Ruairí Ó Gadhra,
King
King is a royal title given to a male monarch. A king is an Absolute monarchy, absolute monarch if he holds unrestricted Government, governmental power or exercises full sovereignty over a nation. Conversely, he is a Constitutional monarchy, ...
of
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 ...
, died 1206.
The
Annals of the Four Masters
The ''Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland'' () or the ''Annals of the Four Masters'' () are chronicles of Middle Ages, medieval Irish history. The entries span from the Genesis flood narrative, Deluge, dated as 2,242 Anno Mundi, years after crea ...
appear to contain one of the few references to Ruairí, reporting that ''Rory O'Gara, Lord of Sliabh Lugha, died'' in the year 1206.
External links
* http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100010A/index.html
Nobility from County Mayo
12th-century Irish monarchs
{{Ireland-royal-stub