Ruaidhrí Mear Ua Dubhda () was

King King is the title given to a male monarch in a variety of contexts. The female equivalent is queen, which title is also given to the consort of a king. *In the context of prehistory, antiquity and contemporary indigenous peoples, the tit ...

of Ui Fiachrach Muaidhe. Ruaidhrí Mear was a son of Taichleach mac Niall Ua Dubhda. No dates exist for his

reign A reign is the period of a person's or dynasty's occupation of the office of monarch of a nation (e.g., Saudi Arabia, Belgium, Andorra), of a people (e.g., the Franks, the Zulus) or of a spiritual community (e.g., Catholicism, Tibetan Buddhism, N ...

, but ''Araile do fhlathaibh Ua nDubhda'' places him between Aodh mac Muirchertach Ua Dubhda (died 1143) and

An Cosnmhaidh Ua Dubhda An Cosnmhaidh Ua Dubhda (died 1162) was the king of Ui Fiachrach Muaidhe. His wife, Dubh Essa Bean Uí Dubhda, died in 1190. Annalistic reference * ''1162. Cosnamhaigh Ua Dubhda, lord of Ui-Amhalghadha, was slain by his own tribe.'' Ext ...

, called him ''ri o Roba go Codnuigh''("king from he rivers Roba to Codhnach").

External links

* http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100005A/

References

* ''The History of Mayo'',

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, p. 379, 1908. * ''Genealach Ua fFiachrach Muaidhe'', 263.8 (pp. 596–97), 264.5 (pp. 598–99); ''Araile do fhlathaibh Ua nDubhda''/''Some of the princes of Ui Dhubhda'', pp. 676–681; ''

Leabhar na nGenealach ''Leabhar na nGenealach'' ("Book of Genealogies") is a massive genealogical collection written mainly in the years 1649 to 1650, at the college-house of St. Nicholas' Collegiate Church, Galway, by Dubhaltach MacFhirbhisigh. He continued to add m ...

:The Great Book of Irish Genealogies'',

Dubhaltach Mac Fhirbhisigh Dubhaltach Mac Fhirbhisigh (), also known as Dubhaltach Óg mac Giolla Íosa Mór mac Dubhaltach Mór Mac Fhirbhisigh, Duald Mac Firbis, Dudly Ferbisie, and Dualdus Firbissius ( fl. 1643 – January 1671) was an Irish scribe, translator, histori ...

(died 1671), eag.

Nollaig Ó Muraíle Nollaig Ó Muraíle is an Irish scholar. He published an acclaimed edition of Dubhaltach Mac Fhirbhisigh's ''Leabhar na nGenealach'' in 2004. He was admitted to the Royal Irish Academy in 2009. Life and career A native of Knock, County Mayo, Ó ...

, 2004–05, De Burca,

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. People from County Sligo Monarchs from County Mayo 12th-century Irish monarchs Year of death unknown Year of birth unknown {{ireland-bio-stub