Dluthach mac Fithcheallach (died 738) was the 18th King of Uí Maine.

Lifetime

There appears to be no details of his reign. During his reign, the following events occurred in Connacht and

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* 717 - ''"A battle was fought between the Connaughtmen and the

Corcu Baiscinn The Corcu Baiscind were an early Érainn people or kingdom of what is now southern County Clare in Munster. They descended from Cairpre Baschaín, son of Conaire Cóem, a High King of Ireland. Closely related were the Múscraige and Corcu Duibne, ...

, wherein the son of Talamhnaigh was slain."'' * 718 - ''"Inrachtach, son of Dunchadh Muirisce, King of Connaught, died in that battle of Almhain, if true."'' * 723 - ''" Fachtna mac Folachtan, Abbot of Cluain Fearta Brenainn (

Clonfert Clonfert () is a small village in east County Galway, Ireland, halfway between Ballinasloe and Portumna. The village gives its name to the Diocese of Clonfert. Clonfert Cathedral is one of the eight cathedral churches of the Church of Ireland ...

), died."'' * 727 - ''"There was a cow seen at Deilginis Cualann, having one head and one body as far as her shoulders, two bodies from her shoulders hindwards, and two tails; she had six legs, was milked three times each day, and her milk was greater each time. Her milk, and some of the butter made of it, were tasted by many persons."'' * 736 - ''"

Flann Aighle Flann Aighle (died 736) was Bishop of Aughrim, County Galway. Flann is the first known bishop of Aughrim since its founder, Connell of Aughrim, who lived c.500. Aughrim was situated in western Uí Maine, though it is not known what blood relat ...

, Bishop of Eachdhruim

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, died."''

Descendants

His son, Flaitheamhaill, gave his name to a family known as ''Clann Flaitheamhail Mic Dluthaigh''. A short section on the clann gives a pedigree ending in one ''Maelbrighdi mac Innrachtach'' a great-great grandson of Dluthach. As the pedigree was not updated beyond Maelbrighdi's generation (c. 800) it would appear that many of Dluthach's descendants died out or faded into obscurity. One sept that did survive was the Clann Breasil. A branch of the clan, descended from

Domnallan mac Maelbrigdi Domnallan mac Maelbrigdi, Irish dynast, fl. c. 9th/10th century. Biography Domnallan was the son of Maelbrigdi, a member of the Ui Maine dynasty, located in south-east Connacht. His pedigree is given as ''Domnallan mac Maelbrigdi mic Grenain ...

, were surnamed Ó Domhnalláin. Based at Ballydonnellan,

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, they became notable bards of Connacht and

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. Their descent is given as:

Domhnallan, son of Maelbrighdi, son of Grenan, son of Loingsech, son of Domhnallan, son of Bresal, son of Dluthach, son of Fithchellach.

Mac Aodhagáin

Dluthach is listed as the brother of Cosgrach, an ancestor of the

Mac Aodhagáin Mac Aodhagáin ( English: ''Egan'' or ''Keegan''), is an Irish Gaelic clan of Brehons who were hereditary lawyers - firstly to the Ó Conchobhair Kings of Connacht, and later to the Burkes of Clanricarde. The earliest surviving Irish law m ...

family of professional poets and lawyers.

Maelisa, the Red, son of Saerbrethach, son of Flann, son of Gilla Suasanaigh, son of Saerbrethach, son of Muirchertach, son of Flann, son of Aedhagan, son of Goistin, son of Flaithemh, son of Flaithghil, son of Cosgrach, son of Fidhchellach.

Notes

References

* ''Annals of Ulster'' a
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University College Cork
* ''Annals of Tigernach'' a

a
University College Cork
of McCarthy's synchronisms at

Trinity College Dublin , name_Latin = Collegium Sanctae et Individuae Trinitatis Reginae Elizabethae juxta Dublin , motto = ''Perpetuis futuris temporibus duraturam'' (Latin) , motto_lang = la , motto_English = It will last i ...

. * Byrne, Francis John (2001), Irish Kings and High-Kings, Dublin: Four Courts Press,

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Commentary
by Dan M. Wiley

People from County Galway People from County Roscommon 738 deaths 8th-century Irish monarchs Year of birth unknown Kings of Uí Maine {{Ireland-royal-stub