidhir were transferred to the Tower of London and eleven months later to Newgate Prison . In October 1643 Reade fled while Mag Uidhir and Mac Mathúna were brought back to the Tower. Both escaped in August 1644, but were captured again on September 19. Mac Mathúna was executed on November 22, 1644.

In the case of Mag Uidhir, his peer status presented some difficulties and delays. However, he was eventually charged as a commoner and brought before the Court of King's Bench under Judge Francis Bacon in February 1645 . He was sentenced to death by hanging, disembowelling, and quartering for high treason . The sentence was carried out in Tyburn on February 10th . In addition, he was expropriated and the title of baron was forfeited.

Chief of Fermanagh was his brother Colonel ( Coirnéal ) Ruairí Mag Uidhir, who fell on November 16, 1648 in the attack on Carrick-on-Shannon. Descendants of Conchobhar and Ruairí carried the title Baron von Enniskillen under James II and later in France, the last known being a captain in the Irish Brigades in France in 1791.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Article: Maguire, Connor , accessed March 14, 2014
2. ↑ www.leighrayment.com , accessed March 17, 2014

predecessor	Office	successor
Brian Rua Mag Uidhir	Baron Maguire 1634-1645	Title expired