Seaán Ó Connmhaigh was Abbot of
Corcomroe and
Bishop of Clonfert
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and
Bishop of Kilmacduagh
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Histo ...
during 1419–1441.
Bishop Ó Connmhaigh was one of at least two bearers of the surname (now rendered as
Conway
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to hold this office. He was preceded by an
Énri Ó Connmhaigh (
fl.
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1405). An apparent
kinsman,
Máel Muire Ó Connaig, may have been a
relative
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who bore an earlier version of the surname.
His immediate predecessor,
Nicol Ó Duibhghiolla, had been appointed before October 1419 but never consecrated.
Ó Connmhaigh was appointed 23 October 1419; he had previously been abbot of the
Cistercian
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Abbey of Corcomroe in the Burren. He died before May 1441. His successor,
Dionysius Ó Donnchadha (died before December 1478), was an apparent relative of a previous bishop,
Diamaid Ó Donnchadha (appointed about July 1418).
References
* ''The Surnames of Ireland'',
Edward MacLysaght
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, 1978.
* ''A New History of Ireland: Volume IX – Maps, Genealogies, Lists'', ed. T.W. Moody, F.X. Martin, F.J. Byrne, pp. 322–324.
External links
* http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100005C/
* http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/surname/index.cfm?fuseaction=Go.&UserID=
Bishops of Kilmacduagh
Medieval Gaels from Ireland
15th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Ireland
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