Biography

McLoughlin was the senior descendant of King Máel Sechnaill mac Domnaill

Máel Sechnaill mac Domnaill

Máel Sechnaill mac Domnaill , also called Máel Sechnaill Mór, Máel Sechnaill II, anglicized Malachy II, was King of Mide and High King of Ireland...

 (died 1022), and Chief of the Ó Maelsechlainn clan of Mide. His parents were John McLoughlin of Seltanaveeney, Kilronan, County Roscommon

County Roscommon

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 and Saragh Heffernan of Lattin, County Tipperary

County Tipperary

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McLoughlin served with the Irish Volunteers

Irish Volunteers

The Irish Volunteers was a military organisation established in 1913 by Irish nationalists. It was ostensibly formed in response to the formation of the Ulster Volunteers in 1912, and its declared primary aim was "to secure and maintain the rights and liberties common to the whole people of Ireland"...

 as a captain from 1913–1923, for which he was awarded the general Service Medal (Ireland). He was deported to Wakefield in 1916 as a political prisoner after the Easter Rising

Easter Rising

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. Taking the Anti-treaty side in the Irish Civil War

Irish Civil War

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, he was captured and imprisoned at Kilmainham

Kilmainham

Kilmainham is a suburb of Dublin south of the River Liffey and west of the city centre, in the Dublin 8 postal district.-History:In the Viking era, the monastery was home to the first Norse base in Ireland....

 in 1923.

After independence, he held a number of posts, mainly concerning agriculture; they included Assistant General Secretary for the Irish Farmer's Union (1921–25), to which he was a hon. director in 1927. For the term 1938-39 he was hon treasurer of the Irish Farmer's Federation. He was an editor of The Irish Farmer for most of the 1920s, and a published author.

Burke gave his address (in 1958) as 100 Upper Leeson Street, Dublin, with additional property at The Hill, Malahide

Malahide

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, and Illaunagown, Glengariff, County Cork

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Pedigree

Cornelius mac John (1863–1903) m. Cornelius (1809–97) m. Domhnall (died 1845) m. Eoghan m. Tomás m. Tomás m. Tomás m. Tomás m. Murchad Dubh m. An Calbhach (1564-c.December 1600) m. Felim Og (died 1542 m. Felim Creachach (died 1518) m. Conn Mór m. Art (died 1468) m. Conn (died 1461) m. Cormac mc. Cormac Ballac m. Art na Caislen mc. Cormac mac Art O Melaghlain

Cormac mac Art O Melaghlain

Cormac mac Art Ó Melaghlain, was King of Mide from about 1205 to 1239. He was acknowledged as one of the most ferocious and formidable opponents of the Normans since their arrival in Ireland...

 (died 1239 m. Art (died 1184 m. Maelsechlainn (died 1155) mc. Murchad (died 1153) m. Domnall (died 1094) mc Flann (blinded 1037) m. Domhnall m. Máel Sechnaill mac Domnaill

Máel Sechnaill mac Domnaill

Máel Sechnaill mac Domnaill , also called Máel Sechnaill Mór, Máel Sechnaill II, anglicized Malachy II, was King of Mide and High King of Ireland...

, died 1022.

External links

• O'Melaghlin of Mide
• http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Kilkenny/Kilkenny_No__1_Urban/Patrick_Street_Upper___part_of_/525526/