Máel Sechlain Mac Áeda (alternatively Malachias Mac Aodha, anglicised Malachy McHugh
) was the
Archbishop of Tuam
The Archbishop of Tuam ( ; ga, Ard-Easpag Thuama) is an archbishop which takes its name after the town of Tuam in County Galway, Ireland. The title was used by the Church of Ireland until 1839, and is still in use by the Catholic Church.
Histor ...
131210 August 1348.
Background
Máel Seachlainn Mac Áeda was a member of a
Connacht
Connacht ( ; ga, Connachta or ), is one of the provinces of Ireland, in the west of Ireland. Until the ninth century it consisted of several independent major Gaelic kingdoms (Uí Fiachrach, Uí Briúin, Uí Maine, Conmhaícne, and Delbhn ...
family associated with the
Kings of Connacht
The Kings of Connacht were rulers of the ''cóiced'' (variously translated as portion, fifth, province) of Connacht, which lies west of the River Shannon, Ireland. However, the name only became applied to it in the early medieval era, being named ...
. They were natives of
Maigh Seóla
Maigh Seóla (), also known as Hy Briuin Seola, was the territory that included land along the east shore of Lough Corrib in County Galway, Ireland. It was bounded to the east by the Uí Maine vassal kingdom of Soghain and extended roughly fr ...
, near
Tuam
Tuam ( ; ga, Tuaim , meaning 'mound' or 'burial-place') is a town in Ireland and the second-largest settlement in County Galway. It is west of the midlands of Ireland, about north of Galway city. Humans have lived in the area since the Bron ...
, and originally of the
Clann Cosgraigh
Clann Cosgraigh or Clann Coscraig was a branch of the Uí Briúin Seóla dynasty and also the name of the district on the eastern side of Lough Corrib, County Galway which they inhabited and ruled prior to the Norman invasion.
Its chiefs wer ...
, which was a branch of the
Uí Briúin
The Uí Briúin were a royal dynasty of Connacht. Their eponymous apical ancestor was Brión, son of Eochaid Mugmedon and Mongfind, and an elder half brother of Niall of the Nine Hostages. They formed part of the Connachta, along with the U ...
and kin to the
Muintir Murchada
Muintir Murchada was the name of an Irish territory which derived its name from the ruling dynasty, who were in turn a branch of the Uí Briúin. The name was derived from Murchadh mac Maenach, King of Uí Briúin Seóla, who died 891.
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The surname is nowadays rendered McHugh, or more rarely, McCoy.
Episcopal career
Mac Áeda was elected archbishop of Tuam about March 1312, but not
translated
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from
Elphin Elphin may refer to:
Places Canada
* Elphin, Ontario, a hamlet in North Sherbrooke, Lanark County
Ireland
* Elphin, County Roscommon, Ireland
* Diocese of Elphin, a diocese in Ireland
* Roman Catholic Diocese of Elphin
Scotland
* Elphin, Highl ...
until 19 December 1312, and did not receive possession of the
temporalities
Temporalities or temporal goods are the secular properties and possessions of the church. The term is most often used to describe those properties (a ''Stift'' in German or ''sticht'' in Dutch) that were used to support a bishop or other religious ...
until 1 April 1313. Also known as Malachais Tuamensis or Malachi MacHugh, he died in 1348.
Leabhair Mac Áeda
He wrote what was described by O'Reilly as ''"a large volume of