Toirdhealbhach Óg Donn Ó Conchobair (Turlough O'Connor) (died 9 December 1406) was a
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 ...
, a kingdom which lies west of the
River Shannon in
Ireland
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. He was the son of
Aedh mac Tairdelbach Ó Conchobair
Aedh mac Tairdelbach Ua Conchobair was King of Connacht briefly in 1342, and died in 1345.
References
* ''Annals of Ulster'' aaUniversity College Cork* ''Annals of the Four Masters'' aaUniversity College Cork* ''Chronicum Scotorum'' aaUniversit ...
. Few single members of the Ó Conchobair dynasty were able to assume overall control of the three main clan septs after the 1380s. Toirdhealbhach was one of the last kings of Connacht, who were by his time reduced to their ancestral lands in
County Roscommon.
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.
1406 deaths
People from County Roscommon
15th-century Irish monarchs
O'Conor dynasty
Year of birth unknown
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