Rory na-bhFeadh mac Donough Ua Conchobair,
King of Connacht
The Kings of Connacht were rulers of the ''cóiced'' (variously translated as portion, fifth, province) of Connacht, which lies west of the River Shannon, Ireland. However, the name only became applied to it in the early medieval era, being named ...
1316–1317.
From the Annals of the Four Masters:
''A numerous army was led by William Burke into Sil-Murray; and O'Conor and the Sil-Murray, with many of the tribes and chiefs of Connacht, made peace with him. Mac Dermot, however, did not consent to make this peace; and Mac William for that reason afterwards made an incursion into Moylurg, committed great depredations about Ath-an-chip, and in Uachtar-tire, and burned and destroyed the whole country; but his men departed without fighting a battle, or obtaining pledges of submission. Rory, the son of Donough O'Conor, was afterwards deposed by Mac Dermot. ''
''Turlough, the son of Hugh, son of Owen, son of Rory, son of Hugh, son of Cathal Crovderg, was inaugurated by the Connacians as their king.''
References
* ''Annals of Ulster'' a
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University College Cork* ''Annals of the Four Masters'' a
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University College Cork* ''Chronicum Scotorum'' a
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University College Cork* Byrne, Francis John (2001), ''Irish Kings and High-Kings'', Dublin: Four Courts Press,
* ''Gaelic and Gaelised Ireland'', Kenneth Nicols, 1972.
Nobility from County Roscommon
Kings of Connacht
14th-century Irish monarchs
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