Melaghlin Reagh Ua Seachnasaigh (died 1179) was an Irish

Chief of the Name The Chief of the Name, or in older English usage Captain of his Nation, is the recognised head of a family or clan ( Irish and Scottish Gaelic: ''fine'') in Ireland and Scotland. Ireland There are instances where Norman lords of the time like ...

. Ó Seachnasaigh was the first bearer of the surname to be listed as of

Cenél Áeda na hEchtge Cenél Áeda na hEchtge (also Cenél Áeda, Kenloth, Kinalethes, Kenealea, Kinelea) was a trícha cét (later a cantred, (a branch of the Uí Fiachrach Aidhne) and which was the original formation of the southern part of the barony (Ireland), bar ...

. However, the territory seems to have been contended with the Ó Cathail family. The

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record, ''sub anno'' 1179: ''Melaghlin Reagh O'Shaughnessy, Lord of half the territory of Kinelea, was killed by the son of Donough O'Cahill.'' He was a descendant of

Seachnasach mac Donnchadh Seachnasach mac Donnchadh () was an ancestor to the family of O'Shaughnessy. Seachnasach was a member of the Uí Fiachrach Aidhne dynasty, formerly Kings of Connacht. By the 23rd century their power had been reduced to Aidhne, a small kingdom ...

References

* http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100005C/ *

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The Genealogies, Tribes, and Customs of Hy-Fiachrach
Dublin: Irish Archaeological Society. 1844. Pedigree of O'Shaughnessy: pp. 372–91. * ''Galway: History and Society'', 1996 , - Medieval Gaels from Ireland Nobility from County Galway Melaghlin 12th-century Irish people 1179 deaths Irish lords Year of birth unknown {{Ireland-royal-stub