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B\u00edodh nach raibh a mhuintir saibhir, ba \u00e9 an polaiteoir ba shaibhre agus ba chumhachta\u00ed in \u00c9irinn \u00e9 roimh dheireadh a shaoil. Meastar gur de bhun\u00fas Caitliceach iad muintir Conolly, c\u00e9 gur d\u00f3cha gur thug siad droim l\u00e1imhe don Chaitliceachas roimh bhreith William. Oileadh \u00e9 ina aturnae i mBaile \u00c1tha Cliath agus d\u2019oibrigh s\u00e9 sa dl\u00ed ann sna 1680id\u00ed. N\u00edor th\u00e1inig borradh faoina shaol oibre go dt\u00ed tar \u00e9is Chogadh an D\u00e1 R\u00ed (1988-1691). Sa bhliain 1689, theith an R\u00ed Caitliceach S\u00e9amas II \u00f3 Shasana go h\u00c9irinn tar \u00e9is na R\u00e9abhl\u00f3ide Gl\u00f3rmhaire. Ba \u00ed an R\u00e9abhl\u00f3id Ghl\u00f3rmhar a thug Liam Or\u00e1iste (mac cleamhnais Sh\u00e9amais II) i gcumhacht sa Bhreatain agus in \u00c9irinn. Lean R\u00ed Liam a ch\u00e9ile comhraic go h\u00c9irinn agus sna blianta 1690 agus 1691 throid siad in aghaidh a ch\u00e9ile i gcathanna m\u00f3ra i nDoire, sa Bh\u00f3inn, in Eachroim agus i Luimneach. Th\u00e1inig Conolly i dt\u00edr ar bhua Liam in \u00c9irinn. Ghabh Liam Or\u00e1iste seilbh ar thalamh lucht taca\u00edochta Sh\u00e9amais. Sa ghn\u00f3 a rinne s\u00e9 leis na heast\u00e1it ghafa seo a chruthaigh Conolly a shaibhreas. Faoin mbliain 1703, bh\u00ed breis is \u00a310,000 caite aige, agus breis is 15,000 acra ceannaithe aige i seacht gcontae \u00e9ags\u00fala. Bh\u00ed saibhreas thar na bearta bailithe aige in achar ama an-ghearr.<\/p>\n
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In 1694, ph\u00f3s s\u00e9 Katherine Conyngham, in\u00edon Sir Albert Conyngham, laoch m\u00f3r le r\u00e1 in airm Liam Or\u00e1iste. D\u00e1la Conolly, b\u2019as D\u00fan na nGall do Katherine ach b\u2019as aicme sh\u00f3isialta n\u00edos airde n\u00e1 Conolly di. D\u2019\u00e9irigh le Conolly dul i bp\u00e1irt le teaghlaigh shaibhre eile i gc\u00faige Uladh, nach mbeadh teacht aige orthu murach a chaidrimh le Katherine. Anuas ar a cuid teagmh\u00e1laithe agus an phearsantacht l\u00e1idir a bh\u00ed aici thug s\u00ed spr\u00e9 \u00a32,300 l\u00e9i; airgead a chaith Conolly l\u00e1ithreach ar thalamh g\u00e9illte. De r\u00e9ir mar a bh\u00ed st\u00e1das agus saibhreas Conolly \u00e1 mh\u00e9ad\u00fa aige, bh\u00ed an pobal ag cur aithne air. In 1692, toghadh chun Parlaimint na h\u00c9ireann i mbaile Dh\u00fan na nGall \u00e9. D\u2019fhan s\u00e9 i dTeach na dTeachta\u00ed in \u00c9irinn go dt\u00ed 1729. In 1715, th\u00e1inig an R\u00ed Seoirse I i r\u00e9im agus ceapadh Conolly mar an Sp\u00e9ic\u00e9ir i dTeach na dTeachta\u00ed. N\u00edor chiallaigh s\u00e9 sin gurbh \u00e9igean d\u00f3 a bheith neamhchlaonta sa r\u00f3l sin ach gurbh \u00e9 an pr\u00edomhghuth thar ceann an rialtais i dTeacht na dTeachta\u00ed. Aithn\u00edodh an f\u00e1s a bh\u00ed ag teacht ar an tionchar polaiti\u00fail a bh\u00ed ag Conolly agus sa bhliain 1717 ceapadh ina Bhreitheamh On\u00f3rach \u00e9. Bh\u00ed s\u00e9 ar dhuine de thri\u00far a bheadh i gceannas ar an t\u00edr aon uair a tharla s\u00e9 fear ionaid an r\u00ed a bheith as baile. An t-am sin bh\u00ed Sir Robert Walpole ag teacht chun cinn sa saol poibl\u00ed i Sasana agus r\u00f3l an Phr\u00edomhaire sa t\u00edr sin \u00e1 chruth\u00fa aige d\u00f3 f\u00e9in don ch\u00e9ad uair. Bh\u00ed f\u00e1s den chine\u00e1l sin \u00e1 dh\u00e9anamh ag Conolly in \u00c9irinn ag an am c\u00e9anna.
\nFaoin am a bhfuair s\u00e9 b\u00e1s bh\u00ed breis is 100,000 acra i seilbh Conolly agus bh\u00ed timpeall \u00a317,000 \u00e1 thuilleamh aige in aghaidh na bliana. Ba \u00e9 an polaiteoir ba shaibhre agus ba chumhachta\u00ed in \u00c9irinn \u00e9. Comhartha d\u00e1 shaibhreas ollmh\u00f3r ba ea Baile an Chaisle\u00e1in.<\/p>\n
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D\u2019fh\u00e1g s\u00e9 sin gur roinneadh a mhaoin ar fad idir a bhaintreach Katherine agus a nia William James Conolly (mac a dhearth\u00e1r Patrick) nuair a cailleadh \u00e9 i m\u00ed Dheireadh F\u00f3mhair 1729. In 1734, ph\u00f3s William Conolly \u00d3g an Bhantiarna Anne Wentworth, in\u00edon Iarla Strafford. Bh\u00ed c\u00f3na\u00ed orthu i gCaisle\u00e1n L\u00e9im an Bhrad\u00e1in go dt\u00ed go bhfuair Katherine b\u00e1s sa bhliain 1752. Faraor, fuair William James b\u00e1s dh\u00e1 bhliain ina dhiaidh sin agus th\u00e1inig a mhac Thomas (1738-1803) ina \u00e1it. Chuaigh Thomas chun c\u00f3naithe i mBaile an Chaisle\u00e1in in \u00e9ineacht lena bhean ch\u00e9ile, an Bhantiarna Louisa Lennox (1743-1821).<\/p>\n
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