Dubda mac Connmhach,

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and Ancestor of the Clan Ó Dubhda of north

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, fl. 9th–10th century.

Family background

Dubda mac Connmhach was a grandson of King Donn Cothaid mac Cathail of Ui Fiachrach Muaidhe (died 772) and eponymous ancestor of Clan Conway (Connmhach). He and his brother, Caomhán mac Connmhach, were sons of Connchmach mac Donn Cathaid. Dubhda traced his descent back to Nath Í mac Fiachrach (aka Dathí), son of

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, the older half-brother of the semi-legendary

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(died c. 450?), via son Fiachnae. This made Dubhda a member of the

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who produced a number of

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King and Lord

According to

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 ...

(263.8), Dubhda was the younger brother but came to an arrangement with Caomhán in which Dubhda would become king, while ''"Caomhán's representative should have a choice of territory as his patrimony and (the right to be at) the shoulder of the king of Ui Fhiachrach always"'' and other rights besides. His grandson,

Aed Ua Dubhda Aed Ua Dubhda King of Ui Fiachrach Muaidhe, died 983. Aed was the son of Cellac, son of Dubda mac Connmhach, who was in turn a grandson of Donn Cothaid mac Cathail, king of Ui Fiachrach Muaidhe (died 772). He was the first person to bear the s ...

(died 983) would become

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of Ui Fiachrach Muaidhe.

Family tree

Donn Cothaid (died 772) , , Connmhach , , ___________________ , , , , Caomhán Dubda

External links

* http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100005A/

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 ...

:The Great Book of Irish Genealogies'',

(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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