Conghalach mac Laidhgnen ua Gadhra,

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Gailenga Gailenga was the name of two related peoples and kingdoms found in medieval Ireland in Brega and Connacht. Origins Along with the Luighne, Delbhna, Saitne and Ciannachta, the Gailenga claimed descent from Tadc mac Cein mac Ailill Aulom. Franc ...

, died 993. Conghalach was a son of Laidhgnen ua Gadhra, who was in turn a grandson of Gadhra, from whom the

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O'Gara derived.

References

* ''The History of the County of Mayo to the Close of the Sixteenth Century. With illustrations and three maps'',

Hubert T. Knox Hubert Thomas Knox (1845–1921) was an Irish historian. He was the third son of Charles Knox of Ballinrobe, who would later be High Sheriff of Mayo in 1860 and was a colonel in the North Mayo Militia. His great-grandfather was James Cuffe, 1 ...

. Originally published 1908, Hogges Figgies and Co. Dublin. Reprinted by De Burca rare books, 1982. .

External links

* http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100005B/ * http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlkik/ihm/connacht.htm#lui 10th-century Irish monarchs Nobility from County Mayo 993 deaths Year of birth unknown {{Ireland-bio-stub