List of kings of Síol Anmchadha explained

Siol Anmchada was a petty kingdom and lordship of Uí Maine, in an area of the west of Ireland which is now part of Connacht. It was ruled by an offshoot of the Ui Maine called the Síol Anmchadha ("the seed of Anmchadh"), from whom the territory took its name. Some of them were also Kings of Hy-Many. It is interesting to note that many of the Kings named below are of the O'Madden name, hence O'Madden's Country being used as a name for Síl nAnmchadha, but in O'Donovan's Tribes and Customs of Hy Many they are referred to as the "Old (or Ancient) Chiefs of Sil Anmchadha," and from O'Dugan's Topographical Poems as the "Chiefs of Sil Anmchadha," and in Irish Pedigrees; or, The Origin and Stem of the Irish Nation as "Chiefs of Anmchadha in Hy-Maine". It could be surmised that this could mean The O'Houlihans (Ó hUallacháins) may have been Chiefs of Sil Anmchadha before the O'Maddens, but are not recorded as such.^[1] ^[2] ^[3] The only recorded Chief of Sil Anmchadha of The O'Houlihan name is King Giolla Finn (Gillafinn) Mac Uallachain.^[4]

Kings of Síol Anmchadha

Cú Connacht mac Dundach, 1006
Madudan mac Gadhra Mór, 1008
Gadhra Mór mac Dundach, 1008–1027
Dogra mac Dúnadach, killed 1027
Dunadach mac Cú Connacht, 1027–1032
Diarmaid mac Madudan, 1032–1069
Madudan Reamhar Ua Madadhan, 1069–1096
Giolla Finn mac Uallacháin, 1096–1101
Diarmaid Ua Madadhan, 1101–1135
Cú Coirne Ua Madudhan, 1135–1158
Madudan Mór Ua Madadhan, 1158–?
Melaghlin Ua Madadhan, ?–1188
Diarmaid Cleirech Ua Madadhan, 1188–1207
Madudan Óg Ó Madadhan, 1207–1235
Cathal Ó Madadhan, 1235–1286

Lords of Síol Anmchadha

Murchadh Ó Madadhan, 1286–1327
Eoghan Ó Madadhan, 1327–1347
Murchadh Ó Madadhain, 1347–1371
Eoghan Mór Ó Madadhan, 1371–1410
Murcadh Ó Madadhan, 1410–1451
Eoghan Carrach Ó Madadhan, 1451–?
Murchadh Reagh Ó Madadhan, ?–1475
Owen Ó Madadhan, 1475–c. 1479
Breasal Ó Madadhan, c. 1479–1526
Domhnall Ó Madadhan, 1567–1612
Anmchadh Ó Madadhan, 1612–1636

References

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlkik/ihm/uimaine.htm
Annals of Ulster at CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts at University College Cork
Annals of Tigernach at CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts at University College Cork
Revised edition of McCarthy's synchronisms at Trinity College Dublin.
Irish Kings and High-Kings, Francis John Byrne, Dublin (1971;2003) Four Courts Press,
History of the O'Maddens of Hy-Many, Gerard Madden, 2004. .
The Life, Legends and Legacy of Saint Kerrill: A Fifth-Century East Galway Evangelist by Joseph Mannion, 2004.
http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/G105007/index.html

Notes and References

Book: O'Donovan, John . The Tribes and customs of Hy-Many, commonly called O'Kelly's country. Now first published form the Book of Lecan, a MS. in the Library of the Royal Irish Academy; with a translation and notes ... by John O'Donovan . 1843 . Dublin : Irish Archaeological Society . Robarts - University of Toronto.
Book: O'Donovan, John . The topographical poems of John O'Dubhagain and Giolla na naomh O'Huidhrin. Edited in the original Irish, From MSS. in the Library of the Royal Irish Academy, Dublin; with translation, notes, and introductory dissertations . Irish Archaeological and Celtic Society . Dublin . Ó Dubhagáin . Seán . Ó Huidhrin Gilla na naomh . d 1420 . 1862 . Dublin Printed for the Irish Arachaeological and Celtic Society . Robarts - University of Toronto.
Book: O'Hart, John . Irish pedigrees; or, The origin and stem of the Irish nation . 1892 . Dublin, J. Duffy; New York, Benziger [etc., etc.] . Harold B. Lee Library.
Book: O'Donovan, John . The Tribes and customs of Hy-Many, commonly called O'Kelly's country. Now first published form the Book of Lecan, a MS. in the Library of the Royal Irish Academy; with a translation and notes ... by John O'Donovan . 1843 . Dublin : Irish Archaeological Society . Robarts - University of Toronto.