Dunghalach mac Taithleach

Dunghalach mac Taithleach, King of Luighne Connacht, died 766 or 771

The kingdom of Luighne consisted of what would later become the baronys of Coolavin (County Sligo) and Barony of Gallen (County Sligo). Later, they would be divided into two separate kingdoms, ruled by the O hEaghra and O Gadhra families respectively.

Preceded by Taichleach mac Cenn Faeladh

King of Luighne Connacht 766/771-?

Succeeded by Tuathchar mac Cobhthach

External links

• http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100001A/index.html
• 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.