Tuathal Ua Connachtaig

Tuathal Ua Connachtaig (known in Latin as Thaddaeus)[1] was an Irish bishop in the 12th century.[2]

He was present at the Synod of Kells in March 1152. He took the oath of fealty to Henry II in 1172 as Bishop of Kells,[3] but is more often recorded as Bishop of Kilmore.[4]

References

  1. ↑ 'Monasticum Hibernicum; or, an history of the abbeys, priories, and other religious houses in Ireland' Mervyn Archdall (Irish antiquary)|Archdall,M. (Dublin: printed for Luke White, 1786)
  2. ↑ “A New History of Ireland” T. W. Moody, F. X. Martin, F.J. Byrne and Cosgrove, A: Oxford, OUP, 1976 ISBN 0-19-821745-5
  3. ↑ Brady 1876, The Episcopal Succession in England, Scotland and Ireland, volume 2, pp. 127–128.
  4. ↑ "Medieval Ireland: An Encyclopedia" Seán Duffy,S/ MacShamhráin,A/ Moynes, J: Abingdon, Routledge, 2005 ISBN 0415940524
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