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Uí Díarmata was a local kingdom located in what is now north
County Galway "Righteousness and Justice" , anthem = () , image_map = Island of Ireland location map Galway.svg , map_caption = Location in Ireland , area_footnotes = , area_total_km2 = ...
.


Origins

The ruling dynasty took its name from King Diarmait Finn of Connacht (died 833), and the territory in turn was named after them. It seems to have been created by 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 ...
in the ninth century during a wave of expansion under his grandson, Uatu ua Diarmada. Its kings appeared regularly in the annals from 971 onwards


Concannon

By the 11th century its kings had taken the surname Ó Con Cheanain (anglicised "Concannon). The
Annals of Connacht The ''Annals of Connacht'' (), covering the years 1224 to 1544, are drawn from a manuscript compiled in the 15th and 16th centuries by at least three scribes, all believed to be members of the Clan Ó Duibhgeannáin. The early sections, commenci ...
state that ''"Domnall son of Aed O Con Chenainn, king of the Uí Diarmata, and Muirchertach his brother"'' were killed at the
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in 1316. By this stage it had become incorporated into the territory of ''Clantaie O Dermod'' (
Clann Taidg Clann Taidg was the name of a medieval cantred located in what is now County Galway, Ireland. It consisted of the parishes of Athenry, Monivea, Tiaquin, Kilkerrin, Moylough, Killererin, Ballynakill-Aghiart (in Killian), Kilmoylan, and possibl ...
and Uí Díarmata) ruled by the de Berminghams,
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. Writing at
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 ...
on 13 September 1838, John O'Donovan wrote ''"Henry O'Concanon Esq. of Waterloo near Glentaun in the parish of Killascobe in the Barony of Tiaquin enjoys hereditary property, and is the reputed head of this once respectable family."'' (2009, p. 35)


Annalistic references

From the
Annals of the Four Masters The ''Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland'' ( ga, Annála Ríoghachta Éireann) or the ''Annals of the Four Masters'' (''Annála na gCeithre Máistrí'') are chronicles of medieval Irish history. The entries span from the Deluge, dated as 2,24 ...
: * ''M1342.18. Donnell O'Coinleisg, a learned historian, was slain, a short time before Easter, by the Hy-Diarmada.'' * ''M1382.7. The Clann-Maurice made an incursion into Corcomodha, and plundered the people. O'Concannon went in pursuit of the prey, but he was at once killed. Conor Oge Mac Dermot, with his kinsmen, afterwards set out on an excursion against the Clann-Maurice; but a forewarning of their intentions having reached the Clann-Maurice, they had all their forces in readiness to meet them; but the others advanced as far as the town of Brees in despite of them, and burned it, both buildings and corn, and slew many persons around it; and Conor and his people afterwards returned, by dint of prowess, without any of them receiving injury.''


See also

*
Kings of Uí Díarmata Kings of Uí Díarmata from c.971 onwards. There are large temporal gaps where no kings or lords are attested. * Tadhg of Uí Díarmata, died 971 * Gillacommain mac Niall, died 991 *Muirgheas mac Aedh, died 999 * Mac Cú Ceanain, died 1021. * Muir ...
*
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* Muirgeas ua Cú Ceanainn (died 1037), King of Uí Díarmata and Chief of the Name. *
Conchobar ua nDiarmata Conchobar ua nDiarmata, Noble of Connacht and foster-son to Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair, died 1189. Annalistic references From the Annals of the Four Masters The ''Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland'' ( ga, Annála Ríoghachta Éireann) or the ...
, foster-son of
Ruaidri Ua Conchobair Rory is a given name of Gaelic origin. It is an anglicisation of the ga, Ruairí/''Ruaidhrí'' and gd, Ruairidh and is common to the Irish, Highland Scots and their diasporas. for the given name "Rory". The meaning of the name is "red king", ...
(d. 1189). * Richard Luke Concanen, O.P. (1747–1810), first Bishop of New York (1808–1810). * Edmund Concanon,
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solicitor and town commissioner, 1816-1902. * Tomás Bán Ó Conceanainn (1870–1946), writer and historian. *
Helena Concannon Helena Concannon (; 28 October 1878 – 27 February 1952) was an Irish historian, writer, language scholar and Fianna Fáil politician. Born in Maghera, County Londonderry, she attended secondary school in Dublin in Loreto North Great Georges S ...
(née Walsh; 1878–1952), politician, historian, author and scholar. * Eóin Concannon, died 1954, King of the Claddagh. * Paddy Concannon, President of the I.T.C.C.A., born 1918, alive 2010. * John Concannon, Tuam businessman, and star of
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's ''The Secret Millionaire'' * Tomás Ó Con Cheanainn, historian, 1921-2015


External links

* http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100011/index.html


References

* ''The Anglo-Norman landscape in County Galway; land-holdings, castles and settlements'', Patrick Holland, Journal of the
Galway Archaeological and Historical Society The Galway Archaeological and Historical Society was founded on 21 March 1900, at the Railway Hotel, Galway. It promotes the study of the archaeology and history of the west of Ireland. Since 1900, the Society has published 70 volumes of the ''J ...
, volume 49, 1997. * ''Medieval Ireland: Territorial, Political and Economic Divisions'', Paul MacCotter, Four Courts Press, 2008, pp. 134–135. * ''Ordnance Survey Letters Galway'', p. 35, ed. Michael Herity MRIA, Fourmasters Press, Dublin, 2009. . {{DEFAULTSORT:Ui Diarmata History of County Galway Connacht Geography of County Galway Kingdoms of medieval Ireland