Rogallach mac Uatach (died
649
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) was a
king of Connacht from the
Uí Briúin branch of the
Connachta
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. He was the son of
Uatu mac Áedo (d.
600), a previous king. He married Muireann, the great-great-great-granddaughter of
Túathal Máelgarb, High King of Ireland (died 544). He acquired the throne of Connacht after defeating the previous king
Colmán mac Cobthaig (d.
622) of the
Ui Fiachrach Aidhne, who was slain at the Battle of Cennbag (Cambo,
County Roscommon
"Steadfast Irish heart"
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) in 622. Professor Francis Byrne believes he is the first reasonable representative of this branch to be said to have held the throne of Connacht
[Byrne, pg.246]
According to
Geoffrey Keating, Rogallach killed his brother's son treacherously at a meeting of whom he feared might demand the succession. He also developed an incestuous relationship with his daughter much to the dismay of his wife Muireann (of the
Cenél Coirpri) who complained to the high king. The intercession of
Saint Feichin
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was not enough to make him stop his bad ways. One day while hunting a deer with his javelin he wounded the animal. He followed it only to discover that a couple of slaves had already killed the deer and cut it up at which he demanded the slaves hand over the venison. The result was that the slaves killed him on his white horse.
His actual killer recorded in the ''Annals of Tigernach'' was Máel Brigte mac Mothlachán of the Corco Cullu who were a subject tribe of the Ciarraige who were still the major population group in the Mag nAí, the home territory of the Ui Briun.
His known sons included
Cathal mac Rogallaig
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(d.
680
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) who avenged his death;
[''Annals of Tigernach''] Cellach mac Rogallaig (d.
705), a later king of Connacht; and
Fergus mac Rogallaig
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(d.
654
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) ancestor of the main ruling line of the Ui Briun Ai.
Notes
See also
*
Kings of Connacht
References
*''
Annals of Tigernach''
*
Geoffrey Keating, ''History of Ireland''
*T. M. Charles-Edwards, ''Early Christian Ireland''
* Francis J.Byrne, ''Irish Kings and High-Kings''
* ''The Chronology of the Irish Annals'', Daniel P. McCarthy
External links
CELT: Corpus of Electronic Textsa
University College Cork
Kings of Connacht
649 deaths
People from County Roscommon
7th-century Irish monarchs
7th-century murdered monarchs
Year of birth unknown
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