Clann Cosgraigh or Clann Coscraig was a branch of the
Uí Briúin Seóla dynasty and also the name of the district on the eastern side of
Lough Corrib
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County Galway
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which they inhabited and ruled prior to the Norman invasion.
Its chiefs were the Meic Áeda (now rendered
McHugh
McHugh is a common surname of Irish origin. It is an anglicisation of the original Irish ''Mac Aodha'', meaning literally "Son of Aodh". Aodh was a popular male given name in mediaeval Gaelic Ireland. It was traditionally written in English-langu ...
or McGagh, via ''Mac Aodha''), who, like the
Muintir Murchada, claimed descent from
Cenn Fáelad mac Colgan, King of Connacht.
Early generations of the lineage competed with the Muintir Murchada and
Uí Fiachrach Aidhne for the kingship of South Connacht.
In 1124 ''Muireadhach (i.e. lord of Clann-Coscraigh), the son of Aedh, son of Ruaidhri, died an ecclesiastic.''
In 1170, ''
Ruaidhri Mac Aedha
Ruaidhri Mac Aedha, Lord of Clann Cosgraigh, died 1170.
Mac Aeda was a descendant of Aedh mac Ruaidri, via his son, Muireadhach mac Aedh, whose descendants took the surname Mac Aedha.
The Clann Mac Aedha were rulers of Clann Cosgraigh, a distri ...
, lord of Clann-Cosgraigh, died on his pilgrimage at
Tuaim-da-ghualann.''
See also
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Donn mac Cumasgach
Donn mac Cumasgach was a king of Maigh Seóla who died in 752.
He may be the earliest recorded ruler of Maigh Seóla, as he is referred to as ''King of the Uí Briúin of the South'' in the annals' obit. In the Leabhar na nGenealach, he is state ...
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Ruaidhrí mac Coscraigh
Ruaidhrí mac Coscraigh was King of South Connacht and of Uí Briúin and a third great-grandson of the eponym of Clann Cosgraigh. Ruaidhri is mentioned in the ''Annals of Inisfallen'' and Tigernach as well as the ''Leabhar na nGenealach''.
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References
* ''Medieval Ireland: Territorial, Political and Economic Divisions'', Paul MacCotter, Four Courts Press, 2008.
* http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlkik/ihm/connacht.htm#aid
History of County Galway
Gaelic-Irish nations and dynasties
Irish families
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