Cathal Maenmaighe (died 745) was the 19th King of Uí Maine. Cathal appears to have taken his name from Trícha Máenmaige. During his reign, the following events occurred in

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 Del ...

and

Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...

* 739 - ''"The sea cast ashore a whale in Boirche, in the province of Ulster. Every one in the neighbourhood went to see it for its wondrousness. When it was slaughtered, three golden teeth were found in its head, each of which teeth contained fifty ounces. Fiachna, son of Aedh Roin, King of Ulidia, and Eochaidh, son of Breasal, chief of Ui Eathach Iveagh, sent a tooth of them to Beannchair, where it remained for a long time on the altar, to be seen by all in general."'' * 742 - ''"Comman of Ross, who was Abbot of Cluain Mic Nois, and eke a man full of the grace of God was he, died."'' * 743 - ''"Ships with their crews, were plainly seen in the sky this year."'' * 744 - ''"Cluain Fearta Brenainn (

Clonfert Clonfert () is a small village in east County Galway, Ireland, halfway between Ballinasloe and Portumna. The village gives its name to the Diocese of Clonfert. Clonfert Cathedral is one of the eight cathedral churches of the Church of Ireland, ...

) was burned."''

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* ''Annals of Ulster'' a
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University College Cork
* ''Annals of Tigernach'' a

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University College Cork
of McCarthy's synchronisms at

Trinity College Dublin , name_Latin = Collegium Sanctae et Individuae Trinitatis Reginae Elizabethae juxta Dublin , motto = ''Perpetuis futuris temporibus duraturam'' (Latin) , motto_lang = la , motto_English = It will last i ...

. * Byrne, Francis John (2001), Irish Kings and High-Kings, Dublin: Four Courts Press,

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by Dan M. Wiley

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cathal Maenmaighe Nobility from County Galway Nobility from County Roscommon 745 deaths 8th-century Irish monarchs Year of birth unknown Kings of Uí Maine