Mael Fabhaill mac Cleireach (died 887) was the
King
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of
UÃ Fiachrach Aidhne
UÃ Fhiachrach Aidhne (also known as Hy Fiachrach) was a kingdom located in what is now the south of County Galway.
Legendary origins and geography
Originally known as Aidhne, it was said to have been settled by the mythical Fir Bolg. Dubhaltac ...
in
Ireland
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Mael Fabhaill was one of the last kings of
Aidhne
Aidhne (modern Irish: ), also known as Uà Fhiachrach Aidhni, Mag nAidni, later Maigh Aidhne ("Plain (of) Aidhne"), was the territory of the Uà Fhiachrach Aidhni, a túath (tribal kingdom) located in the south of what is now County Galway in ...
who did not use a surname. His son and successor,
Tighearnach Ua Cleirigh, did so and was ancestor to the family of
Ó Cléirigh
O'Cleary ( ga, Ó Cléirigh) is the surname of a learned Gaelic Irish family. It is the oldest recorded surname in Europe — dating back to 916 CE — and is cognate with cleric and clerk. The O'Clearys are a sept of the Uà Fiachrach dynasty, w ...
.
Mael Fabhaill had a brother,
Eidhean mac Cléireach
Eidhean mac Cléireach, ancestor of the Ó hEidhin/Hynes family of County Galway, fl. 800.
Eidhean was a member of the dynasty of Uà Fiachrach Aidhne, and a descendant of Guaire Aidne mac Colmáin (d. 663), Fiachrae mac Eochaid Mugmedon (fl. ...
, who gave his name to the
Ó hEidhin family of south
County Galway
"Righteousness and Justice"
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References
* ''Irish Kings and High-Kings'', Francis John Byrne (2001), Dublin: Four Courts Press,
* ''Annals of Ulster'' a
CELT: Corpus of Electronic Textsa
University College Cork
Nobility from County Galway
9th-century Irish monarchs
887 deaths
Year of birth unknown
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