O'Rourke
{{Short description|Irish Gaelic clan}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Royal house|
|surname = O'Rourke
Ó Ruairc
|coat of arms = File:O'Rourke Arms.svg
|country =Kingdom of Connacht
| parent house = Uí Briúin Bréifne
|motto = Serviendo guberno
|slogan = Buagh
|titles =
|founder =Fergal ua Ruairc
|final ruler = Tadhg Ó Ruairc
|current head = Geoffrey Philip Columb O'Rorke
|founding year = ca. 960 AD
|dissolution = 1605
|branches =
- O’Rourke of Dromahair
- O’Rourke of Kilnagarn
- O’Rourke of Leitrim Castle
- O’Rourke of Inishmagrath
- O’Rourke of Castlerourke
- O’Rourke of Carrha
- O’Rourke of Aughavas
- O’Rourke of Carrigallen
- O’Rourke of Cloncorick
|cadet branches =
- MacLoughlin
- MacRannell
- MacNeill
- MacKiernan
}}
File:County Leitrim arms.svg O'Rourke crest adorns the coat of arms of County Leitrim, their historic patrimony]]
O'Rourke ({{langx|ga|Ó Ruairc}}){{Cite web |title=Ruarc — Database of Irish-language Surnames |url=https://www.gaois.ie/en/surnames/10712/ |access-date=2022-12-26 |website=Gaois}} is an Irish Gaelic clan based most prominently in what is today County Leitrim. The family were the historic rulers of Breifne and later West Breifne until the 17th century. The O'Rourke Clan Chief was at odds with the O'Reilly Chief because both clans contested each other for the title Prince of Breifne.Newerkla, Stefan Michael (2020), Das irische Geschlecht O'Reilly und seine Verbindungen zu Österreich und Russland [The Irish O'Reilly family and their connections to Austria and Russia]. In: Diachronie – Ethnos – Tradition: Studien zur slawischen Sprachgeschichte [Diachrony – Ethnos – Tradition: Studies in Slavic Language History]. Eds. Jasmina Grković-Major, Natalia B. Korina, Stefan M. Newerkla, Fedor B. Poljakov, Svetlana M. Tolstaja. Brno, Tribun EU, pp. 259–279 [https://uscholar.univie.ac.at/o:1405256 (accessible online)], here pp. 263–265.
Naming conventions
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| align="center"| Ó Ruairc
| align="center"| Ní Ruairc | align="center"| Bean Uí Ruairc | align="center"| Uí Ruairc |
Notable people
O'Rourke may refer to several people:
- O'Rourke (baseball), baseball player
- Andrew O'Rourke, judge and politician from New York State
- Beto O'Rourke (born 1972), American politician in Texas.
- Brian O'Rourke (1540–1591), hereditary lord of West Breifne in Ireland
- Brian Oge O'Rourke (1568–1604), lord of West Breifne
- Bud O'Rourke (1919–2001), American basketball player
- Colm O'Rourke (born 1957), Irish footballer
- Danny O'Rourke (born 1983), American soccer player
- Declan O'Rourke, Irish singer
- Denis O'Rourke (born 1946), New Zealand politician
- Dennis O'Rourke (1945–2013), Australian documentary film director
- Derval O'Rourke (born 1981), Irish sprint hurdles athlete
- Edward O'Rourke (1876–1943), Polish Roman Catholic priest, bishop of Riga, first bishop of Danzig (Gdańsk)
- Frank O'Rourke (disambiguation), multiple people
- Heather O'Rourke (1975–1988), American child actress
- Jet O'Rourke (born 1983), Australian Pop/ Rock singer songwriter
- Jim O'Rourke (baseball player) (1850–1919), American professional baseball player
- Jim O'Rourke (musician) (born 1969), American musician and producer
- John O'Rourke (footballer, born 1945) (1945–2016), English footballer
- John O'Rourke (baseball) (1849–1911), American baseball player
- Joseph O'Rourke (disambiguation), multiple people
- Kathy Kirby, stage name of Kathleen O'Rourke, pop singer
- Kevin O'Rourke (economist), Irish economist
- Kevin O'Rourke (actor), American actor
- Lou Ann O'Rourke, (died 2019), American Bridge player
- Malachy O'Rourke, Irish footballer and manager
- Mary O'Rourke (born 1937), Irish politician
- Míceál O'Rourke, an Irish classical pianist
- Michael O'Rourke (gambler) (1862–1882 alias "Johnny-Behind-the-Deuce"), a professional gambler of the Old West
- Michael James O'Rourke (1878–1957), Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Mike O'Rourke (baseball) (1868–1934), Major League Baseball pitcher
- Mike O'Rourke (athlete) (born 1955), New Zealand javelin thrower
- Paddy O'Rourke (disambiguation)
- P. J. O'Rourke (1947–2022), American political satirist, journalist, and writer
- Patrick Henry O'Rourke (1837–1863), Irish-born Civil War colonel
- Peter O'Rourke (footballer) (1874–1956), Scottish footballer and manager
- Ryan O'Rourke (born 1988), American baseball player
- Sean O'Rourke, Irish journalist and broadcaster
- Steve O'Rourke (1940–2003), manager of rock band Pink Floyd
- Timothy O'Rourke, American college football head coach
- Ualgarg O'Rourke, (died 1346), king of West Breifne
- William O'Rourke, New Zealand cricketer
See also
- O'Rourke (Livonian family)
- Laing O'Rourke, a construction firm in the UK
- Walton and O'Rourke, a famous team of cabaret puppeteers
- O'Rorke
- Rourke
References
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External links
- [http://www.libraryireland.com/Pedigrees1/o-rourke-1-heremon.php O'Rourke family pedigree] at Library Ireland
- [https://uscholar.univie.ac.at/o:1405256 The Irish O'Reilly family and their connections to Austria and Russia] by Stefan M. Newerkla, with chapter 3.2 on the family O'Rourke in the Russian and Austrian context
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{{Kingdom of Connacht}}