Cathal mac Tigernán (died 1059) was King of
Iar Connacht
West Connacht ( ga, Iarthar Chonnachta; Modern Irish: ''Iar Connacht'') was a kingdom of Gaelic Ireland, associated geographically with present-day County Galway, particularly the area known more commonly today as Connemara. The kingdom represent ...
.
Biography
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 from 1046 to 1067, had invaded and conquered
Maigh Seóla
Maigh Seóla (), also known as Hy Briuin Seola, was the territory that included land along the east shore of Lough Corrib in County Galway, Ireland. It was bounded to the east by the Uí Maine vassal kingdom of Soghain and extended roughly fr ...
in 1051, blinding its king. Cathal mac Tigernán is the next ruler of the kingdom recorded, but only upon his death in 1059. No details are given beyond that he was killed. His relationship to the rest of the dynasty is uncertain.
References
* ''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.
* ''Irish Kings and High-Kings'', Francis John Byrne (2001), Dublin: Four Courts Press,
* ''Annals of Ulster'' a
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University College Cork
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People from County Galway
1059 deaths
O'Flaherty dynasty
11th-century Irish monarchs
Year of birth unknown