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Macraith Mág Tighearnán (anglicised
Magrath McKiernan) was
chief of the
McKiernan Clan and
Baron or Lord of
Tullyhunco barony,
County Cavan from c.1240...
- Mac Craith,
recorded in
other written texts as Mag Craith, Mag
Raith and
Macraith,
including the
Annals of the Four
Masters and the
Annals of Ulster. McGrath...
- variations) is an
anglicisation of the
patronymic from the
Gaelic personal name
MacRaith. This
personal name
means "son of grace".
According to the late 19th-century...
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Scottish Gaelic Mac Raith, a
surname derived from the
Gaelic personal name
Macraith, "son of grace".
Early examples of
forms of this
surname include: Alexander...
- Amhlaoibh, son of Tighearnán, the eponym. On the
death of the
previous chief,
Macraith Mág Tighearnán, Íomhaor took the
chieftaincy and
resided in the castle...
- Duarcán Mág Tighearnán, the First, son of Íomhaor the
First c.1240-1258
Macraith Mág Tighearnán (d.1258), son of Tighearnán son of
Conbuidhe 1258-c.1269...
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Fergal Mág Tighearnán who
later was
chief of the clan, Domhnall, ****n,
Macraith and Cú Connacht. C. Parker, "Two
minor septs of late
medieval Breifne"...
- a
previous chief of the clan. Fergal's
brothers were Domhnall, ****n,
Macraith and Cú Connacht. On the
death of the
previous ceanne fine, his
first cousin...
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McKiernan (born 1944),
veteran foreign correspondent and do****entary
filmmaker Macraith Mág Tighearnán (d.1258), (anglicised
Magrath McKiernan), was
chief of the...
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succeeded to the
chieftaincy on Brian's
death and
ruled from 1298 to 1303) and
Macraith Mág Samhradháin, the
ancestor of two
McGovern bishops (Cormac Mác Shamhradháin...
