Muireadhach mac Aedh,
Lord of
Clann Cosgraigh, died 1124. He was a distant cousin of the
Muintir Murchada, of whom the O'Flahertys were chiefs.
The
Annals of the Four Masters, ''sub anno'' 1124, state that ''Muireadhach (i.e., lord of Clann-Cosgraigh), the son of Aedh, son of Ruaidhri, died an
ecclesiastic.'' John O'Donovan, who edited the 1856 publishing of the Annals of the Four Masters, inserts "O'Flaithbheartaigh" after Ruaidhri's name, but this appears to be a mistake; O'Donovan confuses the Lord of Clann Cosgraigh with another Muireadhach mac Aedh mac Ruaidhri, who was an actual O'Flaherty. The McHughs, according to O'Flaherty, descend from Dungalaigh m. Cenn Faelad m. Colgan in generation 12 of his genealogical table, whereas the Muireadhach m. Aedh m. Ruaidri O'Flaherty is in generation 111 in the lineage of the O'Flahertys, as cited in O'Hart.
Muireadhach's immediate descendants adopted the surname Mac Aedha. The surname is now rendered McHugh or Hughes, less commonly McGagh (better reflecting the Irish pronunciation).
Genealogy
* ''Genealach Mec Aodha/The genealogy of Mac Aodha: Donnchadh s. Maol Eachlainn, the archbishop, s. Maol Eachlainn s. Donnchadh s. Aodh s. Tadhg s. Muireadhach s. Aodh s. Ruaidhrí s. Coscrach s. Flann Abhradh s. Gamhnán s. Conaing s. Muirgheas s. Coscrach Mór s. Donn s. Cumasach s. Dúnghal s. Ceann Faoladh s. Colga s. Aodh s. Seanach s. Duach Teangumha s. Fearghus s. Muireadhach Mál (the king) s. Eóghan Sréabh s. Duach Galach s.
Brian.''
From
Leabhar na nGenealach, 201.6, pp. 442–43, volume I.
See also
*
Ruaidhri Mac Aedha
Ruaidhri Mac Aedha, Lord of Clann Cosgraigh, died 1170.
Mac Aeda was a descendant of Aedh mac Ruaidri, via his son, Muireadhach mac Aedh, whose descendants took the surname Mac Aedha.
The Clann Mac Aedha were rulers of Clann Cosgraigh, a distri ...
, Lord of Clan Cosgraigh, died 1170.
*
Máel Sechlain Mac Áeda
Máel Sechlain Mac Áeda (alternatively Malachias Mac Aodha, anglicised Malachy McHugh) was the Archbishop of Tuam 131210 August 1348.
Background
Máel Seachlainn Mac Áeda was a member of a Connacht family associated with the Kings of Connacht ...
,
Archbishop of Tuam, died 1348.
*
Paddy McHugh,
Independent T.D., born 1953.
* Ann Maire McHugh of
Tuam, 9/11 victim.
*
Tom McHugh (Councillor), Mayor of County Galway 2009-10.
References
* ''Medieval Ireland: Territorial, Political and Economic Divisions'', Paul MacCotter, Four Courts Press, 2008.
*http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlkik/ihm/connacht.htm#aid
* http://celt.ucc.ie/publishd.html
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