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Cú Connacht mac Dundach

Irish king

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 28, 2026
Entity authorityQ5202797 ↗
Source-derived summary

Known by his moniker, Cú Connacht mac Dundach ("The Hound of Connacht, Son of Dundach") (died 1006) was King of Síol Anmchadha, Ireland.

He is described as King in the Annals of Innisfallen. He was killed in battle near Lorrha by the Muskerry of County Cork, though other annals state he was killed by either Brian Boru or his son, Murchad. His son, Dundach mac Cú Connacht was lord of Síol Anmchadha from 1027 to 1032. He was an uncle of Madudan mac Gadhra Mór, ancestor of the Ó Madden family.

References

O'Madáin: History of the O'Maddens of Hy-Many, Gerard Madden, 2004. ISBN 0-9529511-7-7.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Cú Connacht mac Dundach” is irish king. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Connacht, Dundach and Irish, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1006, 1027, 1032, 2004—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. For this dossier, Connacht, Dundach and Irish is the immediate research focus.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The phrase “irish king” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

Evidence profile

Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 28, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5202797. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1006, 1027, 1032 and 2004.

Critical limits

Later biographies can compress uncertainty and repeat inherited reputations, so apparently settled claims may still require comparison. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Cú Connacht mac Dundach”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Cú Connacht mac Dundach primary sources, Cú Connacht mac Dundach archive and Connacht research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Cú Connacht mac Dundach”?
  2. Which claims depend on a single source or contested interpretation?
  3. Which primary records establish identity, chronology and institutional ties?
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This entry incorporates text from “Cú Connacht mac Dundach” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.