Biography

Gillafin was a member of the 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....

 dynasty and one of the few members of the Coulahan clan to merit mention in the Irish annals. He succeeded to the kingship of the area upon the death of Madudan Reamhar Ua Madadhan

Madudan Reamhar Ua Madadhan

-Biography:A grandson of Gadhra Mór mac Dundach and a son of Madudan mac Gadhra Mór, Madudan Reamhar was the first bearer of the surname Madden, a family originally from east County Galway....

, but was killed by the latter's son Diarmaid Ua Madadhan

Diarmaid Ua Madadhan

-Background:Diarmaid was the son of Madudan Reamhar Ua Madadhan . In addition to ruling Síol Anmchadha, he was the last of his dynasty to gain overlordship of Uí Maine, ca. 1134.-Ua Fuirg and Ua Ceannéidigh:...

 in 1101.

Among Gillafin's descendants were Professor Nicholas Colohan (1806-1890) and Arthur Colahan (1884–1952).

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