Máel Muire Ó Connaig,

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, died 1224. Máel Muire Ó Connaig may have been the first of a number of a number of members of the same family who occupied the see. Énri Ó Connmhaigh ( fl. 1405) and Seaán Ó Connmhaigh (1441–78) may bear later forms of a surname that is now rendered as Conway. Bishop Ó Connaig predecessor, Ua Cellaig, died sometime in 1215 but it is not known when he himself was appointed or consecrated. He died in 1224.

References

* http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100005C/ * http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/surname/index.cfm?fuseaction=Go.&UserID= * ''The Surnames of Ireland'',

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, 1978. People from County Galway Medieval Gaels from Ireland 13th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Ireland 1224 deaths Year of birth unknown {{Medieval-bishop-stub