[2] Charles William lived at Ashley Moor house close to his mothers family home of Croft Castle in Herefordshire.
He continued to box there and was also noted for his horsemanship,[2] originally learned from his father and honed while hunting in Ireland and Herefordshire.
[2] A wild and spirited young man with an eye for the girls, he enjoyed Army life in the East "to the limit and often beyond".
He retired with the rank of Major in 1946 and moved to live in Roundwood, County Wicklow, where his father had bought a farm.
He was a former Master of Delgany Beagles, a popular pack among university students (whose real interest lay in courting, not hunting).
[2] He became chairman of historical and genealogical societies, a regular presiding presence at community events and was even involved in tourist promotion.
He was founding member of the Council of Irish Chieftains, consisting of the descendants of the few princely families whose pedigrees have been authenticated by the Chief Herald of Ireland.
Stanley Punshon Marris, and had issue: Denis O'Conor's marriage to Elizabeth did not long outlast the birth of their only son.
Denis O'Conor Don is reputedly descended from the High King of Ireland via the following line of descent:[4][failed verification]