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O'Flaherty (/ oʊ ˈ f l ɛər t i, oʊ ˈ f l æ h ər t i / oh-FLAIR-tee, oh-FLA-hər-tee, UK also / oʊ ˈ f l ɑː ər t i / oh-FLAH-ər-tee; Middle Irish: Ua Flaithbertaig; Modern Irish: Ó Flaithbheartaigh [oː ˈfˠlˠahəɾˠt̪ˠəj]) is an Irish Gaelic clan based most prominently in what is today County Galway. The clan name ...
Flaithbertaigh was third or fourth chief of the Muintir Murchada before their expulsion from Uí Briúin Seóla by the Ua Conchobair kings of Connacht. The first to bear the surname was Murchadh an Chapail Ua Flaithbheartaigh, King of Uí Briúin Seóla (died 1036).
Donnell, the son of Hugh O'Flaherty, Lord of West Connaught, was slain by the sons of Brian O'Flaherty, at a meeting of his own people. 1417. Rory, the son of Murrough O'Flaherty; Rory, the son of Dermot Duv O'Flaherty, and sixteen others of the O'Flahertys, were drowned in the bay of Umallia. Murchad mac Brian Ó Flaithbheartaigh – 1419 ...
See O'Flaherty, Muintir Murchada, Maigh Seóla, and Iar Connacht. Pages in category "O'Flaherty dynasty" The following 34 pages are in this category, out of 34 total.
M1417.5. Rory, the son of Murrough O'Flaherty; Rory, the son of Dermot Duv O'Flaherty, and sixteen others of the O'Flahertys, were drowned in the bay of Umallia. M1422.5. Donnell Finn O'Flaherty was slain by the sons of Donnell O'Flaherty. M1442.7. O'Flaherty, i.e. Gilladuv, the son of Brian, Lord of West Connaught died. M1565.5.
O'Flaithbheartaigh, lord of West Connaught, was beheaded, and his head was carried to Cruachain in Connaught, after the son of Aedh, son of Ruaidhri, had been defeated. The following year it was recorded that "Tadhg, son of Aedh Ua Conchobhair, was slain by the son of Aedh, son of Ruaidhri, and the people of West Connaught."
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The English went upon an expedition against O'Flaherty, who defeated them, and killed numbers of them." An entry of 1256 - "Mac William Burke set out on a predatory expedition against Rory O'Flaherty; he plundered Gno-More and Gno-Beg, and took possession of all Lough Oirbsion ( Lough Corrib )" - leaves no doubt that by then he ruled the area.