Aodh Ua Goirmghiallaigh, King of Partraige Cera, died 1206.
Ua Goirmghiallaigh was king of an
Irish
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* Someone or something of, from, or related to:
** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe
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population-group called the
Partraige
The Partraige were a people of early historic Ireland.
Several attested branches were found in Ireland, including the following:
* Partraige Cera - located at the northern end of Lough Mask (Loch Mask) and the region of Lough Carra (Loch Cor ...
, believed to be of pre-Gaelic origins. Ua Goirmghiallaigh's branch of the Partraige were located around Lough Carra in what is now
County Mayo
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, and have given their name to the parish of
Partry
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Irish annals
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, which refer to his death by the ''Men of Cera'' in 1206.
Nollaig Ó Muraíle
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Life and career
A native of Knock, County Mayo, Ó ...
believes this to refer to the
Uí Fiachrach
The Uí Fiachrach () were a royal dynasty who originated in, and whose descendants later ruled, the ''coicead'' or ''fifth'' of Connacht (a western province of Ireland) at different times from the mid-first millennium onwards. They claimed descent ...
branch of the Cera, and not the Partraige Cera themselves.
The
Book of Lecan
The (Great) Book of Lecan (Irish: ''Leabhar (Mór) Leacáin'') (RIA, MS 23 P 2) is a medieval Irish manuscript written between 1397 and 1418 in Castle Forbes, Lecan (Lackan, Leckan; Irish ''Leacán''), in the territory of Tír Fhíacrach, nea ...
states that Ua Goirmghiallaigh, with Ua Dorchaidhe, were co-chiefs of Partraige Cera. A branch of the latter family settled in Galway c. 1488, becoming one of
The Tribes of Galway
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. One of their most famous members was the Irish Confederate,
Patrick D'Arcy
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(1598–1668).
Ó Goirmghiallaigh is now generally rendered Gormally.
References
* ''Some Early Connacht Population-Groups'', Nollaig Ó Muraíle, in ''Seanchas:Studies in Early and Medieval Irish Archaeology, History and literature in Honour of
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'', p. 175, ed. Alfred P. Smyth,
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