1001 - 1010 AD
1001 AD *105.Brian Boru - of the Tributes the Heberian Ui Bloid Ui Turlogh Dal gCais King of Northern Munster / Thomond, and the 41st King of Cashel / Munster, was by now well and truly in control of Mogha's Half / Southern Ireland, so he gathered up his fleet and sailed up the River Shannon where he laid siege to the Tuetonic Scandinavian Vikings who had set themselves up there at Athlone in Co. Westmeath in the south - west of Northern Leinster east of the River Shannon and while there he also decided to once again besiege the Heremonian Dal Cuinn "southern" Ui Niaill kingdom of Meath / Midhe in Northern Leinster that was the personal kingdom of *107.Malachy 11 / Mael Sechnaill the Dal Cuinn "southern" Ui Niaill Clann Cholmain 174th King of Ireland. *107.Malachy 11 was by now well and truly aware that he was facing a determined Irish opposition that would be capable of doing something really outstanding against the increasing strength of the Vikings and he was to decide it was time to accept *105.Brian Boru as his over - King, and in this regard he would give over hostages to *105.Brian Boru not only from his own Sept, but also those he was still holding onto from the Connacht Province situated to the west of the River Shannon. *107.Malachy 11 in desperation previously had sent the chief poet of Ulaidh up to the north to the Ulster Province to petition his Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill kinsman, who were now under the leadership of 106.Aed O Niall of Craeb Tulca, who was the Cenel nEogain King in Tyrone / Tir Eogan (The Land of 91.Eogan) and now also for all purposes basically the King of Ulster, as he wanted him to come down from the north and support him against *105.Brian Boru. *105.Brian Boru had previously demanded that *107.Malachy 11 abdicate his overall position in the best interests of all of the Septs in Ireland, so that he could instead take over the the overall responsibility for an all out attack on the ever growing threat from the Vikings and *107.Malachy 11 had also since received a reply from 106.Aed O Niall of Craeb Tulca who stated that, "He would not risk his life in battle against the Heberian Dal gCais Sept of Northern Munster /Thomond, in defence of sovereignty, for any man."
Cahalan
O Corcoran the
Heberian Cianacht Abbot
of Devenish
in
Co. Fermanagh in the south - west of the
Ulster Province, died this year,
and from
now on Kennelly
/
Cenn Faelad
who was
to be the Abbot
of
Clones / Cluain Eois
(The Meadow of Eos) in
Co. Monaghan in the central
south - west
of the
Ulster Province until
1025 AD, was to have among his
possessions a
copy of
the Gospels that originally belonged to
St. Molaisse
/
St. Laisren
from Devenish Island situated in Loch Erne,
in Co. Fermanagh who had
been a contemporary of
94.St. Columbcille
/
St.
Columba
1002
- 1014
AD
*107.Malachy 11
/ Mael Sechnaill the
Dal Cuinn Clann Cholmain
"southern"
Ui Niaill
174th King of Ireland
was to capitulate
to
*105.Brian
Boru
/ Borumha - of the Tributes the
Heberian
Dal gCais 41st King
of Cashel / Munster,
who was now to become the
175th High King of Ireland
/ Ard Ri Gaidel Erenn until 1014
AD
when he would then be slain by the Vikings in Dublin during the
Battle of Clontarf, but at this time he was
to be Inaugurated as the
Imperator Scottorum
on the Rock of Cashel in
Co. Tipperary
in the north - east of
the Munster Province,
and was also to become the
first and the
last undisputed High
King of Ireland. (It had been
600 years since the
death of 89.Criffan
/
Crimthann mac
Fidaig the previous Heberian
125th King of
Tara / Ireland, and once again there was now a
Heberian King of
Ireland who was also descended from
84.Ailill Oluimm
the
1st Heberian King
of Munste, and
*37.Eber Fionn - of Fair Complexion the direct male
line ancestor of all of the
Heberian Septs.
*105.Brian
Boru was a son of 104.Kennedy
/
Cennetig, who was
the father also of
105.Duncan
/ Donncuan
who would become the direct male line ancestor of the
O Kennedys
of Co. Clare, Co. Tipperary
and
Co. Wexford.
and he was also the father of
105.Eachtigern the direct male
line ancestor of the O Ahernes,
and the father also of
105.Mahon the previous
39th Dal gCais King of Cashel / Munster.
*105.Brian
Boru was to conduct himself as a
High King of
Ireland should, with great pomp and
splendour, and ensured that all his good
Celtic
works were carried out throughout all of
Ireland,
1003 AD 110.Kelly / Ceallach mac Giolla Patrick the Heremonian Ui Laoghaire Ui Connla King of Ossory who had his territory in the south - west of Southern Leinster / Co. Kilkenny, who was a son of 109.Diarmait mac Giolla Patrick, was killed this year by his cousin, 110.Donogh / Donnchad, the son of 109.Gilla Patraic a previous Ui Connla King of Ossory, who was the son of his father's brother, 110.Donogh mac Giolla Patraic / Padraig (Fitz Patrick) and 110.Donogh mac Giolla Pataric now became the new King of Ossory, and he was to be very strong in this position and lift the Ui Laoghaire Ui Connla Ossory Sept's profile so much, that he would also become an outright Ui Connla King of Leinster also for 6 years from 1033 AD until 1039 AD and would be the only one ever from the Ui Connla kingdom of Ossory to do so.
1004
AD
*105.Brian
Boru
- of the Tributes
who was now the Dal gCais 175th
High King of Ireland - with oppostion tried to
extend his
overall authority again into the north
of Ireland, but once
again failed,
as the
Ulaid
Septs there
in the north - east would not
ally
with him
to assist in his challenge to the
growing
authority there in the
Ulster Province of the
Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern"
Ui
Niaill Septs, especially that of the
Cenel nEogain
Sept under
106.Aed O Niaill
the
39th King
of Aileach, but as Fate
would have it the Ulaid Septs in
Ulster decided to take up
the initiative themselves and the
107.Flaherty
/ Flaithbertach
an Trostain O Niall
- of the
Pilgrim's Staff from the
Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern"
Ui Niaill
Cenel nEogain Sept now became the new
40th King
of Aileach
in
Tir Eogain /
Tyrone until 1030 AD,
who was a son of 106.Murtogh
/ Muirchertach
O Niall, the son of
105.Donnell / Domhnall
Ard Macha
O Niall the previous
173rd King of Ireland,
with the
Cenel nEogain
Sept having their main Inauguration Stone
at Tullahogue
/ Tulach Oc
near Dungannon in
Co. Tyrone in Central
Ulster, where it was to be
destroyed later on in the late 16th Century AD by
Mountjoy, the English Lord Deputy,
on behalf of
Elizabeth 1st the Welsh Tudor Anglo - Norman Queen of
England. The Cenel nEogain's Inauguration
Stone Slab / Lecc
was actually situated on the slope
of the mound outside of the
fort /
rath
where they had their Nemeton
/ Nemed Bile / Sacred Oak Grove,
which to fell or burn was to be construed as a deadly insult against them.
The Sacred Mounds were usually based on a
previous
Neolithic or
Bronze Age
Burial Cairn.
1005
AD
*105.Brian
Boru as
the
Heberian Dal
gCais 175th
High King of
Ireland
- with opposition went to the
Armagh
monastery in
Co. Armagh in the south - east of the
Ulster
Province and stayed for a week and recognized its
religious
primacy over the other Abbeys in
Ireland, and
in doing so he received it's support, and was accompanied by his
secretary
Maol
Suthain
O Carroll,
a
Heremonian
Ui Cobhthaigh Ui Conaire
Muscraige King in his own right, who
officially
entered *105.Brian Boru's
name in the
Book of Armagh
there as the Imperator Scottorum.
*105.Brian Boru promised to
pay them a personal tribute
and gave them
20
ounces of gold
on the
altar
there towards a
Shrine
for a cover for the
Book of Armagh,
and
Maor -
the Keeper of the
Book of Armagh
was to receive
land
to protect it from then on. Due to this important responsibility the descendants of Maor
became known then as the
Mheic
Maor
(Descended from a son of Maor) and
later still became known
as
Mac Moyre (Descended from a Son of the Keeper) whose
Family from then on were able to protect
it until 1662 AD when
Florentinus Moyre
was to be the last one
from the Family to do so.
*105.Brian Boru's
sojourn this time into the Ulster Province was to also finally gain
hostages from 107.Flaherty an Trostain O Niall
who was
now the
Heremonian Dal Cuinn
"northern" Ui Niaill
Cenel nEogain 40th King
of Aileach
in the Ulster Province, but hostages were
still not taken from their kinsmen the other Dal Cuinn "northern"
Ui Niaill
Cenel Conaill Sept who had their territory in
Tir Conaill /
Tyrconnell (The Land of 90.Conall Gulban)
now known as Co.
Donegal / The Fort of the Strangers) in the far
north - west of
Ulster.
*105.Brian
Boru
-
of the Tributes the Heberian Dal gCais
175th High King of
Ireland -
with opposition
who was now also
acknowledged at
Armagh in Co.
Armagh as the
Imperator Scotorum, called
on all the fleets of the
Norsemen from
Co. Dublin,
Co.
Waterford, Co. Wexford and the
Munster Province to serve under him, and
he
also
levied tributes
from the
Anglo -Saxons and the
Britons /
Brythons to
Clyde, and from
the
Heremonian
Ui Cobhthaigh
Scottii
in their territory in
Argyle
(The Land of the
Gael) in the
Highlands of Scotland.
1006 AD *105.Brian Boru the Heberian Dal gCais 175th High King of Ireland - with opposition gained more hostages this year from the north of Ireland to continue to strengthen his overall authority there and their ongoing good behaviour, but there was still no submission from the Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill Cenel Conaill Sept who had their territory in the far north - west of the Ulster Province.
107.Flaherty an Trostain O Niall - of the Pilgrim Staff the Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill Cenel nEogain 40th King of Aileach besieged the kingdom of Ulidia / Ulaidh in the east of the Ulster Province to increase his overall personal authority in the Ulster Province and Cu Uladh the Heremonian Dal Fiatach Leth Cathail King was slain, who had been a son of Angus / Oenghus, and he also gained seven hostages for their good conduct from then on.
The
Book of Kells
the most beautiful book in the world belonging to the followers of
94.St. Columbcille
/ St. Columba was
stolen from the Church at
Kells /
Ceanannus Mor (The Great Head Fort) in Co.
Meath in the south - east of Northern Leinster,
and it was
to be discovered
two
months later buried under the earth, but the gold cover made up of the
20
ounces of gold presented previously by *105.Brian
Boru was gone.
1007
AD
*105.Brian Boru the
Heberian Dal
gCais
175th High King of Ireland
- with opposition conducted an
expedition once again to the north of Ireland into the Ulster
Province to try and finally achieve total overall authority,
and although he gained more hostages there,
he
still received none from the "northern"
Ui Niaill
Cenel Conaill
Sept in
Tyrconnell
/
Tir Conaill (The Land of
91.Conall Gulban)
who had their territory in the far - north - west in Co.
Donegal / The Fort of the Strangers, and
a further
4 further
Irish Kings were to be slain this year in
the Ulster
Province in individual conflicts there, while they tried to work out who now had the
real authority in that
particular
region. The Heremonian Dal Cuinn
Colla Da Crioch
Mac Mahons
/ Ui Mathghamhna, and the
Heremonian Dal Fiatach Mac
Dunlevys
/ Mheic Duinnshliebe
from the
Dal Fiatach Ulaid
Sept, who were to be descended from 109.Donn
Sliebe, were in the future to
also contest for the Kingship of Ulster
in their own respective territories there for 3 future generations.
1007 AD Feeling the Viking tyranny was now over *105.Brian Boru was by now mostly acknowledged all over Ireland as the Ard Ri / High King, and to further spread his influence he revived the great Fair / Aonarch of Tailltenn situated 4 mile to the south - east of Kells in Co. Meath at Rath Dubh (The Black Fort) and it was then to be held there until the future death of *115.Rory O Connor who would eventually become the last real 183rd King of Ireland, although - in opposition, after the coming Anglo - Norman English Invasion in 1169 AD. *105.Brian Boru - of the Tributes received his tributes from all of the kingdoms and was to reign for 10 years, during which time he firmly established the Irish Celtic Catholic Church with it's main seat at Armagh in Co. Armagh in the south - east of the Ulster Province and he rebuilt the original buildings of St. Caimmine (D.654 AD) near Inis Cealtra (Holy Island) on Scarrif Bay by Loch Derg in Co. Clare in the north - west of Munster Province, including the Church of St. Caimmine, St. Brigid's Church and St. Mary's Church where there is also a Round Tower, and the Cell of St. Cosrach, which is also there to be still seen today.
110.Gormflath
/ Gormley / Kormloda the
Heremonian
Cu
Corb
Ui Dunlainge
Ui Faelain Princess
who
*105.Brian Boru had
previously married to ally with
Southern Leinster, and who had produced
106.Donogh
/ Donnchad who would marry a sister to Harold the future Saxon King of
England and 106.Sadb who would become the
ancestress of the
Heberian
Eoghanacht O Mahonys, had
since brought herself undone once again because of her temperament,
and she was now out of favour with
*105.Brian
Boru also, and by this period in time she was
trying to get
back at him by convincing her
half - Viking son, Sitric
Silkbeard
in
Dublin in the north - east of Southern Leinster,
and her brother, 110.Maol
Morda the
Heremonian Cu Corb Ui Faelain
45th King
of
Leinster, who
had his territory in
the south - east of Southern Leinster, to
carry an all out attack against
him.
1008 AD
*105.Brian Boru
- of the Tributes the
Heberian Dal gCais 175th High King of Ireland failed once
again this year to gain hostages and submission from the
Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill
Cenel
Conaill
1010 AD 107.Flaherty / Flaithbertach an Trostain O Niall the Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill Cenel nEogain 40th King of Aileach in Tyrone / Tir Eogain in the Ulster Province was continuing to gain greater overall authority for his Cenel nEogain Sept over the other individual Septs there in Ulster, especially the Heremonian Ui Cobhthaigh Dal Fiatach in the kingdom of Ulaidh in the east of Ulster and with his Cenel nEogain warriors he besieged their fort at Duneight / Dun Echdach and gained pledges from 108.Niall who was now the Dal Fiatach 51st King of Ulaidh, who was the son of 107.Dub Tuinne the previous Dal Fiatach 49th King of Ulaidh. The Dal Fiatach Sept had previously had their original fort at Downpatrick / Dun da Leithglas in Co. Down in the south - east of Ulster. Together with the warriors of the Fochlan accompanied by 106.Murrogh / Murchad, the eldest son of *105.Brian Boru, with his warriors from the Munster Province and the Leinster Province, and also from the Heremonian Dal Cuinn "southern" Ui Niaill, he besieged the resisting Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill Cenel Conaill Sept in the north - west of Ulster where they gained 300 hostages and a great many of their cattle and the time was now right to finally try and bring the Cenel Conaill Sept also under the overall authority of *105.Brian Boru who would then be the 175th High King of Ireland - without opposition.
Flann, the son of O Donoghue Mor of Cashel, who was the successor to St. Enda / Eanna of Ara in Co,. Tipperary in the Munster Province, died this year.
O Corcoran who was the Heberian Cianacht Abbot of Inishcealtra, died this year at Lismore in Co. Tipperary in north - easer Munster Province and was interred in St. Carthach's Church.