In particular, he was remembered for his frequent combats with his neighbour, Captain Richard Martin.
Martin had fought with the Jacobites in the war, but had managed to obtain a pardon from William III, enabling him to keep title to several estates in Connemara.
The pair frequently fought each other on horseback, sword on hand, though because Eamonn Laidir had fewer retainers he was usually obliged to leave the field.
He married three times - one of his wives was Julia Martyn, a cousin of Richard Martin - and had four sons.
O'Flaherty died in deeply distressed circumstances at his home in Cloonederowen, Ballinakill, in or about 1749.