Cosgrach mac Flannbhrath,

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 ...

Umaill Umhaill or Umhall (anglicized as Owill or Owel) was a Gaelic territory around Clew Bay in the west of what is now County Mayo, Ireland, comprising the baronies of Burrishoole (Lower Owel) and Murrisk (Upper Owel). By the 12th century, its rul ...

, died

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. Flathghal's relationship to the kings

Dunghal mac Flaithniadh Dunghal mac Flaithniadh, King of Umaill, died 776. Dunghal's relationship to the previous king, Flannabhra Flannabhra, King of Umaill, died 773. Flannabhra was lord of Umaill, the area around Clew Bay in what is now County Mayo. He is the fir ...

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) and

Aedhghal Aedhghal, King of Umaill, died 779. Aedhghal's relationship to the previous kings is unknown, as he does not seem to appear in the extant genealogies. See also * Grace O'Malley Grace O'Malley ( – c. 1603), also known as Gráinne O'Mall ...

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) is uncertain, as they does not seem to appear in the

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genealogies. However, he was a son of King

Flannabhra Flannabhra, King of Umaill, died 773. Flannabhra was lord of Umaill, the area around Clew Bay in what is now County Mayo. He is the first historically accepted king. His pedigree is ''Flannbhra mac Cumusgrach mac Aongus mac Seachnusach mac Eoc ...

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) and succeeded his brother, Flathghal mac Flannbhrath, in

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. He reigned for fully thirty years, and it is from him that all subsequent kings of Umaill appear to descend. However, the exact succession is unclear for many generations after Cosgrach's death. His grandson,

Maille mac Conall Maille mac Conall, member of the Umhaill, ancestor and eponym of the O'Malley family of County Mayo. Maille was a grandson of Cosgrach mac Flannbhrath, king of Ui Maill (died 812). He had an unnamed brother, from whom the O'Gormghaile family d ...

, would give his name to the Ó Máille clan.

External links

* http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100005C/

References

* ''The History of Mayo'', pp. 388–89, T.H. Knox, 1908. {{DEFAULTSORT:Cosgrach mac Flannbhrath 8th-century Irish monarchs 9th-century Irish monarchs Monarchs from County Mayo