Áedh Ó Flaithbheartaigh,

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of Iar Connacht and

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, fl. c. 1377?-1407.

Reign

Few details appear to be known of him, he being the first of the family to appear in the annals since the time of

Ruaidhri Ó Flaithbheartaigh Ruaidhri Ó Flaithbheartaigh () was King of Iar Connacht and Chief of the Name. Biography Ruaidhri was a brother of the preceding chief, Morogh. Ruaidhri and his brother may have accompanied Felim mac Cathal Crobderg Ua Conchobair (reigned 123 ...

. He built the

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at Annaghdown in 1410 - the

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of Annaghdown was burned in 1413 - and was succeeded by his son, Domnell.

Annalistic references

* ''1384. A meeting, took place between O'Flaherty and O'Malley, but a quarrel arose between them, in which Owen O'Malley, Cormac O'Malley (i.e. Cormac Cruinn), and many others besides these, were slain by the people of O'Flaherty.'' * ''1396. Conor, the son of Owen O'Malley, went on an incursion with a ship's crew to West Connaught, and loaded the ship with the riches and prizes taken by that adventure. But all, save one man only, were drowned between Ireland and Aran.'' * ''1402. Brian, the son of Donnell O'Flaherty, heir to the lordship of Carn Gegach, died.'' * ''1407. Hugh O'Flaherty, Lord of West Connaught, died at an advanced age.''

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* ''West or H-Iar Connaught''

Ruaidhrí Ó Flaithbheartaigh Roderick O'Flaherty ( ga, Ruaidhrí Ó Flaithbheartaigh; 1629–1718 or 1716) was an Irish historian. Biography He was born in County Galway and inherited Moycullen Castle and estate. O'Flaherty was the last ''de jure'' Lord of Iar Connacht, a ...

, 1684 (published 1846, ed.

James Hardiman James Hardiman (1782–1855), also known as Séamus Ó hArgadáin, was a librarian at Queen's College, Galway. Hardiman is best remembered for his '' History of the Town and County of Galway'' (1820) and '' Irish Minstrelsy'' (1831), one of the f ...

). * ''Origin of the Surname O'Flaherty'', Anthony Matthews, Dublin, 1968, p. 40.
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Reign

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