Máine Mór mac Eochaidh (fl.
4th century
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) was the founder of the kingdom of
UÃ Maine.
Biography
Máine Mór descended from Colla da Chrioch of
Oirghialla/
Oriel, Máine Mór, his father Eochaidh Ferdaghiall and his two sons Breasal and Amhlaibh, travelled to
Connacht
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to seek new lands. They attacked the lands of the local king,
Cian d'Fhearaibh Bolg, king of the
Fir Bolg
In medieval Irish myth, the Fir Bolg (also spelt Firbolg and Fir Bholg) are the fourth group of people to settle in Ireland. They are descended from the Muintir Nemid, an earlier group who abandoned Ireland and went to different parts of Europe. ...
(see
Soghain and
Senchineoil), amongst the other minor tribes and with the intervention of
Grellan
Saint Grellan is an Irish saint and patron saint of the KellyO'Donovan, ''Tribes and Customs of Hy Many'', pp. 8–12. and Donnellan of Uà Maine clans and of the parish of Ballinasloe, in County Galway, Ireland.
Early life
According to the h ...
, settled in the land. In return, the
UÃ Maine would evermore pay tribute to
Grellan
Saint Grellan is an Irish saint and patron saint of the KellyO'Donovan, ''Tribes and Customs of Hy Many'', pp. 8–12. and Donnellan of Uà Maine clans and of the parish of Ballinasloe, in County Galway, Ireland.
Early life
According to the h ...
, who became the dynasty's patron saint.
Maine Mór reigned for fifty years, and is the ancestor of the following families:
Lally,
hUallacháin, Madden,
Kelly,
Fallon, Neachtain,
Threinfhir, and others.
He was succeeded by his surviving son,
Breasal mac Maine Mór, who ruled for thirty years.
Notable descendants
*
Tadhg Mór Ua Cellaigh (d. 1014), the first
O'Kelly
*
Madudan Reamhar Ua Madadhan, Chief of
SÃol Anmchadha
SÃol Anmchadha () was a sub-kingdom or lordship of UÃ Maine, and ruled by an offshoot of the UÃ Maine called the SÃol Anmchadha (''"the seed of Anmchadh"''), from whom the territory took its name. It was located in Connacht, Ireland.
Hist ...
, 1069-1096
*
Giolla Finn Mac Uallacháin King of SÃol Anmchadha, 1096-1101
*
Seán Ó Maolalaidh (
fl.
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1419–1480), Chief of the Name
*
Feardorcha Ó Cellaigh, 68th and last king of Uà Maine, 43rd Chief of the Name, fl. 1584-after 1611
*
Samuel Madden (1686-1765), author
*
Thomas Arthur, comte de Lally, baron de Tollendal (January 1702 – 1766), French general
*
Thomas J. Kelly (Irish nationalist) (d. 1908), Irish revolutionary and USA soldier
*
Arthur Colahan (died 1952), composer of the song
"Galway Bay"
See also
*
Kings of UÃ Maine
UÃ Maine was the name of an Irish kingdom situated in south Connacht, consisting of all of County Galway east of Athenry, all of southern and central County Roscommon.
In prehistory it was believed to have spanned the River Shannon, and in the 8t ...
, c.450-after 1611
References
* http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlkik/ihm/uimaine.htm
* ''Annals of Ulster'' a
CELT: Corpus of Electronic Textsa
University College Cork* ''Annals of Tigernach'' a
a
University College Corkof McCarthy's synchronisms at
Trinity College Dublin
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.
* ''Irish Kings and High-Kings'',
Francis John Byrne
Francis John Byrne (1934 – 30 December 2017) was an Irish historian.
Born in Shanghai where his father, a Dundalk man, captained a ship on the Yellow River, Byrne was evacuated with his mother to Australia on the outbreak of World War II. A ...
, Dublin (1971;2003) Four Courts Press,
* ''History of the O'Maddens of Hy-Many'', Gerard Madden, 2004. .
* ''The Life, Legends and Legacy of Saint Kerrill: A Fifth-Century East Galway Evangelist'' by
Joseph Mannion, 2004.
* http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/G105007/index.html
Nobility from County Galway
Nobility from County Roscommon
Irish soldiers
4th-century Irish people
4th-century Irish monarchs
Kings of UÃ Maine
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