Feardorcha Ó Cellaigh, 79th and last king of Uí Maine, 43rd Chief of the Name, fl. 1584-after 1611.

Family background

Ó Cellaigh was a native of 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....

. His father, Cellach Ó Cellaigh

Cellach Ó Cellaigh

Cellach Ó Cellaigh, Chief of the Sept, fl. late 16th century.Cellach was a native of Aughrim, County Galway, and head of his branch of the Ó Cellaigh clan of Ui Maine. He was gr-gr-gr-gr-gr-gr-gr-gr grandson of Conchobar Maenmaige Ua Cellaigh, who was king in 1180.His father, Domnall mac Aodh Ó...

 married Julia Ní Cellaigh, daughter of Tadg Dubh of Gallagh. He had a brother, Hugh, who died without male issue.

Land disputes

Many of Ó Cellaigh's lands had been devastated during the Mac an Iarla wars, and subsequently disturbed during the Nine Years' War (Ireland)

Nine Years' War (Ireland)

The Nine Years' War or Tyrone's Rebellion took place in Ireland from 1594 to 1603. It was fought between the forces of Gaelic Irish chieftains Hugh O'Neill of Tír Eoghain, Hugh Roe O'Donnell of Tír Chonaill and their allies, against English rule in Ireland. The war was fought in all parts of the...

. By 1589, he was forced to seek from the Earl of Ormond a lease of thirty-one years of the lands his family had occupied during the previous three centuries. He succeeded Aded mac Donnchadh by 1593.

In 1596 the earl alleged breach of contract, with the result that Fearcorcha laid waste to the land. His lease was restored in 1607 by Ormond and Thomond on payment of two hundred and twenty pounds to Thomond. He died sometime after 1611 and his heirs held their estates till the aftermath of the Irish Confederate Wars

Irish Confederate Wars

This article is concerned with the military history of Ireland from 1641-53. For the political context of this conflict, see Confederate Ireland....

 (1641-1653).

Family

Feardorcha Ó Cellaigh married firstly to Catherine MacHugo, by whom he had issue four daughters. He married secondly Julia Níc Cochláin, daughter of Seán na Scuab Mac Cochláin. Among their children was Maolsheachlainn Ó Kelly, Esq., who married Honora Burke of Cloughrourke, and had issue Teige and Brian.

He was related to Colonel Charles O’Kelly

Charles O’Kelly

Charles O’Kelly, Irish soldier and author, 1621-1695.O'Kelly was born at Screen or Clonlyon, Aughrim, County Galway, son of John O’Kelly and Isma Hill, daughter of Sir William of Ballybeg, County Carlow. He was educated at St. Omer. He first saw action in Ireland in 1642.He inherited Aughrim in...

 (1621-1695) who fought in the Irish Confederate Wars

Irish Confederate Wars

This article is concerned with the military history of Ireland from 1641-53. For the political context of this conflict, see Confederate Ireland....

 and at the Battle of Aughrim

Battle of Aughrim

The Battle of Aughrim was the decisive battle of the Williamite War in Ireland. It was fought between the Jacobites and the forces of William III on 12 July 1691 , near the village of Aughrim in County Galway....

, and was the author of a book on the Williamite Wars, The Conquest of Cyprus.

Kelly of Uí Maine

• Kings of Uí Maine
• Máine Mór
  Máine Mór
  -Biography:Máine Mór descended from Colla da Chrioch of Oirghialla/Oriel, which became overpopulated. Máine Mór, his father Eochaidh Ferdaghiall and his two sons Breasal and Amhlaibh, travelled to Connacht to seek new lands...
  
  , founder of the kingdom of Uí Maine, fl. 4th-century A.D
• Tadhg Mór Ua Cellaigh
  Tadhg Mór Ua Cellaigh
  -Background:Ua Cellaigh was the first King of Uí Maine to bear the surnmae Ua Cellaigh, derived from his grandfather, Ceallach mac Finnachta, who was in turn a sixth-generation descendant of Eoghan Finn, a descendant of the first king, Maine Mór...
  
  , (1014) King of Uí Maine and first Chief of the Name
• Peter Kelly (GAA)
  Peter Kelly (GAA)
  Peter Kelly 1847, - 7 April 1908.Kelly was a native of Killeenadeema, Loughrea. He and a number of other men from the area - William J. Duffy, John P. McCarthy, John Sweeney, Loughrea; Michael Glennon, Kilchreest - who asked Bishop Patrick Duggan to become the patron of the nascent G.A.A....
  
  
• Richard Kelly (Tuam Herald)
  Richard Kelly (Tuam Herald)
  Richard Kelly , fl. 1837, founder of the Tuam Herald.Kelly was a native of Loughrea and launched The Tuam Herald newspaper on 13 May 1837. It has been in continuous publication ever since. He was the proprietor and editor until succeeded by his son, Jasper, who was a journalist. Jasper died in his...
  
  
• Mary Eva Kelly
  Mary Eva Kelly
  Mary Eva Kelly, Irish poet and writer, 1826-1910.Born in Headford, Kelly was educated privately with other members of her family. Her first poems were translations, including one of Alphonse de Lamartine's Dying Christian. She became famous for her contributions to The Nation, the first being The...
  
  
• Mian Kelly
• Patrick Kelly (US Army officer)
• Rita Kelly
  Rita Kelly
  Rita Kelly is an Irish poet from Ballinasloe in east County Galway and now lives along the river Barrow between Athy and Carlow. She has published several collections of poetry and has been featured in a number of magazines and journals...
  
  
• Thomas J. Kelly (Irish nationalist)
  Thomas J. Kelly (Irish nationalist)
  Thomas J. Kelly was an Irish revolutionary and leader of the Irish Republican Brotherhood .frame|-Biography:...
  
  

Reference

• A New History of Ireland volume nine - lists and genealogies.
• ’’The Parish of Ballinasloe, Fr. Jerome A. Fahey
  Jerome A. Fahey
  Father Jerome A. Fahey was an Irish priest and writer, 1843–1919.Fahey was born at Killomoran, Gort, and educated in the town's national school and St. Jarlath's, Tuam. He studied at Maynooth from 1860, been ordained there in 1867....
  
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