Uaithne Mág Samhradháin (anglicised Owny McGovern) was chief of the

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from 1540 until his death.

Ancestry

His ancestry was Uaithne son of Maghnus (d. 1497) son of Tomás Óg (d. 1494) son of Tomás na Feasoige (d. 1458) son of Fearghal (d. 1393) son of Tomás (d. 1343) son of Brian ‘Breaghach’ Mág Samhradháin (d. 1298). He was a younger son and his older brother Tomás Mág Samhradháin, the Fourth was chief of the clan from 1512–1532.

Career

The

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for 1521 state- ''Donough, the son of Rory, son of Brian Maguire, was slain by the sons of Magauran, namely, Donnell Oge, son of Donnell Bearnagh, and Owny, the son of Manus Magauran. And there was not of his tribe in his time a better man than this Donough.'' The

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for 1521 state- ''Donchadh, son of Ruaidhri, son of Brian Mag Uidhir, was slain this year by the sons of Mag Samradhain, namely, by Uaithne, son of Maghnus Mag Samradhain and by Domnall junior, son of Domnall Gapped-tooth Mag Samradhain. And there was not a man of his means in Ireland, in my opinion, that was of better hospitality than that Donchadh.'' The

for 1527 state- ''Flaherty, the son of Rory, son of Brian Maguire, was slain by Teallach-Eachdhach, i.e. by Owny, the son of Manus Magauran.'' The

for 1532 state- ''The son of Mag Samradhain, namely, Domnall junior, son of Domnall Gapped-tooth, was slain with one stroke of javelin by Aithne, son of Maghnus, son of Thomas Mag Samradhain.''

Chieftainship

On the death of the McGovern chief, Uaithne took the chieftaincy and moved to the chief's residence in

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for 1540 state- ''Mac Samradhain was slain in treachery this year and Aithne was made king in his stead.'' In a list of the soldiers each Irish chief had in 1540, the entry for the McGoverns reads- .''Armed Forces of the Irish Chiefs in the Early 16th Century'' by L. Price in The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, Seventh Series, Vol. 2, No. 2 (31 Dec. 1932), pp. 201-207

References

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