Sén-Brian Ó Dubhda


Sén-Brian Ó Dubhda, King of Ui Fiachrach Muaidhe, died 1354.

Overview

In a section of Leabhar na nGenealach, Dubhaltach Mac Fhirbhisigh writes of the fate of the hereditary proprietors of Ui Fiachrach.
"The English banished these chieftains from their native places until Sein-Bhrian s. Taithleach of the Moy Ó Dubhda captured the country from the English. Although he did capture it, I think that many of the same chieftains did not get hold of much of their native territories since then, for the family, grandsons, and great-grandsons of Sein-Bhrian divided the land among themselves, though they do not possess it today and only a very small portion of the aforesaid chieftains still survive."
This is confirmed in the Annals of the Four Masters, sub anno 1338, which states "Leyny and Corran were laid waste and wrested from the English, and the chieftainship of them assumed by the hereditary Irish chieftains, after the expulsion of the English."
The Annals of the Four Masters record his presence at the Second Battle of Athenry. He survived, though the dead included Melaghlin Carragh O'Dowda, Conor Oge O'Dowda, Murtough, son of Conor O'Dowda.
Araile do fhlathaibh Ua nDubhda says of him: