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Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair

1116 - 1198

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Ruaidrí mac Tairrdelbach Ua Conchobair (Modern Irish: Ruairí Ó Conchúir; anglicised as Rory O'Conor) (c. 1116 – 2 December 1198) was King of Connacht from 1156 to 1186, and High King of Ireland from 1166 to 1198. He was the last High King of Ireland before the Anglo-Norman invasion. Ruaidrí was one of over twenty sons of King Tairrdelbach Ua Conchobair (1088–1156). He and his sister Mór were Tairrdelbach's only children from his third wife, Cailech Dé Ní Eidin of Aidhne. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair is the 7,434th most popular politician (up from 17,267th in 2019), the 94th most popular biography from Ireland (up from 345th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Irish Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair ranks 7,434 out of 19,576. Before him are Henri Coiffier de Ruzé, Marquis of Cinq-Mars, Henry VII, Duke of Bavaria, Floris IV, Count of Holland, Muhammad VIII al-Amin, António Mascarenhas Monteiro, and Conrad I, Duke of Bohemia. After him are Ulrich von Hassell, Titu Cusi, Mel Martínez, Takelot I, Marcia, and Rodoald.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1116, Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair ranks 5. Before him are Nur ad-Din, Ibn al-Jawzi, Richeza of Poland, Queen of Sweden, and Berengaria of Barcelona. After him is Philip of France. Among people deceased in 1198, Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair ranks 10. Before him are Al-Aziz Uthman, William III of Sicily, Marie of France, Countess of Champagne, Sophia of Minsk, Dulce of Aragon, and Eustathius of Thessalonica. After him are Frederick I, Duke of Austria, and George II of Constantinople.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair ranks 94 out of 549. Before him are Brian Boru (941), Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie (1810), Edward Mulhare (1923), Oliver Goldsmith (1728), Dymphna (700), and Edward Carson (1854). After him are Maureen O'Sullivan (1911), James Barry (1795), Nicholas Aylward Vigors (1785), John Banville (1945), Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet (1715), and Christy Brown (1932).

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Among POLITICIANS In Ireland

Among politicians born in Ireland, Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair ranks 16. Before him are Brian Cowen (1960), Mary Robinson (1944), Malcolm II of Scotland (954), Diarmait Mac Murchada (1110), Brian Boru (941), and Edward Carson (1854). After him are Nicholas Aylward Vigors (1785), Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet (1715), Pierce Butler (1744), Douglas Hyde (1860), Eliza Lynch (1833), and Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh (1769).

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