Cú Ceanain Ó Con Ceanainn
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Cú Ceanain Ó Con Ceanainn (died 1224) was King of
Uí Díarmata Uí Díarmata was a local kingdom located in what is now north County Galway. Origins The ruling dynasty took its name from King Diarmait Finn of Connacht (died 833), and the territory in turn was named after them. It seems to have been create ...
, Ireland.


Overview

Cú Ceanain was a contemporary, and subject of,
Cathal Crobhdearg Ua Conchobair Cathal Crobhdearg Ua Conchobair (Anglicised as Cathal O'Connor/O'Conor and Cathal the Red-handed O'Conor) (1153–1224), was a king of Connacht. He was the youngest son of the High King of Ireland Tairrdelbach Ua Conchobair and brother to the ...
, King of
Connacht Connacht or Connaught ( ; or ), is the smallest of the four provinces of Ireland, situated in the west of Ireland. Until the ninth century it consisted of several independent major Gaelic kingdoms (Uí Fiachrach, Uí Briúin, Uí Maine, C ...
, who may have been his foster brother. The succession is unclear for almost a century till Donnell Ó Con Ceanainn is recorded as king upon his death at the
Second Battle of Athenry The Second Battle of Athenry ( ) took place at Athenry () in Ireland on 10 August 1316 during the Bruce campaign in Ireland. Overview The collective number of both armies are unknown, and can only be estimated. Martyn believes the royal arm ...
in 1316.


References

* ''The Tribes and Customs of Hy-Many'',
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, 1843 * ''The Parish of Ballinasloe'', Fr.
Jerome A. Fahey Father Jerome A. Fahey, (1843–1919), was an Irish priest and writer. Fahey was born at Killomoran, Gort, and educated in the town's national school and St. Jarlath's, Tuam. He studied at St. Patrick's College, Maynooth from 1860, and was ...
. * '' The Great Book of Irish Genealogies, 239.11, 244.2, pp. 556–557, volume one,
Dubhaltach MacFhirbhisigh Dubhaltach Mac Fhirbhisigh (), also known as Dubhaltach Óg mac Giolla Íosa Mór mac Dubhaltach Mór Mac Fhirbhisigh, Duald Mac Firbis, Dudly Ferbisie, and Dualdus Firbissius (fl. 1643 – January 1671) was an Irish scribe, translator, histor ...
; edited, with translation and indices by
Nollaig Ó Muraíle Nollaig Ó Muraíle is an Irish scholar. He published an edition of Dubhaltach Mac Fhirbhisigh's ''Leabhar na nGenealach'' in 2004. He was admitted to the Royal Irish Academy in 2009. Life and career A native of Knock, County Mayo, Ó Muraíle ...
'', 2003–2004. . * https://www.webcitation.org/5kmkmYVri?url=http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Aegean/2444/irish/LD.htm * Vol. 2 (AD 903–1171)
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of McCarthy's synchronisms at
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. Nobility from County Galway 1224 deaths 13th-century Irish monarchs Year of birth unknown {{Ireland-bio-stub