Honora (Barry) Condon (abt. 1550)

Born about 1550 in County Cork, Ireland

Descendants

Died [date unknown] in County Cork, Ireland

Biography

Daughter of James Fitz Richard Barry (4th Viscount Barry) and Ellen MacCarthy, who was the daughter of Sir Cormac MacCarthy Reagh, 10th/13th Prince of Carbery.

Honor was the wife of Patrick Condon, who was Lord of Condons and notorious participant in the Desmond Rebellions in the late 1500s alongside his nephew (son of his sister Ellen Condon) Edmond FitzJohn FitzGibbon, the 11th White Knight and the Seneschal of Imokilly, James FitzEdmund FitzGerald.^[1] He was known as "Chief of Condons" on the "List of those who took up Arms for the Catholic Faith".^[2][3]

Judging by her husband Patrick Condon's anti-English activities during the last 3 decades of the 1500s, it seems unlikely they had much of a domestic life. Here are a selection of records from the "Calendar of State Papers: Ireland, Elizabeth, Years 1592-96:"^[4]

• 1583: Patrick Condon was a pro-Catholic leader who led 700 men into the town of Youghal and hoisted the Pope's banner. They ransacked property and murdered residents during 4 days until the arrival of Sir Henry Wallop from Waterford. (p.144)

• 1593: Evidence of his turbulent life in the "articles containing a brief recital of the molestations and vexations of Pat[rick] Condon, his imprisonment, travel, troubles, and suit sustained these 11 years." (p.194)

• 1594: Patrick Condon was a 2nd time attainted by outlawry "as a principal adherent to the archtraitor [Earl of] Desmond." (p.244) Letters from Sir Walter Raleigh to Sir William Cecil, 1st Baron of Burghley, requesting that Mr. Patrick Condon be restored to his lands in Munster. (p.253) Condon's first attainder "for burning an old castle to apprehend malefactors that had committed sundry robberies upon his tenants". (p.265) Letter from Thomas Butler, 10th Earl of Ormond, to Queen Elizabeth: "Certifies that he promised to pardon life and living to Patrick Condon when he came in from the rebellion of Desmond. His good service after that. To be graciously considered." (p.275)

Family Connections

• In a pedigree from year 1615, the daughters of James FitzRichard Viscount Buttevant are recorded as Honora, wife of Patrick Condon ; Ellinor, wife of Sir Owen O' Sullivan, Knight; Johanna, wife of David Lord Roche; and Ilaine, wife of Callaghan MacTeige MacCarthy, of Muskerry.^[5]

• Petition of 1610: [Her son] David, son and heir of Patrick Condon, deceased...^[6]

• Honora was the likely ancestor of Thomas Prendergast MP via Thomas' grandfather David Condon.

Sources

1. ↑ From the History of Ireland in the Reign of Elizabeth (Author: Philip O'Sullivan Beare): https://celt.ucc.ie//published/T100060/text068.html
2. ↑ From the History of Ireland in the Reign of Elizabeth (Author: Philip O'Sullivan Beare): https://celt.ucc.ie/published/T100060/text032.html
3. ↑ The Annals of the Four Masters, searchable online here:
   • https://books.google.es/books?id=IEITng6KDSIC&pg=PA524&lpg=PA524&dq=%22Seneschal+of+Imokilly%22&source=bl&ots=WNP7PFAXTh&sig=ACfU3U3vWgrJ1iX2pBlhy_8vG_sKkZfeXw&hl=fr&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjx8P2I_MfpAhVC5uAKHYK0Ay8Q6AEwA3oECAYQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22Seneschal%20of%20Imokilly%22&f=false
4. ↑ https://archive.org/details/calendarofstatep5159grea/page/144/mode/2up/search/condon
5. ↑ Barrymore: Records of the Barrys of County Cork from the Earliest to the Present Time, With Pedigrees: https://archive.org/stream/barrymorerecords00barr/barrymorerecords00barr_djvu.txt
6. ↑ Kinsale Council Book, Cork County: http://www.corkpastandpresent.ie/places/southcorkcounty/kinsalecouncilbook/appendices/Appendix_A_Part1.pdf