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'',
John O'Donovan John O'Donovan may refer to:
*John O'Donovan (scholar) (1806–1861), Irish language scholar and place-name expert
*John O'Donovan (politician) (1908–1982), Irish TD and Senator
*John O'Donovan (police commissioner) (1858–1927), New Zealand pol ...
, 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)
editionan
translation* ''Annals of Ulster'' a
a
University College Cork* ''Annals of Tigernach'' a
a
University College Cork
of McCarthy's synchronisms at Trinity College Dublin
Trinity College Dublin (), officially titled The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, and legally incorporated as Trinity College, the University of Dublin (TCD), is the sole constituent college of the Unive ...
.
Nobility from County Galway
1224 deaths
13th-century Irish monarchs
Year of birth unknown
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