Máine Mór mac Eochaidh (fl. 4th century) was the founder of the kingdom of Uí Maine.

Biography

Máine Mór descended from Colla da Chrioch of Oirghialla/ Oriel, Máine Mór, his father Eochaidh Ferdaghiall and his two sons Breasal and Amhlaibh, travelled to

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to seek new lands. They attacked the lands of the local king,

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, king of the

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and

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), amongst the other minor tribes and with the intervention of

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, settled in the land. In return, the Uí Maine would evermore pay tribute to

, who became the dynasty's patron saint. Maine Mór reigned for fifty years, and is the ancestor of the following families: Lally, hUallacháin, Madden,

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, Fallon, Neachtain, Threinfhir, and others. He was succeeded by his surviving son, Breasal mac Maine Mór, who ruled for thirty years.

Notable descendants

* Tadhg Mór Ua Cellaigh (d. 1014), the first

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* Madudan Reamhar Ua Madadhan, Chief of

Síol Anmchadha Síol Anmchadha was a sub-kingdom or lordship of Uí Maine, and ruled by an offshoot of the Uí Maine called the Síol Anmchadha (''"the seed of Anmchadh"''), from whom the territory took its name. It was located in Connacht, Ireland. Histor ...

, 1069-1096 * Giolla Finn Mac Uallacháin King of Síol Anmchadha, 1096-1101 * Seán Ó Maolalaidh ( fl. 1419–1480), Chief of the Name * Feardorcha Ó Cellaigh, 68th and last king of Uí Maine, 43rd Chief of the Name, fl. 1584-after 1611 *

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, baron de Tollendal (January 1702 – 1766), French general * Thomas J. Kelly (Irish nationalist) (d. 1908), Irish revolutionary and USA soldier * Arthur Colahan (died 1952), composer of the song "Galway Bay" * Mian Kelly, model, 1898-1973 *

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References

* http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlkik/ihm/uimaine.htm * ''Annals of Ulster'' a
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. * ''Irish Kings and High-Kings'',

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, 2004. * http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/G105007/index.html Nobility from County Galway Nobility from County Roscommon Irish soldiers 4th-century Irish people 4th-century Irish monarchs Kings of Uí Maine {{Ireland-royal-stub

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