Gadhra Mór mac Dundach (died 1027) was King of

Síol Anmchadha Síol Anmchadha () was a sub-kingdom or lordship of Uí Maine, and ruled by an offshoot of the Uí Maine called the Síol Anmchadha (''"the seed of Anmchadh"''), from whom the territory took its name. It was located in Connacht, Ireland. Hist ...

and Uí Maine.

Biography

Gadhra Mór was one of three known sons of Dundach, chief of the region extending from

Grian Grian or ''Greaney'' is the name of a river, a lake, and region in the portion of the Sliabh Aughty mountains in County Clare. It formed part of the boundary of the kingdom of Síol Anmchadha. Grian (literally, "Sun") is also the name of an ...

to Caradh. The others were Diarmaid (died

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) and

Cú Connacht mac Dundach Known by his moniker, Cú Connacht mac Dundach ("The Hound of Connacht, Son of Dundach") (died 1006) was King of Síol Anmchadha, Ireland. He is described as King in the Annals of Innisfallen. He was killed in battle near Lorrha by the Muskerry ...

(died

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). He became chief of Síol Anmchadha in

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, and all of Uí Maine after 1014. Tadhg Mór Ua Cellaigh had been the previous chief of Uí Maine but had been killed in the

Battle of Clontarf The Battle of Clontarf () took place on 23 April 1014 at Clontarf, near Dublin, on the east coast of Ireland. It pitted an army led by Brian Boru, High King of Ireland, against a Norse- Irish alliance comprising the forces of Sigtrygg Silkbea ...

, so in the following year Gadhra Mór took possession of the region extending from Grian to Caradh. In 1023 he attacked and plundered the monastic city of

Clonmacnoise Clonmacnoise or Clonmacnois (Irish language, Irish: ''Cluain Mhic Nóis'') is a ruined monastery in County Offaly in Republic of Ireland, Ireland on the River Shannon south of Athlone, founded in 544 by Saint Ciarán of Clonmacnoise, Ciarán, ...

. The

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state that he carried off several hundred cows. Four years later he was killed on a predatory excursion in

Osraige Osraige (Old Irish) or Osraighe (Classical Irish), Osraí (Modern Irish), anglicized as Ossory, was a medieval Irish kingdom comprising what is now County Kilkenny and western County Laois, corresponding to the Diocese of Ossory. The home of ...

while accompanying

Donnchad mac Briain Donnchadh mac Briain (old spelling: Donnchad mac Briain) (died 1064), son of Brian Boru, Brian Bóruma and Gormflaith ingen Murchada, was King of Munster. Background Brian Bóruma was the first man to establish himself as High King of Ireland by ...

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. His known issue were

Madudan mac Gadhra Mór Madudan mac Gadhra Mór (died 1008) was the namesake and ancestor of the Ó Madden family. Madudan was the son of Gadhra Mór mac Dundach who fought at the Battle of Clontarf in 1014. The Annals of Ulster describe him as Chief of Síol Anmchadh ...

(died 1008) and Cú Connacht mac Gadhra Mór (died ca. 1045).

Family tree

Dundach ''s. Cobhthach s. Maelduin s. Donngal s. Anmchadh s. Eoghan Buac s. Cormac s. Cairpri s. Feradhach s. Lughaidh s.

Dallán mac Breasal Dallán mac Breasal, 5th king of Uí Maine, fl. 5th-century. Biography John O'Donovan (scholar), John O'Donovan remarked that ''"Conall Cas-ciabhach, i.e. of the curled tresses, was prince of Hy-Maine, twenty-two years, when he was slain. He was ...

.'' , , _________________________________________________________________________ , , , , , , , , Diarmaid (d. 998) Cú Connacht (d. 1006) Gadhra Mór (d. 1027) Dogra (d. 1027) , , , , ____________________ Dundach (d. 1032) , , , , Madudan (d. 1008) Cú Connacht (c. ca. 1045) , , Diarmaid (d. 1069) ? , , , , Madudan Reamhar Ua Madadhan, died 1096. Cú Coirne Ua Madudhan (d. 1158) , _________________________________________________, __________ , , , , , , , , Madudan Mór, fl. 1158. Murchadh Conchobhar Maelsechlainn (fl. 1158-88) , , Murchad (d. 1201)

References

* ''O'Madáin: History of the O'Maddens of Hy-Many'', Gerard Madden, 2004. . Nobility from County Galway 11th-century Irish monarchs 1027 deaths Year of birth unknown {{Ireland-royal-stub