Domhnall mac Gadhra

Domhnall mac Gadhra, King of Gailenga and Luighne Connacht, died 931.

Domhnall was a son of Gadhra, from whom the surname O'Gara derived.

The Annals of the Four Masters, sub anno 931, state that "Domhnall mac Gadhra, king of Luighne, slain 931." He may have been the only representative of his line who ruled Luigne Connacht. His descendants later became the Ó Gadhra Chiefs of the Name.

Family tree

  Ailill Aulom
 =Sadhbh inion Conn Céadchathach
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  Cian & six brothers
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  Tadhg
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 (thirteen generations)
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  Saorghus mac Béac
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  Eaghra Poprigh mac Saorghus, died 926.  Sleiteachán
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  Clan Ó hEaghra                                 Gadhra
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                                       Domhnall mac Gadhra
                                    king of Luighne Connacht, d. 931
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                                             Clann Ó Gadhra

References

• 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.

External links

• http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100005B/
• http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlkik/ihm/connacht.htm#lui