Kings of Ui Fiachrach Muaidhe
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The Kings of Ui Fiachrach Muaidhe were the northern branch of Ui Fiachrach
, based on the plain of the Muaidhe (valley of the River Moy
).
The early members of the dynasty were Kings of Connacht
, but were eclipsed by the Ui Briuin
by the 8th century. By the 12th century the ruling dynasty adopted the surname
Ó Dubhda
See also O'Dowd
Chiefs of the Name
.
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...
, based on the plain of the Muaidhe (valley of the River Moy
River Moy
The River Moy rises at the foot of Knocknashee in the Northwest of Ireland.- Geography :The River Moy rises at the foot of Knocknashee in the Ox Mountains in County Sligo. It flows for 110 km...
).
The early members of the dynasty were 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...
, but were eclipsed by the Ui Briuin
Uí Briúin
The Uí Briúin were an Irish kin-group. Their eponymous apical ancestor was Brion, son of Eochaid Mugmedon and Mongfind, and an elder half brother of Niall of the Nine Hostages. They formed part of the Connachta, along with the Uí Fiachrach and Uí Ailello, putative descendants of Eochaid Mugmedon's...
by the 8th century. By the 12th century the ruling dynasty adopted the surname
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
Ó Dubhda
O'Dowd
O'Dowd is an uncommon Irish surname. Many modern variants of the O'Dowd surname exist. The prefix has been widely retained, O'Dowd being more usual than Dowd. Other modern variants are Dawdy, Dowdy, O'Dowda and Dowds, with Doody and Duddy, found around Killarney, where a branch of the Connacht...
Ui Fiachrach Muaidhe Kings of Connacht
- Dúnchad MuirisciDúnchad MuirisciDúnchad Muirisci mac Tipraite was a King of Connacht from the Ui Fiachrach branch of the Connachta. He was of the Ui Fiachrach Muaidhe sept based along the River Moy. This line was descended from Fiachnae, a brother of Ailill Molt ....
mac Tipraite, d.683 - Indrechtach mac DúnchadoIndrechtach mac DúnchadoIndrechtach mac Dúnchado Muirisci was a King of Connacht from the Ui Fiachrach Muaidhe branch of the Connachta. He was the son of a previous king Dúnchad Muirisci mac Tipraite . He reigned from 705 to 707....
Muirisci, d.707 - Airechtach ua Dunchadh MuirsceAirechtach ua Dunchadh MuirsceAirechtach ua Dunchadh Muirsce, King of Ui Fiachrach Muaidhe, died 730.Airechtach was a grandson of Dúnchad Muirisci. However, unlike his grandfather he never became King of Connacht....
, d. 730 - Ailill Medraige mac IndrechtaigAilill Medraige mac IndrechtaigAilill Medraige mac Indrechtaig was a King of Connacht from the Ui Fiachrach Muaidhe branch of the Connachta. He was the son of Indrechtach mac Dúnchado Muirisci , a previous king and grandson of Dúnchad Muirisci mac Tipraite...
, d.764 - Donn Cothaid mac CathailDonn Cothaid mac CathailDonn 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.773
Kings of Ui Fiachrach Muaidhe
- Connmhach mac Duinn CothaidConnmhach mac Duinn CothaidConnmhach mac Duinn Cothaid, King of Ui Fiachrach Muaidhe, died 787.Connmhach is the earliest recorded King of Ui Fiachrach Muaidhe, and was descended from the Kings of Connacht of the Ui Fiachrach dynasty.-Uí Fiachrach Muaidhe genealogy: Fiachnae |...
, died 787 - Cathal mac Ailill, died 812.
- Dubda mac ConnmhachDubda mac ConnmhachDubda mac Connmhach, Eponym and Ancestor of the Clan Ó Dubhda of north Connacht, fl. 9th-10th century.-Family background:Dubda mac Connmhach was a grandson of King Donn Cothaid mac Cathail of Ui Fiachrach Muaidhe...
, ? - Aed mac Mael Padraig, d. 905
- Mael Cluiche mac Conchobar, d. 909.
- Crichan mac Mael Muire, died 937.
- Aed Ua DubhdaAed Ua DubhdaAed Ua Dubhda King of Ui Fiachrach Muaidhe, died 983.Aed was the son of Cellac, son of Dubda mac Connmhach, who was in turn a grandson of Donn Cothaid mac Cathail, king of Ui Fiachrach Muaidhe...
, died 983. - Mael Ruanaidh Ua DubhdaMael Ruanaidh Ua Dubhda-Annanlistic references:* 1005. Maelruanaidh, son of Aedh Ua Dubhda, lord of Ui-Fiachrach-Muirisge, and his son, i.e. Maelseachlainn, and his brother, i.e. Gebhennach, son of Aedh, died.-References:* The History of Mayo, Hubert T. Knox, p...
, d. 1005. - Aedhuar Ua DubhdaAedhuar Ua Dubhda-Annanlistic references:* 1059. Aedhvar Ua Dubhda, lord of Ui-Amhalghadha, was slain by his own tribe.-References:* The History of Mayo, Hubert T. Knox, p. 379, 1908....
, d. 1059. - Muirchertach An Cullach Ua DubhdaMuirchertach An Cullach Ua Dubhda-Annalistic references:* 1096. Muircheartach, i.e. the Boar, O'Dubhda, lord of the Ui-Amhalghadha, was slain by his own tribe.-References:* The History of Mayo, Hubert T. Knox, p. 379, 1908....
, d. 1096. - Domnall Find Ua DubhdaDomnall Find Ua Dubhda-Annalistic reference:* 1126. Domhnall Finn Ua Dubhda, lord of Ui-Amhalghadha, was drowned, after he had plundered Tir-Conaill. The Annals of Tigernach have a more fulsome account, stating Domhnall the Fair Ó Dubhda, king of Uí Amalgaidh, Uí Fiachrach and Cera, a man who never gave a refusal to...
, d. 1125 - Mac Aodh Ua DubhdaMac Aodh Ua Dubhda-Annalistic reference:* 1128. The battle of Ath-Fhirdhiadh was gained by the cavalry of Conchobhar, the son of Mac Lochlainn, over the cavalry of Tighearnan Ua Ruairc, where Ua Ciardha, lord of Cairbre; Cathal Ua Raghailligh; Sitriuc Ua Maelbrighde; the son of Aedh Ua Dubhda, lord of...
, d. 1128. - Amhlaibh mac Domhnaill Fhinn Ua DubhdaAmhlaibh mac Domhnaill Fhinn Ua Dubhda-Annalistic reference:* 1135. Amhlaeibh, son of Domhnall Finn Ua Dubhda, lord of Ui-Amhalghadha, was slain by the Ui-Fiachrach of the north.-References:* The History of Mayo, Hubert T. Knox, p. 379, 1908....
, d. 1135. - Mac Domhnaill Ua DubhdaMac Domhnaill Ua Dubhda-Annalistic reference:* 1136. The son of Domhnall Ua Dubhda, lord of Ui-Amhalghadha, was killed.-References:* The History of Mayo, Hubert T. Knox, p. 379, 1908....
, d. 1136. - Aodh mac Muirchertach Ua DubhdaAodh mac Muirchertach Ua Dubhda-Annalistic reference:* 1143. Aedh, son of Muircheartach Ua Dubhda, lord of Ui-Fiachrach of the North, and of Ui-Amhalghada, died.-References:* The History of Mayo, Hubert T. Knox, p...
, died 1143. - Ruaidhrí Mear Ua DubhdaRuaidhrí Mear Ua DubhdaRuaidhrí Mear Ua Dubhda, King of Ui Fiachrach Muaidhe, fl. 1143X1162.Ruaidhrí Mear was a son of Taichleach mac Niall Ua Dubhda. No dates exist for his reign, but Araile do fhlathaibh Ua nDubhda places him between Aodh mac Muirchertach Ua Dubhda and An Cosnmhaidh Ua Dubhda, called him ri o Roba go...
, Ruaidhri Mear mac Tailtigh mec Neill Ua Dubh, ri o Roba go Codnuigh/(king from [the rivers] Roba to Codhnach. - An Cosnmhaidh Ua DubhdaAn Cosnmhaidh Ua DubhdaAn Cosnmhaidh Ua Dubhda, King of Ui Fiachrach Muaidhe, died 1162.His wife, Dubh Essa Bean Uí Dubhda, died in 1190.-Annalistic reference:* 1162. Cosnamhaigh Ua Dubhda, lord of Ui-Amhalghadha, was slain by his own tribe.-References:...
, died 1162. - Taichleach Ua DubhdaTaichleach Ua Dubhda-Annalistic references:* 1182. Murrough, the son of Taichleach O'Dowda, was killed by Melaghlin O'Mulrony.* 1192. Taichleach O'Dowda, Lord of Hy-Awley and Hy-Fiachrach of the Moy, was slain by his own two grandsons.-External links:...
, died 1192. - Donnchadh Ó DubhdaDonnchadh Ó Dubhda-Life:Donnchadh is almost wholly known from Araile do fhlathaibh Ua nDubhda, which says of him:* Donnchadh Ó Dubhda [came] with a fleet of fifty-six ships from Innse Gall and came ashore in Inis Raithin among Inse Modh in Umhall, and he seized his own land free of tribute from Cathal Crobhdearg Ua...
, fl. 1213. - Maelruanaidh Ó DubhdaMaelruanaidh Ó Dubhda-Annalistic references:* -External links:* http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100005C/index.html...
, died 1221. - Brian Dearg Ó DubhdaBrian Dearg Ó DubhdaBrian Dearg Ó Dubhda, King of Ui Fiachrach Muaidhe, died 1242.-References:* The History of Mayo, Hubert T. Knox, p. 379, 1908.* Genealach Ua fFiachrach Muaidhe, 263.8 , 264.5 ; Araile do fhlathaibh Ua nDubhda/Some of the princes of Ui Dhubhda, pp. 676–681; Leabhar na nGenealach:The Great...
, d. 1242. - Taichlech mac Maelruanaid Ó DubhdaTaichlech mac Maelruanaid Ó Dubhda-Annalistic references:* 1278. Brian O'Dowda and Art na g-Capall of the Horses O'Hara, Lord of Leyny, gave battle to the Clann-Feorais Birminghams, in which the Clann-Feorais were defeated, and the two sons of Meyler More, Conor Roe Mac Feorais, and others besides, were slain.* 1281...
, d. 1282. - Conchobair Ó Dubhda, died 1291.
- Sén-Brian Ó DubhdaSén-Brian Ó Dubhda-Overview:In a section of Leabhar na nGenealach, Dubhaltach Mac Fhirbhisigh writes of the fate of the hereditary proprietors of Ui Fiachrach....
, died 1354 King of Ui Fiachrach and Ui Amhalghaid, died in his own house having been 84 years in lordship. - Donell Ó DubhdaDonell Ó Dubhda-Annalistic references:* 1371. Great depredations were ommitted by O'Dowda in Tir-Fhiachrach Muaidhe ; the whole country was ravaged by him, and its castles were taken, namely, the castles of Ard-na-riagh and Castle-mic-Conor, and all the English that were in them were driven out; and the country...
, fl. 1371, died 1380. - Ruaidhrí Ó DubhdaRuaidhrí Ó DubhdaRuaidhrí Ó Dubhda, King of Ui Fiachrach Muaidhe, fl. 1380.Ruaidhrí succeeded his father, Donell, in 1380.The contemporary Annals of Ulster state, sub anno 1417, Ruaidhri, son of Domnaill Ua Dubhda, namely, king of Ui-Fiachrach, died in his own stronghold after victory of penance.-External links:*...
, fl. 1380-1417 - Tadhg Riabhach Ó DubhdaTadhg Riabhach Ó DubhdaTadhg Riabhach Ó Dubhda, King of Ui Fiachrach Muaidhe, died 1432.Tadhg Riabhach is the last Ó Dubhda expressly listed as King of Ui Fiachrach Muaidhe in any contemporary or near-contemporary document. Araile do fhlathaibh Ua nDubhda says of him:...
, d. 1432.
See also O'Dowd
O'Dowd
O'Dowd is an uncommon Irish surname. Many modern variants of the O'Dowd surname exist. The prefix has been widely retained, O'Dowd being more usual than Dowd. Other modern variants are Dawdy, Dowdy, O'Dowda and Dowds, with Doody and Duddy, found around Killarney, where a branch of the Connacht...
Chiefs of the Name
Chiefs of the Name
The Chief of the Name, or in older English usage Captain of his Nation, is the recognised head of a family or clan...
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External links
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