Family
O'Rourke married Lady Burke, and then Elenora, daughter of Gerald FitzGerald, 15th Earl of Desmond. Among his children were two sons, Brian Óg (his tanist) and Tadhg, who succeeded him. The former was instrumental in the Irish victory at the Battle of Curlew Pass during the Nine Years War. O'Rourke's seignory was confiscated and later given to Tadhg in the next reign, but in principle Leitrim remained part of the Connaught composition – at Bingham's insistence – and did not suffer as radical a land settlement as Monaghan.
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