Tomás mac Gilbert Ó Cellaigh,

Bishop of Clonfert The Bishop of Clonfert () is an episcopal title which takes its name after the village of Clonfert in County Galway, Ireland. In the Roman Catholic Church it remains as a separate title; but in the Church of Ireland it has been united with oth ...

, died 1378. Tomás was a son of a

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 Ui Maine,

Gilbert Ó Cellaigh Gilbert Ó Cellaigh (died 1322) was King of Uí Maine and Chief of the Name. References * ''The Tribes and customs of Hy-Many'', John O'Donovan (scholar), John O'Donovan, 1843 * ''The Surnames of Ireland'', Edward MacLysaght, Dublin, 197 ...

, who reigned 1307–15, and again from 1318 till his death in 1322. Tomás became bishop before 14 October 1347, the see having been vacant for some years after the death of Bishop Seoán Ó Leaáin in 1336. Ó Cellaigh died 1378, being succeeded by his cousin,

Muircheartach mac Pilib Ó Ceallaigh Muircheartach mac Pilib Ó Ceallaigh (Maurice O'Kelly; died 1407 or 1409) was Archbishop of Tuam in Ireland, and patron of the literary compilation ''An Leabhar Ua Maine''. He was a son of Pilib Ó Ceallaigh, and a brother to William Buidhe Ó C ...

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* http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100005C/ * https://archive.org/stream/fastiecclesiaehi04cottuoft#page/n17/mode/2up * http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/surname/index.cfm?fuseaction=Go.&UserID= Archbishops of Tuam 14th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Ireland Christian clergy from County Galway Bishops of Clonfert {{Medieval-bishop-stub