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    with the Bairrche were groups of the Fothairt. The south of Leinster was dominated by the Chennselaig in the 8th century. Bairrche held lands...
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    List of kings of Leinster (category Ceinnselaig)
    the Cheinnselaig (ancestors of the Mac Murchada and Caomhánach), the Dúnlainge (ancestors of the O'Byrnes and the O'Tooles), the Bairrche (ancestors...
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    emerged in what is today County Waterford. As leaders of the Bairrche, they competed with the Cheinnselaig in the 5th century for the Kingship of Leinster...
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  • refer to a region or to fosterage and there may be a connection to the Bairrche of Leinster in his byname. The Dál Fiatach had dominated the kingship...
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    including the Cheinnselaig (ancestors of the Mac Murchada and Ó Tuathail), the Bairrche (ancestors of the Mac Gormáin), the Máil (ancestors...
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    was named were a sept allied to the Bairrche who ruled the Wexford region until the 8th century, when the Ceinnselaig pushed them back to the southernmost...
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    Mourne (barony) (redirect from Bairrche)
    inflicted on the Méith, including their king, i.e. Goll Bairrche, and some of the men of Fernmag fell by the Bresail and the Echach. 1165.10 -...
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    century, they were expelled across the Wicklow Mountains. The Failge and Bairrche belonged to the Laigin but may also be associated with the Iverni...
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  • claimed to belong to the Laigin include: Failge, Bairrche, Dúnlainge, Ceinnselaig, Garrchon, and the Máil. In the legendary tales of the...
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  • of Ui-Bairrche, died."[citation needed] According to historian C. Thomas Cairney, the O'Tracys were one of the chiefly families of the Bairrche who...
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    O'Rahilly proposed that the Irish branch was the origin of the later Bairrche clan, believing that they belonged to the Érainn (Ptolemy's Iverni) who...
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    chiefly family was the O'Heffermans. The Bairrche. Their chiefly families were the O'Tracys and MacGormans. The Ui Fidgenti. Their chiefly families were...
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  • the Book of Leinster, probably intended to support the claims of the Bairrche to the primacy in Leinster. Charles-Edwards, T. M. (2000). Early Christian...
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  • battle was fought between the sons of Becc Bairrche and the son of Bressal mac Fergusa (died 685) of the Echach Cobo in which the Dal Fiatach were victors...
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  • Crimthann mac Énnai (category Kings of Cheinnselaig)
    his daughter. The Bairrche probably held an earlier predominant position in the south part of Leinster prior to the rise of the Cheinnselaig. According...
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    included Drona (O'Ryan), Fothairt Feadh (O'Nolan), Ceinnselaig (Kinsella), Dál Coirpri Cliach (Kerwick), Bairrche Magh dá chonn (Kearney), Felmeda...
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    The kingdom's most significant neighbours were the Loígis, Ceinnselaig and Bairrche of Leinster to the north and east and the Déisi, Eóganacht Chaisil...
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    Prior to their arrival the Bairrche are believed to have been the dominant tribe in the region. By the mid-8th century the Cheinnselaig had established...
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    century), king of Leinster from the Bairrche, who is portrayed in much Leinster hagiography as a rival to the Chennselaig. Abbán is also made a contemporary...
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    Eochaidh Guinech of the Bairrche sept of Laigin, and, according to the Annals of Tigernach, Muirchertach Mac Ercae, the Ui Neill king of Ailech. Óengus'...
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  • Bishop and anchorite, fl. late 7th century. Áed was a member of the Bairrche. He was bishop of Sletty, County Laois, and patron of Muirchu Maccu Machteni...
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  • Bacceda drives the Bairrche from their land and gives it to the Déisi. They remain there for three decades. Eventually the Bairrche warrior Eochu Guinech...
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  • Muiredach mac Murchada (category Kings of Dúnlainge)
    southern Laigin, the Bairrche and Cheinnselaig during Muiredach's reign. Muiredach was ancestor of the Muiredaig sept of the Dunlainge with their...
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    in Ireland are today known as the MacGorman (Mac Gormáin) and ruled Bairrche during the Middle Ages. Cathair Mór himself had ruled Ireland as King...
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  • ancestor of the Ó Conchubhair of Failghe Daire Barrach mac Cathair Mór, ancestor of Treasaig and Mac Gormáin of Bairrche Bresal Einechglas mac Cathair...
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    the Ellaig or Cellaig, a branch of the Bairrche Maige hAilbe of Counties Laois, Carlow and Kildare. The Three Comanns were the Buide, Crimthainn...
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    on the site c. AD 545 by Diarmait mac Siabairr, a member of the local Bairrche ruling family. The monastery was plundered by Diarmait mac Máel na mBó...
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    Airgíalla (redirect from Chremthainn)
    their northern neighbours, the Cenél nEógain of the Northern Néill, as well as the Southern Néill to their south. From 735 they fell under the dominance...
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  • and founder of two churches. His father, MacDara, was prince of the Bairrche in the country around Carlow, Ireland. His mother was sister of Dubhthach...
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  • 715) was the last Máil king of Leinster. Cellach's byname is derived from the land of Cualu which lay around Glendalough. The name Máil may mean "grandsons...
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