Gilla Ceallaigh Ua Cleirigh (died 1003) was

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of Ui Fiachrach Aidhne. Gilla Ceallaigh was the next-to-last of the Ua Cleirigh kings of

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. From this time on, the family lost power and eventually became an ecclesiastical family. Members included: * Conchobhar Ua Cleirigh, lector of

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, died 1126 * Gilla Isa Ó Cléirigh, Bishop of Leyny (

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), died 1230 His descendants would eventually become the

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ic family.

References

* http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/genealogy/hynes_family.htm * ''Irish Kings and High-Kings'', Francis John Byrne (2001), Dublin: Four Courts Press,
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