To Lua Foto (died 614) was Abbot of Clonmacnoise. To Lua Foto was a member of the Corco Moga of what is now north-east

County Galway County Galway ( ; ) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Northern and Western Region, taking up the south of the Provinces of Ireland, province of Connacht. The county population was 276,451 at the 20 ...

. The Corco Moga's homeland was based around what is now the

parish A parish is a territorial entity in many Christianity, Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest#Christianity, priest, often termed a parish pries ...

of Kilkerrin. In the 10th century, the area was conquered by the Ui Briuin, who established a new

dynasty A dynasty is a sequence of rulers from the same family, usually in the context of a monarchy, monarchical system, but sometimes also appearing in republics. A dynasty may also be referred to as a "house", "family" or "clan", among others. H ...

of the Ui Diarmata as rulers. He was preceded as

abbot Abbot is an ecclesiastical title given to the head of an independent monastery for men in various Western Christian traditions. The name is derived from ''abba'', the Aramaic form of the Hebrew ''ab'', and means "father". The female equivale ...

by Ailither and succeeded by Colman Moccu Bairdene.

References

* ''The Abbatical Succession at Clonmacnois'', p. 494, John Ryan, in ''Feil-Sgribhinn Eoin Mhic Neill'', Dublin, 1938. Christian clergy from County Galway 7th-century Irish abbots 614 deaths Year of birth unknown {{Ireland-reli-bio-stub