Eóghan Mág Samhradháin (anglicised Owen McGovern) was chief of the

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Clan and

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barony,

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from 1458 until his death in 1460.

Ancestry

His ancestry was Eóghan son of Tomás Óg 'na Fésóige' Mág Samhradháin (d. 1458) son of Fearghal (d. 1393) son of Tomás (d. 1343) son of Brian ‘Breaghach’ Mág Samhradháin (d. 1298).M.V. Duignan (1934), "The Ui Briúin Bréifni genealogies", pp. 90–137, in JRSAI Vol. LXIV His father was chief of the clan and his mother was the daughter of the chief of the McKiernan clan of

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, County Cavan. His full brother was Fearghal and his half-brothers were Brian Caech, Tighearnán, Maol Sheachlainn Dubh, Feidhlimidh Mág Samhradháin, the First a later chief of the clan, Tomás Óg, Brian,

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a later chief of the clan, Donnchadh (who was Tánaiste of the clan and died in 1486) and Toirdealbhach.

Chieftainship

On the death of the McGovern chief, his father Tomás Óg 'na Feasoige' Mág Samhradháin the Third, in 1458, Eóghan took the chieftaincy and moved to the chief’s residence in

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. The following year Ballymagauran was raided and burned by the Maguire clan. The

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for 1459 state- ''The spoils of Magh Slecht were seized on by Maguire (Thomas Oge); and Ballymagauran was burned by him on this occasion.'' The

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for 1459 state- ''The spoils of Magh-slecht were carried off the same year by Mag Uidhir, namely, by Thomas Mag Uidhir junior and the town of Mag Samradhain was burned by him on that expedition.''

Death

Eóghan died in 1460. The

for 1460 state- ''Magauran, Owen, died.'' The

for 1460 state- ''Mag Samradhain, namely, Eogan Mag Samradhain, died this year.'' The

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for 1460 state- ''Mac Samhradhain died, i.e. Eoghan.''

Family

Eóghan's wife was Nuala, daughter of Lochlann O'Rourke, the King of East

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O’Ruairc from 1435 to 1458. His sons were

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a later chief of the clan, Cathal, Maghnus, Aodh, Fearghal, Uaithne and Tadhg.

References

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