Brian O'Rourke
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Sir Brian O'Rourke''' (; c. 1540 – 1591) was first king and then lord of
West Bréifne in the west of Ireland from 1566 until his execution in 1591. He reigned during the later stages of the
Tudor conquest of Ireland and his rule was marked by English encroachments on his lands. Despite being knighted by the English in 1585, he would later be proclaimed a rebel and forced to flee his kingdom in 1590. He travelled to
Scotland in early 1591 seeking assistance from
King James VI, however, he was to become the first man
extradited within
Britain on allegations of crimes committed in Ireland and was sentenced to death in London in November 1591.
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