- Máel Muire Ó Connaig
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Máel Muire Ó Connaig, Bishop of Kilmacduagh, died 1224.
Máel Muire Ó Connaig may have been the first of a number of a number of members of the same family who occupied the see. Énri Ó Connmhaigh (fl. 1405) and Seaán Ó Connmhaigh (1441–78) may bear later forms of a surname that is now rendered as Conway.
Bishop Ó Connaig predecessor, Ua Cellaig, died sometime in 1215 but it is not known when he himself was appointed or consecrated. He died in 1224.
References
- http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100005C/
- http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/surname/index.cfm?fuseaction=Go.&UserID=
- The Surnames of Ireland, Edward MacLysaght, 1978.
Preceded by
I. Ua CellaigBishops of Kilmacduagh
unknown-1224Succeeded by
Áed of KilmacduaghCategories:- People from County Galway
- Medieval Gaels
- 13th-century Irish people
- Irish Roman Catholic bishops
- 1224 deaths
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