The Kings of Luighne Connacht were rulers of the people and kingdom of Luighne Connacht

Luighne Connacht

Luighne Connacht was a territory located in north-central Connacht, on the boarders of what is now County Mayo and County Sligo.-Origin:The Luighne were a people, originally found in Brega, south of Kells in what is now County Meath. The baronys of Lune in Meath, and Leyney in Sligo, were called...

, located in what is now County Mayo

County Mayo

County Mayo is a county in Ireland. It is located in the West Region and is also part of the province of Connacht. It is named after the village of Mayo, which is now generally known as Mayo Abbey. Mayo County Council is the local authority for the county. The population of the county is 130,552...

 and County Sligo.

The southern area was originally known as Gailenga

Gailenga

Gailenga was the name of two related peoples and kingdoms found in medieval Ireland in Brega and Connacht.-Origins:Along with the Luighne, Delbhna, Saitne and Ciannachta, the Gailenga claimed descent from Tadc mac Cein mac Ailill Aulom. Francis John Byrne, in agreement with Eoin MacNeill, believes...

 but by the 12th-century called Sliabh Lugha. After the Anglo-Norman conquest of Connacht

Connacht

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, it was known as the Barony of Gallen

Barony of Gallen

The Barony of Gallen is one of the nine baronies in County Mayo, Ireland. It is situated in the eastern part of the county south of the town of Ballina, bordering County Sligo...

, and ruled by the clan

Clan

A clan is a group of people united by actual or perceived kinship and descent. Even if lineage details are unknown, clan members may be organized around a founding member or apical ancestor. The kinship-based bonds may be symbolical, whereby the clan shares a "stipulated" common ancestor that is a...

 Mac Siúrtáin till early 1600's.

The northern area, lying in south-west County Sligo, retained the name Luighne.

The families of Ó hEaghra

O'Hara

O'Hara is an Anglicized form of the Irish name Ó hEaghra. The death of the eponyum is mentioned in the Annals of the Four Masters - 926. Eaghra Poprigh mac Saorghus, lord of Luighne, in Connaught .....

, Ó Gadhra and Ó Dobhailen

Devlin (surname)

Devlin is a surname of Irish origin, which is an anglicisation of the Old Irish "O'Dobhailein", -History:Devlin is a surname that arose separately among unrelated peoples in medieval Ireland....

 all descend from rulers of the kingdoms.

King list

• Taichleach mac Cenn Faeladh
  Taichleach mac Cenn Faeladh
  Taichleach mac Cenn Faeladh, King of Luighne Connacht, died 728 or 734.The kingdom of Luighne consisted of what would later become the baronys of Coolavin and Barony of Gallen...
  
  , d. 728/734.
• Dunghalach mac Taithleach
  Dunghalach mac Taithleach
  Dunghalach mac Taithleach, King of Luighne Connacht, died 766 or 771The kingdom of Luighne consisted of what would later become the baronys of Coolavin and Barony of Gallen...
  
  , d. 766/771.
• Tuathchar mac Cobhthach
  Tuathchar mac Cobhthach
  Tuathchar mac Cobhthach, King of Luighne Connacht, died 846.The kingdom of Luighne consisted of what would later become the baronys of Coolavin and Barony of Gallen...
  
  , d. 846.
• Finshnechta mac Maele Corcrai
  Finshnechta mac Maele Corcrai
  Finshnechta mac Maele Corcrai, King of Luighne Connacht, died 879.The Annals of Ulster, sub anno 879, state"Finnechta son of Mael Corcra, king of the Luigni of Connacht, dies."...
  
  , d. 879.
• Dobhailen mac Gormghus
  Dobhailen mac Gormghus
  Dobhailen mac Gormghus, King of Luighne Connacht, died 885.The Annals of the Four Masters, sub anno 885, state "Dobhailen, son of Gormghus, lord of Luighne Connacht, died."...
  
  , d. 885.
• Uathmarán mac Dobhailéin
  Uathmarán mac Dobhailéin
  Uathmarán mac Dobhailéin, King of Corca Fhir Trí and Luighne Connacht, died 920.The Annals of the Four Masters record his death, sub anno 920, as king of Luighne.His father, Dobhailen, was the eponym of the Ó Dobhailen clan.-Family tree:...
  
  , d. 920.
• Eaghra Poprigh mac Saorghus
  Eaghra Poprigh mac Saorghus
  Eaghra Poprigh mac Saorghus, eponym and ancestor of the clan Ó hEaghra, King of Luighne Connacht, died 928.-Ancestry:Eaghra Poprigh mac Saorghus was a member of the Gailenga people of north Connacht. They were originally from the kingdom of Brega on the east coast of Ireland...
  
  , d. 926.
• Maol Da Bhonna mac Dobhailen and Muirchertach mac Eaghra, d. 928.
• Domhnall mac Gadhra
  Domhnall mac Gadhra
  Domhnall mac Gadhra, King of Gailenga and Luighne Connacht, died 931.Domhnall was a son of Gadhra, from whom the surname O'Gara derived.The Annals of the Four Masters, sub anno 931, state that "Domhnall mac Gadhra, king of Luighne, slain 931." He may have been the only representative of his line...
  
  , slain 931.
• Domnall mac Mael Muadh, d. 946.
• Diarmaid mac Uathmharan, d. 984.
• Conchobar mac Domnaill, d. 989.
• Cearnachan mac Flann, slain 1001.
• Domhnall Ua hEaghra, d. 1023
• Duarcán Ua hEaghra, tigherna of Teóra Sloinnte Luighne, d. 1059.
• Ruaidrí Ua Gadhra, rígdomna of Luigne, d. 1059.
• Dubhdhara ua Aigheannán, d. 1093.
• Taichleach Ua hEaghra, d. 1095.
• An Ua hEaghra, d. 1128.
• Murchadh Ua hEaghra, murdered 1134.
• Aodh Ua hEaghra, d. 1155.
• Ruaidhri Ua hEaghra, d. 1157.
• Bec Ua hEaghra, murdered 1183.
• Conchubhar God Ó hEaghra, fl.1207-1231 and Duarcán Ó hEaghra, d. 1225.
• Aodh Ó hEaghra, died 1234.
• Donough mac Duarcán Ó hEaghra, murdered 1237
• Diarmuid Ó hEaghra, d. 1250.
• Domhnall Ó hEaghra, d. 1266.
• Domnhall Dubh Ó hEaghra, d. 1294.
• Art na gCapall Ó hEaghra, d. 10 August 1316.
• Fearghal Ó hEaghra, fl. 1327?
• Sean Ó hEaghra, fl. 1335?
• Domhnall Cléireach Ó hEaghra, d. 1358.
• Fearghal Mór Ó hEaghra, d. 1390.
• Tadhg Ó hEaghra, d. 1420.

Chiefs of the Name

• Seaán Buidhe Ó hEaghra
• Ruaidhrí Ó hEaghra
• Seaán mac Uilliam Ó hEaghra
• Oilill Ó hEaghra
• Cian Ó hEaghra
• Domhnall mac Oilill Ó hEaghra
• Tadhg mac Cian Ó hEaghra, d. 1560
• Conn mac Ruaidhri Ó hEaghra, d. 1581.
• Brian Ó hEaghra, d. 1586.
• Domhnall Ó hEaghra, d. 1586?
• Cormac mac Cian Ó hEaghra, d. 1612.
• Tadhg mac Cormac Ó hEaghra, d. 1616.
• Cormac Óg Ó hEaghra, d. 1642.

External links

• http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlkik/ihm/suineill.htm#gail
• http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlkik/ihm/connacht.htm#tri
• http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100005A/