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Murchadh Ó Madadhain
Murchadh Ó Madadhain ( 1347– 1371) was chief of Síol Anmchadha. References * http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlkik/ihm/uimaine.htm * ''Annals of Ulster'' aCELT: Corpus of Electronic TextsaUniversity College Cork* ''Annals of Tigernach'' aaUniversity College Corkof McCarthy's synchronisms at Trinity College Dublin. * ''Irish Kings and High-Kings'', Francis John Byrne Francis John Byrne (1934 – 30 December 2017) was an Irish historian. Born in Shanghai where his father, a Dundalk man, captained a ship on the Yellow River, Byrne was evacuated with his mother to Australia on the outbreak of World War II. A ..., Dublin (1971;2003) Four Courts Press, * ''History of the O'Maddens of Hy-Many'', Gerard Madden, 2004. . * ''The Life, Legends and Legacy of Saint Kerrill: A Fifth-Century East Galway Evangelist'' by Joseph Mannion, 2004. * http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/G105007/index.html Nobility from County Galway Medieval Gaels from Ireland Irish lords 14th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1347 In Ireland
Events from the year 1347 in Ireland. Incumbent *Lord: Edward III Events *25 March – Lord Nicholas de Verdun is buried at Drogheda ''"with great splendour and solemn rites and with many in the procession to the convent."'' *''"On the same day at Kilkenny, Lady Isabella Palmer, who had built the front of the friars choir, was committed to the earth; she had reached a praiseworthy old age and, having lived about 70 years religiously and honourably in her widowhood and in virginity, as it was said and believed, she passed from this life."'' *11 November – ''"The earldom of Ormond and its regalities was granted to James Butler, the younger, by the King."'' *2 December – ''"The confraternity of the Friars Minor of Kilkenny is established for the purpose of erecting a new bell tower and for repairing the church."'' *25 December – ''"At Christmas, Domhnall Ó Ceinnéidigh, son of Phillip, conspired with the Irish of Munster, Connacht, Meath and Leinster, and they burnt and d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1371 In Ireland
Events from the year 1371 in Ireland. Incumbent *Lord: Edward III Events *John de Bothby, or Boothby, became Lord Chancellor of Ireland.Ball, F. Elrington ''The Judges in Ireland 1221-1921'' John Murray London 1926 Births Deaths * Murchadh Ó Madadhain, Chief of Síol Anmchadha, fl. (born 1347 Year 1347 ( MCCCXLVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, and a common year starting on Sunday of the Proleptic Gregorian calendar. Events January–December * January 26 – Charles University in Prague i ...) References {{Year in Europe, 1371 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Síol Anmchadha
Síol Anmchadha () was a sub-kingdom or lordship of Uí Maine, and ruled by an offshoot of the Uí Maine called the Síol Anmchadha (''"the seed of Anmchadh"''), from whom the territory took its name. It was located in Connacht, Ireland. History At its largest extent, the Kings of Síol Anmchadha ruled all the land on the west shore of Lough Derg (Shannon) as far south as Thomond; the land between the Shannon and Suck rivers; and a corridor of land, known as Lusmagh, across the Shannon in Munster, in the direction of Birr. It was centred around the barony of Longford. The ruling dynasty later took the surname Ó Madadháin, anglicised as Maddan or Madden. In the later medieval era, they were sometimes vassals of the Earls of Ulster and their successors, the Clanricardes. Legacy In 1651, after the area had been incorporated into the Kingdom of Ireland, land belonging to the Madden, Kelly, Burke and other families was appropriated during the Cromwellian conquest of Irela ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trinity College Dublin
Trinity College Dublin (), officially titled The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, and legally incorporated as Trinity College, the University of Dublin (TCD), is the sole constituent college of the University of Dublin in the Republic of Ireland. Founded by Queen Elizabeth I in 1592 through a royal charter, it is one of the extant seven "ancient university, ancient universities" of Great Britain and Ireland. Trinity contributed to Irish literature during the Georgian era, Georgian and Victorian era, Victorian eras, and areas of the natural sciences and medicine. Trinity was established to consolidate the rule of the Tudor dynasty, Tudor monarchy in Ireland, with Provost (education), Provost Adam Loftus (bishop), Adam Loftus christening it after Trinity College, Cambridge. Built on the site of the former Priory of All Hallows demolished by King Henry VIII, it was the Protestant university of the Protestant Ascendancy, Ascendancy ruling eli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis John Byrne
Francis John Byrne (1934 – 30 December 2017) was an Irish historian. Born in Shanghai where his father, a Dundalk man, captained a ship on the Yellow River, Byrne was evacuated with his mother to Australia on the outbreak of World War II. After the war, his mother returned to Ireland, where his father, who had survived internment in Japanese hands, returned to take up work as a harbour master in Howth. Byrne attended Blackrock College in County Dublin where he learned Latin and Greek, to add to the Chinese he had learned in his Shanghai childhood. He studied Early Irish History at University College Dublin where he excelled, graduating with first class honours. He studied Paleography and Medieval Latin in Germany, and then lectured on Celtic languages in Sweden, before returning to University College in 1964 to take up a professorship. Byrne's best known work is his ''Irish Kings and High-Kings'' (1973). He was joint editor of the Royal Irish Academy's ''New History of I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eoghan Ó Madadhan
Eoghan Ó Madadhan () was Chief of Síol Anmchadha. Early life Eoghan was one of the four sons of Murchad of Magh Bealaigh, who was Chief from 1286 to 1327. Murchad married Marcella, daughter of Eoghan Ó Cellaigh. In 1327 ''He resigned his chieftainship of his own accord and went away from Royal Rule to Rome, to resign his soul to the Supreme King, and his body to the cemetery of Saint Peter in the chief city.'' The Connacht Bruce Wars In 1314 he led the Maddens in concert with the Ui Maine under Tadhg Ó Cellaigh who were allied with Murtough O Brien in the civil war then devastating County Clare. At the stronghold of the Ó Gradys, they ''did grievous killing ... women and boys and whole families included, whereby that murderous far secluded area became a mere heap of carnage thickly stacked.'' His brother Amhlaibh participated in warfare in Clare the previous year. Eoghan may have been present at the Second Battle of Athenry in 1316, where his brother John is recorded as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eoghan Mór Ó Madadhan
Eoghan Mór Ó Madadhan, Chief of Síol Anmchadha, . References * http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlkik/ihm/uimaine.htm * ''Annals of Ulster'' aCELT: Corpus of Electronic TextsaUniversity College Cork* ''Annals of Tigernach'' aaUniversity College Corkof McCarthy's synchronisms at Trinity College Dublin. * ''Irish Kings and High-Kings'', Francis John Byrne Francis John Byrne (1934 – 30 December 2017) was an Irish historian. Born in Shanghai where his father, a Dundalk man, captained a ship on the Yellow River, Byrne was evacuated with his mother to Australia on the outbreak of World War II. A ..., Dublin (1971;2003) Four Courts Press, * ''History of the O'Maddens of Hy-Many'', Gerard Madden, 2004. . * ''The Life, Legends and Legacy of Saint Kerrill: A Fifth-Century East Galway Evangelist'' by Joseph Mannion, 2004. * http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/G105007/index.html Nobility from County Galway Medieval Gaels from Ireland Irish lords 14th-century Irish pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nobility From County Galway
Nobility is a social class found in many societies that have an aristocracy (class), aristocracy. It is normally appointed by and ranked immediately below Royal family, royalty. Nobility has often been an Estates of the realm, estate of the realm with many exclusive functions and characteristics. The characteristics associated with nobility may constitute substantial advantages over or relative to non-nobles or simply formal functions (e.g., Order of precedence, precedence), and vary by country and by era. Membership in the nobility, including rights and responsibilities, is typically Hereditary title, hereditary and Patrilinearity, patrilineal. Membership in the nobility has historically been granted by a monarch or government, and acquisition of sufficient power, wealth, ownerships, or royal favour has occasionally enabled commoners to ascend into the nobility. There are often a variety of ranks within the noble class. Legal recognition of nobility has been much more common i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
