1031 - 1040 AD  

1031 AD *106.Donough / Donnchad (the son of *105.Brian Boru and 110.Gormlaith), who was now the Heberian Dal gCais 42nd King of Cashel / Munster and 176th King of Ireland - with opposition, this year laid siege to the Heremonian Ui Laoghaire Ui Connla kingdom of Ossory again to re - express his overall authority in Mogha's Half / Leath Mogha, which was the territory situated nearby to the east of the Munster Province in Co. Kilkenny in the south - west of Southern Leinster,  still under the leadership of 110.Donough mac Giolla Patrick / Padraig (Fitz Patrick) from the Heremonian Ui Laoghaire Ui Connla Sept whose own personal overall authority was also still growing stronger there in Southern Leinster and many of the aristocratic warriors involved from both sides were slain once again during this particular conflict.

      107.Flaherty / Flaithbertach an Trostain O Niall - of the Pilgrim's Staff who had been the previous Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill Cenel nEogain 40th King of Aileach in the Ulster Province returned to Ireland from his previous pilgrimage to Rome and during his absence his son, 108.Aed Athlaman O Niall - the Handy had been "acting" in his stead there as the 41st King of Aileach, and the son of Eochy / Eochaidh had decided to make a stand in the Ulster Province and he carried out an "expedition" into the Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill Cenel nEogain territory of Telach Oc, but gained nothing. 108.Aed Athlaman O Niall - the Handy the 41st King of Aileach had instead decided to bypass him to the east with his Cenel nEogain warriors, and while carrying out this circuit along the way he also picked up 3,000 head of cattle, and 1,200 hostages.

       Maol Suthain O Carroll the Heremonian Dal Cuinn Ui Conaire King, "died" this year, who had previously acted as *105.Brian Boru's secretary, as he had previously also been a monk and a professor at Innis Fallen monastery on Loch Leane in Co. Kerry in Desmond / Southern Munster in the south - west of the Munster Province.

1032 AD Edras O Gunning / Ua Conaing, the son of Eogan O Gunning, the son of Conang O Gunning, the Heberian Dal gCais Chief of Aos Greine who had also been the Tanaiste of Munster, died this year.

1033 AD 108.Aed Athlaman O Niall - the Handy the Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill Cenel nEogain 41st King of Aileach in Tir Eogain / Tyrone (The Land of 91.Eogan) was to "die" this year, and he was to be the father of 109.Donnell / Domhnall O Niall who would become the future Cenel nEogain King of Ulster Province - with opposition and the "direct male line" ancestor of *116.Brian Catha Duinn O Niall who was to later claim to be the "last" Heremonian Cenel nEogain 184th King of Ireland who would be slain by John de Courcy the English Baron in 1258 AD. He was also to become the ancestor of the English Earls of Tyrone and the O Neills of Clann na Bhuidhe / Clannaboy in their territory in the north - east of Ulster Province. In the 20th Century AD another descendant Terence O Neill was to become the Prime Minister of the 6 Counties in the Ulster Province to be "artificially partitioned" off from the whole 9 Counties in Ulster Province for egotistical, ethnic and sectarian political reasons in 1922 AD, which would still be controlled by the British Imperial Government to continue to wreak havoc on the Irish population there in those particular 6 Counties in Ireland in the 21st Century.

     108.Aedh Athlaman O Niall - the Handy's younger son, 109.Anradhan / Anrothan O Niall was to marry the Princess of Argyll / The Land of the Gael in the Highlands of Scotland, and become the direct male line ancestor of the Scottish Highland Clans of the Lamonts, the Mac Sorleys, the Scrymgeours, the Mac Coirquodales, the Mac Millans / Mheic Mhaolain, the Mac Neills, and the Mac Lauchlans there who were to be the sons of Lachlan Mor - the  Greater the  King of Dal Riada, the Mac Ewens / Mheic Eoghan, the Mac Sweeneys / Mheic Suibhne who would later on return to Co. Donegal in the north - west of Ulster Province as "mercenaries," and the Livingstones / Mac Leays.

      108.Aedh Athlaman O Niall - the Handy's father, 107.Flaherty / Flaithbertach an Trostain O Niall - of the Pilgrim's Staff who had been the previous Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niall Cenel nEogain 40th King of Aileach in Tir Eogain / Tyrone (The Land of 91.Eogan). in the Ulster Province, who had previously returned from his pilgrimage to Rome now continued to rule once again in his own right in Ulster Province.

     110.Donough mac Giolla Patrick / Donnchad mac Giolla Phadraig the Heremonian Ui Laogharie Ui Connla King of Ossory in Co. Kilkenny in the south - west of Southern Leinster, who was a son of 109.Gilla Patraic mac Donnchada was by now growing even stronger then before and as a result he also became the new Heremonian Ui Laoghaire Ui Connla King of Leinster in his own right this year, until 1039 AD, (The only one ever from the Ui Laoghaire Ui Connla Sept).  

1033 - 1041 AD 110.Murtough mac Giolla Patrick / Muirchertach mheic Giolla Phadraig was to be the Heremonian Ui Laoghaire Ui Connla King of Leith / Half Ossory, in Co. Kilkenny in the south - west of Southern Leinster during this period, who was another of the sons of 109.Gilla Patraic mac Donnchada (Descended from a son of a devotee of St. Patrick)

1034 AD *106.Donough / Donnchad, (the son of *105.Brian Boru and 110.Gormlaith), who was now the Heberian Dal gCais 42nd King of Cashel / Munster and 176th King of Ireland - with opposition besieged the Heremonian Ui Laoghaire Ui Connla kingdom nearby of "Ossory" again in Co. Kilkenny in Southern Leinster, which was still under the leadership of the Mac Giolla Patricks (Fitz Patricks), to continue to try and re - enforce his overall authority in Mogha's Half.

1035 AD Echnearcach mac Firbis became the Viking King of Dublin until 1052 AD.      

1036 / 41 AD 110.Murtough mac Giolla Patrick / Muirchertach mheic Giolla Patraic (Fitz Patrick) the Heremonian Ui Laoghaire Ui Connla King of Leth / Half Ossory, who was one of the sons of 109.Gilla Phadraig mac Donnchada, was "slain" this year by O Kelly / Ua Cellaig who was one of his own Ui Connla Sept kinsman in a dispute over who now had the real authority in their particular part of the territory there in Ossory. 

     107.Flaherty / Flaithbertach an Trostain O Niall - of the Pilgrim’s Staff the Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill Cenel nEogain 40th King of Aileach in Tir Eogain / Tyrone in the Ulster Province, "died" this year, who had been a son of 106.Murtough / Muirchertach O Niall, a son of *105.Donnell Ard Macha O Niall the previous Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill Cenel nEogain 173rd King of Ireland, and was now to become the more "direct male line" ancestor of the aristocratic warrior O Nialls / O Neills of Ulster Province who were all originally descended from his ancestor, *103.Niall Glun Dubh - of the Black Knee who had been the 170th King of Tara / Ireland.

     107.Niall became the new Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill Cenel nEogain 43rd King of Aileach, who was a son of 106.Mael Sechlainn who had died in 997 AD, the son of 105.Mulrooney / Mael Ruanaid who had died in 941 AD, the son of 104.Flann who had died in 906 AD, the son of 103.Donnell / Domhnall the 28th King of Aileach who had died in 915 AD who had had been a brother to *103.Niall Glun Dubh - of the Black Knee the "direct male line" ancestor of the O Nialls of Ulster Province and the previous 170th King of Tara / Ireland, as they had been both sons of *102.Aed Findliath - of the White Hair who had been the 25th King of Aileach and 168th King of Ireland. 107.Niall's brother, 107.Lochlann may have become / or not become, the direct male line ancestor of the Cenel nEogain O / Mac Loughlins / Ui / Mheic Lochlainn of Ulster Province.

     110.Donough mac Giolla Patrick / Donnchad mac Giolla Padraig (Fitz Patrick) from the Heremonian Ui Laogharie Ui Connla kingdom of Ossory in Co. Kilkenny in the south - west of Southern Leinster finally displaced the Heremonian Ui Laoghaire Ui Lughaidh Cu Corb Ui Dunlainge Sept as the dominant Sept there in Southern Leinster, and was now "officially" recognised as the Heremonian Ui Laoghaire Ui Connla King of Leinster. (He was to be the first and last from the Ui Connla Sept.)

      Ae was one of the Heberian Kings of Cashel in the 11th Century AD who had his territory at Athy on the River Barrow in Co. Kildare in Central Southern Leinster.

1036 - 1161 AD In Dublin in the north - east of Southern Leinster the Viking Catholic Church was to hold out against the Celtic Irish Catholic Church by having their "Bishops" consecrated in England, until St. Lawrence O Toole / Lorcan Ua Tuathail was to become the "first"  Irish Bishop to be consecrated in Dublin later on, who by his piety was to gain respect from both the Irish Septs and the Vikings, while the Viking Danes were to "intermarry" with the families of the Irish Kings in Southern Leinster, who then would be able to command the Danish forces and even "elect" the Viking King of the Danes in Dublin.

 1038 AD  Sitric Silkbeard the half - Viking King of Dublin, (who was the older son of 110.Gormlaith and Auluf the preceding Viking King of Dublin, had built a Catholic Church on the original area were the Christ Church Cathedral now stands in Dublin, which was previously the site of an ancient Celtic fort / dun, and the first Catholic Mass was celebrated therein this year.

     Cuduligh O Donoghue the Heberian Eoghanacht Prince / Tanaiste of Cashel was "slain" this year.

1039 AD 110.Donough Mac Giolla Patrick / Donnchad mheic Giolla Patraic (Fitz Patrick), the Heremonian Ui Laoghaire Ui Connla King of Ossory and King of Leinster, took his warriors from Southern Leinster to besiege the Heremonian Dal Cuinn "southern" Ui Niaill Septs in Meath / Midhe in Northern Leinster to try and further extend his own new found expandng authority in the Leinster Province, but he was to "die" this year after a long illness and his son, 111.Gilla Patrick mac Donogh 11 / Giolla Padraig mheic Donnchada 11, was to become the new Heremonian Ui Laoghaire Ui Connla King of Ossory in the south - west of Southern Leinster only, until 1055 AD.

       108.Murray / Muireadach O Niall. another of the sons of 107.Flaherty / Flaithbertach an Trostain O Niall - of the Pilgrim’s Staff the previous Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill Cenel nEogain 40th King of Aileach who had his territory in Tir Eogain / Tyrone, was slain by the Heremonian Dal Cuinn Colla da Crioch Cenel Rochada Ui Labrada / Lethrenna Sept this year, and this saw the "decline" of the dominance of the Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill Cenel nEogain O Niall Sept at this time towards the Kingships in the Ulster Province.

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