Ruaidhri Mac Aedha
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Who is Ruaidhri Mac Aedha?
Ruaidhri Mac Aedha, Lord of Clann Cosgraigh, died 1170.
Mac Aeda was a descendant of Aedh mac Ruaidri Ua Flaithbehrtaigh, via his son, Muireadhach mac Aedh, whose descendants took the surname Mac Aedha.
The Clann Mac Aedha were rulers of Clann Cosgraigh, a district on the east shore of Lough Corrib in what is now County Galway.
Ruaidhri Mac Aedha died on a pilgrimage to Tuam in 1170. A 13th-century member of the family would become Archbishop of Tuam.
The surname is now rendered McHugh or Hughes.
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