The Corca Fhir Trí were an

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people located in the kingdom of

Gailenga Gailenga was the name of two related peoples and kingdoms found in medieval Ireland in Brega and Connacht. Origins Along with the Luighne, Delbhna, Saitne and Ciannachta, the Gailenga claimed descent from Tadc mac Cein mac Ailill Aulom. Franc ...

(later the barony of Gallen, County Mayo),

Luighne Connacht Luighne Connacht was a territory located in north-central Connacht, on the borders of what is now County Mayo and County Sligo, Ireland. Origin The Luighne were a people, originally found in Brega, south of Kells in what is now County Mea ...

and

Corann Corann was an ancient Irish túath in northwest Connacht represented now by the present barony of Corran in County Sligo. The name is derived in legend from Corann, the harper of Dian Cecht of the Tuatha Dé Danann. Organisation Ballymote ...

(baronies of Leyney and Corann,

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) in Gaelic

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. Two kings of the Corca, Dobhailen mac Gormghus, (died 885) and his son, Uathmarán mac Dobhailéin (died 920), were successive

Kings of Luighne Connacht The Kings of Luighne Connacht were rulers of the people and kingdom of Luighne Connacht, located in what is now County Mayo and County Sligo, Ireland. The southern area was originally known as Gailenga but by the 12th-century called Sliabh Lu ...

. Dobhailen was the

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of the clan

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(Ó Dobhailen) of

Connacht Connacht ( ; ga, Connachta or ), is one of the provinces of Ireland, in the west of Ireland. Until the ninth century it consisted of several independent major Gaelic kingdoms ( Uí Fiachrach, Uí Briúin, Uí Maine, Conmhaícne, and Del ...

. Later kings of the Corca descended from him included: * ''M928 - Maol Da Bhonna mac Dobhailen, king of Luighne, and Muircheartach mac Eagra, king of Luighne, were slain.'' * ''M944.9 - Domhnall mac Uathmharan mac Dobhailen, lord of Corca-Firtri, died.'' * ''M993.3 - Fogartach mac Diarmaid mac Uathmharan, lord of Corca-Firtri in Connacht, was slain by the Gaileanga of Corann.'' * ''M1031.18 - Cú Sléibhe Ua Dobhailen, chief of Corca-Firtri, was treacherously slain.'' * ''M1035.5 - Cú Sléibhe mac Dobhran, lord of Corca-Firtri, died.''

External links

* http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlkik/ihm/connacht.htm#tri

References

* ''Onomasticon Goedelicum'', Edmund Hogan, Dublin, 1910. * ''The Surnames of Ireland'',

Edward MacLysaght Edgeworth Lysaght, later Edward Anthony Edgeworth Lysaght, and from 1920 Edward MacLysaght ( ga, Éamonn Mac Giolla Iasachta; 6 November 1887 – 4 March 1986) was a genealogist of twentieth century Ireland. His numerous books on Irish surnames ...

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