Roderick Nolan Prince was born to Lorcan Prince (WR) and his wife Mairead in Donegal. His namesake, Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair, Rory O'Connor, was the last Muggle High King of the Eire. Lorcan's only biological child, he first showed signs of magic at an early age. At the age of five years, he had already mastered the Accio charm. His first use of the charm involved recovering a copy of a favorite Muggle novel, George Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion," from a shelf too high to reach. He doted on his adopted younger sister, Aoibheann Prince.