130 BC - 101 BC 

       *75.Eochy / Eochaidh Aireamh - the Ploughman the Heremonian Ui Cobhthaigh 93rd King of Tara / Erinn had 3 sons 76.Bress, 76.Lothar and 76.Nar, who are known as The Fineamhas / 3 Branches, who were triplets, and he also had 6 daughters, one of whom was 76.Maeve / Medb who was to initially marry 64.Conor mac Nessa the Gaelic Milesian Irian King of Ulster who she was to find totally unbearable, and was then to return home to her father who was to find her a new consort in Ailill the aged King in the nearby Connacht Province / Sreng's Fifth. *75.Eochy Aireamh - the Ploughman was later on to also become known as *75.Eochy Feidlech - of the Constant Sighing or the Steadfast, when he was forced to put down a rebellion being carried out by his 3 sons, who in a drunken stupor previously had ravaged one of their sisters, 76.Clotherne. Whether that was to be the cause of their internal conflict or not, they were to come up against each other at Ath Cumair, a ford situatd near Mullingar in Co. Westmeath in the south - west of Meath / Midhe in Northern Leinster, in what is now known as the Battle of Dramouach / Dromcue where his 3 sons were killed during the conflict, and from then on he was to be in constant distress over their deaths. The Irish Septs who were in the adjacent territory there in the west of Ireland, situated on the other side of the River Shannon in Connacht / Sreng's Fifth, then rebelled against him also, so he decided to set up his daughter, 76.Maeve as the Queen of Connacht to overcome their opposition, and to make it official he married her to Ailill / Oilioll the aged King there, who was a son of Conrach who had also been the King there before him, and who had previously built the royal residence of Rath Cruachan near Garrick on the River Shannon in the east of Sreng's Fifth in that part of Connacht, that is now known as Co. Roscommon. Not long after this marriage the "aged" Ailill died, and 76.Maeve, who was still a young widow, became a very independent Queen of Connacht in her own right, and she decided to go looking in the Heremonian territory in Southern Leinster for a husband that would actually suite her for a change. Ross Ruadh - of Red Complexion was at that time the King there who had his fortress at Naas in Co. Kildare in Central Southern Leinster, which was the ancient residence of the Heremonian Ui Laoghaire Ui Lughaidh Cu Corb Kings of Leinster, which was also considered a great meeting place for the Heremonian Septs  / Fines there. This was where they held their Assemblies / Oenachs, and she was to select Ross Ruadh's younger son, as her consort, who was also known as Ailill, who had 2 brothers who were also to be Kings, and their marriage was to be fruitful and she was to eventually produce many sons and one daughter to the younger Ailill on returning to rule in Connacht / Sreng's Fifth.

116 BC *75.Eochy Aireamh / Feidlech had ruled as the Heremonian Ui Cobhthaigh 93rd King of Tara / Erinn for 12 years until he was killed at Tara after previously dividing the kingdom of Ireland back into 5 Provinces, and after his death a great slaughter of his own people was to occur. *75.Eochy was a son of 74.Fionn, who had been descended from *67.Enda / Eanna Aigneach the previous 84th King of Tara / Erinn and therefore of *37.Eremon the direct male line ancestor of all of the Heremonian Septs. His death had come about due to the fact that he had built a palace at Fream Hainn / The Hill of Frewin in Port Lomard in Co. Westmeath in the south - west of Northern Leinster to be independent of Tara for his own family, as under the Irish Brehon Law Tara went to the next reigning King of Tara / Erinn. The territory there where he had decided to construct this palace actually belonged to the Feara Cul Sept of Tethbae, and was situated in the south - west of Meath / Midhe in Northern Leinster, where he had not sought permission from them to use the sight although they had also been involved in building it originally, which had upset Mormael their King who at the next Feast of Samhain in November at Tara, was to personally be able to kill *75.Eochy Aireamh the 93rd King of Tara / Ireland without being discovered. The Feara Cul Sept then blamed his death on a Tuatha de Danann Sept who were situated nearby led by Siogmall from the Sidh Neannta Sept in Co. Roscommon, whose territory was opposite on the western side of the River Shannon in the east of the Connacht Province. The Feara Cul Sept's involvement in his death was to be eventually discovered and they all then fled en - masse to the west across the River Shannon into Connacht / Sreng's Fifth where they settled there in the south of Connacht on the border of Co. Galway and Co. Roscommon. This was to eventually lead onto another stage in future Irish history, as they were to remain there for the next 300 years until *85.Cormac mac Airt was to come out of exile in Connacht at that particular time, to begin to regain the Heremonian Ui Cobhthaigh Dal Cuinn Kingship of Tara / Ireland in 225 AD after first being involved in displacing *58.Lewy mac con / Son of the Hound who had previously killed his father, *84.Art - the Lonely who had been the 112th King of Ireland, who had then became the Gaelic Ithian 113th King of Tara / Ireland in his own right. *85.Cormac mac Airt at that later particular time was to invite the Feara Cul Sept to accompany him back into Connacht to act as his personal bodyguard, and when he became the 115th King of Tara / Ireland he was to give them new territory back in Midhe / Meath to the north of Tara at Kells / Ceanannus Mor were they would then become known as the Feara Cul Breagh Sept of Bregia in Co. Meath in the south - east of Northern Leinster.       

     64.Fergus / Fearghus mac Roigh Mor - the Greater, was a son of another 63.Ros Ruadh - of Red Complexion the previous Celtic Gaelic Milesian Irian King of Ulster whose  mother was Roich, and he was also to be a grandson of *62.Rory  / Rudhraidhe Mor - the Greater the previous 86th King of Tara / Erinn, and also an Irian Knight of the Red Branch / Craobh Rua Warriors of Ulster. After the treacherous deaths of the 3 sons of Uisneach / Uisliu, Noisiu, Ardan and Anle, at the direction of his cousin and usurper, 64.Conor mac Nessa who was by then the King of Ulster in his own right also, 64.Fergus mac Roigh who had personally guaranteed the safety of Uisnach's 3 sons had left the Ulster Province in disgust of 64.Conor mac Nessa's conduct and went to the west with his followers into the Connacht Province / Sreng's Fifth were he was well received there by 76.Maeve the Queen of Connacht and her husband the younger Ailill, the son of another Ros Ruadh who was at that time the King of Leinster. (This particular younger Ailill would be eventually killed by Lewy / Lughaidh his brother because of jealousy.) 65.Cormac Conloingeas - the Exile, who was a son of 64.Conor mac Nessa had also been upset about his father's treachery and he too was to also go to Connacht to 76.Maeve to escape his father's wrath.       

 mac Datho the King of Leinster owned a hound that was coveted by 64.Conor mac Nessa the Gaelic Milesian Irian King of Ulster, and also by Ailill and 76.Maeve / Medb the Heremonian King and Queen of Sreng's Fifth / Connacht Province, and as a result he had promised it to them all individually, and to this end he invited them to a feast to collect it on the same day where there was to be a well reared pig especially on the menu, and Briccriu said the pig should be divided according to their previous martial accomplishments, and after a heated exchange over who was actually the best between the men of Ulster and Munster, Cett the son of Magu from Connacht stepped forward and challenged anyone present to contest with him for it, or he would be the one who would carve it up to suite. The Ulster warriors took up his challenge but were all made subject to stories of what had happened to them previously in battle by Cet who then proceeded to carve up the pig, but 68.Conall Cearnach - of the Victories the leader of the Irian Red Branch Warriors of Ulster, who were initially based on the Tuatha De Danann, then arrived, and although Cett soon submitted to him, he still bragged that if his brother, Anulan, was present he would be the one to do so, as he was far superior to both of them, and this spurred 68.Conall Cearnach then to produce the head of Anulan, hanging from his belt, which he flung at Cett who then left the gathering in a hurry.  

       N.B: Erc was a son of 64.Conor mac Nessa's daughter, 65.Felimy / Fedelmid Nuachruthac - of the Ever New Form and of Cairbre Niafear the King of Erinn?  Deichtine, another daughter of 64.Conor mac Nessa, acted as 64.Conor mac Nessa's charioteer. (64.Conor mac Nessa's sword was known as Gorm Glas). 76.Maeve a sister to triplets herself was to later on also give birth to triplets, 65.Corc, 65.Con Mac and 65.Siar whose father was to be 64.Fergus Mor.

    When 64.Conor mac Nessa the Gaelic Milesian Irian King of Ulster was dying he was to call on his son, 65.Cormac Conloingeas - the Exile to return to the Ulster Province to become the future King of Ulster after him, and although he was to be warned by a young maiden along the way of the treachery that lay ahead he was to continue his journey and would be killed by men from the Connacht Province / Sreng's Fifth.      

      *75.Eochy / Eochaidh Aireamh / Fedlech the Heremonian Ui Cobhthaigh 93rd King of Erinn had also previously produced a daughter from his own daughter, 76.Ess, and he had wanted to discard the child and gave her to 2 of his men to dispose of her in a pit, but when she laughed they lost the heart to do it and they placed her instead in a hut belonging to a calf - herdsman where she was fostered by him and became known as 77.Mess Buachalla - the Cowherd's Foster Child. (Her carer turned out to be a subject of *Eterscel / Eidersceoil who was then the great - grandson of Iar a previous King of Tara / Erinn ?).

 116 - 111 BC. *Eterscel / Eidersceoil was to be the Celtic Heremonian Ui Cobhthaigh 95th King of Tara / Erinn in his own right, but he was still childless, and as 77.Mess Buachalla was by then growing up, some of his householders chanced to see her out and about and had noticed that she had grown into a beautiful maiden and they informed *Eterscel of this fact, which was pertinent because he had previously been informed by his Druids that a woman of unknown pedigree would bear him a son, and he then sent for her, and she did bore him a son whom she was to raise in secret, who would become *Conaire 1st Mor - the Greater the future Celtic 97th King of Tara / Ireland from 110 - 40 BC. Later on *Conaire 1st Mor - the Greater was to be also fostered by Donn Desa who was a King of Leinster who was also to be his Champion / Colla and he was to grow up with Donn Desa's 3  sons, Fer Le, Fer Gair and Fer Rogain, who were a wild and rambunctious lot, but despite this they were to share their life together. After *Eterscel was to be killed in battle, a Tarbh Feis / Feast was held, where a bull was to be killed and eaten to have the Druids discover who would be the new King, as a Druid was to consume the meat and drink a broth composed of the meat, and whoever he would then see in his sleep was to be the one who he would proclaim as the future King of Tara / Ireland, and while this particular Druid was sleeping he had a dream of a naked man travelling along the road on his way to Tara in a chariot who also had a stone in a sling.

111 - 110 BC *80.Nuadhas Neacht the Heremonian Ui Laoghaire Ui Lughaidh King of Leinster, became the Celtic Milesian Gaelic 96th King of Tara / Erinn after he had killed *Eterscel / Eidirsceal the 95th King of Tara / Erinn at Ailenn near Kilcullen in Co. Kildare in Central Southern Leinster. It had by now been 12 generations since *80.Nuadhas Neacht's Ui Laoghaire direct male line ancestor *68.Leary / Laoghaire Lorc - the Murderer had been the 68th King of Tara / Erinn. *80.Nuadhas Neacht was a son of 79.Setna / Sedna Silhbhaic who had also constructed the royal fortress there at Allan / Rath Alinne, who had been the son of 78.Lewy / Lughaidh, who was to be the future direct male line ancestor of the 86.Cu Corb Ui Laoghaire Ui Lughaidh Kings of Leinster, whose territory was to be on the northern side of the River Barrow from Drogheda in Co. Louth in the north - east of Northern Leinster down to Co. Wicklow in the south - east of Southern Leinster. *80.Nuadhas Neacht was to also be the father of 81.Baoisgne / Baiscni, who would become the direct male line ancestor of the Clann Baoisgne, the father of 82.Eltan, the father of 83.Snaelt, the father of 85.Trenmor, the father of 86.Coole / Cumhall whose mother, Baine, was a daughter of Scal the King of Sacsa. She was also to be the mother of *79.Felim / Feidhlimidh Reachtmar - the Lawgiver the future Heremonian Ui Cobhthaigh 108th King of Tara / Ireland who would be the direct male line ancestor of the Heremonian Ui Cobhthaigh Ui Felim Dal Cuinn Septs and the Ui Felim Desies Septs. In turn 86.Coole's son would become 87.Finn mac Coole / Fionn mac Cumhaill the future leader of the Irish Fianna Warriors in the 3rd Century AD and the father of 84.Oisin the celebratedCeltic  poet and Fianna Warriorhimself. His daughter, 85.Samar / Samhair was to later on marry 85.Cormac Cass the future Heberian 2nd King of Munster Province who would then be the direct ancestor of the Heberian Dal gCais / Dalcassian Septs in their kingdom of Tuadh Mhumhain / Thomond / Northern Munster. The ancient royal fortress of Naas in Co. Kildare in Central Southern Leinster was either named after the wife of Lugh the Tuatha De Danann King or *80.Nuadhas Neacht, whose other son 81.Fergus Fairge would become the next link to 86.Cu Corb the direct male line ancestor of the many future Heremonian Cu Corb Kings of Leinster. *80.Nuadhas Neacht was to be killed by *Conaire 1st Mor, the son of *Eidirsceal /  *Eidersceoil / *Eterscel, the previous Heremonian Ui Cobhthaigh  95th King of Tara / Erinn, and 77.Mess Buachalla, who was then to become the the 97th King of Tara / Erinn in his own right.

      When the time came to choose the new King of Tara / Erinn, *Conaire 1st Mor, was commanded by Nemglan to go to Tara along with his 3 foster - brothers, the sons of Donn Desa, to attend the bull - feast, but the 3 brothers were totally engaged in their own games on the Liffey Plain so *Conaire 1st Mor then had to proceed to there on his own in his chariot towards Dublin leaving his foster - brothers to carry on with their particular pursuits, and as usual naked and with his sling he headed off for Tara, and while on the way there he was stopped by 3 Irish Kings who gave him aristocratic warrior clothes to put on, and on his arrival at Tara he was to be declared by Nemglan to be the new Heremonian Ui Cobhthaigh King of Tara / Erinn. Although many complicated taboos or prohibitions (known as geasa) were placed on him, there was to be great peace in Ireland during his rule, until he was to be forced to break many of these geasas by the devious actions of his 3 previous young foster brother companions. One of the geasas placed on him was that he was not to sleep in a house from which firelight could be seen after Sunset.  

  110 - 40 BC *Conaire 1st Mor - the Greater was to be the Celtic Heremonian Ui Cobhthaigh 97th King of Tara / Erinn, who was a son of *Eterscel / Eidirsceal, the previous 95th King of Tara / Erinn, and 77.Mess Buachalla, a daughter of 76.Ess, a daughter of *75.Eochy / Eochaidh Aireamh / Fedlech the previous Heremonian Ui Cobhthaigh 93rd King of Tara / Erinn, and during his reign he was to be subjected to a whole series of prohibitions / geasa, which if broken could bring rejection, shame, and painful death, and he also had his own personal "singing sword." His 3 foster - brothers the 3 sons of Donn Desa who were now full of their connections and own importance began carrying out raids throughout the districts and *Conaire 1st Mor as the 97th King of Tara / Erinn was forced to reprimand them, and while doing this he was also to spare their lives for what they had already done, while condemning their fellow - offenders to death, breaking one of his geasas (prohibitions), as he eventually decided to send them off into exile instead, into Alba / Scottish Highlands where they still carried on with the same mischief there, and also becoming pirates on the Irish seas while waiting for something to happen to *Conaire 1st Mor so they could return to Ireland and carry on in the same way as before.

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