Ruadhri Ua Flaithbertaigh
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Irish provincial king, 12th century
Not to be confused with Rúaidhri Ua Flaithbheartaigh or Ruaidhri Ua Flaithbheartaigh.
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Ruadhri Ua Flaithbertaigh (fl. 1186–1197 ) was King of Iar Connacht.
Biography
[edit ]Ruaidhri may have succeeded by killing his brother, Conchubhar; the Annals of Ulster, sub anno 1186, record that "Conchubhar Ua Flaithbertaigh was killed by Ruaidhri Ua Flaithbertaigh, by his own brother, in Ara."
Ruadhri was taken prisoner by King Cathal Crobhdearg Ua Conchobair of Connaught in unknown circumstances in 1197. There is no further record of him.
Preceded by
King of Iar Connacht
1186?–1197? Succeeded by
1186?–1197? Succeeded by
See also
[edit ]References
[edit ]- Annals of Ulster , ed. and tr. W. M. Hennessy and B. Mac Carthy (2008) [1895]. Annala Uladh: Annals of Ulster otherwise Annala Senait, Annals of Senat: a Chronicle of Irish Affairs from A.D. 431 to A.D. 1540 (Revised ed.). Dublin: Longman – via CELT. (4 vols)
- West or H-Iar Connaught Ruaidhrí Ó Flaithbheartaigh, 1684 (published 1846, ed. James Hardiman).
- Byrne, F.J. (2001) [1973]. Irish Kings and High-Kings (2nd ed.). Dublin: Four Courts Press. ISBN 978-1-85182-196-9.
- Origin of the Surname O'Flaherty, Anthony Matthews, Dublin, 1968, p. 40.
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