831 - 840 AD
831 AD
100.Felim
mac Crimthainn the
Heberian Eoghanacht Chaisil
23rd King of
The Vikings
now carried out an attack on the church at Maghera
/ Machaire (The Plain) in
Co. Derry
in the north - east of the
Ulster Province, and the
region around Annagassan in Co.
Louth
in the north - east of
Northern Leinster. and
also began to settle in at
Limerick in Co. Limerick in
the south in the mid - north - west of the
Munster
Province on the eastern side
of the River Shannon, in opposition to the Heberian Eoghanachta
Septs there, where they also began to trade.
832 AD The Vikings now also raided the monastery at Clonmore / An Chluain Mhor (The Great Meadow) in Co. Carlow in Southern Leinster.
100.Felim
mac Crimthainn the
Heberian Eoghanacht Chaisil
23rd King of Cashel / Munster
was to
besiege the
territory of the Heremonian Dal Cuinn "southern"
Ui Niaill
Ui Fiachach Sept in
their kingdom of Delbna Bethra in
Midhe / Meath in
the south - west of
Northern Leinster three times, and burnt the sanctuary
/ Termon nearby at
Clonmacnoise in Co. Offaly
in the north - west of
Southern
Leinster, as both territories were in the
Heremonian Dal Cuinn "southern"
Ui Niaill territory of
Leath Cuinn
/ Conn's Half.
833 AD
105.Kelly
/ Ceallach the Heremonian
Cu Corb
Ui Dunlainge
Ui Muireadhaigh
24th King of Leinster defeated the monastic community at Kildare
in Co. Kildare in Central
Southern Leinster and many of them were
killed during the battle.
100.Coffey
/ Cobthach
who was the
Heberian
Eoghanacht Locha Lein King,
died this year, who was one of the 2 sons of 99.Muldoon
/ Maele
Duin the previous Chaisil
20a King of
100.Felim
mac Crimthainn
the Heberian Eoghanacht Chaisil 23rd King
of Munster
besieged the territory
of the Heremonian Dal Cuinn
"southern"
Ui Niaill
Ui Fiachach
Sept,
in their kingdom of Delbna Bethra again, in the south - west
of
Meath
/ Midhe
in
Northern Leinster,
where he
killed most of the monastic community, and burnt
everything there, except the church and he then besieged the
Durrow monastery nearby
in
Co. Offaly,
in the mid - west of
Southern Leinster
once again, which was also in the territory of the
Heremonian
Dal Cuinn "southern"
Ui Niaill. It was a rival to
Clonmacnoise for the favour of the Heremonian Dal Cuinn
"southern" Ui Niaill
Clann Cholmain Sept, as it had
aided a previous Ui Niaill
King of Ireland against the
Eogan
Mainistrech the Abbot of
Armagh
had died and was now succeeded by
Diarmait,
the son of Tiernan / Tigernan.
104.Diarmait the Heremonian Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin Ai Siol Muireadhaigh 33rd King of Connacht, died, who was one of the 3 sons of 103.Tomaltach, who all were to be Kings of Connacht, who was a son of 102.Murgal, one of the 4 sons of 101.Indrechtach the previous 21st King of Connacht, one of the 2 sons of 100.Murray / Muireadach Muillethan the 18th King of Connacht the direct male line ancestor of the Siol Muireadhaigh/ Sil Murray Sept in the Connacht Province. This was to be the end also of his particular Siol Muireadhaigh male line to the Kingship.
105.Cathal became the Heremonian Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin Ai Siol Muireadhaigh / Sil Murray 34th King of Connacht, who was a son of 101.Maurice / Muirgius the previous 31st King of Connacht, one of the 3 sons of 103.Tomaltach, descended from 95.Reilly / Raghallach the 12th King of Connacht the direct male line ancestor of the Ui Briuin Ai Sept.
833 - 846 AD *101.Niall
Caille
the
Heremonian Dal Cuinn
"northern" Ui Niaill Cenel nEogain 23rd King of Ailech
who had his territory in the north of the
Ulster Province was to be the
Gaelic Milesian
166th King of
834 AD
105.Kelly / Ceallach the
Heremonian Cu Corb
Ui Dunlainge Ui Muireadhaigh 24th King
of Leinster,
died, who
was one of the 2 sons of 104.Bran
Ardchenn
the previous 21st King of
Leinster, the son of
103.Murray / Muireadach
Muillethan the 18th King
of Leinster,
who is the direct male line ancestor of the Cu Corb
Ui Muireadhaigh
Sept and although his son, 106.Lorcan would become
the 27th King of
*101.Niall Caille the Gaelic Milesian Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill Cenel nEogain 166st King of Ireland went to Southern Leinster were he installed 107.Bran as the new Cu Corb Ui Dunlainge Ui Dunchada 25th King of Leinster, who was a son of 106.Faelan, the son of 105.Finsnechta Cetharderc the previous Cu Corb 22nd King of Leinster, a son of 104.Kelly / Ceallach the 19th King of Leinster, who was the son of 103.Dunchad who had been the 15th King of Leinster and the direct male line ancestor of the Ui Dunchada Sept.
835 AD
Forindan
who was now the Abbot of
Armagh
in the Ulster Province as he had had ousted
Diarmait,
the son of
Tiernan
/ Tigernan,
from his position, but
undaunted
Diarmait was to
continue to
contest the position for the next 17 years with the dispute coming shortly after the
inauguration of *101.Niall
Caille
as
the
Gaelic Milesian Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill
166th King of Ireland
who had already asserted his overall authority in the Leinster
Province.
*101.Niall Caille also had to
quell the opposition of his kinsmen the Heremonian Dal Cuinn
"southern"
Ui
Niaill, and
to this end he ravaged Meath
in Northern Leinster as far as
Tech Mael
Chonoe, which was another monastery in the territory of the
Heremonian
Dal Cuinn "southern" Ui Niaill Ui Fiachach Sept in
their kingdom of
Delbna Bethra. It was during this
campaign that
the Septs of
100.Felim
mac Crimthainn
the Heberian Eoghanacht Chaisil
23rd King
of
100.Indrechtach from the
Heremonian Dal Fiatach
Leth Cathail Sept. died this year, who had their
territory in
the east of the Ulster Province,
who was a son of
99.Tomaltach, a son of
98.Cathal the direct male line ancestor of the
Leth Cathail
Sept, who was a son of 97.Murray
/ Muireadach,
the son of
96.Angus
/ Oengus who was one of the
2 sons of 95.Mael
Cobo the
previous 13th King of Ulaid, descended from
90.Forgg
mac Dallain.
Olaf
- the White the
Viking
King began to settle in at
Dublin
/ Dubh Linn
(The Dark Pool) originally also named for Dubh the wife of Enna, the son of
Nois, with his Viking warriors in the
Co. Dublin region also previously known in
Irish as
Baile
Atha Cliath
(The Place of
the Hurdle of the Ford) which was territory actually situated below on the
eastern side of Southern
The
Norwegians (Norsemen) Vikings were not only settling into
Ireland, but
also into the Faroe Islands,
Godfrey,
the son of Fergus,
from the Heremonian Dal Cuinn 3 Colla Sept was now a
Prince / Tanaiste
of their kingdom of
Orghialla / Airghialla
(Oriel)
836 AD The Vikings made their first inland
attacks directly against the Heremonian Dal Cuinn
"southern"
Ui
Niaill Septs in
Co. Meath
in the south - east of
Northern
Forindan
and Diarmait the two
rival candidates for the position of Abbot of Armagh
(the main religious seat in Ireland situated in the
Ulster Province) went on a circuit, with
Forindan going to
Southern Leinster, and
Diarmait to the Connacht
Province, so
100.Felim mac Crimthainn the
Heberian Eoghanacht
Chaisil
23rd King of Cashel /
Munster
then
laid siege to Kildare in
Co. Kildare in Central
Southern Leinster where he captured Forindan
who was visiting there and held him prisoner and also seized the
Cork Abbey in
Co. Cork in
Southern
Munster
taking the
Abbot of Cork to the Rock of Cashel in
Co. Tipperary in the north - east of the
Munster Province were he
subsequently died. As
99.Dunlaing mac Cathussaig had
earlier been the Abbot of
Cork,
100.Felim mac Crimthann
took it upon himself to assume the
position also himself, while in the meanwhile
Diarmait who was 100.Felim's
preferred candidate
carried with him
the Crozier of Jesus /
Bachall Isa
and the Bell of St. Patrick and
837 AD Turgesius the
Viking King now arrived onto
the coast of Co.
Despite all of this
incessant Viking activity
going on, 100.Felim
mac Crimthainn
the Heberian Eoghanacht Chaisil 23rd King
of Cashel / Munster continued to concentrate on ravaging the
Heremonian Dal Cuinn Colla Da Crioch
Ui Maine
Sept in the south - east of the Connacht Province, but
on this occassion he was
to be defeated by 105.Cathal
the Heremonian Dal Cuinn Ui
Briuin Ai
Siol Muireadhaigh
34th King of Connacht whose territory was further to the north in
Connacht also at
Mag nAi, which may have been
a
retaliation for the previous killing of the
Munster Province Vice - Abbot of
Clonmacnoise in
Co. Offaly
in the mid - west of
Southern
Leinster
and the previous attack
on the Cork Abbey by
the monks of Clonfert
Abbey in
Co. Galway in the south - west of
Connacht, as it was originally a
Munster church of
St. Brendan and the
Cuimine Fota.
838 AD 100.Felim
mac Crimthainn the
Heberian
Eoghanacht Chaisil
23rd King
of Cashel / Munster
now
decided to seize the Clonfert
Abbey 2 miles west of the River Shannon in Co. Galway
in the south - west of the Connacht Province for himself, and he
once again assumed the position also of Abbot of
Clonfert and then had a meeting with
*101.Niall
Caille the
Gaelic Milesian
Heremonian
Dal Cuinn "northern"
Ui Niaill
Cenel nEogain
166th King of Ireland at Cloncurry
/ Cluain Conaire (Conaire's Meadow) in Co. Kildare in
Central Southern Leinster, just inside the border,
where he submitted to him and
*101.Niall Caille then in reality became the
overall
High King of
Skellig Michael monastery,
off the coast of
839 AD The
Vikings carry out further attacks at Ferns in Co.
Wexford in the south - east of
Southern
The Heremonian Ui Laoghaire Ui Conaire Dal Riada Scottii in the Scottish Highlands were now under the leadership of 95.Ailpin, who was descended from 88.Gabhran, and this year they finally rebelled against the Scythian Gaelic Picts, but both were then attacked by the Vikings, and 95.Ailpin was among those who were killed and the Scythian Gaelic Picts then took on the Viking Norsemen on their own and they too were defeated and their leader, Eogan was also killed. Eventually 96.Kenneth / Cinaed mac Ailpine, the son of 95.Ailpin, was able to combine the Scythian Gaelic Milesians and the Scythian Gaelic Picts becoming the direct male line ancestor of the future Highland Kings of Scotland who continued to operate under the Celtic Gaelic Clann system. Until Malcolm 111 Ceann Mor married St. Margaret the Saxon Princess, all of the land in the Scottish Highlands was still owned by the Tuath / Family region, but from her time on under the introduced of her Saxon - Norman influence the territorial system of the Septs was changed, and the land then belonged to the Kings of Scotland instead, who also then moved on down to the Lowlands, which was then to be similar to the Anglo - Norman system in England. It was also later introduced in Ireland by the English after the Anglo - Norman Invasion. and it destroyed the whole Family orientated system of the Celtic Septs.
839 AD
Diarmait was once again installed as the Abbot of
101.Murray
/ Muireadach
the Heremonian Dal Fiatach 27th King
of Ulaid,
died, who
was one of the 2 sons of 100.Eochy
/ Eochaidh the
previous 24th King of Ulaid, one of the
2 sons of
99.Fiachnae the 22nd King
of Ulaid, descended
from 91.Murray Muinderg
who had been the
1st King
of
Ulaid, one of the 2 sons of
90.Forgg mac Dallain, who had their
territory at Downpatrick / Dun Da
Lethglaise in Co. Down
in the south - east of the
Ulster Province.
105.Cathal the
Heremonian Dal Cuinn
Ui Briuin Ai
Siol Muireadhaigh
34th King of Connacht,
died, who was one of the 2 sons of 104.Maurice
/ Muirgius the
previous
31st King of Connacht,
one of the 3 sons of
103.Tomaltach
and this was to see the end of his particular
Siol Muireadhaigh male line to the
Kingship,
as his brother
105.Teague / Tadhg
Mor was now to be the one to carry their line forward through his son,
106.Conor
/ Conchobar
who would be
the future 38th King of
104.Murrough / Murchad
became the
new
Heremonian
Dal Cuinn
Ui Briuin Ai
Siol Muireadhaigh Siol Cathail 35th King of
Connacht,
who was a son
of 103.Aed, whose father had been
102.Fogartach,
one of the
4 sons of 101.Cathal the previous
23rd King of
There were now large
Viking
fleets in the inland lakes, including
840 AD The Vikings wintered on the lakes and
began to set up permanent settlements known as Long Phorts (defensive areas) from now
on along
the east - coast especially in
100.Felim
mac Crimthainn
the Heberian Eoghanacht Chaisil
23rd King of
Cashel / Munster
continued to ravage
the Heremonian Dal Cuinn "southern" Ui Niaill
territories in
Meath, including Brega
100.Felim
mac Crimthainn
the Heberian Eoghanacht Chaisil
23rd
King of Cashel / Munster feeling his shares were by now well and truly on the way up besieged all of the territory
of the Heremonian Dal Cuinn "southern"
Ui Niaill, from
Birr on the
Co. Offaly - Munster
Province
northern
border right up to
Tara
in Meath in the south - east of
Northern
Leinster
once again, even going as far as seizing
*101.Niall
Caille's
the Gaelic Milesian 166th King of
Ireland's Queen, 102.Gormlaith, the
daughter of *101.Donough / Donnchad the previous
Gaelic Milesian Heremonian
Dal Cuinn "southern" Ui Niaill
Clann Cholmain 163rd King of Ireland.
104.Murrough
/ Murchad the
Heremonian
Dal Cuinn
Ui Briuin Ai
Siol Muireadhaigh
Siol Cathail 35th King of Connacht,
died this year, who had been a son
of 103.Aed, whose father was
102.Fogartach, a son of 101.Cathal the
23rd King of
841 AD Turgesius
the Viking King, with his massive fleet of ships, completely takes
over
Dungal,
the
son of Fergal / Fearghal, the
Heremonian Ui Laoghaire Ui Connla
King of Ossory,
died
this year.