Cadla Ua Dubthaig [SEP] date of death
Cadla Ua Dubthaig
Cadla Ua Dubthaig, second Archbishop of Tuam, 1161–1201.
Ua Dubthaig was member of a Connacht ecclesiastical family originally from Lissonuffy in what is now north-east County Roscommon. The family produced a number of abbots and bishops.
"The History of the Popes" describes him as:
a person of great talent; and was employed in much important business, of Church and State, both in England and at Rome.
The Irish annals merely record that "Cadla Ua Dubthaig, i.e.
But, also according to the Annals of Ulster, he returned to Mellifont where he received his Pall for its consecration in 1157.
Death.
Hession died in 1161 and was succeeded by Cadla Ua Dubthaig. Hession was considered sufficiently deserving to be buried in a magnificent marble tomb that survived until the mid-16th century. A new street has recently been named in his honour in Tuam.