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3 unusual facts about Cathal


Cathal

Cahal Daly Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland from 1990 to 1996

As is obvious from the list below, the name was in medieval times most popular in Ireland's two western provinces, Munster and Connacht.

Cathal mac Ógán

Cathal mac Ógán is an ancestor of the Ó CathailCahill family of County Galway.


Cathal Brugha Street

The street is best known as the location of Dublin Institute of Technology's College of Catering, which is widely referred to simply as "Cathal Brugha Street".

Cathal Carragh Ua Conchobair

Cathal was killed in battle at Corr Sliaib in the Curlew Mountains in 1202.

Cathal mac Áedo

Mór marries Ruithcern to Lonán mac Findig who is a close ally of Cathal’s, probably of the Éile.

Cathal Maenmaighe

Cathal Maenmaighe (died 745) was the 19th King of Uí Maine.

Donnubán mac Cathail

Regardless of oral tradition, it has been argued that Donovan's mother was also Norse based on his father's other associations, by the 3rd Earl of Dunraven, who argued that his father Cathal's association through marriage with "Amlaf, king of the Danes of Munster" officially created the alliance between them.

Drama school

On 1 August 2008, The Irish Times reported that a RADA graduate, Danielle Ryan, granddaughter of the late Tony Ryan who founded Ryanair, had announced plans to develop an Irish Academy of Dramatic Arts part-funded from a Trust created by her late father, Captain Cathal Ryan.

Fallomon mac Con Congalt

The Annals of Ulster record that Cathal—usually taken to be Cathal mac Finguine, King of Munster—was first of all defeated by Domnall Midi and Clann Cholmáin Máir at Tailtiu, site of the main Uí Néill óenach, and then victorious against Fallomon and Clann Cholmáin Bicc at the Hill of Ward, site of the óenach of Tlachtga, second in importance only to that of Tailtiu.

José Ramón Larraz

The book Immoral Tales: European Sex & Horror Movies 1956-1984 (1994) by Cathal Tohill and Pete Tombs dedicates a chapter to him.

Lecale

It gets its name from Cathal, a prince of Uladh about 700 A.D. who was a descendant of Fiachna, a son of Deaman, a king of Ulidia.

The Boys of the Lough

Their first album, called Boys of the Lough (1972) consisted of Aly Bain (fiddle), Cathal Mc'Connell (flute), Dick Gaughan (vocals and guitar) and Robin Morton (flute).


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