961 - 970 AD
961
AD
105.Fer Graid the
Heberian
Eoghanacht Chaisil 37th
King of Cashel / Munster,
died this year, who
was a son of 104.Clerech, the son of
103.Ailgenan the previous 25th
King of Cashel / Munster, descended from 101.Tnuthgal
who had been the 22nd King
of Cashel / Munster, descended
from 95.Failbe Fland the
11th King
of Cashel / Munster, descended from 90.Nad
Froich
the 2nd King of Cashel /
Munster,
one of the
7
sons of 89.Conall Corc
(Chaisil).
105.Donough
/ Donnchad
became the Heberian Eoghanacht
Chaisil 38th King of Cashel / Munster,
who was a son of 104.Callaghan
/ Cellachan
Chaisil
the previous 34th King of
Cashel /
Munster, who
was descended from 96.Colgan
/ Colgu the 15th King of
Cashel /
Munster,
who was also another of the 2 sons
of
95.Failbhe Fland
the 11th
King of Cashel / Munster,
descended from 92.Felim
/ Feidlimid the
4a King of Cashel
/ Munster,
a son of 91. Angus
mac Nad
Froich,
a son of 90.Nad
Froich the
2nd King of Cashel /
Munster,
one of the
7
sons of 89.Conall Corc
(Chaisil).
962 AD The Book of
Dubh Daleithe
compiled this year is now lost.
The Heremonian
Ui Laoghaire Ui Connla
Septs from the
kingdom of Ossory defeated the
Vikings this year, who were under the leadership of Olaf / Amlaeibh, the son of
Sitric, in their territory at Inistioge
/ Inis Teog in Co.
Kilkenny in the south - west of Southern Leinster.
963 AD
105.Donough / Donnchad
the
Heberian Eoghanacht Chaisil 38th King
of Cashel / Munster,
died this year, at his fortress on the Rock of Cashel in Co. Tipperary
in the north - east of the Munster Province,
who had been the son of
104.Callaghan
/ Cellachan the previous
34th King
of Munster, descended
from
89.Conall
Corc
(Chaisil) and
85.Eoghan
Mor
(Eoghanachta) who had
been the
oldest son of 84.Ailill
Oluimm
the
1st King
of
Cashel / Munster.
This final demise of successive
Eoghanacht Kings
in such a short period was to see the
emergence of the
Heberian Dal gCais / Dalcassian
Septs,
descended from 85.Eoghan
Mor's
younger brother, 85.Cormac Cass
- of the Curly Hair who had been the
2nd King
of Munster
and the second oldest son of 84.Ailill
Oluimm
the 1st King of Munster
who had originally
decreed that the
descendants of both his older sons should alternate the
Heberian Kingship of Munster.
105.Mahon / Mathghamain,
the son of 104.Kennedy
/ Ceanedig from the
Heberian Dal gCais
Sept and
109.Molloy / Maelmuad
from the Heberian Eoghanacht Raithlind Sept
of Des Muma
/ Southern Munster were
Tanaistes / Princes
heir apparents to the
Kingship of Cashel / Munster.
With the
Brehon Law
in disarray due to the never - ending
Viking raids it was now more then ever "The survival of the fittest" and
105.Mahon
defeated
109.Molloy
in 2 separate battles over
who now had the overall authority in Mogha's Half.
105.Mahon
/ Mathgamain ( Bear) who was now the
King
of Thomond
/ Ri Tuath Muman / Northern
Munster
also
became the Heberian Dal gCais
Ui Bloid Ui Turlough 39th King
of Cashel / Munster
re -
gaining the Munster
Kingship for the
aristocratic warrior male line descendants of 85.Cormac Cass
who had been the 2nd King
of Munster. 105.Mahon, was a son of
104.Kennedy
/ Cennetig, a son of
103.Larkin / Lorcan, a son of 102.Lachtna,
descended from 98.Turlough
(Ui Turlough), and
91.Cas
(Dal gCais) the previous
King
of Thomond / Northern Munster, who was descended from
85.Cormac Cass. The decree of 84.Ailill
Oluimm the 1st
King of Munster
that the Families of both his older sons,
85.Eoghan Mor (Eoghanachta) and 85.
Cormac Cass
(Dal gCais) should take turns at ruling in the
Munster Province after him was now
back on
track, and just in time to make a real difference to the overall fate of Ireland. Although
105.Mahon
made peace with the
Viking Danes his younger brother, *105.Brian
refused to do so, and personally kept up the attacks on their settlements until he
only had 15 of his Dalcassian
warriors left, and he then confronted his older brother,
105.Mahon imploring him
to fight on stating, "It would be better to be dead then continue to
suffer dishonour." Eventually 105.Mahon came
around to his way of thinking and the Heberian Septs
of
Munster Province
rallied to the cause and the previous Eoghanacht leaders, 109.Molloy and
107.Donovan who had sided with the
Vikings in their own interests were now in real trouble.
964
AD
105.Mahon
the
Heberian
Dal gCais King
of Cashel / Munster
besieged the Vikings who were set up nearby who were under
the leadership of Ivor at Limerick in Co,
Limerick, which was
then an
island on the east bank of the River Shannon in the mid - north - west of the
Munster Province, directly opposite to
Co. Clare, and they were
driven off, and he burnt their settlement there and many thousands of Vikings were killed
during the conflict with the rest
captured, along with many of their ill gotten treasures, but wihin a few months the Viking Danes again returned to regain the territory
there, with a fleet intending to do battle, but they too were driven off.
Turlogh O Gara
the Heberian Cianachta Chief of
Southern Leyney in the
Connacht Province was killed.
965 AD
109.Murrough / Murchad
who was the
Tanaiste of the
Heremonian
Cu Corb Septs and therefore heir apparent from the Heremonian Ui
Dunlainge Ui Faelain Sept
besieged Magh Raighne in the nearby territory of the Heremonian
Ui Laoghaire Ui Connla kingdom of
Ossory in Co. Kilkenny
in the south - west of Southern Leinster,
but they were to be driven out of this part of Mogha's Half
now by the Heberian warriors
from the Munster
Province
now under
105.Mahon the
39th King of Cashel / Munster.
(The
Heremonian
Ui Laoghaire Ui Connla
kingdom of
Ossory in Co. Kilkenny
in Southern Leinster and the nearby Heremonian
Ui Felim Deisi
Sept in
Co. Waterford
in the south - east of the
Munster Province were now also inter connected in
Mogha's Half)
.
966 AD
Faelan,
died, who was the
Heberian Dal gCais
Ui Bloid
Deisi Muman King, who had been a son of
Cormac mac Mothla
the previous King of
Deisi Muman, and he was to become
the direct male line ancestor of the Ui Bruice Sept and
the
Ui Faelain Sept in
the
Munster Province.
110.Kelly
/ Ceallach the
Heremonian
Cu Corb
Ui Dunlainge Ui Dunchada
40th King
of Leinster,
died this year, who was one of the 2 sons of 109.Faelan the
previous 36th King of
Leinster, descended from
103.Dunchad the 15th King
of Leinster (Ui Dunchada) and
109.Murrough
/ Murchad now became the
new
Heremonian Cu Corb
Ui Dunlainge Ui Faelain
41st King
of Leinster, who was a son of 108.Finn,
one of the 2 sons of 107.Mael Morda, one of the
3
sons of 106.Muirecan the previous
29th King of Leinster, descended from
103.Faelan who had been the 16th King
of Leinster
and the direct male line ancestor of the Cu Corb Ui Faelain
Septs in
Southern Leinster.
967
AD
109.Murrough / Murchad
who was now the
Heremonian
Cu Corb
Ui Faelain
41st King
of Leinster
in his own right
besieged the Heremonian
Ui Laoghaire Ui Connla
kingdom of
Ossory again in Co. Kilkenny in south - west
of Southern Leinster to express his new personal
authority there in
Mogha's Half and was
once again driven of.
106.Fergal O Rourke the
Heremonian
Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin Breifne
43rd King of Connacht, died this year, who was a son of 105.Art,
the son of 104.Rourke / Ruarc the King
of West Breifne (O Rourkes), descended from 93.Fergus
(Ui Briuin Breifne ,
one of
the 2 sons of 92.Eogan Srem, one of the 2
sons of
91.Daui Tenga Uma - of the Sweet Tongue who had been the
3rd King of Connacht, who
had been a son of 90.Brion
the first
Dal Cuinn King of Connacht
(Ui Briuin) in the
Connacht Province.
109.Conor
/ Conchobar
O Connor became
the new Heremonian Dal Cuinn
Ui Briuin Ai
Siol Muireadhaigh / Sil Murray Ui Conchobair 44th King of Connacht,
who was a son of 108.Teague
/ Tadhg
O Connor
the previous 42nd King of Connacht,
a son of 107.Cathal
the
41st King of Connacht,
the son of 106.Conor / Conchobar
the 38th King of Connacht
(Ui Conchobair) in the
Connacht Province who was to become the direct male line ancestor
also of the O Connor
High Kings of Ireland.
Aed
Allan, died, who was the
Heremonian
Ui Laoghaire
Ui Connla
King
of Ossory
in
Co. Kilkenny
in the south - west of
Southern
Leinster, who was
a son of
Fergal.
968
AD
105.Mahon the Heberian Dalcassian
Ui Bloid Ui Turlough
39th King of Cashel / Munster together with his younger
brother, *105.Brian besieged the Viking Danes led by Ivor, who had allied with the
Eoghanacht Princes
/ Tanaistes,
107.Donovan
/ Donnabhain from the
Heberian Eoghanacht Ui Fidhgheinte Ui Cairbre /
Coirpre Sept who had his territory at Bally Hickey in
Co. Cork in Southern Munster
and was married to Ivor's daughter, while their other ally was 109.Molloy
/ Mael Muad from
the Heberian Eoghanacht Raithlind
Ui Echach Muman
Cenel nAeda Cenel mBecce who had his territory in Co. Tipperary
in the north - east of the
Munster Province. The
ensuing battle occurred
at Sologhead / Sulcoit in
Co. Tipperary
and it lasted from sunrise to sunset and the Vikings
and their Eoghanacht allies were defeated and from there 105.Mahon moved on
their settlement at Limerick
in the mid - north - west of
Munster
the next day, taking the Viking stronghold there also, which he looted and burnt, and nine good years of peace were to follow.
Ivor who actedc as the Danish King there along with 107.Donovan and
109.Molloy had managed to escape the battle and
go overseas,
but were
nevertheless to return to fight another day. With this particular victory also under their
belts the sons of 104.Kennedy
/ Cennetig
now
also became
famous
throughout Ireland and
105.Mahon
then decided that he would rule from out of
Limerick in
Co. Limerick
instead of Co. Clare,
so that he could further control the remaining Viking
Danes who were still existing there.
During this period
under 105.Mahon the 39th King
of Cashel / Munster another
Round Tower
was constructed 85' high, 51' around and with 4' thick walls, and with a doorway
12' up, on the Rock of Cashel in Co. Tipperary
in the north - east of the Munster
Province together with a church, but it is
now gone.
969 AD Ivor the
Danish Viking King returned to the vicinity of Ireland and
re - established his own personal rule there on the islands off of
Limerick
in the mid - north - west of the
Munster Province.
970 AD
105.Ardgal the Heremonian Dal Fiatach 42nd King
of Ulaid,
died this year, who was a son of 104.Matudan the
previous 41st King of Ulaid, and his
Dal Fiatach aristocratic warrior male line
was to be carried forward through his 3 sons,
106.Eochy
/ Eochaidh
the future 45th King
of Ulaid,
106.Gilla Comgaill the future
46th King of Ulaid, and
106.Mulrooney
/ Mael Ruanaid who was to be the
future 47th King
of Ulaid
and with the recent death of
105.Ardgal, 104.Niall became the
new Dal Fiatach 43rd King of
Ulaid, in the north -
east of the
Ulster Province, who was one of
the 3 sons of
103.Aed
the previous 37th King
of Ulaid, one of the
2 sons of
102.Eochocan the
31st King of Ulaid.
104.Niall was actually
a brother to
104.Dubgall who had been the
previous 38th King of Ulaid,
and also to
104.Matudan the previous
41st King of Ulaid).
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