Tadg mac Conchobair (died

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) was a

King 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 ...

from 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 ...

branch of the Connachta. He was the son of

Conchobar mac Taidg Mór Conchobar mac Taidg Mór (died 882) was a King of Connacht from the Uí Briúin branch of the Connachta. He was the grandson of Muirgius mac Tommaltaig (died 815), a previous king. His father Tadg Mór (died 810) had been slain fighting in Muirgi ...

(died 882), a previous king, the second of his three sons to rule in succession, succeeding his brother Áed mac Conchobair (died 888). He was of the Síl Muiredaig sept of the Uí Briúin. He ruled from

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-900.

Biography

His brother had met his death fighting the Vikings on the side of the high king of Ireland. the annals record that in 891 the men of North Connacht and specifically the Ui Amalgada, a branch of the

Uí Fiachrach The Uí Fiachrach () were a royal dynasty who originated in, and whose descendants later ruled, the ''coicead'' or ''fifth'' of Connacht (a western province of Ireland) at different times from the mid-first millennium onwards. They claimed descent ...

defeated Norse forces in 891 and slew their leader. Connacht was generally subjected to the Ui Neill high kings at this time and in 897, the high king

Flann Sinna Flann Sinna ( lit. ''Flann of the Shannon''; Irish: ''Flann na Sionainne''; 84725 May 916), also known as Flann mac Máel Sechnaill, was the son of Máel Sechnaill mac Máele Ruanaid of Clann Cholmáin, a branch of the Southern Uí Néill. He wa ...

(died 916) attacked Connacht and secured its pledges. In 899 though, the Connachta made a raid into Westmeath but were defeated at Áth Luain. The ''Annals of the Four Masters'' associate this raid with the renewal of the fair of Connacht by Tadg. The annals record Tadg's death the next year "after prolonged suffering"''Annals of Ulster'', AU 900.5 His son

Cathal mac Tadg Cathal mac Tadg was King of Connacht, 973. Cathal only briefly succeeded his brother. Murchadh Glunillar ua Flaithbheartach, King of Aileach, invaded Connacht and gave battle to Cathal at Ceis Corran. Cathal was killed as were some of his prime v ...

(died 973) was also a King of Connacht: if so, this son died c.73 years after his father; it is alternatively said that the King Cathal mac Tadg who died in 973 was the son of Tadg (king 925-956), son of Cathal (king 900-925), son of Conchobar (king 872-882)

Annalistic references

* ''M894.9 - The renewal of the fair of Connacht by Tadhg, son of Conchobhar;''

Notes

References

* ''Annals of Ulster'' a

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* ''Annals of the Four Masters'' a

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* ''Chronicum Scotorum'' a

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* Byrne, Francis John (2001), ''Irish Kings and High-Kings'', Dublin: Four Courts Press, *Ó Corráin, Donnchad (1972), ''Ireland Before the Normans'', Dublin: Gill and Macmillan

External links

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