Early life

Eoghan was one of the four sons of Murchad of Magh Bealaigh, who was Chief from 1286 to 1327. Murchad married Marcella, daughter of Eoghan Ó Cellaigh. In 1327 He resigned his chieftainship of his own accord and went away from Royal Rule to Rome

Rome

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, to resign his soul to the Supreme King, and his body to the cemetery of Saint Peter

Saint Peter

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 in the chief city.

The Connacht Bruce Wars

In 1314 he led the Madden

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's in concert with the Ui Maine under Tadhg Ó Cellaigh who were allied with Murtough O Brien in the civil war then devastating County Clare

County Clare

-History:There was a Neolithic civilisation in the Clare area — the name of the peoples is unknown, but the Prehistoric peoples left evidence behind in the form of ancient dolmen; single-chamber megalithic tombs, usually consisting of three or more upright stones...

. At the stronghold of the Ó Grady's, they did grievous killing ... women and boys and whole families included, whereby that murderous far secluded area became a mere heap of carnage thickly stacked. His brother Amhlaibh participated in warfare in Clare the previous year. Eoghan may have been present at the Second Battle of Athenry

Second Battle of Athenry

The Second Battle of Athenry took place at Athenry in Ireland on 10 August 1316 during the Bruce campaign in Ireland.-Overview:The collective number of both armies are unknown, and can only be estimated. Martyn believes the royal army to have been as much as or more than a thousand, while that of...

 in 1316, where his brother John is recorded as among the dead.

Lord of Síol Anmchadha

In 1336 he engaged and defeated the Burkes of Clanricarde

Clanricarde

Clanricarde was a term meaning both a territory and a title in Ireland between the 13th and early 20th centuries.-Territory:The territory, in what is now County Galway, Ireland, stretched from the barony of County Clare in the north-west along the borders of County Mayo, to the River Shannon in the...

, killing three score and six ... both good and bad.

He is credited with having repaired the churches and he taught truth to its chieftains and dissensions and taught charity and humanity in his goodly districts. He built a 'distinguished residence' at Magh Bealaigh. Eoghan was the recipient of a poem by Seán Mór Ó Dubhagáin

Seán Mór Ó Dubhagáin

Seán Mór Ó Dubhagáin was an Irish Gaelic poet.-Background:Ó Dubhagáinn was among the first notable members of the bardic family Baile Uí Dhubhagáin , near Loughrea, County Galway...

 (died 1372) which gave his pedigree and flattered Eoghan, stating that There is not a wood nor bog not plain/not a river nor bright-pooled lake/not a harbour from Caradh to Grian/which is not due to thee o tranquil faced youth.

Wife and family

He was married to a daughter of Edmund Burke. Their known children were:

• Cathal, a sage of Ireland, was in 1343 killed by the Burkes of Clanricarde
  Clanricarde
  Clanricarde was a term meaning both a territory and a title in Ireland between the 13th and early 20th centuries.-Territory:The territory, in what is now County Galway, Ireland, stretched from the barony of County Clare in the north-west along the borders of County Mayo, to the River Shannon in the...
  
  . Cathal's daughter, Finnghualain, died of the plague in 1398.
• Donnchad
• Nicholas
• Gadhra
• Murchadh Ó Madadhan
  Murchadh Ó Madadhan
  Murchadh Ó Madadhan, King of Síol Anmchadha, died 1327.Murchad of Magh Bealaigh, who was Chief from 1286 to 1327. Murchad married Marcella, daughter of Eoghan Ó Cellaigh...
  
  , chief from 1347 to 1371.