Diarmaid mac Madudan

Diarmaid mac Madudan, Chief of Síol Anmchadha 1032-1069.

Biography

Described as a rod who ruled each road, Diarmaid was the son of Madudan mac Gadhra Mór. He led the Madden clan in a plundering raid on Clonmacnoise in 1050. However, he became blind in old age and was killed by his nephew, Madudan, and succeeded by his son, Madudan Reamhar Ua Madadhan.

References

• O'Madáin: History of the O'Maddens of Hy-Many, Gerard Madden, p. 5, 8, 2004. ISBN 0-9529511-7-7.