Connmhach mac Duinn Cothaid, King

King

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 of Ui Fiachrach Muaidhe

Uí Fiachrach Muaidhe

Uí Fiachrach Muaidhe were a branch of the Ui Fiachrach dynasty of the Connachta. They were centered in the Moy River valley of Co. Mayo. The Uí Fiachrach Muaide territory at its widest reach included the baronies of Erris and Tirawley in Co. Mayo, and the barony of Tireragh in Co. Sligo...

, died 787.

Connmhach is the earliest recorded King of Ui Fiachrach Muaidhe, and was descended from the Kings of Connacht

Kings of Connacht

The Kings of Connacht were rulers of the cóiced of Connacht, which lies west of the River Shannon, Ireland. However, the name only became applied to it in the early medieval era, being named after The Connachta.The old name for the province was Cóiced Ol nEchmacht . Ptolemy's map of c. 150 AD...

 of the Ui Fiachrach

Uí Fiachrach

The Uí Fiachrach were a dynasty who originated in, and whose descendants later ruled, the coicead or fifth of Connacht at different times from the mid-first millennium onwards. They claimed descent from Fiachrae, an older half-brother of Niall Noigiallach or Niall of the Nine Hostages...

 dynasty.

Uí Fiachrach Muaidhe genealogy

Fiachnae
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Elgach
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Maeldubh
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Tipraite
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Dunchad Muirisci
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Indrechtach, d.707. mac Dunchad Ailill
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Ailill Medraige, d.764. Tipraite, d.719 Cathal
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Cathal, d.816. Donn Cothaid mac Cathail

Donn Cothaid mac Cathail

Donn Cothaid mac Cathail, King of Connacht, died 773.Donn Cothaid was a King of Connacht from the Ui Fiachrach Muaidhe branch of the Connachta. He was the great-grandson of Dúnchad Muirisci mac Tipraite...

, d.787.