Conchobar Ó Cellaigh, 43rd
King of
Uí Maine
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and 10th
Chief of the Name
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In Ireland
In Eliza ...
, died
1268
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Events
By topic War and politics
* February 18 – Battle of Rakvere: The Livonian Order is defeated by Dovmont ...
.
Historical background
Uí Maine during his reign fell away from subordinate status to the
Kings of Connacht and regained something of its former independence, but at the cost of encastellation and settlement under
Richard Mór de Burgh
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(died
1242
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Events
By place
Europe
* Spring – Prince Alexander Nevsky is joined by his brother Andrey II (Yaroslavic ...
) and his son,
Walter de Burgh, 1st Earl of Ulster (died
1271
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Events
By place
Europe
* July 2 – Peace of Pressburg (1271), Peace of Pressburg: Kings Otto ...
).
There are only the most indirect references to Uí Maine in the annals, perhaps reflecting the kingdom's reduction into less significance or its domination by the de Burgh dynasty. The Ui Maine would go on to displace the de Burgh’s of Connacht from power in the next few centuries.
Family
Conchobar is stated in the
Book of Lecan to have been the eldest son of
Domnall Mór Ua Cellaigh
Domnall Mór Ua Cellaigh, 42nd King of Uí Maine and 9th Chief of the Name, died 1221.
Reign
Domnall Mór's reign is one of the most obscure of the High Medieval kings of Uí Maine. The kingdom is only indirectly mentioned in the annals. While t ...
. His brother,
Tomás Ó Cellaigh, was
Bishop of Clonfert.
Ó Cellaigh's mother was Dubh Cobhlaigh Ní Briain, a daughter of King Domnall Mór of
Thomond (died
1194
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Events
By place
England
* February 4 – King Richard I (the Lionheart) is ransomed for an amount of 150,000 ...
).
Conchobar had three wives; the daughter of Ó hEidhin (anglicised as
Hynes) of
Aidhne; Derbhforgaill, daughter of Ó Loughlin of the
Burren; Eadaoin, daughter of Mac Con Mara (
MacNamara) of
Thomond.
By Ní hEidhin he had two sons,
*
Domnall Ó Cellaig (died
1295), later king of Uí Maine and ancestor to the O'Kelly of Belagllda.
*Murchadh.
By Derbhforgaill Ní Loughlin he had
*
Donnchad Muimnech Ó Cellaigh (died
1307
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Events
By place
Europe
* October 13 – King Philip IV (the Fair) orders the arrest of the Knights Templar i ...
)
*
Maine Mor Ó Cellaigh (died
1271
Year 1271 (Roman numerals, MCCLXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
* July 2 – Peace of Pressburg (1271), Peace of Pressburg: Kings Otto ...
)
By Eadaoin Ní Con Mara he had
*Cathal na Finne
*Cairbre
*Maurice
References
*''The Tribes and customs of Hy-Many'',
John O'Donovan John O'Donovan may refer to:
*John O'Donovan (scholar) (1806–1861), Irish language scholar and place-name expert
*John O'Donovan (politician) (1908–1982), Irish TD and Senator
*John O'Donovan (police commissioner) (1858–1927), New Zealand pol ...
, 1843
*''The Surnames of Ireland'',
Edward MacLysaght, Dublin, 1978.
*''The Anglo-Normans in Co. Galway: the process of colonization'', Patrick Holland, ''Journal of the
Galway Archaeological and Historical Society'', vol. 41 (1987-88)
*''Excavation on the line of the medieval town defences of Loughrea, Co. Galway'', J.G.A.& H.S., vol. 41, (1987-88)
*''Anglo-Norman Galway; rectangular earthworks and moated sites'', Patrick Holland, J.G.A. & H.S., vol. 46 (1993)
*''Rindown Castle: a royal fortress in Co. Roscommon'', Sheelagh Harbison, J.G.A. & H.S., vol. 47 (1995)
*''The Anglo-Norman landscape in County Galway; land-holdings, castles and settlements'', Patrick Holland, J.G.A.& H.S., vol. 49 (1997)
*''Annals of Ulster'' a
CELT: Corpus of Electronic Textsa
University College Cork*''Annals of Tigernach'' a
a
University College Cork
of McCarthy's synchronisms at Trinity College Dublin.
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13th-century Irish monarchs
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Kings of Uí Maine