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Delbhna Tír Dhá Locha ("''The Delbhna of the Two Lakes"'') was a tuath of
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, located in the west of
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,
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. The Delbhna Tír Dhá Locha were one branch of a much larger population group called the
Delbhna The Delbna or Delbhna were a Gaelic Irish tribe in Ireland, claiming kinship with the Dál gCais, through descent from Dealbhna son of Cas. Originally one large population, they had a number of branches in Connacht, Meath, and Munster in Ireland. ...
. The two lochs to which the name of the territory refers are Loch nOirbsean, and Loch Lurgain. The territory occupied nearly all the land between the two lakes and the River Corrib. It was roughly coextensive with the later
barony of Moycullen Moycullen () is a historical barony in west County Galway, Ireland. Baronies were mainly cadastral rather than administrative units. They acquired modest local taxation and spending functions in the 19th century before being superseded by the ...
, which took in the civil ''parishes'' of Moycullen, Kilcummin, Killanin, and Rahoon. The kings of the Delbhna Tír Dhá Locha eventually took the surname Mac Con Raoi (anglicised as Conroy and King). The
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Mac Con Raoi directly ruled Gnó Mhór, which was later the civil ''parishes'' of Kilcummin and Killannin. Gnó Beag's king was later surnamed Ó hÉanaí (anglicised as Heaney and Heeney). Gnó Beag made up of the civil ''parishes'' of Rahoon and Moycullen. Loch Lonáin north of the ''village'' of Maigh Cuilin (Moycullen) and the Aille River between the villages of An Spidéal (
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) and Indreabháin (
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) are the principal features which mark the divide between Gnó Mór and Gnó Beag. All four parishes were combined into the ''barony'' of Moycullen (distinct from the parish) soon after the Cambro-Norman invasion. Both
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s were evicted and forced west by the
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family, who took over their lands. Clan Meic Con Raoi resettled at Ballymaconry (sometimes known as Kingstown Glebe) in Connemara along Streamstown Bay near Clifden, and they had another, Ballyconry in County Clare in the barony of Ballyvaghan. By the 19th century, almost all members of the family had Anglicized their name to King and Ballymaconry became Kingstown. In the early 20th century, styles changed and the family used the Anglicization "Conroy". The Meic Con Raoi were counted among the sea-kings of Connacht, the others being the O'Malleys, the
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s, and the O'Flahertys.


See also

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* Trícha Máenmaige *
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* Maigh Seola *
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References

;Sources * ''Medieval Ireland: Territorial, Political and Economic Divisions'', Paul MacCotter, Four Courts Press, 2008, pp. 140–141. History of County Galway Connacht Geography of County Galway Kingdoms of ancient Ireland Septs of the Dál gCais {{Galway-geo-stub