941 - 950 AD
941 104.Moriarty/
Muiriartach
na G - Cochaill Criceann - of the Leather Cloaks
the Dal Cuinn northern Ui Niaill
Cenel nEogain
King of Aileach
who had his territory
in the north of the
105.Mahon, the son of
104.Kennedy / Cean Eidigh,
and his 16 year old younger brother,
105.Brian wee involved in a great battle at the Wood of Sollyhead
/
Salchoid, 3
mile west of Tipperary in Co. Tipperary
in the north - east of the
Munster Province, against the Viking Danes and among the Viking Chiefs that
were killed in the conflict were Treitill, Ruamann, Bernard, Maurice and Torolbh along with
2,000 of their Viking followers. Some of the
remaining Vikings
retreated into Limerick in Co. Limerick where they
were pursued by the 2
Dalcassian brothers
and their Dal gCais warriors and many more of the
Danes were killed there, and they burnt their forts and their previous
growing strength in that region was destroyed at this time.
942
*105.Donough 111 /
Donnchad Donn
the
Dal Cuinn
southern
Ui Niaill
Clann Cholmain 171st King of
103.Larkin / Lorcan / Fingin, the grandfather of 105.Mahon and 105.Brian Boru. who had been the son of 102.Lachtna, and the Heberian Dal gCais Chieftain who had his territory in Thomond / Northern Munster was to die this year, who had previously revived the fortunes of the Heberian Dal gCais Ui Bloid Ui Turlough Sept, by capturing *104.Flann Sinna who was then the Dal Cuinn southern Ui Niaill Clann Cholmain Prince / Tanaiste of the kingdom of Midhe / Meath, *104.Flann Sinna had been the son of *103.Malachy 1st the Heremonian Dal Cuinn southern Ui Niaill 167th King of Ireland. (*104.Flann Sinna had later become the 169th King of Ireland in his own right). At that earlier time, *104.Flann Sinna had defiled Magh Adhair (The Meadow of the Sacred Oaks) the Inauguration Mound of the Dal gCais Tuath / Family region were 57 Kings of Thomond / Northern Munster were to be crowned. This rebuff had done nothing for the prestige of *104.Flann Sinna at that time, but it had certainly lifted the spirits of the Heberian Dal gCais Septs, as after this incident 103.Larkin / Lorcan was to be informed by 102.Cormac mac Cuilennain the Heberian Eoghanacht Chaisil 31st King of Cashel / Munster of the right of the Dal gCais Sept, who were descended from 85.Cormac Cass - of the Curly Hair, to alternate the Kingship of Munster with their Heberian kinsmen the Eoghanachta Sept who were descended from his brother, 85.Eoghan Mor. This had been the original decree of their common direct male line ancestor, 84.Ailill Oluimm the Heberian 1st King of Munster, who was descended from *37.Eber Fionn, the ancestor of all of the Gaelic Milesian Heberian Septs and it would then be acted upon by 103.Larkin's son, 104.Kennedy / Cennetig the father of 105.Mahon and 105. Brian Boru.
103.Larkin / Lorcan was to leave behind 5 sons, (1) 104.Coscrach, who was his second son, was to become the direct male line ancestor of the Muintir Sheehan / Seanachain, the Muintir Chnaimhin, the Muintir Hogan / hOgain, the Muintir Allathaigh, the Muinntear Mulrooney / Mhaol Ruanuidh, the Muintir Chloiarn, the Muintir Ainghiodha and the Muintir Maine / Mhaine who produced the Heberian Families of the O Aingidys, the O Bowens, the O Cosgraves of Munster, the O Flahertys of Co. Kerry, the O Gloirns, the O Hogans, the O Lorkans / Lorkins / Larkins, the O Maines and the O Sheehans. (2) 104.Congal was his next son (3) 104.Bran Fionn another son is the direct male line ancestor of the O Brians from the Siol mBroin who had their territory at Dubhthir Laighean / Sliocht Branfinn in Dufferin in Co. Wexford in the south - east of Southern Leinster, who were also to anglicize their name as O Brian / O Brien also along with the descendants of his nephew 105,Brian Boru. (4) 104.Longargan another son became the direct male line ancestor of the O Lonergans, while his eldest son (5) 104.Kennedy / Cennetig was to lift the prestige of the Heberian Dal gCais Ui Bloid Ui Turlough Septs towards their highest levelbyproducing 105.Mahon who would become the 39th King of Cashel / Munster, and 105.Brian Boru - of the Tributes who would become the 41st King of Cashel / Munster and 175th High King of Ireland.
943 - 954
*104.Conally
/ Congalach
Cnogba - of Knowth
/ Northern Brega
the Heremonian Dal Cuinn southern
Ui Niaill Siol nAedo Slaine
33rd King of
Brega became the 172nd King of Ireland,
during this period, who
was a son of 103.Mael
Mithig,
104.Moriarty
-
of the Leather Cloaks, the Dal Cuinn
northern Ui Niaill
Cenel nEogain
Prince
of Aileach who had his territory in the north
of the
Olaf Cuaran the
Viking
King of
944
At
this time also the strength of the
Heremonian Dal Cuinn Ui
Briuin
Breifne Sept in the Connacht Province was
still growing strong, who were descended
also from 90.Brion
the first
Dal Cuinn King of
Connacht and his son,
91.Daui Tenga Uma - of the Sweet Tongue who had been the
Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin 3rd
King of Connacht, his son, 92.Eogan Srem and
in turn his son,
93.Fergus the actual direct male line ancestor of the
Ui Briuin Breifne Sept.
By now
the Ui Briuin Breifne Sept had also developed many
more individual sub - Septs of their own, in their individual kingdom of
Breifne that took in
territory in Co. Leitrim
in Northern Connacht and the adjoining
territory to the south - east nearby in what is now
defined as
Co.
Cavan in Southern Ulster.
947
108.Donough / Donnchad
who was now
the
Heremonian
Ui Laoghaire
Ui Connla
King of Ossory, the son of
107.Kelly
/ Ceallach defeated his overbearing adversaries and
Ui Laoghaire Cu Corb kinsmen the Heremonian
Ui Laoghaire Ui Lughaidh Cu Corb
Septs in Southern Leinster,
and during the conflict 108.Broen the
Cu Corb
Ui Dunlainge Ui Faelain 38th
King of
105.Gormlaith, the daughter of *104.Flann
Sinna
the previous Heremonian Dal Cuinn southern Ui Niaill
169th King of Ireland, died
this year, who had been originally
betrothed to 102.Cormac
mac Cuilennain the
Heberian Eoghanacht Chaisil
31st King
of Cashel / Munster who had
declined the offer due to his commitment to his religious convictions. She had
then been married off to
107.Carroll mac Muirecain the
Cu Corb
Ui Dunlainge Ui Faelain
34th King of
950
104.Kennedy became the Heberian Dal gCais
Ui Bloid Ui Turlough
King
of Thomond / Northern
Munster and was a son of
103.Larkin / Lorcan
/ Fingin,
and his mother was 103.Babhion, a daughter of
102.Arcadh O Flaherty, a son of
101.Murrough O Flaherty
the
Dal Cuinn
Ui Briuin Seola
King of West / Iar Connacht. Of his sons,
105.Duncan
/ Donncuan was the
Tánaiste
/ heir - apparent of
Thomond, who was to
become the direct male line ancestor of the O Lonergans, the
O Gunnings, the O Kennedys,
the O Regans,
the O
Kellehers etc. 105.Ahern
/ Echthighern (Lord of
Horses) was to become
the direct male ancestor of the
O Ahernes
and Mac Raiths / Mac Graths
who would be historians and bards to the
Dal gCais Ui mBriain Kings and ecclesiastics in
Co. Clare
and Co.
Limerick in the mid - north - west of the
Munster Province. 105.Marcan
/ marc (steed) was
to be the Abbot of
Killaloe, Tomgraney
and Emly monasteries in
the
Blathmac, died, this year, who was the Abbot of Skellig Michael monastery situated off the coast of Co. Kerry in the south - west of the Munster Province.
Another Round Tower 75' high, was constructed at Swords / Sord Cholaim Chille / 94.St. Columbcille's Sword situated on the River Ward near the estuary, which is still there to see in Co. Dublin, in the north - west of Southern Leinster, which had been originally a foundation of 94.St. Columbcille, where he had put St. Finnian in charge to oversee.
104.Matudan the Heremonian Dal Fiatach 41st King of Ulaid, died, this year, who was one of the 3 sons of 103.Aedh the previous 37th King of Ulaid, while his brother 104.Dubgall had been the previous 38th King of Ulaid, and his other brother 104.Niall would be the future 43rd King of Ulaid, 105.Ardgal a son of 104.Matudan now became the Dal Fiatach 42nd King of Ulaid, who had his territory in the south - east of the Ulster Province.
The
Vikings in Dublin, in the north - east of
Southern Leinster, set fire to the
*104.Conally / Congalach
Cnogba - of Knowth the
Heremonian Dal Cuinn southern Ui Niaill
Siol nAedo Slaine 172nd King of Ireland
besieged Thomond
/ Northern Munster
region to express his new found
Dal Cuinn
Ui Niaill
authority in
Mogha's Half, which was under the
jurisdiction of the Heberian Dal
gCais Sept there. During the conflict he was to kill two of 104.Kennedys sons,
105.Duncan
/ Donncuan
the
Tánaiste / heir -
apparent and direct male ancestor of the
O Kennedys
and
105.Aherne
/ Echthigern
who were supporting the Eoghanacht
Septs under
the leadership of
104.Callaghan / Cellachan
Chaisil the
Heberian Chaisil
34th
King of Cashel / Munster.
*104.Conally's / Conghalach’s position as the Dal Cuinn
southern Ui Niaill
King
of Ireland
was being challenged, and his actions only highlighted his personal alarm at
104.Kennedy's rising situation of becoming the future
Heberian Dal gCais heir - apparent
/ Tanaiste to the