560 AD - 569 AD
560 AD 95.Davan / Daman the son of 94.Cairpre Dam Argait, the Heremonian Ui Cobhthaigh Ui Felim Dal Cuinn Colla Da Crioch King of Orghialla / Airghialla / Oriel who had their territory in Southern Ulster, died, who is the direct male line ancestor of many of the Colla Da Crioch Septs there in Southern Ulster and Co. Louth in the north - east of Northern Leinster.
94.St. Columbcille / Columba founded the monastery at the town of Swords / Sord Columbcille (The Well of the Dove of the Church’s Pure Water) this year in Co. Dublin in the north - east of Southern Leinster, but it no longer exists.
St. Brendan founded the monastery at Clonfert (The Meadow of the Grave) Cluain Fearta in Co. Galway in south - west Connacht and went on an expedition / imramha on the sea.
561 AD *94.Donnell / Domhnall Ilchelgach and *94.Fergus / Forggus the joint Dal Cuinn northern Ui Niaill Cenel nEogain 134th Kings of Ireland, who were 2 of the sons of *93.Murtaugh mac Ercae the previous 131st King of Tara / Ireland after ruling for 3 years died of the Plague in 1 day. Dioman mac Muireadach who had been the Chief of Ulster for 10 years was killed by Bachlachuibh during their reign.
93.Ninnid mac Duach from the Cenel Conaill Sept, in Tyrconnell in north - west Ulster, died, who was the son of 92.Daui, the son of 91.Conall Gulban, another of the 8 sons of *90.Niall of the Nine Hostages the 126th King of Tara / Ireland, who is the direct male line ancestor of the northern Ui Niaill Cenel Conaill Septs. 93.Ninnid mac Duach had fought in the battle of Cul Dreimhne (Cooldrumman) against *93.Diarmait mac Carroll the 133rd King of Tara / Ireland and his aristocratic warrior male line was to be continued on by his son, *94.Baetan mac Ninnedo who later on would become the Dal Cuinn northern Ui Niaill Cenel Conaill 137th King of Ireland.
Fintan who was to also be of a very great age, died this year who was from Doone and Coone in Co. Limerick in the north - west of the Munster Province.
562 AD - 563 AD *95.Eochy / Eochaidh the 5th King of Ailech, who was the son of *94.Donnell / Domhnall Ilchelgach the previous 4th King of Ailech and 134th King of Ireland, the son of *93.Murtaugh / Muirchertach mac Ercae who had been the 3rd King of Ailech and 131st King of Ireland, the son of 92.Murray / Muireadach the 2nd King of Ailech, the son of 91.Eogan the Dal Cuinn northern Ui Niall 1st King of Ailech, and *94.Baetan / Boitean the 5th King of Ailech who was another of the sons of *93. Muirchertach mac Ercae became the joint 136th and 137th Kings of Ireland respectively.
562 / 563 / 565 AD The Battle of Moin Daire Lothair occurred in which the Irian Cruithin were defeated by the Dal Cuinn northern Ui Niaill under Baetan son of Cenn / Cairell as the Cenel nEogain Sept and the Cenel Conaill Sept had been hired and were given the River Lee and Ard Eolarg as compensation for their participation.
563 / 572 AD The rule of *95.Eochy / Eochaidh the Dal Cuinn northern Ui Niaill Cenel nEogain joint 136th King of Ireland, who was a son of *94.Domnall Ilchelgach, the previous joint 134th King of Ireland, and his uncle *94.Baetan who had shared the Kingship with him for 3 years came to an end. (*94.Baetan had been one of the 3 sons of *93.Murtough mac Ercae the previous 131st King of Tara / Ireland). They were both killed by Ronan / Cronan the son of Tigernach, the Heberian Cianachta Glinne Gemhin King who had his territory and kingdom there also in the north - east at Keenaught in Co. Derry in the Ulster Province.
St. Columbcille (The Dove of the Church) who was now 42 years of age was advised by St. Molaisse of Devenish to leave Ireland and go over to Iona (The Holy Island) that was situated off the Northumbrian coast in between Ireland and the Scottish Highlands and together with his 12 disciples he set off and settled his religious community there and spread Christianity back into Albion / Briton also. He also took along his Carthach (The copy of the Vulgate of St. Jerome) which was later to become the main talisman of his kinsmen the Dal Cuinn northern Ui Niall Cenel Conaill O Donnells who were to always carry it with them into battle for Centuries. After crossing over into the Heremonian kingdom of Dal Riada in the Scottish Highlands from Iona he was to stay there for 36 years and also convert the Cruthin Gaelic Picts and consecrate his Heremonian kinsmen, 89.Aedan the King there, who was one of the sons of 88.Gabhran, (who had been the previous Dal Cuinn northern Ui Niaill Cenel nEogain King and Bishop of Dal Riada, who was descended from *90.Niall of the Nine Hostages the 126th King of Ireland. This was to be the first religious consecration of a Celtic King in either Ireland or Scotland, and 89.Aedan was then to become the direct male line ancestor of the Gaelic Milesian Kings of Scotland. 94.St. Columbcille had at first initially wanted to choose 89.Aedan’s brother, 89.Eoganan instead for the position as the King of Dal Riada, but had a divine revelation to choose 89,Aedan. It was then to be from out of the kingdom there of Dal Riada that the Kindred of the Ui Columbcille further endeavoured to spread Christianity, first among the Cruthin Gaelic Picts, then back into Albion / Briton and then over into Europe, and during this period many of the members of the Septs and Kings associated with the Kindred of the Ui Columbcille were to be interred on the holy island of Iona. 89.Aedan was to eventually be able to lead a combined army of warriors of Heremonian Scottii and Britons. 94.St. Columbcille was to spread Christianity further in the Scottish Islands, the Lowlands and in the north - east of Albion / Briton, and his actions as an envoy were to created peace there for 34 years between the Celtic Scythian Gaelic Picts, the Celtic Milesian Gaelic Scottii, the Celtic Milesian Gaelic Irish and the Teutonic Angles until his death. His monks were to continue his work all over Albion / Briton including Strathclyde, to the Picts in the north, the kingdom of the Teutonic Angles in Northumbria, and they also founded the Celtic Catholic Scottish Church, which was monastic in form. (Monasticism had originated in the East and had spread throughout Ireland without any Roman influence.) Another Aedan who was a missionary was sent from Iona to the north of Briton / Albion to spread Christianity there where he founded the Abbey at Lindisfarne, which would be one of the first to suffer the Viking attacks in the late 8th Century AD.
Bruide / Bridei mac Maelchon the King of the Gaelic Picts from 556 AD - 584 AD was to have his seat where the River Ness joins in with the Moray Firth, near the hill fort of Craig Phadraig (Patrick's Rock.) 94.St. Columbcille was to go there through the Firth of Lorn, the Great Glen and Loch Ness where he was at first greeted with contempt when he approached Bruide in person. The Druids / magi there were also totally against him, especially Broichan, who acted as the main Druid / magus for Bruide who 94.St. Columbcille had to personally engage in contests with, along with many of the other Druids there, and he was to be successful. When Broichan himself was then also taken ill, 94.St. Columbcille was able to cure him, and he was to then gain safe conduct for his Christian monks while travelling throughout Bruide's territory. The Gaelic Picts worshipped at a particular fountain, were they drunk from it and bathed in its waters, which they believed assisted them with 2 particular afflictions, leprosy or loss of sight, so 94,.St. Columbcille made a special point of blessing this Well for Christianity along with over 300 others throughout the Scottish Highlands. Bruide mac Maelchon who was descended from Welsh Princes, during their brief encounter was to be converted by 94.St. Columbcille, which was a good start, until he was to be eventually killed by the southern Cruthin Picts there. The Picts (painted people) who were also of Scythian ancestry were to have seven divisions of their own in the Scottish Highlands, Caith / Caithness and Sunderland, Fidach / Ross and Moray, Fodhla / Athol, Fortremn / West Perthshire, Ce / Mar and Buchan, Ciric / Mearns and Fibh / Fife. The Moneymusk Reliquary casket, which it was believed would later on contain relics of 94.St. Columbcille was to be carried before the Heremonian Scottii into battle, and due to his initial efforts within 100 years the Picts were all to be converted to Christianity.
Tara was now abandoned after 2,000 years as the main seat of the Irish Kings, and from this time on both the Heremonian Dal Cuinn southern and northern Ui Niaill Septs emanating from 90.Niall of the Nine Hostages the previous 126th King of Tara / Ireland were to instead keep the title of King of Tara purely for prestige reasons, as the Heremonian Ui Laoghaire Ui Lughaidh Cu Corb Leinster Septs emanating from 90.Cathar Mor the 109th King of Tara / Ireland still also laid claim to the title. The southern and the northern Dal Cuinn Ui Niaill Septs had by now become the more dominant aristocratic warrior Septs throughout Ireland during their many previous conflicts and had therefore continued to expand their overall authority over the other Irish Septs including those in Leinster.
No one aristocratic warrior individual from the Heremonian Cu Corb Septs of Leinster was now able to completely dominate all of the other Leinster Septs, (except for 110.Diarmait mac Mail Na mBo, which would be much later on in the early 11th Century AD.) Up until the early 8th Century AD the Cu Corb Ui Mail Sept and their Ui Theig Sept emanating from 90.Maine Mal (a brother to 90.Cathar Mor the 109th King of Ireland) were to produce 3 more Leinster Kings down to 98.Crimthann who would be the 9th King of Leinster who was to die in 633 AD, 100.Finnamail who was to be their 11th King of Leinster in 680 AD and 101.Kelly / Cellach Cualann their last and 13th King of Leinster in 715 AD. The other 2 more dominant Heremonian Cu Corb Septs where to now begin to emanate from 92.Bressal Belach who was to be the Cu Corb 1st King of Leinster who was a grandson of 90.Caher / Cathair Mor the Cu Corb 109th King of Tara / Ireland. These 2 Cu Corb Septs descending from 92.Bressal Belach were the Ui Cheinnselaig Sept and the Ui Dunlainge Sept, who were to eventually be the only ones to share the Heremonian Cu Corb Kingship of Leinster after the early 8th Century AD, and of these the Ui Dunlainge Sept, descending from 94.Dunlang, from then on was to hold it exclusively until 1042 AD. Their Cu Corb kinsmen, the Ui Cheinnselaig Sept, descending from his cousin 94.Enna Cennsalach who would be the 2nd King of Leinster, were then to regain the upper hand once again under 110.Diarmait mac Mael na mBo - of the Many Cattle who was to become the future 61st Ui Cheinnselaig King and 51st King of Leinster, who was to become the 177th King of Ireland - with opposition also, but this single success was to unfortunately lead on to his descendant, 113.Diarmait mac Murrough na Gall - of the Foreigners, who was to be the last and 59th King of Leinster, having a similar goal and as such bringing on the Anglo - Norman English Invasion.
Meanwhile the Heremonian Dal Cuinn Kingship of Connacht, west of the River Shannon, was being alternated between the Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin Septs emanating from 90.Brion an older half - brother of 90.Niall of the Nine Hostages the previous 126th King of Tara / Ireland, and three of the branches of the Dal Cuinn Ui Fiachrach Sept, emanating from 3 of the sons of 90.Fiachra, a brother to 90.Brion, and therefore also a half - brother to 90.Niall of the Nine Hostages, Despite this the Ui Briuin Septs would eventually become predominant when the Ui Briuin Ai Siol Muireadhaigh Ui Conchobair O Connors were to come to the fore later on producing *114.Turlough O Connor the 181st King of Ireland and also his son, *115.Rory O Connor the 183rd and last King of Ireland, who was to be completely deposed in 1186 AD after the coming Anglo - Norman English Invasion in 1167 AD.
St. Coman during this period was the Abbot at the monastery in Co. Roscommon in the east of the Connacht Province, which was later on to be taken over by the Augustine Order, while St. Canice / Cainnech / Kenny also founded a monastery in Co. Carlow in Southern Leinster on the river bank, which would eventually become the residence of the Heremonian Ui Laoghaire Ui Connla Kings of Ossory, descended from 60.Laoghaire Lorc the 68th King of Tara / Ireland who became better known as the Mac Giolla Phadraigs / Fitz Patricks.
St. Kevin / Caemgen, died, at the Inish Cealtra Island monastery in Co. Clare in the north - west of the Munster Province were there still exists the ruins of 5 Churches, and he was eventually interred in the Church of Our Lady at Glendalough in Co. Wicklow in the south - east of Southern Leinster where there were 9 Churches there also, originally constructed on that site. Initially he had a small hermitage at Holly Wood in Co. Wicklow were he was besieged by so many disciples that he was forced to leave for Glendalough, but more of his followers were to follow him there also, and he was then forced to set up a monastic community there and be their Abbot. (Despite all of these mass followers there were still hermits with their individual cells in among these communities).
94.Colman Bec, (one of the 3 sons of *93.Diarmait mac Carroll the previous Heremonian Dal Cuinn 133rd King of Tara / Ireland), who was to become the direct male line ancestor of the Dal Cuinn southern Ui Niaill Caille Follamain Sept, and Conall mac Comghaill the Heremonian northern Ui Niaill Cenel nEogain Scottii King of Dal Riada in the Scottish Highlands went together on an expedition into Iardoman with a fleet of ships to the Western Isles of Sol and Ile in the Hebrides where they carried off many spoils.
Aedan, son of Fiachra, died.
94.Colman Mor, son of *93,Diarmait mac Carroll was killed.
564 AD Laisne from Daiminio, died. Brendan / Brenainn founded a church at Cluain Ferta.
564 - 566 / 569 / 576 AD *94.Ainmere was to be the first from the Heremonian Dal Cuinn northern Ui Niaill Cenel Conaill Sept to become the 138th King of Ireland, who was a son of 93.Seadna / Setnae, a son of 92.Fergus Cendfota, one of the 2 sons of 90.Conall Gulban, the direct male line ancestor of the Cenel Conaill Septs who had their territory in the north - west of the Ulster Province. (He too had been one of the 8 sons of 90.Niall of the Nine Hostages the previous 126th King of Tara / Ireland the direct male ancestor of all the Dal Cuinn Ui Niaill Septs).
565 AD The Milesian Gaelic Heremonian Ui Laoghaire Leinster Septs in Southern Leinster, and the Gaelic Milesian Irian Septs in their territory in their kingdom of Ulaid in the north - east of the Ulster Province had not as yet submitted to the overall authority of the Dal Cuinn northern Ui Niaill Septs, while the Gaelic Heberian Septs in the Munster Province were not involved in northern affairs at this time.
Brendan / Brenainn of Biror, died.
565 / 566 / 573 AD The Battle of Gabair Liphi in which *94.Donnell and *94.Fergus were the victors over the men of Leinster.
565 AD The death of Daimine Daim Airgid.
566 / 573 / 576 AD *94.Ainmere the Heremonian Dal Cuinn northern Ui Niaill Cenel Conaill 138th King of Ireland was killed by Fergus, the son of Nellin, but his Cenel Conaill direct male line was to continue on in the Kingship of Ireland until *99.Flaherty / Flaithbertach was to become the last Cenel Conaill 159th King of Ireland who would abdicate in 729 AD and leave no aristocratic warrior issue strong enough to maintain the status quo. Despite this the O Donnells would emerge as an important Cenel Conaill Sept as the Kings of Tyrconnell / Co. Donegal eventually producing Aed Ruadh O Donnell / Red Hugh O Donnell / The O Donnell who was to make one last stand, against the English ethnic and religious persecution and oppression under Elizabeth 1st in the early 17th Century AD, with his Dal Cuinn northern Ui Niall Cenel nEogain kinsman, 126.Aed Dubh O Neill / Black Hugh O Neill / The O Niall.
567 AD *94.Baetan / Boitean mac Ninnedo became the Heremonian Dal Cuinn northern Ui Niaill Cenel Conaill 139th King of Ireland, who was a son of 93.Ninnid, a son of 92.Daui, a son of 91.Conall Gulban, one of the 8 sons of *90.Niall of the Nine Hostages the previous 126th King of Tara / Ireland. He would only rule this year when he was to be killed in battle at Leim an Eich by 93.Comain, a son of 94.Colman Bec from the Dal Cuinn southern Ui Niaill, who was one of the 3 sons of *93.Diarmot mac Carroll, and 95.Comain, a son of 94.Libren, a son of 93.Illadhan, (who was also another brother to *93.Diarmot mac Carroll the previous 133rd King of Tara / Ireland. They had been egged on by 94.Colman Bec himself. This saw the end of *94.Baetan's particular Cenel Conaill male line to the Kingship of Ireland through his father, 93.Ninnid, the son of 92.Daui, one of the 2 sons of 91.Conall Gulban the direct male line ancestor of the Cenel Conaill who was one of the 8 sons of *90.Niall of the Nine Hostages the previous 126th King of Tara / Ireland (Ui Niaill.)
568 - 594 AD 95.Aodh mac Ainmerech became the Heremonian Dal Cuinn northern Ui Niaill Cenel Conaill 140th King of Ireland, who was a son of *94.Ainmere the previous 138th King of Ireland, descended also from 91.Conall Gulban (Cenel Conaill.)
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