Lifetime

There appears to be no details of his reign. During his reign, the following events occurred in Connacht

Connacht

Connacht , formerly anglicised as Connaught, is one of the Provinces of Ireland situated in the west of Ireland. In Ancient Ireland, it was one of the fifths ruled by a "king of over-kings" . Following the Norman invasion of Ireland, the ancient kingdoms were shired into a number of counties for...

 and Ireland

Ireland

Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...

• 717
  717
  Year 717 was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 717 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.- Europe :* March 21 – The Battle of Vincy is...
  
   - "A battle was fought between the Connaughtmen and the Corcu Baiscinn, wherein the son of Talamhnaigh was slain."
• 718
  718
  Year 718 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 718 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.- Europe :* Tervel's reign as monarch of Bulgaria...
  
   - "Inrachtach, son of Dunchadh Muirisce, King of Connaught, died in that battle of Almhain, if true."
• 723
  723
  Year 723 was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 723 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.- Religion :* Saint Boniface fells Thor's Oak near...
  
   - Fachtna mac Folachtan
  Fachtna mac Folachtan
  Fachtna mac Folachtan was Abbot of Clonfert.Fachtna mac Folachtan is the third recorded abbot, including Brendan. Neither his immediate predecessors or successors are known with certainty.-References:* Annals of Ulster at at...
  
  , Abbot of Cluain Fearta Brenainn (Clonfert
  Clonfert
  Clonfert is a small village in east County Galway, Ireland. It is half way between Ballinasloe and Portumna.Clonfert Cathedral is situated in the village, which is the see of the Diocese of Clonfert.-See also:* List of towns and villages in Ireland...
  
  ), died."
• 727
  727
  Year 727 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 727 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.- Byzantine Empire :* Umayyad troops under Abdallah...
  
   - "There was a cow seen at Deilginis Cualann, having one head and one body as far as her shoulders, two bodies from her shoulders hindwards, and two tails; she had six legs, was milked three times each day, and her milk was greater each time. Her milk, and some of the butter made of it, were tasted by many persons."
• 736
  736
  Year 736 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 736 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.- Asia :* The scholar-priest Rōben invites Shinshō to give...
  
   - "Flann Aighle
  Flann Aighle
  Flann Aighle was Bishop of Aughrim, County Galway.Flann is the first known bishop of Aughrim since its founder, Connell of Aughrim, who lived c.500....
  
  , Bishop of Eachdhruim Aughrim, County Galway
  Aughrim, County Galway
  Aughrim is a small village in County Galway, Ireland. It is located in the west of Ireland, between the towns of Loughrea and Ballinasloe, along the N6 national primary road that connects Galway and Dublin....
  
  , died."

Descendants

His son, Flaitheamhaill, gave his name to a family known as Clann Flaitheamhail Mic Dluthaigh. A short section on the clann gives a pedigree ending in one Maelbrighdi mac Innrachtach a great-great grandson of Dluthach. As the pedigree was not updated beyond Maelbrighdi's generation (c. 800

800

Year 800 was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. It was around this time that the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years, so from this time on, the years began being known as 800 and onwards.- Europe :* December 25 - Pope Leo III...

?) it would appear that many of Dluthach's descendants died out or faded into obscurity.

One sept that did survive was the Clann Breasil. A branch of the clan, descended from Domnallan mac Maelbrigdi

Domnallan mac Maelbrigdi

-Biography:Domnallan was the son of Maelbrigdi, a member of the Ui Maine dynasty, located in south-east Connacht. His pedigree is given as Domnallan mac Maelbrigdi mic Grenain mic Loingsich mic Domnallain mic Bresail mic Dluthaig mic Fithchellaig mic Dicholla mic Eogain Find.-Descendants:The...

, were surnamed Ó Domhnalláin

Donnellan

Donnellan is an Irish surname and refers to the clan name Ó Domhnalláin.At least two unrealated families of the name existed in Gaelic Ireland. One in south-east Ulster, another in south-east Connacht in the kingdom of Ui Maine....

. Based at Ballydonnellan, Loughrea

Loughrea

Loughrea is a town in County Galway, Ireland. The town lies north of a range of wooded hills, the Slieve Aughty Mountains.The town expanded in recent years as it increasingly becomes a commuter town for the city of Galway.- Name :...

, they became notable bard

Bard

In medieval Gaelic and British culture a bard was a professional poet, employed by a patron, such as a monarch or nobleman, to commemorate the patron's ancestors and to praise the patron's own activities.Originally a specific class of poet, contrasting with another class known as fili in Ireland...

s of Connacht

Connacht

Connacht , formerly anglicised as Connaught, is one of the Provinces of Ireland situated in the west of Ireland. In Ancient Ireland, it was one of the fifths ruled by a "king of over-kings" . Following the Norman invasion of Ireland, the ancient kingdoms were shired into a number of counties for...

 and Munster

Munster

Munster is one of the Provinces of Ireland situated in the south of Ireland. In Ancient Ireland, it was one of the fifths ruled by a "king of over-kings" . Following the Norman invasion of Ireland, the ancient kingdoms were shired into a number of counties for administrative and judicial purposes...

. Their descent is given as:

"Domhnallan, son of Maelbrighdi, son of Grenan, son of Loingsech, son of Domhnallan, son of Bresal, son of Dluthach, son of Fithchellach."

Mac Aodhagáin

Dluthach is listed as the brother of Cosgrach, an ancestor of the Mac Aodhagáin

Mac Aodhagáin

Mac Aodhagáin was the name of an Irish family of Brehons who were hereditary lawyers - firstly to the Ó Conchobhair Kings of Connacht, and later to the Burkes of Clanricarde....

 family of professional poets and lawyers.

Maelisa, the Red, son of Saerbrethach, son of Flann, son of Gilla Suasanaigh, son of Saerbrethach, son of Muirchertach, son of Flann, son of Aedhagan, son of Goistin, son of Flaithemh, son of Flaithghil, son of Cosgrach, son of Fidhchellach.

External links

• Commentary by Dan M. Wiley (The Cycles of the Kings Web Project)