The Kings of Sliabh Lugha were rulers of the district of Sliabh Lugha located in what is now the

barony of Costello Barony may refer to: * Barony, the peerage, office of, or territory held by a baron * Barony, the title and land held in fealty by a feudal baron * Barony (county division), a type of administrative or geographical division in parts of the Britis ...

County Mayo County Mayo (; ) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. In the West Region, Ireland, West of Ireland, in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Connacht, it is named after the village of Mayo, County Mayo, Mayo, now ge ...

Ireland Ireland (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Irelan ...

. The Sliabh Lugha area was originally part of

Gailenga Gailenga was the name of two related peoples and kingdoms found in medieval Ireland in Brega and Connacht. Origins Along with the Luighne, Delbhna, Saitne and Ciannachta, the Gailenga claimed descent from Tadc mac Cein mac Ailill Aulom. Fr ...

but by the 12th-century was separately called

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 ...

. Its rulers were the

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. ...

, whose ancestors were

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 ...

, an over-kingdom of which Gailenga/Sliabh Lugha was the southern part. The northern area, lying in southwest

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, retained the name Luighne. After the Anglo-Norman conquest 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 ...

, the Gailenga portion was known as the

barony Barony may refer to: * Barony, the peerage, office of, or territory held by a baron * Barony, the title and land held in fealty by a feudal baron * Barony (county division), a type of administrative or geographical division in parts of the British ...

Gallen Gallen may refer to: ;Places: * Gallen (barony), a barony in Ireland * Sankt Gallen (disambiguation), various locations in German-speaking countries ;People: * Saint Gall, Irish missionary, ''Sankt Gallus'' in German * Conal Gallen (b. 1955), Iris ...

, and ruled by the

Clan A clan is a group of people united by actual or perceived kinship and descent. Even if lineage details are unknown, a clan may claim descent from a founding member or apical ancestor who serves as a symbol of the clan's unity. Many societie ...

Mac Siúrtáin Mac Siúrtáin, aka Mac Jordan and Jordan, is the name of a Connacht family of Hiberno-Norman, Norman-Irish origins. Ancestry The family take their name from the Norman knight, Jordan de Exeter, whose descendants became known as Mac Siúrtáin ...

until the early 17th century, while the Sliabh Lugha portion was ruled by a Norman Costello family.

List of kings

* 1181 - Donn Sléibhe Ua Gadhra, ''king of Sleibe Lughu, died.'' * 1206 - Ruairí Ó Gadhra, ''Lord of Sliabh Lugha, died.'' * 1217 -

Domhnall Ó Gadhra Domhnall Ó Gadhra, King of Sliabh Lugha, died 1217. The Annals of the Four Masters merely report that ''Donnell O'Gara died'' in the year 1217. They do not specifically state that he was king, though he would not have been recorded had he not b ...

, ''died.'' * 1227 - Donn Sléibhe Ó Gadhra, ''was slain by Gillaroe, his own brother's son.'' * 1256 - Ruaidrí Ó Gadhra, ''was slain by David, son of Richard Cuisin''

References

External links

Dynasties & Territories - Connacht - Corca Fhir Trí
(archived 2008)
Annals of the Four Masters - via UCC Corpus of Electronic Texts
Lists of Irish monarchs History of County Mayo Eóganachta {{Ireland-hist-stub

List of kings

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