100 BC -  0 BC 

100 BC Hill forts and huge linear earthworks were being constructed in Ireland at  this time, with Feasting Halls / bruidne wood, and Knockaulin in Co. Kildare in Southern Leinster was also in use as another Royal Assembly / Oenach.

100 BC - 50 BC the last of the Celts who were still under Roman oppression began also arriving into Ireland, who were then known as the Goidels who had originated now from Gaul and who were Gaelic Milesian “Q“ speaking also, while using some Latin words in their language.

    The Celtic Gaels who had previously brought to Ireland the Celtic Erse language were not politically inclined, but were strongly Family orientated, and had no inclination to create an Empire, relying instead on their Tuath / Family region or Family structure, and due to this particular Celtic outlook on life they in turn had been able to absorb the remaining older Septs who were also by then living in Ireland. While the older generations of the Celts were “Q“ speaking, such as the Gaelic Irish, the younger generation of Celts were “P“ speaking, such as the Welsh in Cymru / Wales, and the Britons, and as a simple example of this difference, in their usage pen prevailed over cean for head.

     The Heremonian Midhe / Midland / Northern Leinster Gaelic Milesians originally descending from *37.Eremon the 1st King of Tara / Erinn who is the direct male line ancestor of all of the hEremonian Septs / Fines, including *60.Coffey / Cobhthachthe the 69th King of Tara / Erinn the direct ancestor of the Ui Cobhthaigh Septs, and later on still also his descendants, *82.Felim / Feidhlimidh the 108th King of Tara / Erinn the direct ancestor of the Ui Felim Septs and his son, *83.Conn - of the Hundred Battles the 110th King of Tara / Ireland the direct ancestor of all of the Dal Cuinn Septs / Fines in the 2nd Century AD, were to eventually take over and absorb the kingdom of Midhe / Meath in Northern Leinster and Sreng's Fifth / Connacht Province from the previous Fir Bolg Celts there, and also the Laigin Celts in Southern Leinster. They where to find the Gaelic Milesian Irian Ulaid Septs in the north - east of the Ulster Province, descended fron 37,Ir, a much harder nut to crack, who were mostly based on the Celtic Scythian Cruithin Picts who were subjects to the Milesian Gaelic Irian aristocratic warrior Sept, and also the Celtic Fir Bolg Septs who were subject to the Heremonian Ui Cobhthaigh Dal Fiatach rule there, and it was to be from these Ulaid Septs that Ulster (The Land of the Ulaid) was to obtain its name. It would be much later still before the Heremonian Ui Cobhthaigh Ui Felim Dal Cuinn aristocratic warrior descendants of *83.Conn - of the Hundred Battles also, to be known as the Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill Septs, would gain full control there in Ulster. In the south, the Munster Province would remain mostly under the control of the aristocratic Milesian Gaelic descendants of *37.Eremon's brother, *37.Eber Fionn - of Fair Complexion the direct male line ancestor of the hEberian Septs there, while the Fir Bolg Septs who were still there also in Munster Province would be absorbed further into the aristocratic Gaelic Ithian Corco Loidge Septs descended from their kinsmen 35.Ithe and his son 36.Lewy / Lughaidh. (There were also Irish settlements at this early time in Wales / Cymru and Alba / Scottish Highlands.) 

89 BC Finnchad was the Celtic Gaelic Milesian Irian 8th King of Emania, who was a son of Baicheda, who had his Sept's territory in Co. Armagh in the south - east of the Ulster Province,

48 BC Cormac was now the Gaelic Milesian Irian King of Emania, who had his Sept's territory also in Co. Armagh in the south - east of the Ulster Province, who was the son of Laghteghi / Loitigh, while Eochy / Eochaidh mac Daire was also to be a King of Emania.

40 BC In exile the previously mentioned 3 sons of Don Desa had joined up with Ingcel - of the One Eye, who was a son of the Celtic King of Briton / Albion, and he too had also been banned there by his father for similar misconduct, and because of this they had band together to kill Ingcel 's father and his mother along with his 7 brothers after first having carried out attacks in Briton, and soon after this they decided to venture over to Ireland to carry out similar destruction there, eventually landing at Turvey Bay / Tuirbhe near Malahide on the coast of Co. Dublin in the north - east of Southern Leinster where they ravaged the region there to the north towards Tara in Co. Meath in the south - east of Midhe / Midlands / Northern Leinster.  *Conaire Mor 1st - the Greater the Heremonian 97th King of Erinn was returning to Tara at this time from Northern Munster / Thomond were he had recently settled a dispute between the 2 Cairbres / Coirpres who were also his foster - brothers, and by doing this simple act he had inadvertently broke another of his taboos / geasas / geis that had been previously placed on him, and besides this, he had also stayed 5 nights with each of them, breaking another of the geasas. On entering Midhe / Midlands / Meath he could see that the surrounding region there was ablaze with fire, and he knew that there was going to be trouble ahead, so he decided to head back down to the south into Co. Dublin in Southern Leinster, again going right - handed around Tara and left - handed around Brega in Co. Meath, again breaking 2 more of the original geasa that had been originally put on him, and besides this, along the way he had unknowingly, once again broke another geasa by hunting the beasts at Cerna. Together with his followers and trying to avoid any chance of confrontation they decided to go further south towards Da Dherga's hostel on the River Dodder / Bothar na Bruigne (The Road of the Court) near Tallaght in Co. Dublin, so Mac Cecht his Champion, went ahead of him to ensure that everything was O.K. there for them to proceed in that direction. Now greatly concerned as to his eventual fate, *Conaire Mor 1st had his Druid, Fer Caille, sacrifice a pig to advise him as to his future, who then informed him of what lay ahead for him, including the destruction of Da Dherga's hostel and of his own personal demise that would follow this event. Meanwhile Ingcel - of the One Eye continued to besiege the surrounding countryside to the north of Dublin around Brega in the south - east of Co. Meath in Northern Leinster, and after their devastation there they returned to their ships, going on down to the Hill of Howth / Beann Edair where they then decided to send 2 of the sons of Donn Desa ashore to find out where *Conaire Mor 1st was actually staying, and were informed that he was at Da Dherga's hostel. They then went even further into Southern Leinster to the south of the River Liffey's mouth and crossed over the Dublin Mountains and were able to surround Da Dherga's hostel and they set it on fire 3 times, which forced Conaire Mor 1st and his followers to use up all of the available water that they had in the building while trying to quench the burning flames, and because of this *Conaire Mor 1st was to eventually become quite thirsty and Mac Cecht, his Champion, set out to get him some fresh water to drink, and just as he was returning with the water he was to see *Conaire Mor 1st being brutally attacked by 2 of the remaining men, who he was able to drive off and slay. Mac Cecht then desperately began to give *Conaire Mor 1st a drink of the water, to try and sustain his fading life force, but it was all too late, so he then decided to set out after the other 5 attackers who could be seen still running away, while nearby 9 of his own comrades had already been slain also. By the time 68.Conall Cernach - of the Victories the leader of the Gaelic Milesian Irian Ulster Knights of the Red Branch Warriors arrived on the scene, it was all well and truly over, and ashamedly he had to return to his father, 67.Aimhirgin Larghiunach who scolded him for still being alive while *Conaire Mor 1st the 97th King of Erinn  lay dead among his enemies.

40 BC - 33 BC After the death of Conaire 1st Mor - the Greater, the previous Heremonian Ui Cobhthaigh 97th King of Tara / Erinn, there was to be no outright ruler in Ireland for 7 years.

33 BC - 9 BC. *77.Lewy / Lughaidh Sriabh - n Dearg was to be the Celtic Gaelic Milesian Heremonian Ui Cobhthaigh 98th King of Tara / Erinn, who was a son of 76.Bress / Breas na Lothar, ? a brother to 76.Maeve the Queen of Connacht, who were both the son and daughter of *75.Eochy / Eochaidh Feidlioch / Aireamh - the Ploughman the previous Heremonian Ui Cobhthaigh 93rd King of Tara / Erinn.

25 BC Setanta, (One who has knowledge of roads and ways.) who would later have a name change to Cu Chulann (The Hound of Culann) had been born to the south of the Ulster Province at New Grange / Bruig na Boinne at the foot of Dundalk / Dun Dealgan in the territory that was to also be part of his Ui Murtheinne Septs kingdom in the Midlands in Co. Louth in the north - east of Northern Leinster. Deichtire / Dectera, his mother, was an Ulster Princess whose husband was Sualtam / Sualtach a Celtic King in Ulster who was a son of Roech. Deichtire was also a half - sister to 65.Conor mac Nessa the Irian King of Ulster, as she was a daughter of Maga, descended from Angus Og making him also a descendant of the Daghda Mor on his mother's side. Cu Chulann would become more generally known as the "Champion of the Red Branch Knights of Ulster" as he was to be the embodiment of all the Celtic aristocratic warriors of Ireland. At 5 years of age while he was still living with his mother he was sent off to the Irian Royal Court to be educated and trained with the other young aristocratic boy warriors of Eamhain Macha in Co. Armagh where he easily dominated the group because of his outstanding natural abilities. By 7 years of age he was instructed in the use of arms and came to possess the singing sword known as "The Hard - Headed " / Cruaidin Cailidcheann. His hair was a golden colour / buidhe, with 3 coils flowing down into the hollow in the nape of his neck, that also hung over his shoulders in ringlets  He first went to Emain Macha, the Irian Navan Fort, that now belonged to his maternal uncle, 65.Conor mac Nessa the Irian King of Ulster, which was situated to the west of Armagh, to be trained in the arts and on arriving there and full of gusto he was to turn the left side of his chariot towards Emain Macha itself, which was in reality a tabu, and he then called out to those inside the fort that unless someone came out to fight him he would shed the blood of everyone in the fort. 65.Conor mac Nessa endeavouring to diffuse the situation ordered the women in the fort, including his Queen, to go out and meet him bare breasted, which then forced him to back off and hide his face in shame. 65.Conor mac Nessa was undecided as to who would be the best men in Ulster to rear and train such a confident youth as Setanta, so he decided to ask the respected Brehon judge, Morann mac Cairbre for his advice, and he put him in the capable hands of Sencha, Fergus, and Amergin the aristocratic warrior, and due to his outstanding courage and physical abilities Setanta / Cu Chulann was to go on to become the archetype of all the Celtic Irish aristocratic warriors. Morann had predicted that Cu Chulann would become, "A great warrior and very famous and his praise would be in the mouths of all men," and Cu Chulann would also later be known as "The Guardian of the Sacred Land" and the "Hero of the Red Branch Knights of Ulster. "

17 BC At 8 years of age Setanta / Cu Chulann was playing at hurling when his uncle, 65.Conor mac Nessa the Irian King of Ulster rode by who was going to see Culann the Chief Smith (gabhan) of Ulster Province, and he told Setanta to follow him there after he was finished playing his game, and later on when 65.Conor mac Nessa arrived at the smith's residence Culann the Chief smith went inside and on the way there set loose his fierce hound, and when Setanta eventually arrived the dog attacked him head on, so in response he threw his sling shot ball into its mouth and grabbed it by the hind legs and dashed it against a nearby rock until it was dead. The Chief smith was terribly upset over the loss of this particular dog so Setanta promised him another dog that he would train personally, and he would also guard his house until he did in the meantime. This action was to earn him the nickname of Cu Chulann (The Hound of Cullan the Smith.) Setanta and his mother, Deichtire, were against the name change, but Cathbad the Druid prophesied that this would be his name from then on, which would be known to everyone in Ireland, and later on Cu Chulann was to hear Cathbad say that if any young man took up arms on a certain day his name would be greater then anyone else in Ireland, but his life would be short, and in response to this he went to 65.Conor mac Nessa demanding arms and a charioteer, saying that Cathbad had told him to, and he then went out on an expedition and returned with the heads of 3 Champions who had previously killed many of the Ulster warriors.  

    Cu Chulann was to go with his maternal uncle, 65.Conor mac Nessa the Irian King of Ulster to the Isle of Man where they defeated the Manx warriors there. Curoi mac Daire, the son of Daire, the King of West Iarthar / West Munster, who had his fortress 2000' up on the Sliab Mis mountain at Caher Conree / The Fort of Curoi, which was also known as "The Fort of the Champion of the Battlefield" at Camp in Co. Kerry in the south - west of the Munster Province in Corco Duibhne went with them and as a reward for his support 65.Conor mac Nessa gave Curoi, Blanaid the daughter of the Celtic King of Man, as a reward to be his wife, but Cu Chulann had previously made personal plans of his own with her and she had returned his advances, and Cu Chulann was then desperate to get her back. On returning to Ireland he was to trail Curoi and his followers into the Munster Province where he attacked them on his way home to Co. Kerry at Sallywood / Solloghod in Co. Tipperary in the north - east of Munster, where Curoi and his men were able to defeat him and in retaliation for this attack on his person, Curoi cut off Cu Chulann’s long hair and left him there tied up until Laogh mac Rian came along and released him. Embarrassed now by his appearance he had to hide out for 12 months until his long hair grew back to it’s original length, and after this he went looking once again for Blanaid and eventually met up with her and she advised him to go back to the Ulster Province and return with his Ulster Red Branch Warriors to assist him in rescuing her. She also advised him to wait for her signal when she thought the time would be right to make his move on Curoi.

     Laeg was to act as the main charioteer for Cu Chulann, and his chariot was to be pulled by his two horses, Dubh Sanglainn and Liath Macha / The Grey of Macha.

     Earlier on Chu Chulann was to have his mind set on Emer the daughter of Forgall - the Wily, as she was not only beautiful, but had a lovely voice and sweet speech and was also good at needlework, and full of wisdom and chastity, but when he approached her she only laughed at him as he was still only a boy, but despite this she promised him that she would marry him if he could take her away from her kindred including her father, Forgall - the Wily who learning of this went to 65.Conor mac Nessa at Emain Macha and told him that if Cu Chulann went to Scathach - the Amazon, who lived on an island in the east of Alba (Isle of Skye ?), and learnt all of her warrior craft, no one would stand against him, as he had personally considered that Chu Chulann would soon be killed there. Although Laegaire - the Battle Winner and 68.Conall Cernach - the Victorious went with him, they were to turn back along the way and leave him to his own devices as he continued on his jouney alone, and when he arrived at his destination Scathach was with her 2 sons and he pointed his sword at her and said that he would kill her if she did not teach him her skills, and she agreed to help him, and in return Cu Chulann later was also to assist her against Aoife a rival Queen there and made her make peace with Scathach. When he was to return to Ireland later on he took a scythed chariot to Forgall - the Wily's palace and climbed over the walls and killed anyone who got in his way, including Forgall - the Wily himself and placed Emer in his chariot and returned to Emain Macha where they were married. In the meantime Aoife - the Amazon Queen who Cu Chulann had defeated previously had given birth to his son, and if she did Cu Cullann had asked her to call him Connalach / Connla and send him back over to Ireland when he came of age, and later being informed that Cu Chullan had since married Emer, she taught her son also the craft of using arms hoping he would seek revenge on Cu Chulann, and to this end she advised Connalach to go over to Ireland, instructing him to never turn back, never refuse a challenge, and never tell anyone his real name. When he arrived at Dundalk / Dun Dealgan near Cu Chulann's residence 68.Conall Cearnach at first asked him his name and where he came from, and he refused to answer him, which led on to a duel with 68.Conall Cernach who he not only defeated but humiliated, and Cu Chulann then came forward and asked him the same and he also refused to tell him and this also led to a further conflict between the two of them also, and just as he started to realise that Cu Chualann was actually his father he threw his spear aside, but it was too late as Cu Chulann had released his notorious spear, the Gae Bolg, and it struck Connla wounding him mortally, who in his dying breath was still able to inform him who he really was, and Cu Chulann then went into an endless frenzy of grief until the men of Ulster had Cathbad the Druid put a spell on him until he became tired and weary.   

      Before this also 65.Conor mac Nessa the Irian King of Ulster was holding a feast in the house of Felim / Feidhlimidh who was one of his bards, whose wife gave birth to a daughter, and Cathbad the Druid prophesied that she would grow up to be the most beautiful woman ever seen in the Ulster Province, and that because of her great beauty she would bring death to many and sorrow to the Irian kingdom in the Ulster Province and the Knights of the Red Branch of Ulster demanded that she be immediately disposed of, but 65.Conor mac Nessa instead gave her to a woman named Levarcham, for her to rear in a secret place in the mountains, until she was to be old enough to become his own wife. Cathbad the Druid had named her Deidre, and she was to be eventually reared among the creatures of the forest until she was of age, and during this time Levarcham always made her well aware of her future fate of having to be forced to marry the aged 65.Conor mac Nessa. Levarcham, as her teacher, was by this time well and truly committed to her interests, instead of those of 65.Conor mac Nessa. and she also informed Deidre of the existence of Naoise / Naisu, who was one of the 3 sons of Usnach of Ulster, who were all well known aristocratic warrior heroes of Ulster, and she arranged a personal meeting for her with Naoise, where Deidre was to plead with him to take her away from the clutches of the aged 65.Conor mac Nessa. Because of her great beauty and innocence, he agreed to assist her, along with his 2 brothers Ardan and Ainle, and to escape from the wrath of 65.Conor mac Nessa they all left Ulster and went across the Irish Sea to Alba / Scottish Highlands. On discovering what had occurred 65.Conor mac Nessa was beside himself with rage, but he decided all he could do was to bide his time, and later on he announced that the 3 sons of Usnach should be encouraged to return to Ulster to assist to defend it against the aristocratic warrior Gaelic Septs from the other 4 Provinces. (He also let it be known that he would genuinely welcome them back if they should return to Ulster). Eventually everyone agreed that this would be for the best, and 65.Conor mac Nessa called upon 68.Conall Cearnach - of the Victories the leader of the Irian Red Branch Warriors of Ulster and asked him, "What would you do personally if I sent you to encourage the 3 sons of Usnach to return to Ulster and they were then somehow feloniously slain," who then replied, "That there would be no man in Ulster safe from my vengeance if that was to occur." He then called on Cu Chulann and asked him the same question, who also replied, that, "If that happened, no bribe or blood - fine would deter me from even taking your own head." He then called on 64.Fergus mac Roigh, who stated, that, " If that occurred he too would revenge the foul deed, except on 65.Conor mac Nessa himself."

    This was just what he wanted to hear, so he sent 64.Fergus mac Roigh off to Alba to persuade them all to come back to Ulster from their exile, under 65.Conor's personal guarantee of protection, and if they did return they were then to be sent onto to Emain Macha as soon as they were to land in Ulster Province. 64.Fergus mac Roigh was accompanied by his 2 sons 65.Illan Fionn - of Fair Complexion and 65.Buinne - the Ruthless Red and on crossing over to Alba they landed at Loch Etive where 64.Fergus mac Roigh persuaded the 3 sons of Usnach to return to Emain Macha immediately in Ulster, although Deidre herself was firmly against it. They landed back in Ireland at the fort / dun of Borrach at Fair Head / Ballycastle where those in charge there had been instructed by 65.Conor mac Nessa to conduct a feast / feis there to honour 64.Fergus mac Roigh to try and hold him back personally from the group, as he also knew that this would go against one of 64.Fergus mac Roigh's own personal geis / geasa / prohibitions. 64.Fergus mac Roigh was upset about this new turn of events so he asked Naoise what he thought he should do as to attending the feis, as if he refused, it would also go against the protocol of the Red Branch Warriors code regarding hospitality. Naoise told him that although he realised he was under an obligation, if he did this he would be forsaking him and his 2 brothers and Deidre to their fate and to the definite wily agenda of 65.Conor mac Nessa. Despite this 64.Fergus mac Roigh, depending on the previous assurances of 65.Conor mac Nessa, eventually relented and decided to stay behind, sending the 3 sons of Usnach and Deidre on to Emain Macha under the safeguard of his own 2 sons, 65.Buinne - the Reckless Red and 65.Aline Fionn - of Fair Complexion. The 3 sons of Usnach were by now naturally very wary of what lay ahead for them all, while Deidre was absolutely terrified, as she had already had a vision of the 3 sons of Usnach and Illann Fionn, one of the sons of 64.Fergus mac Roigh, without their heads, and she begged them to wait for Fergus mac Roigh, but they decided to continue on with their journey. On arriving at Emain Macha they were placed in the house of the Red Branch Warriors and 65.Conor mac Nessa did not come to meet with them personally, but sent Deidre's old teacher, Levarcham, to see if Deidre was still as beautiful as ever, who then went to see the 3 sons of Usnach and Deidre and after warning them that 65.Conor mac Nessa was up to no good, she returned and informed 65.Conor mac Nessa that Deidre's previous hard life in Alba had taken its toll ruining her good looks, hoping this would dissuade him from acting against them, which it did for a while. Later on when 65/Conor mac Nessa was intoxicated he decided to send one of his trusted followers to look upon Deidre, who on returning advised him that she was still truly beautiful, and in a raging frustrating fit of anger 65.Conor mac Nessa then sent some of his Ulster warriors under Eoghan to set fire to the Red Branch warriors house in which they were staying and to slay all those within it, except for Deidre.

     Buinne - the Ruthless Red, one of the sons of 64.Fergus mac Roigh, soon put out the fire and drove them off, so 65.Conor mac Nessa decided to offer him a bribe of a portion of land for his own personal use to desert the 3 sons of Usnach, and he accepted his offer, but 65.Illan Fionn - of Fair Complexion, the other son of 64.Fergus mac Roigh was made of better stuff and instead charged out against the attackers and drove them off, so 65.Conor mac Nessa was not game to offer him a bribe and sent his own son, 66.Fiacha with his shield known as - the Moaner, which rang out loud when it was under attack, to personally take on 65.Illan Fionn. 66.Fiacha was no match for the abilities of 65.Illan Fionn and was soon cowed beneath the shield, and as 65.Illan Fionn struck it with his sword it rang out for all to hear, including 68.Conall Cearnach - of the Victories the leader of the Red Branch warriors who rushed unknowingly to assist 66.Fiacha, not realising what was really going on, and he mortally injured 65.Illan Fionn with his spear - the Blue Green, who while he was dying was able to explain what was really occurring and 68.Conall Cearnach then attacked 66.Fiacha, the son of 65.Conor mac Nessa, and killed him also. The 3 sons of Usnach were then able to continue to defend their own position until the dawn, when they decided to try and make a run for it with Deidre firmly placed in their centre, and in further desperation 65.Conor mac Nessa then had Cathbad the Druid intervene who he promised that if he did he would spare their lives, so Cathbad put them under a spell and they settled down and were seized and brought before 65.Conor mac Nessa who once again went against his promise and condemned them to death. None of the Red Branch warriors would carry out his sickening command, so he had Maine a Norse Prince who was there from Norway come forward, who offered to behead the 3 sons of Usnach as Naoise had previously killed his father and brothers in battle so Naoise handed over his own sword - the Retaliator, (previously given to him by Manannan, the son of Ler), to carry out the foul deed against himself and his brothers. Deidre with her hands tied behind her back was brought to 65.Conor mac Nessa who asked her, "Who do you hate the most," and she replied "You and Eoghan," so 65.Conor mac Nessa then decided to hand her over to Eoghan for a year, but she was not to survive this ordeal, as while Eoghan was dragging her towards his chariot she dashed her head on a nearby rock and died. (It was recorded later that a pine tree was to grow out of Naoise and Deidre's graves and entwine.) 65.Conor mac Nessa was now in total disgrace with his followers in Ulster and 64.Fergus mac Roigh on returning to Emain Macha and finding out what had occurred gathered together his own followers and slew another of 65.Conor mac Nessa's sons, and together with his own Ulster warriors went into exile into Sreng's Fifth / Connacht Province, to Ailill and 76.Maeve / Medb the Heremonian King and Queen there. The whole matter had so upset Cathbad the Druid that he put a curse on 65.Conor mac Nessa and his Irian kingdom in Ulster, so that none of 65.Conor mac Nessa's descendants might ever reign in Ulster again, and all of this was to come to pass with the eventual death of Cu Chulann and Emain Macha was to become only a grassy hill.  

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