Eaghra Poprigh mac Saorghus (died 926) was

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and

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of the

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Ó hEaghra,

King King is a royal title given to a male monarch. A king is an Absolute monarchy, absolute monarch if he holds unrestricted Government, governmental power or exercises full sovereignty over a nation. Conversely, he is a Constitutional monarchy, ...

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. The Tuatha of Luighne was co-extensive with the modern day boundary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Achon ...

Ancestry

Eaghra Poprigh mac Saorghus was a member of the

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. Fr ...

people of north

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. They were originally from the kingdom of

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on the east coast of

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Dubhaltach Mac Fhirbhisigh Dubhaltach Mac Fhirbhisigh (), also known as Dubhaltach Óg mac Giolla Íosa Mór mac Dubhaltach Mór Mac Fhirbhisigh, Duald Mac Firbis, Dudly Ferbisie, and Dualdus Firbissius ( fl. 1643 – January 1671) was an Irish scribe, translator, histo ...

(665.5., pp. 654–665) gives his

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as: * ''Eaghra Paiprigh, from whom are Ui Eaghra, s. Saorghus s. Béac s. Flaithgheas, from whom are Clann Flaithgheasa, s. Taichleach (aforementioned) s. Ceann Faoladh s. Diarmuid s. Fionnbharr s. Bréanainn s. Nad Fraoich s. Fidhsheang (or Finnéan, or Idhéan, or Fidhean, or Iodhan) s. Fiodhchuire, from whom are Ui Fhiodhchuire, s. Airtchearb s. Nia Corb s. Loí, from whom are

Luighne Muimne, Luigne and Laigne, sons of Érimón by his wife Odba, were, according to medieval Irish legends and historical traditions, joint High Kings of Ireland following the death of their father. They ruled for three years, until Muimne died of pl ...

, s. Cormac Gaileang s. Tadhg.'' The last name is that of Tadhg mac Cian, described at 660.6 (pp. 646–647) as the son of Cian, son of

Ailill Aulom Ailill Ollamh (or Oilill Olum) in Irish traditional history was the son of Mug Nuadat and was a king of the southern half of Ireland, placed in the 3rd century by early modern Irish genealogy. Sadb ingen Chuinn, daughter of Conn of the Hundred B ...

. Cian is given as the son of

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inion

Conn Cétchathach Conn Cétchathach (), or Conn of the Hundred Battles, son of Fedlimid Rechtmar, was a legendary High King of Ireland who is claimed to be the ancestor of the Connachta, and through his descendant Niall Noígiallach, the Uí Néill dynasties, w ...

(661.1, pp. 646–647). At 660.4 on the same pages is written: * ''It is the family of Cian which is announced openly here according to the old books which begin thus below: The families of Éibhear in Leath Chuinn: eastern and western Gaileanga, southern and northern Cianachta, eastern and western

, and the four (or seven) Dealbhna, i.e., Dealbhna Mhór and Dealbhna Bheag in Midhe and Dealbhna of Eathair in western Midhe, and Dealbhna of Tír Dhá Loch in

.'' Members of the family feature in the

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, in which Cian and his six brothers were killed in the battle.

Annalistic references

The

Annals of the Four Masters The ''Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland'' () or the ''Annals of the Four Masters'' () are chronicles of Middle Ages, medieval Irish history. The entries span from the Genesis flood narrative, Deluge, dated as 2,242 Anno Mundi, years after crea ...

, ''sub anno'' 926, state ''"Eaghra, son of Poprigh, lord of Luighne, in Connaught; ... died."''

Descendants

At 665.5 and 666.2,

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names his sons as Muirgheas and Maghnus. Muirgheas's descendants are given down to the brothers, Murchadh and Aodh Ua hEaghra (King of Luighne in 1155). Maghnus's descendants are brought down to Tadhg and Cian mac Tadhg mac Cormac Ó hEaghra, and their first cousins, Oilill, Brian and Cormac Óg mac Cormac Óg mac Cormac Ó hEaghra, these five men being alive in 1664. Other descendants would include: *

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, died 1724, father of *

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, 1682–1774, father of *

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, 1740–1802, surrendered the British army at the

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1781. *

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, 1820–1861, leader of the ill-fated

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Family tree

Ailill Aulom =Sadhbh inion Conn Céadchathach , , Cian & six brothers , , Tadhg , (''thirteen generations'') , Saorghus mac Béac , , ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ , , , , Eaghra Poprigh, died 926. Sleiteachán , , , ________________________________________________________ , , , , Gadhra , , , , Muirgheas mac Eaghra Maghnus mac Eaghra Muirchertach mac Eaghra, d. 928. , , ,

Domhnall mac Gadhra 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 Lugh ...

, , king of

, d. 931 Murchadh ua hEaghra Domhnall Mor ua hEaghra , , , , , , Clann Ó Gadhra Domhnall Ua hEaghra, d.1023 Muircheartach Ua hEaghra , , , , Murchadh Taithleach Urmhumha , , , , Taichleach Aodh, d. 1155. , , , _______________ , , , Conchabhar God, d. 1231. , , , Aodh Murchadh , Aodh, d. 1234. , , Diarmuid Riabhach, d. 1250. , , Art na gCapall Ó hEaghra, d. 1316. , , _______________________________________________ , , , , Domhnall Cléireach Ó hEaghra, d. 1318. Seaán Mór , , , , Fearghal Mór Ó hEaghra, d. 1390. Seaán Óg , (Ó hEaghra Riabhach) , Tadhg Ó hEaghra, d. 1420 , , ____________________________________________ , , , , Seaán Buidhe Ó hEaghra. Maoileachluinn , (Ó hEaghra an Rúta) , _________________________________________________ , , , , , , Ruaidhrí Ó hEaghra. Muircheartach. Tomoltach , , , , Maghnus Ó hEaghra Cormac Uilliam , , , , Oilill Ó hEaghra Seaán =Onóra , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ., _________________________ , , , , , , , , Ruaidhri Cian Ó hEaghra. Domhnall. Onóra. , =Úna ? , , Conn, d. 1581. , ____________________________________________________________________________ , , , , , , Cormac, d. 1612. Brian, d. 1586. Tadhg, d. 1560. =Máire Ní Suibhne =Caitilín Ní Raghallaigh =Úna Ní Gallchobhair , , , , Tadhg, d. 1616. Cormac Óg, d. 1642. =Síle Ní Ruairc. =Cáit Ní Raghallaigh , , _____, ___________ , ______________________________________ , , , , , , , , , , Cian, d. 1675. Tadhg Oilill, d. 1685. Brian Cormac Óg =? =Jane Ní Flaithbertaigh =Máire Ní Flaithbertaigh , , , , Cian Ruaidhri =? , , Cormac O'Hara, d. 1776 =? , , Cormac , , ___________________________ , , , , Maj. Charles King O'Hara Jane O'Hara, d. 1874. =Arthur Cooper , , Charles W. O'Hara Donal F. O'Hara, fl. c. 1951.

External links

* http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100005A/ * http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlkik/ihm/connacht.htm#lui

References

* ''O'Hara Genealogy'', pp.xi-xiv, in ''The Book of O'Hara'', ed. Lambert McKenna, s.j., Dublin, 1951. * ''The History of the County of Mayo to the Close of the Sixteenth Century. With illustrations and three maps'', Hubert T. Knox. Originally published 1908, Hogges Figgies and Co. Dublin. Reprinted by De Burca rare books, 1982. . * ''

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. The Great Book of Irish Genealogies'', eag./ed.

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