Gilla_Ceallaigh_Ua_Cleirigh Knowpia

Gilla Ceallaigh Ua Cleirigh (died 1003) was King of Ui Fiachrach Aidhne.

Gilla Ceallaigh was the next-to-last of the Ua Cleirigh kings of Aidhne. From this time on, the family lost power and eventually became an ecclesiastical family. Members included:

Conchobhar Ua Cleirigh, lector of Kildare, died 1126
Gilla Isa Ó Cléirigh, Bishop of Leyny (Achonry), died 1230

His descendants would eventually become the Ó Cléirigh Bardic family.

Preceded by Mac Comhaltan Ua Cleirigh	King of Uí Fiachrach Aidhne ?-1003	Succeeded by Mael Ruanaidh na Paidre Ua hEidhin

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http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/genealogy/hynes_family.htm
Irish Kings and High-Kings, Francis John Byrne (2001), Dublin: Four Courts Press, ISBN 978-1-85182-196-9
CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts at University College Cork

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