Donn Cothaid mac Cathail, King of
Connacht
Connacht or Connaught ( ; or ), is the smallest of the four provinces of Ireland, situated in the west of Ireland. Until the ninth century it consisted of several independent major Gaelic kingdoms (Uí Fiachrach, Uí Briúin, Uí Maine, C ...
, died 773.
Donn Cothaid was a King of
Connacht
Connacht or Connaught ( ; or ), is the smallest of the four provinces of Ireland, situated in the west of Ireland. Until the ninth century it consisted of several independent major Gaelic kingdoms (Uí Fiachrach, Uí Briúin, Uí Maine, C ...
from the
Ui Fiachrach Muaidhe branch of the
Connachta
The Connachta are a group of medieval Irish dynasty, dynasties who claimed descent from the legendary High King of Ireland, High King Conn of the Hundred Battles, Conn Cétchathach (Conn of the Hundred Battles). The modern western Provinces of ...
. He was the great-grandson of
Dúnchad Muirisci mac Tipraite (died 683).
[Francis J.Byrne, ''Irish Kings and High-Kings'', Table 18] He was the last member of this branch to hold the throne of Connacht and ruled from 768 to 773.
Descendants
Donn Cothaid's son,
Connmhach mac Duinn Cothaid (died 787), was a later king of the Ui Fiachrach. A grandson, Dubda mac Conmac, was the grandfather of
Aed Ua Dubhda,
eponym
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and ancestor of the
O'Dowd
O'Dowd () is an Irish Gaelic clan based most prominently in what is today County Mayo and County Sligo. The clan name originated in the 9th century as a derivative of its founder Dubda mac Connmhach. The O'Dowd clan can be traced to the Doonfe ...
Chiefs of the Name
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Ireland
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Notes
See also
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Kings of Connacht
The Kings of Connacht were rulers of the ''cóiced'' (variously translated as portion, fifth, province) of Connacht, which lies west of the River Shannon, Ireland. However, the name only became applied to it in the early medieval era, being name ...
References
* ''Annals of Ulster''
* Francis J.Byrne, ''Irish Kings and High-Kings''
* ''The Chronology of the Irish Annals'', Daniel P. McCarthy
External links
CELT: Corpus of Electronic Textsa
University College Cork
773 deaths
Kings of Connacht
Monarchs from County Mayo
8th-century Irish monarchs
Year of birth unknown
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