The Kings of Luighne Connacht were rulers of the people and kingdom of
Luighne Connacht
Luighne Connacht was a territory located in north-central Connacht, on the borders of what is now County Mayo and County Sligo, Ireland.
Origin
The Luighne were a people, originally found in Brega, south of Kells in what is now County Mea ...
, located in what is now
County Mayo
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and
County Sligo
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,
Ireland
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.
The southern area was originally known as
Gailenga
Gailenga was the name of two related peoples and kingdoms found in medieval Ireland in Brega and Connacht.
Origins
Along with the Luighne, Delbhna, Saitne and Ciannachta, the Gailenga claimed descent from Tadc mac Cein mac Ailill Aulom. Franci ...
but by the 12th-century called
Sliabh Lugha
The Kings of Sliabh Lugha were rulers of the district of Sliabh Lugha located in what is now the barony of Costello, County Mayo, Ireland.
The Sliabh Lugha area was originally part of Gailenga but by the 12th-century was separately called Slia ...
. After the Anglo-Norman conquest of
Connacht
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, it was known as the
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of
Gallen, and ruled by the
clan
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Mac Siúrtáin
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Ancestry
The family take their name from the Norman knight, Jordan de Exeter, whose descendants became known as Mac Siúrtá ...
until the early 17th century.
The northern area, lying in south-west
County Sligo
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, retained the name Luighne.
The families of
Ó hEaghra,
Ó Gadhra
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Background
The first ...
and
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of Connacht descend from rulers of the kingdoms.
King list
* Taichleach mac Cenn Faeladh, d. 728/734.
* Dunghalach mac Taithleach, d. 771.
* Tuathchar mac Cobhthach, d. 846.
* Finshnechta mac Maele Corcrai, d. 879.
* Dobhailen mac Gormghus,
eponym
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The term ''epon ...
of the
Ó Dobhailen clan
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, d. 885.
* Uathmarán mac Dobhailéin, d. 920.
*
Eaghra Poprigh mac Saorghus
Eaghra Poprigh mac Saorghus (died 926) was eponym and ancestor of the clan Ó hEaghra, King of Luighne Connacht.
Ancestry
Eaghra Poprigh mac Saorghus was a member of the Gailenga people of north Connacht. They were originally from the kingdo ...
, d. 926.
* Maol Da Bhonna mac Dobhailen and Muirchertach mac Eaghra, d. 928.
* Domhnall mac Gadhra, ''slain'' 931.
* Domnall mac Mael Muadh, d. 946.
* Diarmaid mac Uathmharan, d. 984.
* Conchobar mac Domnaill, d. 989.
* Cearnachan mac Flann, slain 1001.
* Domhnall Ua hEaghra, d. 1023
* Duarcán Ua hEaghra, ''tigherna of Teóra Sloinnte Luighne'', d. 1059.
* Ruaidrí Ua Gadhra, rígdomna of Luigne, d. 1059.
* Dubhdhara ua Aigheannán, d. 1093.
* Taichleach Ua hEaghra, d. 1095.
* An Ua hEaghra, d. 1128.
* Murchadh Ua hEaghra, murdered 1134.
* Aodh Ua hEaghra, d. 1155.
* Ruaidhri Ua hEaghra, d. 1157.
* Bec Ua hEaghra, murdered 1183.
* Conchubhar God Ó hEaghra, fl.1207-1231 and Duarcán Ó hEaghra, d. 1225.
* Aodh Ó hEaghra, died 1234.
* Donough mac Duarcán Ó hEaghra, murdered 1237
* Diarmuid Ó hEaghra, d. 1250.
* Domhnall Ó hEaghra, d. 1266.
* Domnhall Dubh Ó hEaghra, d. 1294.
* Art na gCapall Ó hEaghra, d. 10 August 1316.
* Fearghal Ó hEaghra, fl. 1327?
* Sean Ó hEaghra, fl. 1335?
* Domhnall Cléireach Ó hEaghra, d. 1358.
* Fearghal Mór Ó hEaghra, d. 1390.
* Tadhg Ó hEaghra, d. 1420.
Chiefs of the Name
* Seaán Buidhe Ó hEaghra
* Ruaidhrí Ó hEaghra
* Seaán mac Uilliam Ó hEaghra
* Oilill Ó hEaghra
* Cian Ó hEaghra
* Domhnall mac Oilill Ó hEaghra
* Tadhg mac Cian Ó hEaghra, d. 1560
* Conn mac Ruaidhri Ó hEaghra, d. 1581.
* Brian Ó hEaghra, d. 1586.
* Domhnall Ó hEaghra, d. 1586?
* Cormac mac Cian Ó hEaghra, d. 1612.
* Tadhg mac Cormac Ó hEaghra, d. 1616.
* Cormac Óg Ó hEaghra, d. 1642.
See also
*
Ó hEaghra Chief of the Name
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External links
*http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlkik/ihm/suineill.htm#gail
*http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlkik/ihm/connacht.htm#tri
*http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100005A/
References
* ''Irish Kings and High Kings'', pp. 68–9, 88, 101n., 132–3, 231, 233, 249, 291,
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