The Kings of Sliabh Lugha were rulers of the district of Sliabh Lugha located in what is now the barony of Costello, County Mayo,

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. The Sliabh Lugha area was originally part of

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. Franc ...

but by the 12th-century was separately called Sliabh Lugha. Its rulers were the

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, whose ancestors were

Kings of Luighne Connacht The Kings of Luighne Connacht were rulers of the people and kingdom of Luighne Connacht, located in what is now County Mayo and County Sligo, Ireland. The southern area was originally known as Gailenga but by the 12th-century called Sliabh Lu ...

, an over-kingdom of which Gailenga/Sliabh Lugha was the southern part. The northern area, lying in southwest

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, retained the name Luighne. After the Anglo-Norman conquest of

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, the Gailenga portion was known as the barony of Gallen, and ruled by the Clan

Mac Siúrtáin Mac Siúrtáin, aka Mac Jordan and ''Jordan'', is the name of a Connacht family of Hiberno-Norman, Norman-Irish origins. 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, while the Sliabh Lugha portion was ruled by a Norman family of that name.

King list

* 1181 - Donn Sléibhe Ua Gadhra, ''king of Sleibe Lughu, died.'' * 1206 - Ruairí Ó Gadhra, ''Lord of Sliabh Lugha, died.'' * 1217 - Domhnall Ó Gadhra, ''died.'' * 1227 - Donn Sléibhe Ó Gadhra, ''was slain by Gillaroe, his own brother's son.'' * 1256 - Ruaidrí Ó Gadhra, ''was slain by David, son of Richard Cuisin''

References

* ''Irish Kings and High Kings'', pp. 68–9, 88, 101n., 132–3, 231, 233, 249, 291,

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, 3rd edition, 2001.

External links

* http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlkik/ihm/connacht.htm#tri * http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100005A/ Lists of Irish monarchs History of County Mayo Eóganachta {{Ireland-hist-stub