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CLANCARTY 221 [Richard Frederick John Donouch Le-Poer Trench, styled Lord KiLCONNEL, 1st s. and h. ap. by ist wife, b. z-j Dec. 1891, at Upper Hare Park, Bottisham, co. Cambridge.] Family Estates. — These, in 1 883, consisted of 23,896 acres in co. Galway, worth ;^i 1,724 a year, and of 1,614, co. Roscommon, worth ^^1,093. Total, 25,510 acres, worth ;^ 12,8 17 a year. Principal Residence. — Garbally Park, near Ballinasloe, co. Galway. CLAN-CONAL See "DuNSANDLE AND Clan-Conal of Dunsandle, CO. Galway," Barony [I.] {Daly), cr. 1845. CLANCONNELL or CLANCONNEILLC) EARLDOM [L] Turlough Lynach O'Neil, s. of Neil Conallagh y jj O'N., by Rose, da. of Manus O'Donnel, of Tyrconnel, ^- ^^7«- became "the O'Neill" on the death of Shane O'Neil, 2 June 1567. On 6 July I567,() Queen Elizabeth directed him to be made a Baron, but no patent passed the seals at this time. In Jan. 1576 it was resolved to cr. him an Earl for life, and his son, a Baron. (•=) Nothing further was done till May 1578, when Letters Patent, so called, were drawn up which purported to cr. him "Baron of Clougher in Ireland" with a seat in the Pari, of Ireland, and rem. to the heirs male of his body. At the same date, or a few days later, other Letters Patent (so called) were prepared, which, as "Terence Lenaugh Baron of Clougher in Ireland," purported to cr. him Earl of Clanconneil in Ireland, and gave him a seat in Parl.[I.],"cappam honoris," and a gold circle on his head, and the same rem. as to the Barony. The patent for this Earldom passed the seals 18 May 1578. Three days later a commission to the Lord Deputy, the Lord Justice, and the Lord Chancellor of Ireland is dated, which recites that the Queen had thought good to advance "Tylaugh Lenaugh" to the dignity of a Baron and also that of an Earl in Ireland, and had caused Letters Patent to that effect to be made and sealed with the Great Seal of England, but without the dates of creation. The Commissioners were ordered to invest him and to insert in the Letters Patent the names of the witnesses who should be present, and the dates of creation, taking care to date the creation of the Barony one day before the creation of the Earldom. It is quite clear that the Letters Patent (so called), which however are really charters, (^) Close investigation of the facts relating to this obscure creation has kindly been made both by Sir Henry Maxwell Lyte and G. D. Buitchaell. V.G. C") Cal. of State Papers Ireland, Elizabeth, 1509-1573, p. 341. • n W., 1574-1585, pp. 86, 88, 94.