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Flann Ua Aedha is one of the few named successors to Enda of Aran. He died during the fourth year of the reign of King Tairrdelbach Ua Conchobair of Connacht, and was succeeded by Maelcoluim Ua Cormacain.
Since the 18th and 19th century, the surname has been rendered as Ó hAodha, O'Hughes or Hughes, but is not to be confused with a similar Galway surname, Mac Aedha/MacHugh.
Ó Seachnasaigh, O'Shaughnessy, collectively Uí Sheachnasaigh, clan name Cinél nAedha na hEchtghe, is a family surname of Irish origin. The name is found primarily in County Galway and County Limerick. Their name derives from Seachnasach mac Donnchadh, a 10th-century member of the Uí Fiachrach Aidhne, which the Ó Seachnasaigh were the senior clan of. The town of Gort, Ireland, was the main residence of the family since at least the time of their ancestor, King Guaire Aidne mac Colmáin.
Uí Maine was the name of a kingdom situated in south Connacht, consisting of all of County Galway east of Athenry, all of southern and central County Roscommon.
A formal Irish name consists of a given name and a surname. In the Irish language, most surnames are patronymic surnames, distinct from patronyms, which are seen in Icelandic names, for example. The form of a surname varies according to whether its bearer is a man, a woman, or a woman married to a man, who adopts his surname.
Inishmore is the largest of the Aran Islands in Galway Bay, off the west coast of Ireland. With an area of 31 km2 (12 sq mi) and a population of 820, it is the second-largest island off the Irish coast and most populous of the Aran Islands.
Aodh is a masculine Irish and Scottish Gaelic given name, which was traditionally anglicized as Hugh. The name means "fire" and was the name of a god in Irish mythology.
Muintir Murchada was the name of an Irish territory which derived its name from the ruling dynasty, who were in turn a branch of the Uí Briúin. The name was derived from Murchadh mac Maenach, King of Uí Briúin Seóla, who died 891.
Máel Sechlain Mac Áeda was Archbishop of Tuam from 1312 to 10 August 1348.
Irish genealogy is the study of individuals and families who originated on the island of Ireland.
Conbhobhar Ua Flaithbertaigh was King of Iar Connacht.
Rúaidhri Ua Flaithbheartaigh was King of Iar Connacht.
Keenaght is a barony in the mid-northerly third of County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It connects to the north-Londonderry coastline, and is bordered by four other baronies: Coleraine to the east; Loughinsholin to the south-east; Tirkeeran to the west; and Strabane Upper to the south-west. It was the territory of the Cianachta Glengiven from the 5th century until its takeover in the 12th century by the Ó Cathaín's. The largest settlement in the barony is the town of Limavady.
Murchadh is masculine given name of Irish origin, used in the Irish and Scottish Gaelic languages.
Murchad mac Flann mac Glethneachan was King of Maigh Seóla.
Amlaid Ua Domhnalláin, Chief poet of Connacht.
Ruaidhri Mac Aedha, Lord of Clann Cosgraigh, died 1170.
Muireadhach mac Aedh, Lord of Clann Cosgraigh, died 1124. He was a distant cousin of the Muintir Murchada, of whom the O'Flahertys were chiefs.
Gailenga was the name of two related peoples and kingdoms found in medieval Ireland in Brega and Connacht.
John na Mointech Mac Áeda, Chief of the Name, died 1582.
Ó Cormacáin is a surname of Gaelic-Irish origin.
Ó hAodha is a Gaelic-Irish surname, that has commonly been Anglicised to Hayes or Hughes.