Aodh mac Conchobar Maenmaige Ua Conchobair, Prince

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 of Connacht

Connacht

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 and Irish

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 Crusader

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, died 1219.

Aodh was the last surviving son of the seven sons of King

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 Conchobar Maenmaige Ua Conchobair of Connacht

Connacht

Connacht , formerly anglicised as Connaught, is one of the Provinces of Ireland situated in the west of Ireland. In Ancient Ireland, it was one of the fifths ruled by a "king of over-kings" . Following the Norman invasion of Ireland, the ancient kingdoms were shired into a number of counties for...

 (assassinated 1189). He was a grandson of King of Ireland

King of Ireland

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, Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair

Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair

Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair , often anglicised Rory O'Connor, reigned as King of Connacht from 1156 to 1186, and from 1166 to 1198 was the last High King before the Norman invasion of Ireland .Ruaidrí was one of over twenty sons of King...

.

The Annals of the Four Masters

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, sub anno 1224, state that "on his return from Jerusalem and the River Jordan." After his death, the family disappear from history.

Sources

• Annals of Ulster
• Annals of the Four Masters
• Annals of Connacht
• O'Byrne, Emmet. War, Politics and the Irish of Lenister 1156-1606, 2004.