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Viscount Clare was a title in thePeerage of Ireland, created twice.
The titles ofViscount Clare andBaron Moyarta were conferred on Daniel O'Brien, a younger son ofConnor O'Brien, 3rd Earl of Thomond, on 11 July 1662. These titles wereforfeit by theattainder of the third Viscount in 1691. However, the title continued to be used by his descendants in France. In 1741 the titular sixth Viscount Clare also succeeded as heir-male to theEarls of Thomond, and assumed that title as well, though because of his grandfather's attainder the succession was not recognised in Ireland. The claim to the viscounty and the earldom became dormant on the death of the titular seventh Viscount in 1774, and the headship of theO'Brien dynasty passed to theEarls of Inchiquin.
The titles ofViscount Clare andBaron Nugent were conferred on the politicianRobert Craggs-Nugent on 19 January 1767. He was later createdEarl Nugent. The viscounty became extinct on the death of the grantee in 1788.
