931 - 940 AD
931 / 933 AD
108.Cuilen
mac Kelly
/
Cellaig
the Heremonian
Ui Laoghaire
Ui Connla
King
of Ossory in
Co. Kilkenny
in the south - west of
Southern Leinster, died, who was a son of
107.Kelly
/ Ceallach
a previous
King
of Ossory, and
108.Donough mac
Kelly
/
Donnchad mac
Cellaig
became the new Heremonian
Ui Connla
King
of Ossory
until 976 AD, who
was also a
son of
107.Kelly
/ Ceallach.
932 AD 103.Lynch
/ Loingsech the
Irian Clann na Rory Dal
nAraidi 39th King of Ulaid, died, who was the
son of 102.Kennedy / Cenn Etig the previous
36a King of
Ulaid,
and his
Irian male line to the
Kingship was to continue on through his
son, 104.Aed who would become the future 44th King
of Ulaid.
Eochy / Eochaidh
mac Conaill, now became the new
Dal Fiatach 40th King of Ulaid in the north - east
of Ulster, who was a son of
Conall, whose ancestry is as yet unknown.
933 AD Muirecan
the Abbot of Armagh ordained
104.Aed
mac Domnaill the 30th King of the Cenel nEogain
who had his territory in
Co. Tyrone,
at
Armagh who had already been
King there for 4 years, as the
Dal Cuinn northern
Ui Niaill
Cenel nEogain
Kings in Northern
Ulster
had made Armagh
in the south - east of the
Ulster
Province
their own to some extent, and they now had a permanent residence there, and a
mausoleum for their Dal Cuinn
Ui Niaill
Kings.
The Viking
King of Dublin destroyed the crannog fort of
the Heremonian Dal Cuinn southern
Ui Niaill
Siol nAedo Slaine Kings
of Lagore / Southern Brega
in Co. Meath
in the south - east
of Northern
Leinster, who were descended from 97.Niall,
a grandson of *95.Diarmait the
previous joint 145th King of
Ireland, who had been one of the 3 sons of
*94.Aed Slaine
(Siol nAedo Slaine) the previous joint
139th King of
Ireland.
104.Moriarty
/ Muiriartach
- of the Leather Cloaks, the son of
*103.Niall Glun Dubh the previous
170th King of Ireland,
who was now the
Dal Cuinn northern
Ui Niaill
Cenel nEogain King
of Aileach in the
north of the
Ulster Province, and the heir - apparent /
Tanaiste to the Kingship
of Ireland, defeated the
Vikings once again in battle killing over
240 of them. He had gained his epithet due to his
warriors wearing leather cloaks while besieging the Vikings in the Winter.
104.Moriarty was to take a
fleet to the Hebrides and returned after a great victory and assembled a large
force of 1,000 followers and did a circuit of
Ireland and took Sitric the
Chief of the Danes as his hostage, then 106.Lorcan
the Cu Corb
Ui Dunlaing
27th King
of Leinster,
and also
104.Callaghan the
Heberian Eoghanacht 34th King
of Munster
who then allied with the Danes and besieged the kingdom
of Meath
in Northern Leinster
and Ossory
in Southern Leinster. 104.Murtough
was upset with him for this, and he proceeded to the
Connacht Province where
Connor O Connor the son of
Teague O Connor came out to
meet him and he returned to
Aileach with these
Kings as his hostages and feasted
for 5 months and then sent them onto Donough the
King of Meath.
The following
drastic changes now occurred in the
pedigrees
of the leading Irish Septs, and therefore the fortunes of 3
of the aristocratic
Milesian Gaelic Families, which were to also bring
about a great change in Irish history.
934 AD
104.Callaghan
/ Cellachan
Chaisil became
the Heberian Eoghanacht Chaisil
34th King of
Cashel /
Munster, who was a son of
103.Buadachan, a son of
102.Lachtnae, a son of
101.Artgal, a son of
100.Snedgus, one of the 3
sons of
99.Donngal / Dungalach,
the son of
98.Faelgus, a son of
97.Nad Froich, the son of
96.Colgan / Colgu the previous
15th
King of Munster,
one of the 2 sons of 95.Failbhe
Fland the
11th
King of
Munster, descended
from 91.Angus mac Nad
Froich the 3rd King
of
Cashel / Munster,
one of the 2 sons of
90.Nad Froich the
2nd King of Cashel / Munster, one
of the 7 sons of 89.Conall
Corc (Chaisil). Due to the previous decline of the
Eoghanacht Septs in the
Munster Province his full pedigree is most important for he was to become
very successful after 8
generations of no candidates from his male line to the
Cashel / Munster Kingship, and he was just what they needed at this time
as he became an outstanding
Eoghanacht King and the
ancestor of many of the modern Chaisil Families today, including the
Mac Carthys
and the O Callaghans / Callahans.
Rebachan
mac Mothlai
the Heberian Dal gCais Ui
Bloid King from the
In Deis Tuaiscirt,
who was also the Abbot of Tomgraney
/ Tuaim Greine from the
Clann Angus / Oengussa, died,
and he was to be followed in
the Kingship by a member now of the
Ui Bloid Ui Turlough / Thoirrdelbaig
Sept who were now to become the
Dal gCais Kings.
103.Larkin
/ Lorcan
mac Lachtna was to be the grandfather of
the great *105.Brian Boru - of the
Tributes who would become the
175th High King of Ireland
in time also to meet the
Viking challenge head on. The previous
3
Kings had been from the Ahern
/ Ui Echthigern
Sept
who like the Ui Chernaig were both sub -
Septs of the
Dal gCais
Clann Oengussa. 103.Larkin's
/ Lorcan's son,
104.Kennedy
/ Cennetig was to become the
Dal gCais
King
of Thomond the first of the
Ui Bloid Ui Turlough
Sept.
935 AD
105.Kenneth / Cinaed the
Heremonian
Cu Corb
48th King of the Ui Cheinnselaig
Sept, died, whose
father was 104.Coirpre /
Cairpre the previous
42nd
King of the
Ui Cheinnselaig
Sept,
who was a son of 103.Diarmait,
the son of 102.Rudgal,
the son of 101.Aed, whose father was
100.Onchu, (who was a brother to
100.Faelchu the father of
101.Elothach the 24th King
of the Ui Cheinnselaig
Sept
(Siol nEladaig). The father of both 100.Onchu and
100.Faelchu had been 99.Faelan the
9th King
of the
Ui Cheinnselaig
Sept, the son of
98.Silan, one of the 2 sons of
97.Eogan Caech the 7th
King of the
Ui
Cheinnselaig
Sept, who had been one of the 2
sons of
96.Nathi, the son of
95.Crimthann the 1st King
of the Ui
Cheinnselaig Sept and the Heremonian Cu Corb
3rd King of Leinster.
105. Kenneth's
/ Cinaed's son,
106.Kelly / Ceallach was to be the future
50th King
of the Ui Cheinnselaig
Sept
who would revive the fortunes of their Ui Cheinnselaig male line to eventually produce
110.Diarmait
mac Mael na mBo - of the Many Cattle, who would become the
51st King
of Leinster just in time to produce the
infamous 113.Diarmait Mac Murrough na Gall who would then bring
on the Anglo -
Norman English Invasion in
Ireland beginning
the first
850 years of
ongoing oppression including religious and ethnic cleansing.
937 AD This year, the Dublin Viking Kings
had tried to move on to York in Albion / England where they
suffered a defeat in battle at Brunanburh
against Athelstan (925 - 939 AD) who was the first Anglo - Saxon King of all of England,
(a son of Edward the Elder (899 - 924 AD) and grandson of Alfred the Great,( 871
- 899 AD) This
had ramifications for
Ireland
as Olaf Cuaran, who was now the Viking
King of Dublin and York, returned once again to
Dublin in the north - east of
Southern
Leinster. Athelstan was to also submit the
Welsh
Kings and the combined forces under the leadership of
Constantine 11 of Albany / Scottish Highlands
culminating in the Treaty of Eamont Bridge.
Eochy
/ Eochaidh
mac Conaill
the Heremonian Dal Fiatach 40th King of
Ulaid,
died, this year, who was a son of Conall, whose line of descent is
as yet unknown, and
104.Matudan
became the
Dal Fiatach
41st King
of Ulaid
who had his territory in
the east of the
Ulster Province, who was one of the
3 sons of
103.Aed the previous
37th
King of Ulaid, who
was one of the 2 sons of
102.Eochocan
the previous
31st King of Ulaid.
938 AD 104.Callaghan
/ Cellachan the
Heberian
Eoghanacht
Chaisil
34th King
of Cashel / Munster
trying now to gain the upper hand in Mogha's Half carried
out a great slaughter against the Heremonian
Ui Laoghaire
Ui Connla
kingdom of Ossory in
Co. Kilkenny in the south - west of
Southern Leinster to express his authority there.
104.Moriarty - of the Leather Cloaks, the
Dal Cuinn northern Ui Niaill
Cenel nEogain King
of Aileach who was to have his
territory in
the north of the Ulster Province
until the year 943 AD, who was also the heir - apparent
/ Tanaiste to the Dal Cuinn
Ui Niaill Kingship of
Ireland
was to combine his northern Ui Niaill warriors and those from
the southern
Ui Niaill
in Breagh
in
Meath in the south - east of
Northern Leinster. He invaded the
kingdom
of
Ossory in
Co. Kilkenny in the south - west of
Southern
Leinster, and the
territory of the Heremonian
Ui Felim Deisi
Septs there, and ravaged and generally plundered
the country around the
Munster Province
to reaffirm the overall
Heremonian authority of the
Dal Cuinn Ui Niaill also there in
Mogha's Half.
105.Donough
/ Donnchad Donn
- of Brown Complexion who was now the southern
Ui Niaill Clann Cholmain
171st King of Ireland attacked the
Vikings in Dublin, and besieged the territory
to the south of there in Southern Leinster, while
the Viking Kings were still trying to retake York in
Albion / England, as this left
Dublin
open to attack by the Irish
Septs, and it became less
important as a Viking stronghold. He had previously also divided the
Viking forces, while attempting to gain the Overlordship of their other
Norse settlements along the coastline.
939 AD
Aodh,
died, this year, who was
the Abbot of Aghadoe / Achadh Da Eo
(The Field of the Yews) Abbey in
Co. Kerry
in the south - west of the
Munster Province where there
is an Ogham Stone near the Church to be seen, and the remains of a
Round Tower all situated
at the north end of the Lower Lake in what was the territory of the
Heberian Eoghanacht
Chaisil O Donoghues.
940 AD - 1014 AD)
*105.Brian - of Great Strength who would become the future Heberian Dal
gCais Ui Bloid Ui Turlough
175th High King of
Ireland was born
in the palace at Kincora / Ceann Coradh at Killaloe / Cill Molua
(The Church of
St. Molua) in the Ui Bloid
territory in Co.
Clare in the north - west of Thomond / Northern Munster. It had
been named after
St. Molua who was from the
Eoghanacht
Ui Fidgeinte Sept in Co.
Limerick in the north - west of Munster
Province
who had been the first Bishop (supervisor) there in the 7th
Century AD. *105.Brian was a son of
104.Kennedy
/ Cennetig and a grandson of
103.Larkin
/ Lorcan / Finghin,
and was to be educated at
Innis Fallen Abbey on Innis Fallen Island in Co. Kerry in
the south - west of Munster,
which had a high scholastic reputation. (It was to be raided by the
Vikings on many occasions). He was
later to
be known as
*105. Brian
Boru /
Boroimhe
- of the Tributes, and was to be
104.Kennedy’s
/ Ceanedig’s
youngest son, who
would become at first the
Heberian Dal gCais
Ui Bloid Ui Turlough
King
of Thomond / Northern Munster,,
then
the
41st King of Cashel / Munster,
and
eventually the
175th High King of Ireland.
He would also become
the direct
male line ancestor of the
Ui mBriain
Septs in
Thomond, and the future
Kings
of Thomond
and Ireland,
and of the
Mac Mahons
of
Co. Clare.
He was to be married
4
times and have
6 sons,
106.Murrough
/ Murchad,
106.Teague
/ Tadhg,
106.Donough
/ Donnchad,
106.Donnell
/ Domhnall,
106.Conor
/ Conchobar
and
106.Flann.
Of these 6 sons only 2,
106.Teague
and his half - brother,
106.Donough
were to leave any aristocratic warrior issue.
106.Teague
was to die in 1023 AD, in which
*106.Donough
would be involved, but he still would become the direct male line ancestor of the
Ui mBriain
Septs of
Thomond.
the
O Briens
of the
O gCuanach
/ Cuanad
and Eathar Lagh
/
Clann mBriain of
Eathariach
in
Co. Limerick and
Co. Tipperary. Although
in trouble early on, due to his early death, it would be
106.Teague's
direct male line that would be the one that would survive
the test of time. 3
of
these sons were from his first wife,
Mor,
(1), including
106.Murrough
who was to be killed at
Clontarf
in 1014 AD along with his father
and his own son,
107.Turlough
while
defending
Ireland
against the
Vikings, the other two were.
(2) 106.Conor
and
(3)106.Flann. From
his second wife,
Eachraidh, who was a
daughter of Carroll / Cerbaill,
a son of Oilioll Fionn, he was to produce
2 sons, (1)
106.Teague,
mentioned earlier whose male line would become predominant, and (2)
106.Donnell
who was also at the battle at Clontarf, but was to be killed later on by the
Heremonian Dal Cuinn
Ui Briuin Ai
Siol Muireadhaigh
(Sil Murray)
Sept from the
Connacht
Province,
during a conflict over sovereignty. From his third wife,
110.Gormlaith
/ Kormloda, who was a sister to
110.Mael
Morda the
Heremonian
Cu Corb
Ui Dunlainge Ui Faelain
45th King of Leinster,
he was to produce
106.Donough
who would become the
Dal gCais
42nd King
of Munster
and marry
Driella the daughter of
Godwin the
Saxon Earl of Kent,
who
was also a sister to
Harold 11 the
last
Saxon King of England.
106.Donough
was to rule for 49 years until he was to abdicate
and go on a pilgrimage to Rome where he became a monk in St. Stephen’s
monastery and died there. Of
106.Donough’s
own
2
sons,
107.Larkin / Lorcan O Brian
was to die in 1078 AD, and was to be the
father of
108.Conor
/ Conchobar
O Brian
who was to die also in
1078 AD as the
King
of
Tulcha Oc,
and
108.Kennedy
/ Cennetig
who would die in 1084 AD, who was also a
King
of Tulca Oc.
106.Donough's other son,
107.Murrough / Murchad
O Brian,
was to
become the
42a King
of Munster,
who was to die in 1068 AD, and his son,
108.Brian O Brian
who was to die in 1118 AD, was to be the
46a King
of Munster.
This would see the end of the particular
Ui mBriain
male line from
106.Donough
to the
Kingships.
*105.Brian
Boru's
daughter from
110.Gormlaith
was to be
106.Sadb
who he was to
marry to 110.Cian
the
son of 109.Molloy
/ Mael Muad
the
previous
Heberian Eoghanacht Raithlind
Ui Echach Muman
Cenel nAeda Cenel mBecce
40th King of Munster,
and they were to produce
111.Mahon
the direct male
line ancestor
of the O Mahonys.
His
fourth wife was
to be
105.Dubh
Cobhla
who was to die in 1009 AD, who was
to be a
daughter of
107.Cathal O Connor
the
Ui Bruin Ai
Siol Muireadhaigh Ui Conchobair
41st
King of Connacht.
As a sign of
104.Kennedy’s growing importance
*105.Donough
/
Donnchad
Donn
the
Dal Cuinn
southern Ui
Niaill Clann Cholmain 171st King of Ireland in his old age had married 105.Orlaith a
daughter of 104.Kennedy,
but she was to be put to death this year
for having a relationship with his young son, 106.Angus
/ Oenghus.
105.Kennedy was now also seen as a threat to the Ui Niaill
heir -
apparent / Tánaiste
/ Prince in waiting, 104.Murtough
/ Muirchertach
- of the Leather Cloaks
the Dal Cuinn
northern
Ui Niaill Cenel nEogain
33rd King
of Aileach
who had his territory
in the north of the Ulster Province.
Harald the Viking King
in their settlement at Limerick
in
Co, Limerick the mid - north - west of the
Munster Province, died,
this year, and
from now on the absolute threat of their total take over of
Ireland
was to recede, as the Vikings became more and more
converted to Christianity in
Ireland as they were being further drawn into the
Celtic Irish
Gaelic culture.
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