Maelimarchair (died 746) was
Bishop
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of
Aughrim, County Galway
Aughrim () is a small village in County Galway, Ireland. It is located between the towns of Loughrea and Ballinasloe, along the old N6 national primary road (now listed as the R446 road (Ireland), R446 regional road) that used to be the main roa ...
.
Maelimarchair is one of the few recorded Bishops of Aughrim, which was situated in western
Uí Maine
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. Nothing appears to be known of his origins or life. His term seems to have coincided with that of king
Cathal Maenmaighe
Cathal Maenmaighe (died 745) was the 19th King of Uí Maine.
Cathal appears to have taken his name from Trícha Máenmaige.
During his reign, the following events occurred in Connacht and Ireland
* 739 - ''"The sea cast ashore a whale in Boir ...
, who died in 745.
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
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.
* Byrne, Francis John (2001), Irish Kings and High-Kings, Dublin: Four Courts Press,
* Lysaght, Eamonn (1978), The Surnames of Ireland. , pp.233-34.
Bishops or Abbots of Aughrim
8th-century Irish bishops
746 deaths
Year of birth unknown
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