Fiachu mac Néill (flourished 507–514) was a king of Uisnech in Mide of the Ui Neill dynasty. He was the son of the high king Niall Noígíallach. According...
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Irish king Coirpre mac Néill (died after 485), founder of the Cenél Coirpri Eógan mac Néill (died 465), Irish king Fiachu mac Néill (fl. 507–514), Irish...
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Coirpre mac Néill (fl. c. 485–493), also Cairbre or Cairpre, was said to be a son of Niall of the Nine Hostages. Coirpre was perhaps the leader of the...
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Southern Uí Néill. The founders of the Uí Néill branches are the alleged sons of Niall Noigiallach, seven in all: The Northern Uí Néill branch: Conall...
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were: Conall Cremthainne mac Néill, died 480 Fiachu mac Néill Ardgal mac Conaill, died 520 Maine mac Cerbaill, died 538 Diarmait mac Cerbaill, died 565 (also...
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Rus Failge (redirect from Ros Failgeach mac Cathair Mór)
Failge appears as the opponent of Fiachu mac Néill of the Ui Neill, founder of the Cenél Fiachach branch. In 507 Fiachu was defeated by Failge at the Battle...
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Connchmach mac Donn Cothaid mac Cathail, who traced his descent back to the semi-legendary Niall Noígíallach (died c. 450?), via his son, Fiachu mac Néill (fl...
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Geoghegan (redirect from MacGeoghegan)
the king of Britain. Niall's first wife was Inné, mother of his son Fiachu mac Néill, from who the Geoghegan family are said to be descended. He also had...
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He was regarded as a patron saint of the Uí Néill and was said to be a descendant of Fiachu mac Néill. When his brothers refused to allow him a share...
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Niall of the Nine Hostages (redirect from Echtra Mac nEchach Muigmedóin)
the various Uí Néill dynasties: Eógan of the Cenél nEógain and Conall Gulban of the Cenél Conaill, making up the northern Uí Néill; Fiachu of the Cenél...
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of which had never paid tax. He sent messengers to demand payment, but Fiachu Muillethan, the king of southern Munster, refused, and Cormac prepared for...
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Conall Mag Eochagáin (redirect from Conall Mac Eochagáin)
descendant of Niall of the Nine Hostages – specifically from the branch of Fiachu mac Néill. His paternal grandmother, Gyles "Shiela" O'Dempsey was sister to Terence...
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(Connachta and Uí Néill): (Fíachu Finnolaech) Tuathal Techtmar Fedlimid Rechtmar Conn of the Hundred Battles Art mac Cuinn Cormac mac Airt Cairbre Lifechair...
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the Northern Uí Néill, who had overrun the ruins of the earldom and established the renamed tuath of Clandeboye. The Northern Uí Néill had achieved dominance...
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Fíacha Sroiptine (redirect from Fiachu Sraibtine)
his father's death, Fothad Cairpthech and Fothad Airgthech, sons of Lugaid mac Con, had taken the throne jointly, but within the year Fothad Airgthech killed...
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dominated during this time by the Uí Néill, the Eóganachta of Munster did provide Cathal mac Finguine and Fedelmid mac Crimthainn as serious contenders....
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m. Arndil/Arndail m. Maine Mór m. Forgo m. Feradach m. Ailill Érann m. Fiachu Fer-mara m. Óengus Tuirmech Temrach Dobbs 1917, p. 10 for extensive discussion...
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of the Battle of Frémainn in AD 507, where Failge Berraide defeated Fiachu mac Néill. "National Monuments of County Westmeath in State Care" (PDF). heritageireland...
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Uí Fidgenti (redirect from Fiachu Fidgenid)
|__________________________ | | | | Crimthann mac Fidaig Mongfind = Eochaid Mugmedón = Cairenn | | | | Connachta Uí Néill Pre-Norman invasion Irish Celtic kinship...
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of the Connachta later to be known as the southern Uí Néill. Albin's ancestor, Fiachu mac Néill (flourished 507–514), was one of the Kings of Uisnech;...
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Túathal Techtmar (Old Irish: [ˈtuːaθal ˈtʲextṽar]; 'the legitimate'), son of Fíachu Finnolach, was a High King of Ireland, according to medieval Irish legend...
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the earliest Uí Néill conquests in the midlands. North Tethbae, Cenél Coirpri Mór, was one of three kingdoms named for Coirpre mac Néill. To the north-west...
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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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simplified pedigree for Crimthann mac Fidaig, based on Rawlinson B 502: Mug Nuadat | | Ailill Aulomm | | Eógan Mór | | Fiachu Muillethan | | Ailill Flann Bec...
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Dál nAraidi (redirect from Fiachu Araide)
Ráth Mór outside Antrim, and their eponymous ancestor is claimed as being Fiachu Araide. The Mythological Dál nAraidi was centered on the northern shores...
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Ulster Cycle (redirect from Condere mac Echach)
Armagh, Down and Louth. It focuses on the mythical Ulster king Conchobar mac Nessa and his court at Emain Macha, the hero Cú Chulainn, and their conflict...
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Ireland from the southern Uí Néill. The impact of the Vikings, along with pressure from Clann Cholmáin (i.e. the Uí Néill, who dominated the High Kingship...
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them, Fiachu Muillethan in Éogan's case and Cormac mac Airt in Art's. Both Éogan and Art, as is foreseen, die in the battle at Mag Mucrama, and Mac Con...
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hands of his stepbrother, Lugaid Mac Con, which story is told in the Cath Maige Mucrama. The son of Eógan Mór was Fiachu Muillethan. His mother was Sadb...
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