Nuala na Meadóige Ní Fionnachta

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Nuala na Meadóige Ní Fionnachta, Gaelic Irish woman, fl. 1390's.

Gaels Ethnic group

The Gaels are an ethnolinguistic group native to northwestern Europe. They are associated with the Gaelic languages: a branch of the Celtic languages comprising Irish, Manx and Scottish Gaelic. Historically, the ethnonyms Irish and Scots referred to the Gaels in general, but the scope of those nationalities is today more complex.

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Ní Fionnachta was a member of the Síl Muiredaig (a branch of the Uí Briúin Ai), the royal dynasty of Connacht. She was born and raised at Donamon Castle, which had been constructed by her family before 1154 and was the family seat.

Connacht province in Ireland

Connacht, formerly spelled Connaught, is one of the provinces of Ireland, in the west of the country. Up to the 9th century it consisted of several independent major kingdoms.

Donamon, or more correctly, Dunamon Castle is one of the oldest inhabited buildings in Ireland and stands on raised ground overlooking the River Suck in County Roscommon. There was a fort here from early times, but the first recorded reference to "Dún Iomghain" is in the Annals of the Four Masters for the year 1154.

Nuala was married to the lord of the district of Clanconway, but murdered him and married one of the Burkes, who seized the lands, including the castles of Dunamon and Glinsk.

Nuala's son was David Burke (a quo Mac David Burke). Local tradition holds that when attacked by O Connor of Ballintober, David considered retreating until Nuala, seeing his fear, raised up her petticoats and told him Teidh suas a bhfolach uathfa san ait as a dtainig tu ("Get thee up, my fine warrior, to the place from whence you came.") Nuala's derision caused David to stay and fight, and he was killed. The Burkes descended from David took the name Mac David Burke.

Ballintober, County Roscommon Town in Connacht, Ireland

Ballintober is a village in County Roscommon, Ireland.

Among her descendants were those ennobled as the Burke Baronets.

Nuala na Meadóige

Her nickname means Nuala of the Daggers.

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