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Tadhg Riabhach Ó Dubhda, King

King

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of Ui Fiachrach Muaidhe

Uí Fiachrach Muaidhe

Uí Fiachrach Muaidhe were a branch of the Ui Fiachrach dynasty of the Connachta. They were centered in the Moy River valley of Co. Mayo. The Uí Fiachrach Muaide territory at its widest reach included the baronies of Erris and Tirawley in Co. Mayo, and the barony of Tireragh in Co. Sligo...

, died 1432.

Tadhg Riabhach is the last Ó Dubhda

O'Dowd

O'Dowd is an uncommon Irish surname. Many modern variants of the O'Dowd surname exist. The prefix has been widely retained, O'Dowd being more usual than Dowd. Other modern variants are Dawdy, Dowdy, O'Dowda and Dowds, with Doody and Duddy, found around Killarney, where a branch of the Connacht...

expressly listed as King of Ui Fiachrach Muaidhe in any contemporary or near-contemporary document. Araile do fhlathaibh Ua nDubhda says of him:

Tadhg Riabhach Ua Dubhda mac Domnaill Clerigh, ri Ua fFiachrach, d'écc in Esgir Abhann iar fflaithius 15 bliadhan. Ingean Uí Maille mathair Ruaidrí remhráite agus an Taidcc-si ("Tadhg Riabhach Ó Dubhda s. Domhnall Cléireach, king of Ui Fhiachrach, died in Eiscir Abhann after a reign of 15 years. The daughter of Ó Máille was the mother of Ruaidhrí" (Ruaidhrí Ó Dubhda
Ruaidhrí Ó Dubhda
Ruaidhrí Ó Dubhda, King of Ui Fiachrach Muaidhe, fl. 1380.Ruaidhrí succeeded his father, Donell, in 1380.The contemporary Annals of Ulster state, sub anno 1417, Ruaidhri, son of Domnaill Ua Dubhda, namely, king of Ui-Fiachrach, died in his own stronghold after victory of penance.-External links:*...

) "aforementioned and of this Tadhg.")

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