Clann Taidg

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Early peoples and kingdoms of Ireland, c.800, some two hundred years before the creation of Clann Taidg

Clann Taidg was the name of a medieval cantred located in what is now County Galway, Ireland.

It consisted of the parishes of Athenry, Monivea, Tiaquin, Kilkerrin, Moylough, Killererin, Ballynakill-Aghiart (in Killian), Kilmoylan, and possibly Abbeyknockmoy.

Clann Taidg consisted of a number of tĂșaths, including Corca Mogha and UĂ­ Diarmata.

Clann Taidg seems to have come into existence during a wave of expansion by the UĂ­ BriĂșin, specifically in the reign of King Tadg of Connacht (925-956). His son, Muiredaig mac Tadg, was the ancestor to the UĂ­ Taidg an Teaghlaigh sept of the SĂ­l Muiredaig who are recorded in the annals from 1048 onwards. The area, previously part of UĂ­ BriĂșin SeĂłla, was called after the sept who are believed to have become its lords sometime in the mid-eleventh century. However, by the end of the twelfth century it was said to have been seized by Donn Cathaig MĂłr Mac Airechtaig of SĂ­l Muiredaig.

By 1241 much of the area was seized by Meyler de Bermingham, who made Athenry the seat of his lordship.

See also

Sources

  • Medieval Ireland: Territorial, Political and Economic Divisions, Paul MacCotter, Four Courts Press, 2008, pp. 134–135. ISBN 978-1-84682-098-4


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