Aedh Ua Con Ceanainn (died 1067) was King of

Uí Díarmata Uí Díarmata was a local kingdom located in what is now north County Galway. Origins The ruling dynasty took its name from King Diarmait Finn of Connacht (died 833), and the territory in turn was named after them. It seems to have been created ...

Biography

Aedh was a supporter of

Áed in Gai Bernaig Áed Ua Conchobair or Áed in Gai Bernaig was the King of Connacht, and reigned from 1046 to 1067. He was the son of Tadg in Eich Gil. A member of the Ó Conchobhair family, Áed ascended to the throne after King Art of Connacht was killed by th ...

, king of

Connacht Connacht ( ; ga, Connachta or ), is one of the provinces of Ireland, in the west of Ireland. Until the ninth century it consisted of several independent major Gaelic kingdoms (Uí Fiachrach, Uí Briúin, Uí Maine, Conmhaícne, and Delbhn ...

. He fought and died with him at the battle of Turlach Adhnaigh in Aidhne, in 1067.

''The battle of Turlach Adhnaigh, between Áed in Gai Bernaig, King of Connaught, and Aedh, the son of Art Uallach Ua Ruairc (
Áed Ua Ruairc Áed Ua Ruairc, also known as Áed mac Art Uallach Ua Ruairc, was the King of Connacht from 1067 to 1087. He became king after killing the previous King of Connacht, Áed in Gai Bernaig, in battle in 1067. References * ''Leabhar na nGenealach'' ...
), and the men of Breifne along with him; where fell Áed in Gai Bernaig, King of the province of Connaught, the helmsman of the valour of Leath-Chuinn; and the chiefs of Connaught fell along with him, and, among the rest, Aedh Ua Con Ceanainn, lord of Uí Díarmata, and many others. It was to commemorate the death of Aedh Ua Conchobhair this quatrain was composed:"Seven years, seventy, not a short period/And a thousand, great the victory/From the birth of Christ/not false the jurisdiction/Till the fall of Aedh, King of Connaught."''

References

* Vol. 2 (AD 903–1171)
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* ''Annals of Ulster'' a

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of McCarthy's synchronisms at Trinity College Dublin. {{DEFAULTSORT:Ua Con Ceanainn, Aedh People from County Galway 1067 deaths 11th-century Irish monarchs Year of birth unknown