Is there a prince in ireland and if so how old is he?

Question

Is there a prince in ireland and if so how old is he?

Answer 1

No prince ,still my husband is a  straight ancestor!

In Gaelic O Murchadha(O'Morchoe)

In the list of the kings of Ulster:Mac Muiredaig.

Also the O'Tool family (yes Peter) is family.

So if it would become back a kingdom(what I think would never happen) my husband would claim the right to be King of Ireland and one of the castles.

Answer 2

there is no prince in ireland

Answer 3

Ireland is a republic and therefore has no monarchy today. But, historically, there have been many dynasties who ruled kingdoms or territories on the island of Ireland over the last several thousand years. It is claimed that some of the representatives of the ancient Royal Houses of Ireland are entitled to the honorific title of Prince.The Royal Houses comprise O'Conor Don (Connacht), McMillen (Ulster), The MacCarthy Mor (Munster), and MacMorrough Kavanagh (Leinster).

Terence Francis MacCarthy held the title of "Prince of Desmond and Lord of Kerslawny" from 1992-2003, but it was later found that he had fabricated documents proving his heritage.

In 2003 the Attorney General advised against further courtesy recognition, so the status of modern representatives of ancient Irish lineages, among the oldest in the world, is both awkward and uncertain.

Answer 4

No single king ruled over all of Ireland, but the Ur Neill, who led the most powerful dynasty, claimed to be overlords of Ireland, and from time to time compelled many provincial kings to submit to their leadership.  

According to Nicholas Wade's January 19, 2006, article in "The New York Times", "Twenty percent of men from northwest Ireland carry a distinctive genetic signature on their Y chromosome possibly inherited from Niall of the Nine Hostages ", a High King in the 5th century CE.  Families whose ancestors have the following surnames (that come with various spellings and with or without the patronymic O' or Mc) may possibly be linked to him:  Boyle, Bradley, Campbell, Cannon, Devlin, Doherty [Dougherty, Daugherty], Donnelly, Egan, Flynn, Gallagher, Gormley, Hynes [Haynes], McKaul [McCall], McGovern, McKee, McLouglin [McLaughlin], McManus, McMenamin, O'Connor, O'Donnel, O' Molley [O'Malley], Quinn, O'Reilly, and O'Rourke.

Since my Great-grandfather Dougherty's parents were from Donegal, Ireland, I suppose that makes an Irish Princess (LOL) -- along with a lot of other Irish-Americans this Independence Day!

Answer 5

A prince in the Republic?  James Connolly and Kevin Barry would turn in their graves!  The last Irish kings were displaced by the Normans in the late 12th century.  

The people of Dalkey, now a suburb of Dublin, for many years elected a 'king of Dalkey Island', but this was little more than a family joke.

It's possible that there may be a Continental European prince or two living quietly in exile somewhere in Ireland - and then there could always be a few illegitimate descendants of royalty - the origin of the name Fitzroy, of course.

As to the Stuart descendants, whose kingship in Ireland was no more legitimate than that of any other English (or Scots) tyrant, they remain, to use the old phrase,  'over the water'.

Answer 6

Perhaps no Prince, but there is Rory Emerald, Baron of Sligo. Certainly, he is a Prince of a man!