Donnchadh ‘Cime’ Mág Samhradháin (anglicised McGovern) was chief of the

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barony,

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from 1258 to 1269.

Ancestry

His ancestry was Donnchadh son of Giolla na Naomh Mág Samhradháin (the Second) son of

Giolla Íosa Mág Samhradháin Giolla Íosa Mág Samhradháin, (died 1231) was chief of the McGovern Clan and Baron or Lord of Tullyhaw barony, County Cavan from about 1181 to 1231. Ancestry His ancestry was Giolla Íosa Mág Samhradháin son of Giolla na Naomh Mág Samhrad ...

(d. 1231) son of Giolla na Naomh Mág Samhradháin, the First, (fl. 1170) son of

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(fl. 1130) son of

Samhradhán Samhradhán, son of Conchobhar, was the progenitor and chief of the McGovern Clan and Baron or Lord of Tullyhaw barony, County Cavan from c.1082 to c.1115. The clan is named after him, Mág Samhradháin, meaning ''the son of Samhradhán''. Ances ...

(fl. 1100), who were all previous chiefs of the clan. Donnchadh's nickname 'Cime' is translated as 'a captive' perhaps meaning he had been a hostage in his youth. Alternatively there is a placename in Tullyhaw called Port Cime so he may have lived there .

Head of the lineage

On the death of the McGovern chief

Brian Mág Samhradháin Brian Mág Samhradháin, the First, (anglicised McGovern) was chief of the McGovern Clan and Baron or Lord of Tullyhaw barony, County Cavan from c.1240-1258. Chieftainship On the death of the McGovern chief Giolla na Naomh Mág Samhradháin c.1 ...

in 1258, Donnchadh took the chieftaincy.

Description

Poem 2, stanza 7, by Giolla Pádraig mac Naimhin, written c.1290-1298, in the Book of Magauran describe Donnchadh as ''Donnchadh Cime of the royal stock''. Poem 26, stanza 26, written c.1339, in the Book of Magauran describes him as ''Donnchadh of Durlas'', so his residence may have been called Durlas. He is also described therein as ''Donnchadh of Dún Uisnigh''.

Death

In 1269 he was murdered by his half-brother or step-brother

Tomás Mág Samhradháin Tomás mac Aodh Mág Samhradháin, head of the McGovern lineage and Baron or Lord of Tullyhaw barony, County Cavan from 1269 to 1272. Ancestry His father was Aedh Mág Samhradháin and his half-brother or step-brother was Donnchadh ‘Cime’ M ...

in an internecine struggle for the chieftaincy. The

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for 1269 state- ''Donnchadh Mag Shamhrudhain rested in Christ''. The

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1272 state- ''Donnchad son of Gilla na Naem Mag Samradain was killed by Tomas mac Aeda Mag Samradain, his own brother.'' The

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1272 state- ''Donough, son of Gilla-na-naev Magauran, was slain by his brother Thomas.'' The

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1272 state- ''Donnchadh, son of Gilla-na-naemh Mac Shamhradhain, was killed by Thomas Mac Shamhradhain, i.e. his own brother''.

Family

His wife was May Mór Ni Ruairc, a daughter of Amlaíb O Ruairc, king of West Breifne from 1257–1258. His sons included

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who was chief from 1272 until 1298, Maghnus Mág Samhradháin (who succeeded to the chieftaincy on Brian's death and ruled from 1298 to 1303) and Macraith Mág Samhradháin, the ancestor of two McGovern bishops ( Cormac Mác Shamhradháin of Ardagh and Cormac Mág Shamhradháin of Kilmore).

References

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