Mac Gilla Cellaig Ua Ruaidín, Bishop of Kilmacduagh

Bishop of Kilmacduagh

The Bishop of Kilmacduagh was an episcopal title which took its name after the village of Kilmacduagh in County Galway, Ireland. In both the Church of Ireland and the Roman Catholic Church, the title is now united with other bishoprics.-History:...

, died 1204.

Ua Ruaidín (Ó Ruaidín, Rooane, Ruane, Rowan) was of one of two apparently unrelated families, based in what would become County Mayo

County Mayo

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 and County Galway

County Galway

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, respectively. The Galway family was of the Ui Maine. The Mayo family sometimes appears as Rowah. Both versions are found in both counties. Ó Ruadháin derives from first name Ruadhán, the red-haired one.

Mac Gilla Cellaig Ua Ruaidín became Bishop sometime after the death of his predecessor, and apparent kinsman

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, Ímar Ua Ruaidín

Ímar Ua Ruaidín

Ímar Ua Ruaidín, Bishop of Kilmacduagh, died 1176.Ua Ruaidín was of one of two apparently unrelated families, based in what would become County Mayo and County Galway, respectively. The Galway family was of the Ui Maine. The Mayo family sometimes appears as Rowah...

, in 1176.

His forename may indicate links to a local family, Mac Giolla Cheallaigh

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, who were a branch of the local Ui Fiachrach Aidhne

Uí Fiachrach Aidhne

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 dynasty. Like his predecessor, he died in office.

A later bishop bearing the surname was Gilla Cellaig Ó Ruaidín

Gilla Cellaig Ó Ruaidín

Gilla Cellaig Ó Ruaidín, aka Gilbert Ó Ruane, Bishop of Kilmacduagh, died 1204.Ó Ruaidín was the third apparent member of his family to serve as Bishop of Kilmacduagh, and the last. His family were one of two apparently unrelated families, based in what would become County Mayo and County Galway,...

, 1248-53. In the early 20th-century, Tom Ruane

Tom Ruane

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 of Carnmore was Captain of the Second Western Division, Irish Republican Army

Irish Republican Army

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, from 1916 to 1920.