Hugh McHugh Breifne O'Conor ( Irish: ''Aedh mac Aedh Breifneach Ua Conchobair'') was 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 ...

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 ...

, in 1342. He was the last of the

Clan Murtagh O'Conor The Clan Murtagh O'Conor ( Irish: ''Clan Muircheartaigh Uí Conchobhair'') were descendants of Irish High-King Toirdelbach Ua Conchobair, through his son, Murtogh Moynagh O'Conor (d.1210), tánaiste of Connacht. They have been defined by Katherine ...

to hold this position. He died in 1350, as the O'Connor Breifne (''Ó Conchobar Brefnech''), some eight years after being expelled. His father, a son of

Cathal O'Connor Cathal McConnor Roe O'Connor (Irish: ''Cathal mac Conchobair Ruadh Ua Conchobair'') was king of Connacht Connacht or Connaught ( ; or ), is the smallest of the four provinces of Ireland, situated in the west of Ireland. Until the nint ...

had briefly made a bid for the kingship in 1309-10 from a power-base established in

Breifne O'Rourke The Kingdom of West Breifne (Irish: ''Breifne Ua Ruairc'') or Breifne O'Rourke was a historic kingdom of Ireland that existed from 1256 to 1605, located in the area that is now County Leitrim. It took its present boundaries in 1583 when West Br ...

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* Byrne, Francis John (2001), ''Irish Kings and High-Kings'', Dublin: Four Courts Press, * ''Gaelic and Gaelised Ireland'', Kenneth Nicols, 1972. * ''The Second Battle of Athenry'', Adrian James Martyn, East Galway News & Views, 2008 – 2009 Kings of Connacht 1350 deaths People from County Roscommon 14th-century Irish monarchs Hugh McHugh Breifne Year of birth unknown {{Ireland-royal-stub