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Conchobar mac Tadg, King of Connacht 967–973 and eponym of the O'Conor family of Connacht.
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Dermot mac Tadhg Mor, 7th king of Moylurg, reigned from 1124 to 1159. Vassal and kinsman of the O Conchobhair Kings of Connacht. Dermot was the progenitor of the MacDermot family, as well as its offshoot septs such as MacDermot Roe, McDonagh, and Crowley (surname).
MacDermot Roe is the name of a sept of the MacDermot Kings of Moylurg.
Conchobar mac Diarmata was the ninth king of the medieval Irish kingdom of Moylurg, reigning from 1187 to 1196.
McDermott or MacDermott is an Irish surname from County Roscommon and is mostly found in the west of Ireland. Some notable people with the surname are listed below.
The O'Conordynasty are an Irish noble dynasty and formerly one of the most influential and distinguished royal dynasties in Ireland. The O'Conor family held the throne of the Kingdom of Connacht up until 1475. Having ruled it on and off since 967, they ruled continuously from 1102 to 1475. Moreover, the O'Conor parent house the Uí Briúin and Síol Muireadaigh ruled Connacht on many occasions – but not continuously – between 482 and 956. The house of O'Conor also produced two High Kings of Ireland, Tairrdelbach Ua Conchobair and his son Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair, the last High King of Ireland. The family seat is Clonalis House outside Castlerea in County Roscommon.
Diarmaid is a masculine given name in the Irish language, which has historically been anglicized as Jeremiah or Jeremy, names with which it is etymologically unrelated. The name Dimity might have been used as a feminine English equivalent of the name in Ireland. Earlier forms of the name include Diarmit and Diarmuit. Variations of the name include Diarmait and Diarmuid. Anglicised forms of the name include Dermody, Dermot and Dermod. Mac Diarmata, anglicised McDermott and similar, is the patronymic and surname derived from the personal name. The exact etymology of the name is debated. There is a possibility that the name is derived in part from dí, which means "without"; and either from airmit, which means "injunction", or airmait, which means "envy". The Irish name later spread to Scotland where in Scottish Gaelic the form of the name is Diarmad; Anglicised forms of this name include Diarmid and Dermid.
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Dubhchobhlaigh or Dubh Cobhlaigh is an Irish language feminine given name.
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Rory is a masculine given name of Gaelic origin. It is an anglicisation of the Irish: Ruairí/Ruaidhrí and Scottish Gaelic: Ruairidh/Ruaraidh and is common to the Irish, Highland Scots and their diasporas. The meaning of the name is "red king", composed of ruadh ("red") and rígh ("king"). In Ireland and Scotland, it is generally seen as a masculine name and therefore rarely given to females.
Fergal mac Tomás Mág Tighearnán was chief of the McKiernan Clan of Tullyhunco, County Cavan from 1362 until his death in 1383.
McDermott's Castle is a castle and protected national monument located in County Roscommon, Ireland. The site of a fortification since at least the 13th century, the structure's tower house may date from the 16th century, with much of the current building dating to the 19th century.
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- ↑ https://rip.ie/death-notice/rory-mac-dermot-gorey-wexford/457881 The death has occurred of Rory Mac Dermot
- ↑ The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, ed. by Patrick Hanks, Richard Coates, and Peter McClure, 4 vols (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016), III, p. 1461 [s.v. Kermode]; ISBN 978-0-19-967776-4.
- ↑ "PO Locator | USPS".
