Ó Gadhra Chiefs Of The Name
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The Ó Gadhra Chiefs of the Name were the heads of the
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O'Gara, who were originally located in
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 Sliab ...
(formerly known as
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), the southern part of the territory ruled by the
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 Lugh ...
. In the 13th century they were expelled from the area and moved to Cul Ui Fionn, later known as the
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of Coolavin,
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. The first to bear the surname was
Ruaidrí Ua Gadhra Rory is a given name of Gaelic origin. It is an anglicisation of the /''Ruaidhrí'' and /''Ruaraidh'' and is common to the Irish, Highland Scots and their diasporas. for the given name "Rory". The meaning of the name is "red king", composed of ...
, ''rígdomna of Luigne'', who died in 1059.


Chiefs

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Ruaidri Ó Gadhra Ruaidri Ó Gadhra (died 1285) was an Irish Lord. The Annals of the Four Masters record, ''sub anno'' 1285, ''"Rory O'Gara, Lord of Sliabh-Lugha, was slain by Mac Feorais Bermingham on Lough O'Gara."'' However, by this stage the family had been e ...
, died 1285. *
Brian Ó Gadhra Brian (sometimes spelled Bryan (given name), Bryan in English) is a male given name of Irish language, Irish and Breton language, Breton origin, as well as a surname of Occitan language, Occitan origin. It is common in the English-speaking world. ...
, died 1325. *
Donough Roe Ó Gadhra The Irish surname Donough originally appeared in Gaelic as Mac Donough, which means son of Donnchadh or son of Donagh, a personal name composed of the elements donn meaning ‘brown-haired’ or "dark" from Donn a Gaelic God; and chadh, meaning ...
, died 1328. *
Diarmaid Ó Gadhra 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. The name Dimity might have been used as a feminine English equivalent of ...
, alive 1328. *
Ó Gadhra Ó Gadhra or O'Gara is an Ireland, Irish surname which originated in the kingdom of Luighne Connacht. Variants include Garry (surname), Garry, Geary (surname), Geary, Gerry, and Guiry (disambiguation), Guiry. Background According to historian C. ...


See also

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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 Lugh ...
*
Kings of 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 ...


References

* ''The History of Mayo'', Hubert T. Knox, p. 379, 1908. * ''
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:The Great Book of Irish Genealogies'',
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(died 1671), eag.
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, 2004–05, De Burca,
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.


External links

* http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100005C/ * http://www.ogara.org/Traynor.html {{DEFAULTSORT:O Gadhra Chiefs Of The Name Gaelic-Irish nations and dynasties