Biography

Uada was the son of Muirgheas Ua Cú Ceannainn

Muirgheas Ua Cú Ceannainn

-Biography:The Annals of Ulster record that "Niall Odar ua Conchobuir was killed. Muirgius ua Conchenaind died.", but no connection is drawn between the two events. Muirgius's apparent successor was Aedh Ua Con Ceannainn.-References:* Vol...

, who appears to be identical with the man of that name who died in 1105.

Dubhaltach Mac Fhirbhisigh

Dubhaltach Mac Fhirbhisigh

Dubhaltach MacFhirbhisigh, also known as Dubhaltach Óg mac Giolla Íosa Mór mac Dubhaltach Mór Mac Fhirbhisigh, Duald Mac Firbis, Dudly Ferbisie, and Dualdus Firbissius was an Irish scribe, translator, historian and genealogist...

 records of him

"Uada son of Muirgheas took the full kingship of Uí Díarmata

Uí Díarmata

Uí Díarmata was a local kingdom located in what is now north County Galway.-Origins:The ruling dynasty took its name from King Diarmait Finn of Connacht , and the territory in turn was named after them. It seems to have been created by the Uí Briúin in the ninth century during a wave of expansion...

 and he was a man of great fame in terms of honour, dexterity and appearance. He launched many attacks and assaults and did many actions in his own territory that we have not recounted and that have not been revised here afterwards for the sake of brevity."

His successor is not known for certain. The next recorded king was Cú Ceanain Ó Con Ceanainn

Cú Ceanain Ó Con Ceanainn

-Overview:Cú Ceanain was a contemporary, and subject of, King of Connacht Cathal Crobhdearg Ua Conchobair, who may have been his foster brother. The succession is unclear for almost a century till Donnell Ó Con Ceanainn is recorded as king upon his death at the Second Battle of Athenry in...

, who died in 1224, but his relationship to Uada is uncertain.

Mac Fhirbhisigh gives the pedigree of his descendant, Domhnallán Ó Con Ceanainn as follows, tracing him back to Uada.

"Domhnallán son of Cionaoth son of Artghal son of Cathal son of Muireadhach son of Fearghus son of Raghallach son of Uda."

Uda was a contemporary, and subject of, King 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...

 Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair

Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair

Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair , often anglicised Rory O'Connor, reigned as King of Connacht from 1156 to 1186, and from 1166 to 1198 was the last High King before the Norman invasion of Ireland .Ruaidrí was one of over twenty sons of King...

, who was also High-King of Ireland.