Ua Corcrain of Clonfert

{{Short description|11th century abbot in Ireland}}

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Ua Corcrain of Clonfert, Abbot of Clonfert, died 1095.

Ua Corcrain may have been a member of the Ó Cormacáin ecclesiastical family based in Síol Anmchadha, in what is now south-east County Galway.

Since the 18th and 19th century the name has been rendered as Ó Cormacáin, Cormacan, Cormican.

See also

Maelcoluim Ua Cormacain, Abbot of Aran, died 1114.
Muirchertach Ua Carmacáin, Bishop of Clonfert, 1195–1203.
Uilliam Ó Cormacáin, Archbishop of Tuam, 5 May 1386 – 1393.
Henry Ó Cormacáin, last Abbot of Clonfert, fl. c.1534-c.1567.

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==References==

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Annals of Ulster at [http://celt.ucc.ie/index.html CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts] at [http://www.ucc.ie/ University College Cork]
Annals of Tigernach at [http://celt.ucc.ie/index.html CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts] at [http://www.ucc.ie/ University College Cork]
[http://www.cs.tcd.ie/Dan.McCarthy/chronology/synchronisms/annals-chron.htm Revised edition] of McCarthy's synchronisms at Trinity College Dublin.
Byrne, Francis John (2001), Irish Kings and High-Kings, Dublin: Four Courts Press, {{ISBN|978-1-85182-196-9}}

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Category:Christian clergy from County Galway

Category:11th-century Irish abbots

Category:1095 deaths

Category:11th-century Irish bishops

Category:Year of birth unknown

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