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 Breifne.[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, William Maziere (1876). The episcopal succession in England, Scotland and Ireland AD 1400 to 1875. Vol. 2. pp. 127–128. OCLC 655156325.
  4. "Medieval Ireland: An Encyclopedia" Seán Duffy,S/ MacShamhráin,A/ Moynes, J: Abingdon, Routledge, 2005 ISBN 0415940524


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