The Kings of Umaill were rulers of Umaill, a kingdom or territory located in the west of what is now

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. Its earliest rulers were the semi-historical Tuath mhac nUmhoir. The Umaill, its early historical rulers, were renamed the Uí Briúin Umaill to claim a fictitious relationship with the

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. By the 12th century the ruling family adopted the

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Ó Máille, and were reckoned with the Ó Dubhda,

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and Mac Conraoi as supreme seafaring clans of

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Kings of Umaill

* Flannabhra, died 773 *

Dunghal mac Flaithniadh Dunghal mac Flaithniadh, King of Umaill, died 776. Dunghal's relationship to the previous king, Flannabhra, is unknown, as he does not seem to appear in the extant Extant is the opposite of the word extinct. It may refer to: * Extant heredit ...

, died 776 *

Aedhghal Aedhghal, King of Umaill, died 779. Aedhghal's relationship to the previous kings is unknown, as he does not seem to appear in the extant genealogies. See also * Grace O'Malley Grace O'Malley ( – c. 1603), also known as Gráinne O'Mal ...

, died 779 *

Flathghal mac Flannbhrath Flathghal mac Flannbhrath, King of Umaill, died 782. Flathghal's relationship to the previous two kings is unknown, as they does not seem to appear in the extant genealogies. However, he was a son of King Flannabhra (died 773) and was succeede ...

, died 782 *

Cosgrach mac Flannbhrath Cosgrach mac Flannbhrath, King of Umaill, died 812. Flathghal's relationship to the kings Dunghal mac Flaithniadh (died 776) and Aedhghal (died 779) is uncertain, as they does not seem to appear in the extant genealogies. However, he was a so ...

, died 812 *

Cairbre mac Cinaedh Cairbre mac Cinaedh, King of Umaill, died 847. Almost nothing appears to be known of Cairbre. The Annals of the Four Masters The ''Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland'' ( ga, Annála Ríoghachta Éireann) or the ''Annals of the Four Masters ...

, died 847 *

Gilla na nInghen Ua Cobhthaigh Gilla na nInghen Ua Cobthaigh, King of Umaill, died 1004. Ua Cobthaigh is apparently the only ruler of Umaill not to bear the surname Ó Máille See also * Grace O'Malley Grace O'Malley ( – c. 1603), also known as Gráinne O'Malley ( g ...

, died 1004 * Domhnall Ua Máille, died 1176 * Domnall Ruadh Ó Máille, died 11 November 1337 * Owen Ó Máille, died 1362 *

Diarmuid mac Owen Ó Máille Diarmaid () is a masculine given name in the Irish language, which has historically been anglicized as Jeremiah or Jeremy, names with which it is etymologically unrelated. Earlier forms of the name include Diarmit and Diarmuit. Variations of the ...

, died 1362 *

Donell Ó Máille Donell Ó Máille (died 1401) was King of Umaill in Ireland, and Chief of the Name The Chief of the Name, or in older English usage Captain of his Nation, is the recognised head of a family or clan (''fine'' in Irish and Scottish Gaelic). The ...

, 1401 (''Donnell O'Malley, Lord of Umallia, died, after having attained to a good old age.'') *

Aodh Ó Máille Aodh Ó Máille (alias Hugh O'Malley), Gaelic-Irish Lord and Chief of the Name, died 1415. Ó Máille was a member of the O'Malley family of Clew Bay in what is now County Mayo. The Annals of the Four Masters The ''Annals of the King ...

, died 1415 *

Diarmaid Ó Máille Diarmaid Ó Máille (Dermot O'Malley), Gaelic- Irish Lord and Chief of the Name, died 1415. Ó Máille was a member of the O'Malley family of Clew Bay in what is now County Mayo, Ireland. The Annals of the Four Masters The ''Annals of ...

, fl. 1415 *

Tadhg mac Diarmaid Ó Máille Tadhg mac Diarmaid Ó Máille (IPA: ˈt̪ˠəiˈmˠakˈdʲiəɾˠmˠədʲˈoːˈmˠaːlʲə), King of Umaill Umhaill or Umhall (anglicized as Owill or Owel) was a Gaelic territory around Clew Bay in the west of what is now County Mayo, Irela ...

, died 1467 * Eoghan, d. 1513 *

Cormac mac Eoghan Ó Máille Cormac is a masculine given name in the Irish and English languages. The name is ancient in the Irish language and is also seen in the rendered Old Norse as ''Kormákr''. Mac is Irish for "son", and can be used as either a prefix or a suffix. ...

, died 1523 (''1523. O'Maille, i.e. Cormac, son of Eoghan O'Maille, general supporter of the hospitality and nobility of the west of Connacht, mortuus est. Domhnall, son of Thomas O'Maille, assumed his place.'') *

Domhnall mac Tomás Ó Máille Donald is a masculine given name derived from the Gaelic name ''Dòmhnall''.. This comes from the Proto-Celtic *''Dumno-ualos'' ("world-ruler" or "world-wielder"). The final -''d'' in ''Donald'' is partly derived from a misinterpretation of th ...

, fl. 1523 * Eoghan Dubhdara Ó Máille, fl. 1530 *

Grace O'Malley Grace O'Malley ( – c. 1603), also known as Gráinne O'Malley ( ga, Gráinne Ní Mháille, ), was the head of the Ó Máille dynasty in the west of Ireland, and the daughter of Eóghan Dubhdara Ó Máille. In Irish folklore she is commonly ...

, c.1530–c.1603

External links

*http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlkik/ihm/connacht.htm#mua

References

* ''The History of Mayo'', p.303, Hubert T. Knox, 1908. * * * *
Revised edition
of McCarthy's synchronisms at

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