Maelcoluim Ua Cormacain, Abbot

Abbot

The word abbot, meaning father, is a title given to the head of a monastery in various traditions, including Christianity. The office may also be given as an honorary title to a clergyman who is not actually the head of a monastery...

 of Aran

Aran

- Places :* The Aran Islands across the mouth of Galway Bay, Ireland or the largest island in that group** The Irish Earls of Arran take their title from the Aran Islands* Aran Fawddwy, a mountain in north Wales* Aran , in France...

, died 1114.

Ua Cormacain is one of the few named successors to Enda of Aran

Enda of Aran

Saint Enda of Aran is an Irish saint in the Roman Catholic Church. His feast day is March 21.-Overview:...

, dying early in the reign of King Tairrdelbach Ua Conchobair 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...

. He may have been a member of the Ó Cormacáin ecclesiastical family based in Síol Anmchadha

Síol Anmchadha

Síol Anmchadha was a sub-kingdom or lordship of Hy-Many, and ruled by an off-shoot of the Ui Maine called the Síol Anmchadha , from whom the territory took its name....

, in what is now southeast County Galway

County Galway

County Galway 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 city of Galway. Galway County Council is the local authority for the county. There are several strongly Irish-speaking areas in the west of the county...

.

Since the 18th and 19th century the name has been rendered as Ó Cormacáin

Ó Cormacáin

Ó Cormacáin, Gaelic-Irish surname.-Overview:Ó Cormacáin was mainly found west of the Shannon, in Connacht. The Ó Cormacáin ecclesiastical family were based in Síol Anmchadha, in what is now southeast County Galway....

, Cormacan, and Cormican.

See also

• Ua Corcrain of Clonfert
  Ua Corcrain of Clonfert
  Ua Corcrain of Clonfert, Abbot of Clonfert, died 1095.Ua Corcrain may have been a member of the Ó Cormacáin eccleiastical family based in Síol Anmchadha, in what is now south-east County Galway....
  
  , Bishop of Clonfert, d. 1094.
• Muirchertach Ua Carmacáin
  Muirchertach Ua Carmacáin
  Muirchertach Ua Carmacáin, Bishop of Clonfert, 1195-1203.Ó Cormacáin was a member of an eccleiastical family based in Síol Anmchadha, in what is now south-east County Galway...
  
  , Bishop of Clonfert, 1195-1203.
• Uilliam Ó Cormacáin
  Uilliam Ó Cormacáin
  Uilliam Ó Cormacáina, Archbishop of Tuam 5 May 1386-1393.Ó Cormacáin was a member of an eccleiastical family based in Síol Anmchadha, in what is now south-east County Galway...
  
  , Archbishop of Tuam
  Archbishop of Tuam
  The Archbishop of Tuam is an archiepiscopal title which takes its name after the town of Tuam in County Galway, Ireland. The title was used by the Church of Ireland until 1839, and is still in use by the Roman Catholic Church.-History:...
  
  , 5 May 1386-1393.
• Henry Ó Cormacáin
  Henry Ó Cormacáin
  Henry Ó Cormacáin, last Abbot of Clonfert, fl. c.1534-c.1567.Ó Cormacáin was a member of an eccleiastical family based in Síol Anmchadha, in what is now south-east County Galway...
  
  , last Abbot of 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...
  
  , fl. c.1534-c.1567.

External links

• http://www.ucc.ie/celt/online/T100005A.html
• http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/surname/index.cfm?fuseaction=Go.&UserID=
• http://web.archive.org/web/20070111104351/http://www.cormican.com/