Clann Cosgraigh or Clann Coscraig was a branch of the Uí Briúin Seóla dynasty and also the name of the district on the eastern side of Lough Corrib , County Galway which they inhabited and ruled prior to the Norman invasion.
3-726: Its chiefs were the Meic Áeda (now rendered McHugh or McGagh, via Mac Aodha ), who, like the Muintir Murchada , claimed descent from Cenn Fáelad mac Colgan , King of Connacht. Early generations of the lineage competed with the Muintir Murchada and Uí Fiachrach Aidhne for the kingship of South Connacht. In 1124 Muireadhach (i.e. lord of Clann-Coscraigh), the son of Aedh, son of Ruaidhri, died an ecclesiastic. In 1170, Ruaidhri Mac Aedha , lord of Clann-Cosgraigh, died on his pilgrimage at Tuaim-da-ghualann . This article related to
6-514: The geography of County Galway , Ireland is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . McHugh McHugh is a common surname of Irish origin. It is an anglicisation of the original Irish Mac Aodha , meaning literally "Son of Aodh". Aodh was a popular male given name in mediaeval Gaelic Ireland. It was traditionally written in English-language documents as Hugh , an unrelated name of Frankish origin. The first bearers of
9-559: The surname were the grandsons of Aodh (died 1033), who was son of Ruaidhrí mac Coscraigh , King of South Connacht . The surname's pronunciation in Irish has also given rise to the spelling McGagh (otherwise McGah or McGarr), forms of the surname which are geographically concentrated around the area of Belclare parish in County Galway , the centre of the Clann Cosgraigh territory ruled by
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