651 - 660 AD
652 AD *97.Conall Cael the
Dal Cuinn northern Ui Niaill
Cenel Conaill
148th joint King of
Ireland, died, and this was to see the end of his particular male line from his
father 96.Mael Cobo the previous144nd King of
Ireland descended from 91.Conall Gulban (Cenel Conaill)
the 1st King of Ailech,
but
his brother, 97.Kelly / Ceallach who had ruled with
him as the 148th joint King was to survive
for another four years
until 656 AD.
653 AD Marcan
mac Tommain the
Dal Cuinn Ui Maine
King of the
Medraige Sept was killed in the Battle of Airther Seola
in the Connacht Province up against the
Dal Cuinn
Ui Briuin
Kings,
95.Kennelly / Cenn
Faelad
mac Colgan the
Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin Seola
Prince / Tanaiste and 99.Maenach mac Baethine from the
Dal Cuinn
Ui Briuin Breifne King, who were both
descended from 90.Brion. Marcan mac Tommain
had been married to Creidne, a
daughter of 98.Guaire Aidni
the Dal Cuinn "southern"
Ui Fiachrach Prince
/ Tanaiste.
Later as the fortunes of the
Dal Cuinn
Ui Fiachrach Aidhne Sept were to decline,
so would the allegiance of the
Dal Cuinn
Ui Maine kinsmen to them.
Fergus / Fearghus, the son of
Donnell
/ Domhnall and
99.Fergus, the son of
98.Reilly / Raghallach mac Uatach
the Dal Cuinn
Ui Briuin Ai 12th King of
Connacht, and
Aedh Beathra, a son of
Cuimin, were also killed by the
Dal Cuinn "southern" Ui Fiachrach Aidni Sept.
99.Maenach mac Baethine the Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin King of Breifne, died this year, which ended his particular male line from 92.Eogan Srem to the Kingship, and 100.Dub Dothra mac Dunchado, who was the son of his brother, 99.Dunchad, became the new Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin King of the Conmaicne Sept only, who was to also become the direct male line ancestor of the O Rourke / Ua Ruairc Heremonian Dal Cuinn Kings of West Breifne in the Connacht Province.
654 AD 99.Fergus mac Reilly aka 99.Muirgius mac Raghailligh the Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin Ai King, died this year, (who was one of the sons of 98.Reilly mac Uatach the previous 12th King of Connacht), who was to be the father of 99.Murray / Muireadach Muillethan who would become the Dal Cuinn 18th King of Connacht and the direct male line ancestor of the Siol Muireadhaigh (Sil Murray) Sept leading on to the O Connor Kings of Connacht and Ireland and the Mac Dermots and Mac Donaghs.
655 AD 98.Lynch / Laidgnen /
Loingsech the Dal Cuinn
southern Ui Fiachrach Aidni
13th King of Connacht
died, which ended his
particular male line to the Kingship
altogether as he left no aristocratic warrior issue of his
own. His father
had been
97.Colman mac
Coffey /
Cobthaig the previous
11th King of
Connacht,
and his brother was to be 98.Guaire
Aidhne who became the
new Dal Cuinn southern Ui Fiachrach Aidni
14th
King of Connacht,
98.Guarie Aidni
was to take the Ui Fiachrach Aidhne Sept to its pinnacle, and his
eventual overlordship in the territory in the south of the
Connacht Province was to extend down to the north of the Shannon Estuary.
99.Creidhe, one of his
daughters had been the wife
of Marcan the Dal Cuinn
Ui Maine
King who was killed in 653 AD, and the Dal
Cuinn Ui Briuin Ai O Connors
/ Ui Conchobair
were to also later on claim her as their ancestress. After the death of
Marcan she eventually also became the
mistress of Cano mac Gartnain, a
King in
Scotland.
At this time St. Caimmine
was the Abbot at Holy Island
/ Inis Celtra on Loch Derg
in Co. Clare in the north - west of
the
Munster Province, which was also previously a southern part of
the
Connacht Province, and it was closely
associated with the Heberian Dal gCais Sept who now held the territory there, and 98.Guaire
Aidni was
closely associated with him. 98.Guaire
Aidni
was also the aristocratic warrior overlord there of the Heberian Cianachta
Corco Mruadh Sept
at Corcomroe there in the north - west of Co. Clare, and the Heremonian Muscraige Corco Baiscind
Sept, which
also created rivalry with the Heberian Eoghanacht
Ui Fidgeinti Sept
in
Northern Munster / Thomond into territory, which
was to be later taken over by the
In Deis Tuaiscirt Dal gCais
Sept also. Despite his successful reign in Southern Connacht
his Dal Cuinn southern Ui Fiachrach
Aidni Sept would not retain control there and
they would lose their aristocratic position eventually also to the
Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin
Kings of
Connacht
who had their territory to the north of them in
Connacht
656 AD *97.Kelly / Ceallach who had previously ruled in his own right for four years as the Heremonian Dal Cuinn northern Ui Niaill Cenel Conaill 148th King of Ireland, died. at Brugh mac an Og, who was the surviving son of *96.Mael Cobo the previous 144th King of Ireland and this was to be the end of their particular aristocratic male line to 91.Conall Gulban (Cenel Conaill) the 1st King of Ailech, who had been one of the 8 sons of *90.Niall of the Nine Hostages the 126th King of Tara / Ireland. (Ui Niaill.)
100.Crundmael Erbuilc the Heremonian Cu Corb Ui Cheinnselaig 9a King of Leinster was killed by his kinsman, 99.Faelan mac Colmain from the Cu Corb Ui Dunlainge Sept. (He had been the son of 99.Ronan who may have, or have not been, the previous 8th King of Leinster who was descended from 95.Criffan / Crimthann the Cu Corb 3rd King of Leinster, who had been the son of 94.Enna Cennsalach the Cu Corb 2nd King of Leinster who is the direct male line ancestor of the Ui Cheinnselaig / Kinsella Sept. During the Century ahead the Cu Corb Ui Cheinnselaig Sept who had their territory at Raith Bile / Rathvilly in the north of Co. Carlow in Southern Leinster were to be thoroughly defeated by their kinsmen the Ui Dunlainge Sept who had their territory in the northern plains. The result of this is that they would be forced to cross over the Blackstair Mountains into the territory in Co. Wexford in the south - east of Southern Leinster, which was then to be based on the monastery at Ferns of St. Maedoc / Aed who was originally himself from Templeport in Co. Cavan in Southern Ulster. (He later became the Patron Saint of Southern Leinster and also of the Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin kingdom of Breifne in Northern Connacht and Co. Cavan. 100.Crundmael was to leave behind 2 sons who were to leave aristocratic warrior issue, 101.Aed Ron who was to be the Cu Corb Ui Cheinnselaig Ui nDrona King, and his brother, 101.Fiachra who was to become the father of 102.Aed the future Cu Corb Ui Cheinnselaig 17a King of Leinster who would be their last King of Leinster for nearly 300 years as the Cu Corb Ui Dunlainge Sept took over.
99.Faelan
mac Colmain
became the new Cu Corb
Ui Dunlainge
10th King of Leinster, who was a son of
98.Colman Mor the previous
6c King of Leinster descended from
94.Dunlaing the direct male line ancestor of the
Ui Dunlainge Sept, the son of
93.Enna Nia, the son of 92.Bressal Belach
the Cu Corb 1st King
of Leinster,
a son of 91.Fiachu Ba
hAiccid - the Lame (one of the 10 sons of
90.Caher
/ Cathair Mor the previous Cu Corb
109th King of Tara
/
Ireland who left aristocratic issue. He
had fostered St. Kevin / Caemgen, who was a young
Cu Corb Prince who had previously been rejected by his step - mother, who was from the
Cu Corb
Ui Garrchon Sept, ( just like so
many of the other Leinster Saints), who were descended from
87.Mess Corb,
one of the 4 sons of 86.Cu
Corb the direct
male line ancestor of all of the
Cu Corb Septs. 99.Faelan
mac
Colmain’s brother, 99.Aed
Dubh was
the Abbot of Kildare in Co.
Kildare in Southern
Leinster whose son,
100.Aengus / Oengus also
became the
Bishop of Kildare, while another of his brothers
99.Aed Find was to become the
direct male line ancestor of the
Ui Maele Caich Sept who had their territory at Naas (the ancient
capital of the Kings of
Leinster).
Kildare
was in the territory of the original kingdom of the Cu
Corb Ui Failge / O
Faley Sept
who were directly descended from 91.Ros
Failge (another one of the 10 sons of 90.Cahir
/ Cathair
Mor the
109th King of Tara / Ireland.
At that time they had their fortress at Rathangan / Raith Imgain in the north - west on the edge of the Bog of Allan,
and it was they who were to recognize Armagh in
Co. Armagh in the south - east of the
Ulster Province later on, for their respective recognition of
St. Brigid
in Kildare in Co. Kildare in Southern Leinster.
657 - 664 AD 95.Diarmaid and 95. Blathmac the Dal Cuinn southern Ui Niaill Siol nAedo Slaine joint 5th Kings of Brega became the joint 149th and 150th Kings of Ireland respectively who were two of the surviving 5 sons of 94.Aedh Slaine the previous joint 141st King of Ireland the direct male line ancestor of the Siol nAedo Slaine Sept . He had been the youngest of the 3 sons of 93.Diamait mac Carroll / Cerbaill the previous 133rd King of Ireland descended from 91.Conall Cremthainn, another of the 8 sons of *90.Niall of the Nine Hostages the 126th King of Tara / Ireland.
St Mochua aka St. Cronan died at the monastery at Timahoe / Teach Mochua (The House of Mochua) in Co. Laois in the mid - west of Southern Leinster, which was to be completely destroyed.
Cuimmine Find was to be the 7th
Abbot at Iona until 669
AD were he wrote the Liber
de virtutibus Columbae, which was later incorporated into the writings of Adomnan's,
Life of
94.Columbcille.
658 AD 101.Faelan the Heremonian Ui Laoghaire Ui Connla King of Ossory who had his territory in Co. Kilkenny in the south - west of Southern Leinster was killed by the Heremonian Ui Laoghaire Ui Lughaidh Cu Corb Septs of Leinster Province, and Tuaim Snamha became the new King of Ossory, until 678 AD, who was a son of ?
90.Conall the Heremonian
Ui Cobhthaigh Ui Conaire
Scottii King of
Dal Riada, died, who was the younger son of
89.Aidan the previous King of Dal
Riada who had died in 608 AD.
St. Molua
/ Lughaidh also founded a Church at Balla in Co. Mayo
in the mid - west
of the Connacht Province.
St. Mullin / St. Moling founded a monastery in Co. Carlow
on the River Barrow in Southern Leinster.