Anmchadh mac Eoghan Buac, Prince

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 of Síol Anmchadha

Síol Anmchadha

Síol Anmchadha was a sub-kingdom or lordship of Hy-Many, and ruled by an off-shoot of the Ui Maine called the Síol Anmchadha , from whom the territory took its name....

, died c.757

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Anmchad was a son of Eoghan Buac (the generous), who was of the Uí Maine and a descendant of Maine Mór

Máine Mór

-Biography:Máine Mór descended from Colla da Chrioch of Oirghialla/Oriel, which became overpopulated. Máine Mór, his father Eochaidh Ferdaghiall and his two sons Breasal and Amhlaibh, travelled to Connacht to seek new lands...

, who founded the kingdom some centuries previously.

Anmchad had a brother, Forbassach, from who the Larkin

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 family would descend.

Little else is known of Anmchad, but he gave his name to the dynasty and kingdom of Síol Anmchadha

Síol Anmchadha

Síol Anmchadha was a sub-kingdom or lordship of Hy-Many, and ruled by an off-shoot of the Ui Maine called the Síol Anmchadha , from whom the territory took its name....

 in what is now south-east County Galway

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. His descendant, Madudan mac Gadhra Mór

Madudan mac Gadhra Mór

Madudan mac Gadhra Mór was the namesake and ancestor of the Ó Madden family.Madudan was the son of Gadhra Mór mac Dundach who fought at the Battle of Clontarf in 1014. The Annals of Ulster describe him as Chief of Síol Anmchadha on the occasion of his death - killed by his brother, Cú Connacht...

, was the ancestor of the Madden

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family.