• of Patrick, Lóegaire is described as "a great king, fierce and pagan, emperor of the barbarians". After a number of attempts by Lóegaire and others to...
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  • include: Lóegaire Lorc, legendary High King of Ireland of the 6th century BC Lóegaire Búadach, hapless would-be hero of the Ulster Cycle Lóegaire mac Néill, High...
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    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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    is generally presumed to be a late addition. The dates claimed for Lóegaire mac Néill, "great pagan Emperor of the Irish" and adversary of Saint Patrick...
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    Cormac mac Airt, Niall of the Nine Hostages, Conall Corc, Diarmait mac Cerbaill, Lugaid mac Con, Conn of the Hundred Battles, Lóegaire mac Néill and Crimthann...
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  • meaning of McNeill is 'Son of Neil'. The annals of ulster claim Lóegaire mac Néill as King of Tara or High King of Ireland. The name Neil or Neill derives...
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  • mac Lóegairi (died c. 507) was a High King of Ireland. He was a grandson of Niall of the Nine Hostages. One of the supposed twelve sons of Lóegaire mac...
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  • Southern Uí Néill branch: Éndae, ancestor of the Cenél nÉndai, Coirpre, ancestor of the Cenél Coirpri dynasty, Lóegaire, ancestor of the Cenél Lóegaire dynasty...
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  • Irish king Fogartach mac Néill (died 724), Irish king Lóegaire mac Néill (died c. 462), son of Niall of the Nine Hostages Maine mac Néill (died 712), Irish...
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  • mac Ailello Thassaig was an early king of the Uí Liatháin who may also have been King of Munster. His sister, Angias, was the Queen of Lóegaire mac Néill...
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  • Gaelic Mac Néill, "son of Niall"), or variant form the surname of Neill (from the Irish Ó Néill and Mac Néill or the Scottish Gaelic Mac Néill, meaning...
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  • Hostages Lóegaire mac Néill Coirpre mac Néill Ailill Molt Mac Cairthinn mac Coelboth, died 546/547 Tuathal Maelgarb, d.544/549 Diarmait mac Cerbaill,...
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    fictional. With few exceptions, kings belong to Dál Cuinn (the Connachta and Uí Néill). Understood as a list of kings of Tara, it is not considered to be inclusive...
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  • of Lóegaire mac Néill, high-king of Ireland. He oversaw the compilation of the Seanchas Mór (Early Irish Law) along with St. Patrick and Lóegaire mac Néill...
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  • by a prose explanation of how it came to be created. The high king Lóegaire mac Néill, with the will to prevent the saint and his band from coming to Tara...
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  • Leary may refer to: King Leary or Lóegaire mac Néill, an Irish king Leary (surname) Leary, Georgia, U.S. Leary, Texas, U.S. Leary v. United States, a 1969...
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  • date of the start of the reign of Óengus mac Nad Froích, first Christian king of Munster 454 Lóegaire mac Néill, King of Tara, celebrates Feis Temro (Feast...
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  • Éndae. Saint Patrick arranged for the high king Lóegaire mac Néill (died 462) and his brother Eógan mac Néill (died 465) to mediate the dispute. Endae had...
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    The Southern Uí Néill (Irish: Uí Néill an Deiscirt, IPA:[ˈiːˈnʲeːl̪ʲˈanˠˈdʲɛʃcəɾˠtʲ]) were that branch of the Uí Néill dynasty that invaded and settled...
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    name means "fort of Laoghaire". This refers to Lóegaire mac Néill (modern spelling: Laoghaire Mac Néill), a 5th-century High King of Ireland, who chose...
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  • at the time of St Patrick's mission in Ireland and in the reign of Lóegaire mac Néill, high-king of Ireland, to which Dubthach served as Chief Poet and...
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    Anicia Juliana, daughter of Olybrius Muryeong, king of Baekje (Korea) Lóegaire mac Néill, High King of Ireland Lightman, Marjorie; Lightman, Benjamin (2008)...
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    Adamnan's vita of Columba, two of them act as tutors to the daughters of Lóegaire mac Néill, the High King of Ireland, at the coming of Saint Patrick. They are...
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    for "From Harbour to Mountain". The crown in the device is that of Lóegaire mac Néill, a legendary 5th-century High King of Ireland and the eponymous Laoghaire...
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  • the leader of the Laigin forces. The Laigin defeated the high king Lóegaire mac Néill (died 462) and captured him. They released him after he promised not...
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    early as 442 or 443. He was connected to the royal family of King Lóegaire mac Néill. He allegedly met with St. Columba in the year 575, in a town called...
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  • (died c. 405), according to legend kidnapped St. Patrick as a youth Lóegaire mac Néill (fl. c. 440s), according to Muirchu moccu Machtheni a "great, fierce...
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    Fidaig. Bressal mac Ailello Thassaig was an early king of Munster according to one source. His sister Angias was the queen of Lóegaire mac Néill, High King...
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    "The Shield of Fionn", ed. MacNeill (1908), ed. pp. 34–38, tr. pp. 134–139 Buttimer, Cornelius G. (1981). "Loegaire Mac Néill in the Bórama". Proceedings...
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  • Leary is an Irish surname and may refer to: King Leary or Lóegaire mac Néill, an Irish king Annie Leary, an American philanthropist and Papal Countess...
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