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Uí Díarmata was a local kingdom located in what is now north County Galway.

The ruling dynasty took its name from King Diarmait Finn of Connacht (died 833), and the territory in turn was named after them. It seems to have been created by the Uí Briúin in the ninth century during a wave of expansion under his grandson, Uatu ua Diarmada. It formerly comprised parts of Cenél Dubháin, Clann Choscraig and Soghain. Its kings appeared regularly in the annals from 971 onwards, its leading family taking the surname Ó Con Cheanain (Concannon). The Annals of Connacht state that "Domnall son of Aed O Con Chenainn, king of the Ui Diarmata, and Muirchertach his brother" were killed at the Second Battle of Athenry in 1316. By this stage it had become incorporated into the territory of Clantaie O Dermod (Clann Taidg and Uí Díarmata) ruled by the de Berminghams, Baron Athenry.

External links

http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100011/index.html

References

The Anglo-Norman landscape in County Galway; land-holdings, castles and settlements, Patrick Holland, Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society, volume 49, 1997.
Medieval Ireland: Territorial, Political and Economic Divisions, Paul MacCotter, Four Courts Press, 2008, pp.134-135. ISBN978 1 84682 098 4

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 '''Uí Díarmata''' was a local kingdom located in what is now north [[County Galway]].
-The ruleing dynasty took its name from King Diarmait Finn of Connacht (died [[833]]), and the territory in turn was named after them. It seems to have been created by the [[Uí Briúin]] in the ninth century during a wave of expansion under his grandson, Uatu ua Diarmada. It formerly comprised parts of Cenél Dubháin, Clann Choscraig and [[Soghain]]. Its kings appeared regularly in the annals from [[971]] onwards, its leading family taking the surname Ó Con Cheanain ([[Concannon]]). The [[Annals of Connacht]] state that ''"Domnall son of Aed O Con Chenainn, king of the Ui Diarmata, and Muirchertach his brother"'' were killed at the [[Second Battle of Athenry]] in [[1316]]. By this stage it had become incorporated into the territory of ''Clantaie O Dermod'' ([[Clann Taidg]] and [[Uí Díarmata]]) ruled by the de Berminghams, [[Baron Athenry]].
+The ruling dynasty took its name from King Diarmait Finn of Connacht (died [[833]]), and the territory in turn was named after them. It seems to have been created by the [[Uí Briúin]] in the ninth century during a wave of expansion under his grandson, Uatu ua Diarmada. It formerly comprised parts of Cenél Dubháin, Clann Choscraig and [[Soghain]]. Its kings appeared regularly in the annals from [[971]] onwards, its leading family taking the surname Ó Con Cheanain ([[Concannon]]). The [[Annals of Connacht]] state that ''"Domnall son of Aed O Con Chenainn, king of the Ui Diarmata, and Muirchertach his brother"'' were killed at the [[Second Battle of Athenry]] in [[1316]]. By this stage it had become incorporated into the territory of ''Clantaie O Dermod'' ([[Clann Taidg]] and [[Uí Díarmata]]) ruled by the de Berminghams, [[Baron Athenry]].
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