Gilla Dubh Ó Flaithbheartaigh (died
1442) was
Lord
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of
Iar Connacht
West Connacht ( ga, Iarthar Chonnachta; Modern Irish: ''Iar Connacht'') was a kingdom of Gaelic Ireland, associated geographically with present-day County Galway, particularly the area known more commonly today as Connemara. The kingdom represen ...
and
Chief of the Name
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In Ireland
In Eliza ...
.
Overview
Gilla Dubh was one of the first of the family to feature in the annals in over a hundred years. Even so, it was not until the middle of the 16th century that the family gained sufficient prominence to become regularly worthy of note in Gaelic annals.
He was brother to the previous lord,
Murchad mac Brian Ó Flaithbheartaigh. His term is obscure; all that is recorded from his era is the following:
''1439. Owen O'Flaherty was treacherously slain in his own bed at night, by a farmer of his own people.''
See also
*
Ó Flaithbertaigh
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References
* ''West or H-Iar Connaught''
Ruaidhrí Ó Flaithbheartaigh
Roderick O'Flaherty ( ga, Ruaidhrí Ó Flaithbheartaigh; 1629–1718 or 1716) was an Irish historian.
Biography
He was born in County Galway and inherited Moycullen Castle and estate.
O'Flaherty was the last ''de jure'' Lord of Iar Connacht, ...
, 1684 (published 1846, ed.
James Hardiman
James Hardiman (1782–1855), also known as Séamus Ó hArgadáin, was a librarian at Queen's College, Galway.
Hardiman is best remembered for his '' History of the Town and County of Galway'' (1820) and '' Irish Minstrelsy'' (1831), one of the f ...
).
* ''Origin of the Surname O'Flaherty'', Anthony Matthews, Dublin, 1968, p. 40.
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Nobility from County Galway
Medieval Gaels from Ireland
1442 deaths
Gilla
Year of birth unknown
Irish lords
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