Connmhach mac Duinn Cothaid,

King King is the title given to a male monarch in a variety of contexts. The female equivalent is queen, which title is also given to the consort of a king. *In the context of prehistory, antiquity and contemporary indigenous peoples, the tit ...

of Ui Fiachrach Muaidhe, died 787. Connmhach is the earliest recorded King of Ui Fiachrach Muaidhe, and was descended from the

Kings of Connacht The Kings of Connacht were rulers of the ''cóiced'' (variously translated as portion, fifth, province) of Connacht, which lies west of the River Shannon, Ireland. However, the name only became applied to it in the early medieval era, being named ...

of the Ui Fiachrach dynasty.

Uí Fiachrach Muaidhe genealogy

Fiachnae , , Elgach , , Maeldubh , , Tipraite , , Dunchad Muirisci , , _______________________________________________ , , , , , , Indrechtach, d.707. mac Dunchad Ailill , , , , , , Ailill Medraige, d.764. Tipraite, d.719 Cathal , , , , Cathal, d.816.

Donn Cothaid mac Cathail Donn Cothaid mac Cathail, King of Connacht, died 773. Donn Cothaid was a King of Connacht from the Ui Fiachrach Muaidhe branch of the Connachta. He was the great-grandson of Dúnchad Muirisci mac Tipraite (died 683).Francis J.Byrne, ''Irish Kin ...

, d.787.

References

* ''The History of Mayo'',

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 ...

, p. 379, 1908. * ''Genealach Ua fFiachrach Muaidhe'', 263.8 (pp. 596–97), 264.5 (pp. 598–99), ''

Leabhar na nGenealach ''Leabhar na nGenealach'' ("Book of Genealogies") is a massive genealogical collection written mainly in the years 1649 to 1650, at the college-house of St. Nicholas' Collegiate Church, Galway, by Dubhaltach MacFhirbhisigh. He continued to add m ...

:The Great Book of Irish Genealogies'',

Dubhaltach Mac Fhirbhisigh Dubhaltach Mac Fhirbhisigh (), also known as Dubhaltach Óg mac Giolla Íosa Mór mac Dubhaltach Mór Mac Fhirbhisigh, Duald Mac Firbis, Dudly Ferbisie, and Dualdus Firbissius ( fl. 1643 – January 1671) was an Irish scribe, translator, histori ...

(died 1671), eag.

Nollaig Ó Muraíle Nollaig Ó Muraíle is an Irish scholar. He published an acclaimed edition of Dubhaltach Mac Fhirbhisigh's ''Leabhar na nGenealach'' in 2004. He was admitted to the Royal Irish Academy in 2009. Life and career A native of Knock, County Mayo, Ó ...

, 2004–05, De Burca,

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* http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100005A/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Connmhach mac Duinn Cothaid People from County Mayo 8th-century Irish monarchs 787 deaths Year of birth unknown