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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.
O'Flaherty died in deeply distressed circumstances at his home in Cloonederowen, Ballinakill, in or about 1749. His body was buried in a small chapel attached to Ballinakill church from where, many years later, they were taken up and placed in a niche in the chapel wall for people to see, due to the large size of Eamonn's bones.
The arguments about O'Flaherty's work continued well into the 18th century, culminating in the 1775 The Ogygia Vindicated by the historian Charles O'Conor, in which he adds explanatory footnotes to the original work. Thomas Molyneux visited O'Flaherty on 21 April 1709 and left the following eyewitness account: [3]
Gilla Dubh was one of the first of the family to feature in the annals in over a hundred years. Even so, it was not until the middle of the 16th century that the family gained sufficient prominence to become regularly worthy of note in Gaelic annals.
The Reverend Colman E. O'Flaherty (24 April 1878 – 3 October 1918), was an Irish-born American Catholic military chaplain and a recipient of the Distinguished Service Cross during World War I. Early life
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.
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