Rudhraighe Ó Flaithbheartaigh
Rudhraighe Ó Flaithbheartaigh (fl. 1214) was a king of Iar Connacht (West Connacht) in the northwest of Ireland. He belonged to the Ó Flaithbheartaigh (O'Flaherty) dynasty, based in what is now County Galway.
In the Irish annals he appears as reigning around 1214. He was preceded as king by Murtough Ua Flaithbertaigh and was succeeded by Áedh Mór Ó Flaithbheartaigh.
An entry from 1207 notes that Cathal Crovderg O'Conor, then King of Connacht, expelled Hugh O'Flaherty and gave his lands to his own son. In 1214, Brian, son of Rory O'Flaherty (the son of the Lord of West Connacht), died.
See also Ó Flaithbertaigh. For further reading, see West or H-Iar Connaught by Ruaidhrí Ó Flaithbheartaigh (1846), Origin of the Surname O'Flaherty by Anthony Matthews (1968), and Irish Kings and High-Kings by Francis John Byrne (2001).
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