Domhnall Baile Ui Choitil Ó Dubhda (died ) was

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and

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. Almost the only document dealing with the succession as the Ó Dubhda chief of the name is ''Araile do fhlathaibh Ua nDubhda'', which presents many

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difficulties. Even when dates and/or lengths of

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s are given, they can only be appromiximated as some chiefs may have ruled in opposition to each other. ''Araile'' states that Domhnall was ''"of Baile Ui Choitil"'' and ''"was made Ó Dubhda for seven years, and in the year 1447."''

References

* ''Araile do fhlathaibh Ua nDubhda''/''Some of the princes of Ui Dhubhda'', pp. 676–681, ''

Leabhar na nGenealach ''Leabhar na nGenealach'' ("Book of Genealogies") is a massive genealogical collection written mainly in the years 1649 to 1650, at the college-house of St. Nicholas' Collegiate Church, Galway, by Dubhaltach MacFhirbhisigh. He continued to add m ...

: The Great Book of Irish Genealogies'',

Dubhaltach Mac Fhirbhisigh 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, histo ...

(died 1671), eag.

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, 2004–05, De Burca,

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External links

* http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100005C/index.html {{DEFAULTSORT:O Dubhda, Domhnall Baile Ui Choitil Medieval Gaels from Ireland People from County Mayo People from County Sligo 15th-century Irish people Irish lords