<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\nThe O’Sullivan Beare title was held by successive chiefs of this branch of the O’Sullivan family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Donal Cam O’Sullivan Beare lived from about 1561 to 1618. He became renowned for his military leadership during the Nine Years’ War against the English at the turn of the 17th century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The decisive battle commenced in October 1601 at Kinsale in Cork. The Irish forces were made up of the O\u2019Sullivan Beare clan, the O\u2019Driscolls, and the O\u2019Connors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They were joined by 3,400 Spanish soldiers, but the Spaniards surrendered their positions in January 1602.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Donal Cam held his castle for eleven days before gathering his people to retreat. He led one thousand men, women, and children from Cork for 500 kilometers across six counties to reach Leitrim and his allies, the O\u2019Rourke clan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This retreat is known as O’Sullivan Beare’s March. Only thirty-five survivors of the original group made it to the end of the journey. Many succumbed to battles, harsh weather, and hunger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, many others found shelter along the way and settled in these places. These groups were known for centuries as the Bearas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The title of O’Sullivan Beare and the associated lands were confiscated by the English after Donal Cam’s resistance. The lands were subsequently colonized during the Plantation of Munster.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The O’Sullivan clan, or \u00d3 S\u00failleabh\u00e1in in Irish, is one of the oldest and most distinguished families in Ireland. In the centuries following the adoption of the O’Sullivan surname, the clan would grow in power and influence. Their regions covered County Tipperary and County Kerry. By the time of the Norman invasion in the late … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/exploreirishancestry.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/exploreirishancestry.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/exploreirishancestry.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exploreirishancestry.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exploreirishancestry.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/exploreirishancestry.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":177,"href":"https:\/\/exploreirishancestry.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170\/revisions\/177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/exploreirishancestry.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exploreirishancestry.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exploreirishancestry.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}