Murchadh an Chapail Ua Flaithbheartaigh
Encyclopedia
Murchadh an Chapail Ua Flaithbheartaigh (died 1036) was King of Maigh Seóla
/Iar Connacht
.
but his tenure as chief was short. The annals state Murchadh Ua an Chapail, i.e. Ua Flaithbheartaigh, and Niall, son of Muirgheas, two royal heirs of West Connaught, were slain. No further details are given.
Maigh Seola
Maigh Seola was a term used to describe the land along the east shore of Lough Corrib in County Galway, Ireland. It was bounded by the Uí Maine vassal kingdom of Soghain. Its rulers up to the 1220s were the Muintir Murchada, who took the surname O'Flaherty...
/Iar Connacht
Iar Connacht
Iar Chonnachta , was a region covering all of County Galway west of the river Corrib and Lough Corrib; Maigh Seola; and part of the barony of Ross in County Mayo.-Description:The area of Co...
.
Biography
Murchadh appears to have been the first to bear the surname Ua/Ó Flaithbheartaigh/O'FlahertyO'Flaherty
Ó Flaithbertaigh, Gaelic-Irish surname, anglicized as O'Flaherty-Overview:This Gaelic-Irish surname is written as "Ua Flaithbertach" or "Ua Flaithbertaig" in Old Irish and Middle Irish texts....
but his tenure as chief was short. The annals state Murchadh Ua an Chapail, i.e. Ua Flaithbheartaigh, and Niall, son of Muirgheas, two royal heirs of West Connaught, were slain. No further details are given.