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."

The entry goes on to state that Dobhailen was of the Corca Fir Thri and eponym of the Ó Dobhailen clan.

He was succeeded by a son, Uathmarán mac Dobhailéin, who would ruled Luighne till his death in 920.

Descendants

A number of Dobhailen's descendants are recorded in the Irish annals:

• M944.9 - Domhnall, son of Uathmharan, son of Dobhailen, lord of Corca-Firtri, died.

• M993.3 - Fogartach, son of Diarmaid, son of Uathmharan, lord of Corca-Firtri in Connaught, was slain by the Gaileanga of Corann.

• M1031.18 - Cusleibhe Ua Dobhailen, chief of Corca-Firtri, was treacherously slain.

• M1035.5 - Cusleibhe, son of Dobhran, lord of Corca-Firtri, died.

Preceded by Finshnechta mac Maele Corcrai

King of Luighne Connacht 879-885

Succeeded by Uathmarán mac Dobhailéin

External links

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

References

• O'Hara Genealogy, pp.xi-xiv, in The Book of O'Hara, ed. Lambert McKenna, s.j., Dublin, 1951.
• The History of the County of Mayo to the Close of the Sixteenth Century. With illustrations and three maps, Hubert T. Knox. Originally published 1908, Hogges Figgies and Co. Dublin. Reprinted by De Burca rare books, 1982. ISBN 0-946130-01-9.
• Leabhar na nGenealach. The Great Book of Irish Genealogies, eag./ed. Nollaig Ó Muraíle, De Burca, Dublin, 2004-05.

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Name	Finshnechta mac Maele Corcrai
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Date of death	885
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