The Kings of Umaill were rulers of Umaill, a kingdom or territory located in the west of what is now

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. Its earliest rulers were the semi-historical Tuath mhac nUmhoir. The Umaill, its early historical rulers, were renamed the Uí Briúin Umaill to claim a fictitious relationship with the

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. By the 12th century the ruling family adopted the surname Ó Máille, and were reckoned with the

Ó Dubhda O'Dowd ( ga, Ó Dubhda) is an Irish Gaelic clan based most prominently in what is today County Mayo and County Sligo. The clan name originated in the 9th century as a derivative of its founder Dubda mac Connmhach. They descend in the paternal ...

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and Mac Conraoi as supreme seafaring clans of Connacht.

Kings of Umaill

* Flannabhra, died 773 * Dunghal mac Flaithniadh, died 776 * Aedhghal, died 779 *

Flathghal mac Flannbhrath Flathghal mac Flannbhrath, King of Umaill, died 782. Flathghal's relationship to the previous two kings is unknown, as they does not seem to appear in the extant genealogies. However, he was a son of King Flannabhra (died 773) and was succeeded ...

, died 782 *

Cosgrach mac Flannbhrath Cosgrach mac Flannbhrath, King of Umaill, died 812. Flathghal's relationship to the kings Dunghal mac Flaithniadh (died 776) and Aedhghal (died 779) is uncertain, as they does not seem to appear in the extant genealogies. However, he was a son ...

, died 812 * Cairbre mac Cinaedh, died 847 * Gilla na nInghen Ua Cobhthaigh, died 1004 * Domhnall Ua Máille, died 1176 * Domnall Ruadh Ó Máille, died 11 November 1337 * Owen Ó Máille, died 1362 * Diarmuid mac Owen Ó Máille, died 1362 *

Donell Ó Máille Donell Ó Máille (died 1401) was King of Umaill in Ireland, and Chief of the Name. Ó Máille was the third chief of the name to bear the forename Domhnall or Donell, after Domhnall Ua Máille (died 1176) and Domnall Ruadh Ó Máille Domnall ...

, 1401 (''Donnell O'Malley, Lord of Umallia, died, after having attained to a good old age.'') *

Aodh Ó Máille Aodh Ó Máille (alias Hugh O'Malley), Gaelic- Irish Lord and Chief of the Name, died 1415. Ó Máille was a member of the O'Malley family of Clew Bay in what is now County Mayo County Mayo (; ga, Contae Mhaigh Eo, meaning "Plain of th ...

, died 1415 *

Diarmaid Ó Máille Diarmaid Ó Máille (Dermot O'Malley), Gaelic- Irish Lord and Chief of the Name, died 1415. Ó Máille was a member of the O'Malley family of Clew Bay in what is now County Mayo, Ireland. The Annals of the Four Masters The ''Annals o ...

, fl. 1415 *

Tadhg mac Diarmaid Ó Máille Tadhg mac Diarmaid Ó Máille (IPA: ˈt̪ˠəiˈmˠakˈdʲiəɾˠmˠədʲˈoːˈmˠaːlʲə), King of Umaill, died 1467. External links * http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100005A/index.html References * ''The History of Mayo'', pp. ...

, died 1467 * Eoghan, d. 1513 * Cormac mac Eoghan Ó Máille, died 1523 (''1523. O'Maille, i.e. Cormac, son of Eoghan O'Maille, general supporter of the hospitality and nobility of the west of Connacht, mortuus est. Domhnall, son of Thomas O'Maille, assumed his place.'') * Domhnall mac Tomás Ó Máille, fl. 1523 * Eoghan Dubhdara Ó Máille, fl. 1530 *

Grace O'Malley Grace O'Malley ( – c. 1603), also known as Gráinne O'Malley ( ga, Gráinne Ní Mháille, ), was the head of the Ó Máille dynasty in the west of Ireland, and the daughter of Eóghan Dubhdara Ó Máille. In Irish folklore she is commonly k ...

, c.1530–c.1603

External links

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

References

* ''The History of Mayo'', p.303, Hubert T. Knox, 1908. * * * *
Revised edition
of McCarthy's synchronisms at

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. {{DEFAULTSORT:Kings of Umaill States and territories established in the 4th century History of County Mayo Lists of Irish monarchs

Kings of Umaill

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