Tadhg Mor mac Maelruanaidh
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Tadhg Mor mac Maelruanaidh, fifth king of Moylurg
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Tadhg Mor is the first ruler of Moylurg for whom we have definite regnal dates. Compared to his father, grandfather, great-grandfather and great-great grandfather, he seems to have had a comparatively short reign. However, this may be simply because others names were left out, or a pedigree was mistaken (not for the first time) as a king-list.
Moylurg
Magh Luirg or Magh Luirg an Dagda, Anglicised as Moylurg, was the name of a kingdom located in the north-east of Connacht, the western province of Ireland, from c.956-1585...
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Tadhg Mor is the first ruler of Moylurg for whom we have definite regnal dates. Compared to his father, grandfather, great-grandfather and great-great grandfather, he seems to have had a comparatively short reign. However, this may be simply because others names were left out, or a pedigree was mistaken (not for the first time) as a king-list.