Flannabhra
Flannabhra, King of Umaill, died 773.
Flannabhra was lord of Umaill, the area around Clew Bay in what is now County Mayo. He is the first historically accecpted king.
His pedigree is Flannbhra mac Cumusgrach mac Aongus mac Seachnusach mac Eochaidh Sine mac Tuathal mac Airmedach mac Conall Oirisen mac Brian Orbsen, connecting them to the Ui Briuin of Connacht. Both Knox and subsequent historians regard the relationship to the Ui Briuin to be a fiction, designed to give them an accectable alliance with the Ui Briuin, who were Kings of Connacht
His great-grandson, Maille mac Conall, would become the ancestor and eponym of the Ó Máille clan.
See also
- Gráinne Ní Mháille, c.1530-c.1603, "Pirate Queen of Connacht."
- Óró Sé do Bheatha 'Bhaile
| Preceded by unknown |
King of Umaill ?–773 |
Succeeded by Dunghal mac Flaithniadh |
References
- The History of Mayo, pp. 388–89, T.H. Knox, 1902.
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