Finshnechta mac Maele Corcrai
Finshnechta mac Maele Corcrai, King of Luighne Connacht, died 879.
The Annals of Ulster, sub anno 879, state "Finnechta son of Mael Corcra, king of the Luigni of Connacht, dies."
At this point the kingdom of Luighne consisted of what would later become the baronys of Coolavin (County Sligo) and Barony of Gallen (County Sligo). Later, they would be divided into two separate kingdoms, ruled by the O hEaghra and O Gadhra families respectively.
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References
- O'Hara Genealogy, pp.xi-xiv, in The Book of O'Hara, ed. Lambert McKenna, s.j., Dublin, 1951.
- The History of the County of Mayo to the Close of the Sixteenth Century. With illustrations and three maps, Hubert T. Knox. Originally published 1908, Hogges Figgies and Co. Dublin. Reprinted by De Burca rare books, 1982. ISBN 0-946130-01-9.
- Leabhar na nGenealach. The Great Book of Irish Genealogies, eag./ed. Nollaig Ó Muraíle, De Burca, Dublin, 2004-05.
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