Eógan mac Néill (Irish orthography: Eoghan mac Néill) (reportedly died in 465) was a son of Niall Noígiallach and the eponymous ancestor of the Cenél nEógain...
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are termed the Southern Uí Néill (together they are known as the Uí Néill dynasty). The dynasties of the Northern Uí Néill were the Cenél Conaill and...
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powerbase of the Uí Néill (descendants of Niall of the Nine Hostages) in the north of Ireland. The territory of Eoghan mac Néill was initially based in...
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Owen Roe O'Neill (redirect from Eoghan Rua Ó Néill)
Owen Roe O'Neill (Irish: Eoghan Ruadh Ó Néill; c. 1585 – 6 November 1649) was a Gaelic Irish soldier and one of the most famous of the O'Neill dynasty...
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styled King of Ailech. Also King of Clandeboye. O'Byrne, Emmett. "O'Neill (Ó Néill), Aodh Reamhar (Aodh Mór)". Dictionary of Irish Biography. His succession...
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Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (née Carroll; born 5 September 1980) is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has served as Minister for Health since January 2025...
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Clan Sweeney (redirect from MacSweeney Bannagh)
Irish descent from a prince of the Uí Néill dynasty, Ánrothán Ua Néill, son of Áed, son of Flaithbertach Ua Néill, King of Ailech and Cenél nEógain, died...
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Brian Boru (redirect from Brian Bóruma mac Cennétig)
Emain Macha. However Flaithbertaigh Ua Néill, the new king of the Northern Uí Néill and of the Cenél Eoghan, although having already submitted to Brian...
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O'Neill dynasty (redirect from Ó Néill)
-related to the Ui Neill. O'Cahan - claim descent from the Uí Néill. Clan Ó Ceallaigh-related to the Uí Néill. Clann Cholmáin/O'Melaghlin-MacLaughlin Clan claim...
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King of Tyrone: Eoghan mac Néill Óg O'Neill King of Leinster: Donnchadh mac Art Mac Murchadha Caomhánach King of Connacht: Aedh mac Tairdelbach Óg Ó...
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Northern Uí Néill. A dispute, dated to 1689, arose between several Irish poets about whose claim to the Red Hand was the most legitimate. Diarmaid Mac an Bhaird...
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MacCarthy (Irish: Mac Cárthaigh), also spelled Macarthy, McCarthy or McCarty, is an Irish clan originating from Munster, an area they ruled during the...
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Donnchadh of Argyll (redirect from Donnchad mac Dubgaill)
Donnchadh mac Dubhghaill (Anglicized: "Duncan, son of Dougall") was a late 12th and early 13th century Scottish noble. He was the son of Dubhghall mac Somhairle...
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Archbishop of Armagh hires Aodh son of Eoghan mac Néill Óg O'Neill as a protector Edmund na Féasóige de Búrca, 4th Mac William Íochtar Calbhach Ó Conchobhair...
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Eoghan Ó Donnghaile (Owen O'Donnelly) (fl. c. 1690) was an Irish poet. Eugene O'Curry wrote of Ó Donnghaile in his Manners and Customs , saying that: "About...
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Eoghan Kenny (born February 2000) is an Irish Labour Party politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cork North-Central constituency since the...
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Conall. The Cenél nEógain, descended from his brother Eoghan, became the other premier Uí Néill sept in the North. Their kingdom was known as Tír Eógain...
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to Cormac Ó Neill is preserved in Leabhar Cloinne Aodha Buidhe. He is also remembered for being involved in a poetic contention with Eoghan Ó Donnghaile...
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Kingdom of Desmond (category MacCarthy dynasty)
sept (clan) of Sliocht Eoghan of Coshmaing ("beside the River Maine") was established in the 14th century by King Cormac Mór MacCarthy Mór (d. 1359) for...
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Cenel Maine of Meath and in separating the Uí Néill from the Connachta. Eogan's feud with the northern Uí Néill finally led to the Battle of Slicech (Sligo)...
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the English. The careers of Dubhghall and his Clann Somhairle kinsman, Eóghan Mac Dubhghaill, exemplify the difficulties faced by the leading Norse-Gaelic...
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Look up Eoghan or Eòin in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Eoin (pronounced [oːnʲ]) is a masculine Irish-language given name. The Scottish Gaelic equivalent...
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needed] A green flag featuring a harp is described as being used by Eoghan Ruadh Ó Néill in 1642. The colour green became further associated with Ireland...
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Eóganachta (section Competition with the Uí Néill)
High King. Serious challenges to the Uí Néill were however presented by Cathal mac Finguine and Feidlimid mac Cremthanin. They were not widely recognized...
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founders Gearóid Ó Cairealláin and Eoghan Ó Néill, Ciarán Ó Pronntaigh, Concubhar Ó Liatháin and finally Dónall Mac Giolla Chóill (Feb-Dec 2008). In October...
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internal struggle amongst the Cruthin resulted in Báetán mac Cinn making a deal with the Northern Uí Néill, promising them the territories of Ard Eólairg (Magilligan...
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Clann Ruaidhrí (redirect from Mac Ruairis)
Ruaidhrí was Clann Néill of Barra. In 1427, Giolla Adhamhnáin Mac Néill is recorded to have been granted Barra and Boisdale from Alasdair Mac Domhnaill, Lord...
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Éogan Mór (redirect from Eoghan Mór II)
In Irish traditional history Eógan (or Eoghan Mór—a name also used by his grandfather, Mug Nuadat), eldest son of Ailill Ollamh, was a 2nd or 3rd century...
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full-scale rebellion against Eoghan na Feosaige in 1427. Fearghal had assembled a seemingly insurmountable force that included the MacCabes, a military clan...
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