Mac Tadhg Ua Cellaigh
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Diarmaid mac Tadgh Ua Ceallaigh, 38th King
of Uí Maine and 3rd Chief of the Name, died 1065.
was killed at Clontarf
in 1014.
An entry in the Annals of the Four Masters
, sub anno 1065, identifies him as Diarmaid mac Tadgh Ua Ceallaigh:
He is listed as been succeeded by Dunchadh Ua Cellaig, who is presumed to have been his victorious rival.
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of Uí Maine and 3rd Chief of the Name, died 1065.
Biography
Upon the death of Concobar mac Tadg Ua Cellaig, a succession dispute appears to have arisen in the kingdom, with a confused succession. The king listed after Conchabar mac Tadg is simply called "mac Tadhg Ua Cellaigh", that is, "the son of Tadhg Ua Cellaigh." It is not clear which Tadhg this refers; Tadhg Mór Ua CellaighTadhg 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...
was killed at Clontarf
Clontarf
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in 1014.
An entry in the Annals of the Four Masters
Annals of the Four Masters
The Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland or the Annals of the Four Masters are a chronicle of medieval Irish history...
, sub anno 1065, identifies him as Diarmaid mac Tadgh Ua Ceallaigh:
- "The plundering of Cluain-mic-Nois by the Conmhaicni and Ui-Maine. Cluain-fearta was plundered by them on the day following. The chiefs who were there were Aedh, son of Niall Ua Ruairc, and Diarmaid, son of Tadhg Ua Ceallaigh, lord of Ui-Maine. Ua Conchobhair (Aedh) came against them, and defeated them, through the miracles of God, Ciaran, and Brenainn, whose churches they had plundered; and a bloody slaughter was made of them by Aedh; and they left their boats with him, together with the ship which they had carried from the sea eastwards, through the middle of Connaught, to the Shannon. Aedh Ua Ruairc escaped from this conflict, but he died without delay afterwards, through the miracles of Ciaran. Diarmaid, son of Tadhg Ua Ceallaigh, and his son, Conchobhar, were slain by the King of Connaught, Aedh Ua Conchobhair, before the end of a year.
He is listed as been succeeded by Dunchadh Ua Cellaig, who is presumed to have been his victorious rival.