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    Mathghamhain mac Conchobar Maenmaige Ua Conchobair was a prince of Connacht who died in 1196. He was one of seven sons of the assassinated King Conchobar Maenmaige Ua Conchobair of Connacht and a grandson of the High King of Ireland, Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair. According to the Annals of the Four Masters, Mathghamhain was slain by Donnell O'More and the men of Leix while attempting to drive off spoils taken from the English. O'More was then killed by Cathal Carrach in revenge for Mathghamhain.

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    Mathghamhain mac Conchobar Maenmaige Ua Conchobair was a prince of Connacht who died in 1196. He was one of seven sons of the assassinated King Conchobar Maenmaige Ua Conchobair of Connacht and a grandson of the High King of Ireland, Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair. According to the Annals of the Four Masters, Mathghamhain was slain by Donnell O'More and the men of Leix while attempting to drive off spoils taken from the English. O'More was then killed by Cathal Carrach in revenge for Mathghamhain.

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    Mathghamhain mac Conchobar Maenmaige Ua Conchobair was a prince of Connacht who died in 1196. He was one of seven sons of the assassinated King Conchobar Maenmaige Ua Conchobair of Connacht and a grandson of the High King of Ireland, Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair. According to the Annals of the Four Masters, Mathghamhain was slain by Donnell O'More and the men of Leix while attempting to drive off spoils taken from the English. O'More was then killed by Cathal Carrach in revenge for Mathghamhain.

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    Mathghamhain mac Conchobar

    Maenmaige Ua Conchobair
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    Mathghamhain mac Conchobar Maenmaige Ua Conchobair, Prince of Connacht,
    died 1196
    Mathghamhain one of the seven sons of King Conchobar Maenmaige Ua Conchobair of
    Connacht (assassinated 1189). He was a grandson of King of Ireland, Ruaidr Ua
    Conchobair.
    The Annals of the Four Masters, sub anno 1196, state that "Mahon, the son of Conor
    Moinmoy, Roydamna of Connacht, was slain by O'More (Donnell) and the men of Leix,
    who attempted to prevent him from bearing off the spoil which he had taken from the
    English; but O'More was killed by Cathal Carrach, in revenge of him."
    Sources
    Annals of Ulster
    Annals of the Four Masters
    Annals of Connacht
    O'Byrne, Emmet. War, Politics and the Irish of Lenister 1156-1606, 2004.


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