Owen Caech Ó Dubhda (died 1495) was

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and

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. Owen Caech was the son of a Ruaidhrí Ó Dubhda, though probably not the man who died as king in 1380. The

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name him as ''Owen Caech, the son of Rory O'Dowda, Lord of Tireragh''. The contemporary

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list him as ''Ua Dubda, namely, Eogan Blindeye, son of Ruaidhri Ua Dubda.''

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