Rechtabhra mac Dubbchomar
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Rechtabhra mac Dubbchomar (died 782) was Abbot
of Aughrim, County Galway
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Rechtabhra mac Dubbchomar is one of only five known bishops, abbots or Erenagh
s of Aughrim. He is the first to be explicitly noted as an abbot, while the previous three were stated as been bishops.
Events during his lifetime included:
Abbot
The word abbot, meaning father, is a title given to the head of a monastery in various traditions, including Christianity. The office may also be given as an honorary title to a clergyman who is not actually the head of a monastery...
of Aughrim, County Galway
Aughrim, County Galway
Aughrim is a small village in County Galway, Ireland. It is located in the west of Ireland, between the towns of Loughrea and Ballinasloe, along the N6 national primary road that connects Galway and Dublin....
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Rechtabhra mac Dubbchomar is one of only five known bishops, abbots or Erenagh
Erenagh
The medieval Irish office of Erenagh was responsible for receiving parish revenue from tithes and rents, building and maintaining church property and overseeing the termon lands that generated parish income. Thus he had a prebendary role...
s of Aughrim. He is the first to be explicitly noted as an abbot, while the previous three were stated as been bishops.
Events during his lifetime included:
- 746 - Death of Coman, founder of RoscommonRoscommonRoscommon is the county town of County Roscommon in Ireland. Its population at the 2006 census stood at 5,017 . The town is located near the junctions of the N60, N61 and N63 roads.-History:...
; the Blood court at CannstattBlood court at CannstattThe blood court at Cannstatt took place as Carloman in 746 invited all nobles of the Alamanni to a council at Cannstatt. According to the annals of Metz, the annales Petaviani and an account by Childebrand, Carloman arrested several thousand noblemen and executed them for high treason... - 755 - OffaOffaOffa may refer to:Two kings of the Angles, who are often confused:*Offa of Angel , on the continent*Offa of Mercia , in Great BritainA king of Essex:*Offa of Essex A town in Nigeria:* Offa, Nigeria...
deposes Bernred of MerciaMerciaMercia was one of the kingdoms of the Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy. It was centred on the valley of the River Trent and its tributaries in the region now known as the English Midlands...
; death of Gaimdibhla of Aran. - 769 - Death of Tomaltach mac Murghal, King of Mag Ai.
- 781 - Battle of Ath Liacc Finn; Tallaght MonasteryTallaght MonasteryTallaght Monastery was founded in the eighth century by Máel Ruain, at a site in Tallaght, a few miles south west of present-day Dublin, Ireland. It operated until the Protestant Reformation.-History:...
founded by Máel Ruain