Earl of Tyrconnell is a title that has been created four times in thePeerage of Ireland.

It was first created in 1603, forRory O'Donnell, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell, formerly king ofTyrconnell, along with the subsidiary titleBaron Donegal. The 1st Earl was succeeded by his sonHugh O'Donnell, 2nd Earl of Tyrconnell, but both titles wereattainted in 1614.

Following theself-exile of the Gaelic aristocracy in 1607, and the ensuingUlster Plantation, it was created a second time in 1661 for the2nd Viscount FitzWilliam, but became extinct on his death in 1667.

It was created a third time in 1685 forSir Richard Talbot, along with the subsidiary titlesViscount Baltinglass andBaron Talbotstown, but all these titles were forfeit in 1691 when Lord Tyrconnell joinedKing James II against theGlorious Revolution. King James also created himDuke of Tyrconnell andMarquess of Tyrconnell in 1689, but these titles were recognised only byJacobites (seeJacobite peerage). The forfeited earldom was claimed by Talbot's nephew, the Jacobite politicianWilliam Talbot, and his descendants.

The title was created a fourth and final time in 1761 for the3rd Baron Carpenter, along with the subsidiary titleViscount Carlingford. These titles became extinct on the death of the 4th Earl in 1853. The1st Baron Carpenter was a distinguished soldier, who was aMember of Parliament forWhitchurch in 1715–1722 andWestminster from 1722. The2nd Baron Carpenter was Member of Parliament forMorpeth in 1717–27 and forWeobley in 1741–7

• Rory O'Donnell, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell (1575–1608)
• Hugh O'Donnell, 2nd Earl of Tyrconnell (died 1642) (attainted 1614)

• Oliver FitzWilliam, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell (died 1667) (extinct)

• Richard Talbot, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell (died 1691) (forfeit 1691)

• GeneralGeorge Carpenter, 1st Baron Carpenter (1657–1732)
• George Carpenter, 2nd Baron Carpenter (died 1749)
• George Carpenter, 3rd Baron Carpenter, created Earl of Tyrconnell in 1761

• George Carpenter, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell (1723–1762)
• George Carpenter, 2nd Earl of Tyrconnell (1750–1805)
• George Carpenter, 3rd Earl of Tyrconnell (1788–1812)
• John Delaval Carpenter, 4th Earl of Tyrconnell (1790–1853) (Earldom becomes extinct)

The Earl had no surviving children. Upon his demise, and then that of his spouse, the Carpenter surname and arms Carpenter were assumed by Royal Licence, dated 1 June 1868, byThe Hon. Walter Cecil Carpenter (1834 - 1904), formerly known as The Hon. Walter Cecil Talbot. He later became an Admiral in the Royal Navy.

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• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages^{[self-published source][better source needed]}

• The Life of Hugh Roe O'Donnell, Prince of Tyrconnell (Beatha Aodh Ruadh O Domhnaill) byLughaidh O'Cleirigh. Edited by Paul Walsh and Colm Ó Lochlainn. Irish Texts Society, vol. 42. Dublin: Educational Company of Ireland, 1948 (original Gaelic manuscript in the Royal Irish Academy in Dublin).
• A View of the Legal Institutions, Honorary Hereditary Offices, and Feudal Baronies established in Ireland, by William Lynch, Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, published by Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, Paternoster Row, London, 1830 (O’Donnell: page 190, remainder to 1st creation Earl’s patent; page 405 on attainder).
• The Fate and Fortunes of the Earls of Tyrone (Hugh O’Neill) and Tyrconnel (Rory O’Donel), their flight from Ireland and death in exile, by the Rev.C. P. Meehan, M.R.I.A., 2nd edition, James Duffy, London, 1870.
• O’Donnell, Francis Martin (2018),The O'Donnells of Tyrconnell – A Hidden Legacy, Washington, D.C.: Academica Press LLC,ISBN 978-1-680534740
• H. M. Stephens, ‘Carpenter, George, first Baron Carpenter of Killaghy (1657–1732)’, rev. Timothy Harrison Place,Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2008[1], accessed 12 April 2009

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