Hugh McHugh Breifne O'Conor (
Irish
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Common meanings
* Someone or something of, from, or related to:
** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe
***Éire, Irish language name for the isle
** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ...
: ''Aedh mac Aedh Breifneach Ua Conchobair'') was king of
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 Del ...
,
Ireland
Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...
, in 1342. He was the last of the
Clan Murtagh O'Conor
The Clan Murtagh O'Conor (Irish: ''Clan Muircheartaigh Uí Conchobhair'') were descendants of Irish High-King Toirdelbach Ua Conchobair, through his son, Murtogh Moynagh O'Conor (d.1210), tánaiste of Connacht. They have been defined by Katherine ...
to hold this position. He died in 1350, as the O'Connor Breifne (''Ó Conchobar Brefnech''), some eight years after being expelled. His father, a son of
Cathal O'Connor had briefly made a bid for the kingship in 1309-10 from a power-base established in
Breifne O'Rourke.
References
* ''Annals of Ulster'' a
a
University College Cork* ''Annals of the Four Masters'' a
a
University College Cork* ''Chronicum Scotorum'' a
a
University College Cork* Byrne, Francis John (2001), ''Irish Kings and High-Kings'', Dublin: Four Courts Press,
* ''Gaelic and Gaelised Ireland'', Kenneth Nicols, 1972.
* ''The Second Battle of Athenry'', Adrian James Martyn, East Galway News & Views, 2008 – 2009
Kings of Connacht
1350 deaths
People from County Roscommon
14th-century Irish monarchs
Hugh McHugh Breifne
Year of birth unknown
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