obrien of killaloe

 

Prehistoric ancestors of the deisi tuisceart and dal gcais English dalcassians gaelic irish tribe may have been prominient erainn called the mairtine 

Within the traditional gaelic culture of Ireland society rested on the pillars of the tribal nobility bardic poet historians and priests

Nature of system tanistry was aristocratic rule by the best in the truest sense in that if the tribe thought a younger male member of the family was more suitable to succeed to a role than an older sibling then they could

Dalcassian family of the hereditary gaelic nobility obrien kings of thomond

followed by

mcnamara lords of clann cuilen okennedys kings of Ormond macmahom lords of corca baiscinn ogrady lords of cinel dongaile and odea lords of cineal fearmac

Clancy sept were the hereditary brehons of thomond and held a very powerful position when it came to law in the kingdom

The macbrody sept were principal poets and historians of the dal gcais over the course of centuries

The ohickey and neylon sept would serve as hereditary physicians to the dalcassians of thomond see after the norman butler dynasty took Ormond the dalcassian sept of omeara became their hereditary physicians

 

Conall of the swift steeds

Ui thairdelbuig The bloid ui caisin the caisin the cineall fearmaic ui aengus cinathrach cennetig

 

1. Adam

2. Seth

3. Enos

4. Cainan

5. Mahalaleel

6. Jared

7. Enoch

8. Methuselah

9. Lamech

10. Noah divided the world amongst his three sons,                             begotten of his wife Titea: viz.,

to Shem he gave Asia, within the Euphrates, to the Indian Ocean;

to Ham he gave Syria, Arabia, and Africa;

and to Japhet, the rest of Asia beyond the Euphrates, together with Europe to Gadea (or Cadiz).

                           11. Japhet was the eldest son of Noah.

He had fifteen sons, amongst whom he divided Europe and the part of Asia which his father had allotted to him.

 

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14. sliab betha  the wild bulls home slieve beagh parish of clones in northern fermanagh 

i behold the grave of a stranger from afar the monument of a leader crowned with sad splendour

whose name brought in lustre was bith son of noah vast of vigour

forty days by the tale before the doleful deluge to erin came the shortlived swarm

a multitude in numbered array hither came bith skilled in battle

marching before his noble wives five and twenty wives by firm bond

made up his family

as for bith the chieftains time was short shaking seized him and sore sickness

his own wives dug a grave on the mountain for his burial

from him high above the planets path is named sliabh betha the wild bulls home

the body of the cosair who lived not long lies yet under the cairn thou seest

o christ unshaken above all coasts thou didst not abandon bith eternally

be mine no saddness in the dwelling yonder when i have told of each thing i see

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88b traig eba coast of sligo

 

traig eba whence the name not hard to say

when cesair daughter of bith son of noah came with a boats crew to erin

eba the leech woman came with her she fell asleep on the strand and the waves drowned her

 

hence these places were called fend eba and traig eba from that time forth

 

Cessair In Irish mythology, Cessair (also spelt Cesair and Ceasair; anglicized Kesair) was, according to the Book of Invasions, leader of the first inhabitants of Ireland before the Biblical Flood.[1] The story is an attempt at the Christianisation of a legend that pre-dates the conversion,[1] but may alternatively be the product of post-conversion pseudohistory. She was daughter of Noah's son Bith and his wife Birren.[1] According to legend, when her father was denied a place in the ark by Noah, Cessair advised him to build an idol. This idol advised them that they could escape the Deluge in a ship.  Cessair, along with three men, Bith, Fintan and Ladra, and fifty women, set off and sailed for more than seven years. They landed in Ireland at D?n na mBarc (Donemark, on Bantry Bay in County Cork), forty days before the Flood, in Age of the World 2242[2] according to the Annals of the Four Masters, or 2361 BC according to Seathr?n C?itinn's chronology. The three men shared out the women as wives between them. Cessair and sixteen others went with Fintan, seventeen, including Barann, went with Bith and sixteen, including Balba, with Ladra, but Ladra died and his wives were shared between Fintan and Bith. Then Bith died. Fintan found himself with all the women, and fled. Six days before the Flood, Cessair died of a broken heart at Cuil Ceasrach in Connacht. She is said to be buried at the summit of Cnoc Meadha, six miles south-west of Tuam, County Galway (Lynch, 2006).  The rest of Cessair's people were wiped out in the Flood, with the exception of Fintan, who turned into a salmon. After a series of animal transformations he eventually became a man again and told his people's story. A variant version of the legend, apparently contained in the Book of Druimm Snechta, says that it was Banba who came to Ireland with three men and fifty women, two hundred and forty years before the Flood (2490 BC by his chronology). Her people lived in Ireland for forty years and died of plague. In the usual scheme Banba is numbered among the Tuatha D? Danann, who lived in Ireland much later. Seathr?n C?itinn also refers to a legend that three fishermen from Spain, Capa, Laigne and Luasad, were driven to Ireland by a storm a year before the Flood. They liked it, so they went home to get their wives, returned shortly before the Flood, and were drowned. Cessair is also the name of a daughter of the king of Gallia who married the High King of Ireland, ?gaine Mor, in the 6th or 5th century BC.

In Irish mythology Fintan mac B?chra (modern spelling: Fionnt?n), known as "the Wise", was a seer who accompanied Noah's granddaughter Cessair to Ireland before the deluge. B?chra may be his mother, or may be a poetic reference to the sea. He was one of only three men in the expedition,  along with fifty women, so he, Cessair's father Bith, and the pilot, Ladra, had sixteen wives each.  Fintan's wives are named: Cessair, Lot, Luam, Mall, Mar, Froechar, Femar, Faible, Foroll, Cipir, Torrian, Tamall, Tam, Abba, Alla, Baichne, and Sille. He married Ebliu later. His only son was Illann.  His wives and children were drowned when the flood arrived but he survived in the form of a salmon,  remaining a year under the waters in a cave called Fintan's Grave.[1] He then turned into an eagle and then a hawk then back to human form. He lived for 5500 years after the Deluge, becoming an advisor to the kings of Ireland.  In this capacity he gave advice to the Fir Bolg king Eochaid mac Eirc when the Tuatha D? Danann invaded, and fought in the first Battle of Magh Tuiredh. He survived into the time of Fionn mac Cumhail, becoming the repository of all knowledge of Ireland and all history along with a magical hawk who was born at the same time as him. They meet at the end of their lives and recount their stories to each other. They decide to leave the mortal realm together sometime in the 5th century, after Ireland was converted to Christianity. Due to his ability to shape shift into a salmon and his honorific title as, "The Wise", Fintan mac B?chra is sometimes confused with a similarly named animal figured in Irish mythology more commonly known and referred to as the Salmon of Wisdom.

12. Magog: From whom descended the Parthians, Bactrians, Amazons, etc.;

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hither came to his death cloen son of ingor a scorpion that was never crushed

the king of ail cluaides grandson hearken who crossed the high seas many a time       

                                                                  dumbarton in the clyde

cloen son of ingor who spent fame whose home was alba rich in horses                 

                                                       first inhabitant before parthalon

was the first man cheerful of countenance that came with wealth to erin

cloen of the hard curved swords though he ransacked many a chilly coast

his fatal faintness came not on him till he reached cloenloch

hence men speak everywhere of cloenloch let not its name be hidden

a prince that was hacked by spear play not his death finally here

Parthalon, the first planter of Ireland, about three hundred years after the Flood; and also the rest of the colonies that planted there, viz.,

dinshenchus 1160ad giolla na naomh hua duinn topographical poems of erin 289-291               83b inis samer island in river samair lower erne near assaroe                                                      inis samer whence the name not hard to say                                                                             when partholan lived in that island with his wife delgnat and his servant toba and his dog samer

partholan went off alone to explore the land

now in his absence his wife and his servant came together

and they both drank out of a cup that partholan had

then partholan came home and asked for a drink and his cup was brought to him

and he drank a draught through the golden pipe that projected from it

and he noticed thereby that the pair had drunk from it

and divined that they had behaved amiss

then his dog comes up to him and he gives it a blow with his open hand and kills it

so that was the first journey in erin and from this dog the island was called inis samer and the river was called the samer

so this was the first jealousy and the first lust in erin

thereafter the servant escaped fleeing at random and was eaten by dogs and birds

it was sixteen years from that time to the death of partholan 

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97b mag etrige

mag etrige whence the name not hard to say

when this plain was being cleared and ploughted by partholan

one of the four oxen that were ploughing it for him died there

through the greatness of his exertions its name was etraige

and from it the plain is called mag etrige as the poet has said

liag and lecman with his sheen imaire and etrige were the team of four oxen

with the right of companies who ploughed partholans land

plains cleared

mag neitrighe in connacht

mag nithe in leinster

mag lii in ui mc uais breagh

mag latharne in dal araide

mag tuired (nedara) in connacht mac netrige

mag sere in connacht

mag nitha in leinster

mag iatrainn in dal araidhe

lecmagh in hui mic uais

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16. coire breccain

breccans cauldron where it lies without........without contention may i never come till i die drunkenly

to the cauldron of a hundred measures

four seas wrapt in gloom ever in flood unvexed range hither from every quarter they gather at the whirlpool from east and west no passing gust the sea of orkney and the sea of the cold britons

meet for fierce eager fame betwixt alba and erin where meet after thier journeying the water of diversions darkly they coil however it be each of them about its fellow

wide spreads the circle meet home for one doomed to wretched fate a small thing to fill it all told

were the entire host of old adams seed

there lives not the man that would cover at speed long the space the cauldrons circuit from edge to

edge  within a month a tireless task

no generous chieftain that reached it ever returned hither again from its white paven floor

since breccan of berne went his way

breccan son of partholan that seer of old drank no wholesome draught he was drowned here

with his fifty ships by the crowding waves of the whirpool

i know the tale sages tell of the mighty whirpools home whence comes to denote it perpetually

the familiar name and its clear reason i have heard of famous breccan whose is the loud roaring

grave him that enriched every hearth of ui neill busily plying in his vessel a brisk trade

breccan son of maine rich in graces the cauldron drowned with its red spray

and he lies under the heavy high piled strand with his ship and his valiant following

though it has buried unforgotten breccan

his name endures in story with his bark and its burthen that lie beneath the whirlpools stormy water

the hosts of the three parts of the world were they set there side by side with all

people that have yet been born it were too little to fill the cauldron

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63a. loch laiglinde laig linne one of partholans three sons

loch laiglinde lake of waves through what unequal conflict did it get its name

though this was its name it was not so aforetime until laiglinde was drowned there

laiglinde the well attended warrior came with fifty fighting men in ships

the chieftain perished in the glen beside a spring of water from the deluge

a wave burst forth from the brimming well over the plain far and wide

and turned it into a shoreless lake and drowned laiglinde

the well of dera mac scera was also its name it was called deras well until laiglinde was drowned

delgnat daughter of fierce lochtach wife of partholan after the primal flood

was mother of famous laiglinde on whom the wave wrought dire vengance

fifty women great was the deed attended delgnat the high kings wife

she went into the grave mound when all were dead and died of mourning for the tidings

i am fintan here alive in penitence i know (yet am not therefore honoured)

the legend of loch laiglinde

fintan escaped the deluge which drowned his fellow sinners lived to be baptized by saint Patrick

 

anno mundi 3046 = 318 years after birth of abraham = 2153bc before birth of christ 

viz., the Nemedians, who planted Ireland, Anno Mundi three thousand and forty-six, or three hundred and eighteen years after the birth of Abraham, and two thousand one hundred and fifty-three years before Christ.

anno mundi 3263 = 535 years after birth of abraham = 1936 bc before the birth of christ  

The Nemedians continued in Ireland for two hundred and seventeen years; within which time a colony of theirs went into the northern parts of Scotland, under the conduct of their leader Briottan Maol, from whom Britain takes its name, and not from "Brutus," as some persons believed.

anno mundi 3266 = 538 years after birth of abraham = 1933 bc before the birth of christ 

From Magog were also descended the Belgarian, Belgian, Firbolgian or Firvolgian colony that succeeded the Nemedians, Anno Mundi, three thousand two hundred and sixty-six, and who first erected Ireland into a Monarchy. [According to some writers, the Fomorians invaded Ireland next after the Nemedians.] This Belgarian or Firvolgian colony continued in Ireland for thirty-six years, under nine of their Kings;

anno mundi 3302 = 544 years after birth of abraham = 1897 bc before the birth of christ 

when they were supplanted by the Tuatha-de-Danann (which means, according to some authorities, "the people of the god Dan", whom they adored), who possessed Ireland for one hundred and ninety-seven years, during the reigns of nine of their kings;

anno mundi 3499=741 years after the birth of abraham = 1600 bc before the birth of christ 

and who were then conquered by the Gaelic, Milesian, or Scotic Nation (the three names by which the Irish people were known), Anno Mundi three thousand five hundred. 

anno mundi 3500=742 years after the birth of abraham=1601 bc before the birth of christ 

This Milesian or Scotic Irish Nation possessed and enjoyed the Kingdom of Ireland for two thousand eight hundred and eighty-five years, under one hundred and eighty-three Monarchs; until their submission to King Henry the Second of England, Anno Domini one thousand one hundred and eighty-six.

13. Boath, one of the sons of Magog; to whom Scythia came as his lot, upon the division of the Earth by Noah amongst his sons, and by Japhet of his part thereof amongst his sons.

 

14. Ph?niusa Farsaidh (or Fenius Farsa) was King of Scythia, at the time when Ninus ruled the Assyrian Empire; and, being a wise man and desirous to learn the languages that not long before confounded the builders of the Tower of Babel, employed able and learned men to go among the dispersed multitude to learn their several languages; who sometime after returning well skilled in what they went for,

Ph?niusa Farsaidh-fenius farsa erected a school in the valley of Senaar, near the city of ?othena, in the forty-second year of the reign of Ninus; whereupon, having continued there with his younger son Niul for twenty years, he returned home to his kingdom, which, at his death, he left to the oldest son Nenuall; leaving to Niul his youngest son no other patrimony than his learning and the benefit of the said school.

 

15. Niul, after his father returned to Scythia, continued some time at ?othena, teaching the languages and other laudable sciences, until upon report of his great learning he was invited into Egypt by Pharaoh, the King; who gave him the land of Campus Cyrunt, near the Red Sea to inhabit, and his daughter Scota in marriage; from whom their posterity are ever since called Scots; but, according to some annalists, the name "Scots" is derived from the word Scythia.

It was this Niul that employed

Gaodhal [Gael], son of Ethor, a learned and skilful man, to compose or rather refine and adorn the language, called Bearla Tobbai, which was common to all Niul's posterity, and afterwards called Gaodhilg (or Gaelic), from the said Gaodhal who composed or refined it; and for his sake also Niul called his own eldest son "Gaodhal." [The following is a translation of an extract from the derivation of this proper name, as given in Halliday's Vol. of Keating's Irish History, page 230: "Antiquaries assert that the name of Gaodhal is from the compound word formed of 'gaoith' and 'dil,' which means a lover of learning; for, 'gaoith' is the same as wisdom or learning, and 'dil' is the same as loving or fond."]

16. Gaodhal (or Gathelus), the son of Niul, and ancestor of Clan-na-Gael, that is, "the children or descendants of Gaodhal". In his youth this Gaodhal was stung in the neck by a serpent, and was immediately brought to Moses, who, laying his rod upon the wounded place, instantly cured him; whence followed the word "Glas" to be added to his named, as Gaodhal Glas (glas: Irish, green; Lat. glaucus; Gr. glaukos), on account of the green scar which the word signifies, and which, during his life, remained on his neck after the wound was healed. And Gaodhal obtained a further blessing, namely-that no venomous beast can live any time where his posterity should inhabit; which is verified in Creta or Candia, Gothia or Getulia, Ireland, etc. The Irish chroniclers affirm that from this time Gaodhal and his posterity did paint the figures of Beasts, Birds, etc., on their banners and shields, to distinguish their tribes and septs, in imitation of the Israelites; and that a "Thunderbolt" was the cognisance in their chief standard for many generations after this Gaodhal.

 

17. Asruth, after his father's death, continued in Egypt and governed his colony in peace during his life

18. Sruth, soon after his father's death, was set upon by the Egyptians, on account of their former animosities towards their predecessors for having taken part with the Israelites against them; which animosities until then lay raked up in the embers, and now broke out in a flame to that degree, that after many battles and conflicts wherein most of his colony lost their live, Sruth was forced with the few remaining to depart the country; and, after many traverses at sea, arrived at the Island of Creta (now called Candia), where he paid his last tribute to nature.

19. Heber Scut (scut: Irish, a Scot), after his father's death and a year's stay in Creta, departed thence, leaving some of his people to inhabit the Island, where some of their posterity likely still remain; "because the Island breeds no venomous serpent ever since." He and his people soon after arrived in Scythia; where his cousins, the posterity of Nenuall (eldest son of Fenius Farsa, above mentioned), refusing to allot a place of habitation for him and his colony, they fought many battles wherein Heber (with the assistance of some of the natives who were ill-affected towards their king), being always victor, he at length forced the sovereignty from the other, and settled himself and his colony in Scythia, who continued there for four generations. (Hence the epithet Scut, "a Scot" or "a Scythian," was applied to this Heber, who was accordingly called Heber Scot.) Heber Scot was afterwards slain in battle by Noemus the former king's son.

20. Baouman;

21. Ogaman; and

22. Tait, were each kings of Scythia, but in constant war with the natives; so that after Tait's death his son,

23. Agnon and his followers betook themselves to sea, wandering and coasting upon the Caspian Sea for several (some say seven) years in which time he died.

3046 anno mundi or 2153bc

the Nemedians, who planted Ireland, Anno Mundi three thousand and forty-six, or three hundred and eighteen years after the birth of Abraham, and two thousand one hundred and fifty-three years before Christ.

 within which time a colony of theirs went into the northern parts of Scotland, under the conduct of their leader Briottan Maol, from whom Britain takes its name, and not from "Brutus," as some persons believed.

2000bc bog body Ireland probably royalty found Laois

3263 anno mundi or 1936bc

The nemedians continued in Ireland for two hundred and seventeen years  now Nemedians no longer in ireland 

3266 anno mundi  or 1933bc

From Magog were also descended the Belgarian, Belgian, Firbolgian or Firvolgian colony that succeeded the Nemedians, Anno Mundi, three thousand two hundred and sixty-six, and who first erected Ireland into a Monarchy. [According to some writers, the Fomorians invaded Ireland next after the Nemedians.] This Belgarian or Firvolgian colony continued in Ireland for thirty-six years, under nine of their Kings;

24. Lamhfionn and his fleet remained at sea for some time, after his father's death, resting and refreshing themselves upon such islands as they met with. It was then the Cachear, their magician or Druid, foretold that there would be no end of their peregrinations and travel until they should arrive at the Western Island of Europe, now called Ireland, which was the place destined for their future and lasting abode and settlement; and that not they but their posterity after three hundred years should arrive there. After many traverses of fortune at sea, this little fleet with their leader arrived at last and landed at Gothia or Geulia-more recently called Lybia, where Carthage was afterwards built; and, soon after, Lamhfionn died there.

25. Heber Glunfionn was born in Gothia, where he died. His posterity continued there to the eighth generation; and were kings or chief rulers there for one hundred and fifty years-some say three hundred years.

26. Agnan Fionn;

27. Febric Glas;

28. Nenuall;

29. Nuadhad;

30. Alladh;

31. Arcadh; and

32. Deag: of these nothing remarkable is mentioned, but that they lived and died kings in Gothia or Getulia.

33. Brath was born in Gothia. Remembering the Druid's prediction, and his people having considerably multiplied during their abode in Geulia, he departed thence with a numerous fleet to seek out the country destined for their final settlement, by the prophecy of Cachear, the Druid above mentioned; and, after some time, he landed upon the coast of Spain, and by strong hand settled himself and his colony in Galicia, in the north of that country.

                         3305 anno mundi or 1894bc

Belgarian Belgian firbolgian or firvolgian when they were supplanted by the Tuatha-de-Danann (which means, according to some authorities, "the people of the god Dan", whom they adored), who possessed Ireland for one hundred and ninety-seven years, during the reigns of nine of their kings;  

34. Breoghan (or Brigus) was king of Galicia, Andalusia, Murcia, Castile, and Portugal-all of which he conquered. He built Breoghan's Tower or Brigantia in Galicia, and the city of Brigantia or Braganza in Portugal-called after him; and the kingdom of Castile was then also called after him Brigia. It is considered that "Castile" itself was so called from the figure of a castle which Brigus bore for his Arms on his banner. Brigus sent a colony into Britain, who settled in that territory now known as the counties of York, Lancaster, Durham, Westmoreland, and Cumberland, and, after him were called Brigantes; whose posterity gave formidable opposition to the Romans, at the time of the Roman invasion of Britain.

35. Bil?; was king of those countries after his father's death; and his son Galamh [galav] or Milesius succeeded him. This Bil? had a brother named Ithe.

3502 annon mundi or 1697bc

Tuatha de danann last of the reign of nine kings

36. Milesius, in his youth and in his father's life-time, went into Scythia, where he was kindly received by the king of that country, who gave him his daughter in marriage, and appointed him General of his forces. In this capacity Milesius defeated the king's enemies, gained much fame, and the love of all the king's subjects. His growing greatness and popularity excited against him the jealousy of the king; who, fearing the worst, resolved on privately dispatching Milesius our of the way, for, openly, he dare not attempt it. Admonished of the king's intentions in his regard, Milesius slew him; and thereupon quitted Scythia and retired into Egypt with a fleet of sixty sail. Pharaoh Nectonibus, then king of Egypt, being informed of his arrival and of his great valour, wisdom, and conduct in arms, made him General of all his forces against the king of Ethiopia then invading his country. Here, as in Scythia, Milesius was victorious; he forced the enemy to submit to the conqueror's own terms of peace. By these exploits Milesius found great favour with Pharaoh, who gave him, being then a widower, his daughter Scota in marriage; and kept him eight years afterwards in Egypt. During the sojourn of Milesius in Egypt, he employed the most ingenious and able persons among his people to be instructed in the several trades, arts, and sciences used in Egypt; in order to have them taught to the rest of his people on his return to Spain. [The original name of Milesius of Spain was "Galamh" (gall: Irish, a stranger; amh, a negative affix), which means, no stranger: meaning that he was no stranger in Egypt, where he was called "Milethea Spaine," which was afterwards contracted to "Mil? Spaine" (meaning the Spanish Hero), and finally to "Milesius" (mileadh: Irish, a hero; Lat. miles, a soldier).] At length Milesius took leave of his father-in-law, and steered towards Spain; where he arrived to the great joy and comfort of his people; who were much harassed by the rebellion of the natives and by the intrusion of other foreign nations that forced in after his father's death, and during his own long absence from Spain. With these and those he often met; and, in fifty-four battles, victoriously fought, he routed, destroyed, and totally extirpated them out of the country, which he settled in peace and quietness. In his reign a great dearth and famine occurred in Spain, of twenty-six years' continuance, occasioned, as well by reason of the former troubles which hindered the people from cultivating, and manuring the ground, as for want of rain to moisten the earth - but Milesius superstitiously believed the famine to have fallen upon him and his people as a judgment and punishment from their gods, for their negligence in seeking out the country destined for their final abode, so long before foretold by Cachear their Druid or magician, as already mentioned - the time limited by the prophecy for the accomplishment thereof being now nearly, if not fully, expired. To expiate his fault and to comply with the will of his gods, Milesius, with the general approbation of his people, sent his uncle Ithe, with his son Lughaidh [Luy], and one hundred and fifty stout men to bring them an account of those western islands; who, accordingly, arriving at the island since then called Ireland, and landing in that part of it now called Munster, left his son with fifty of his men to guard the ship, and with the rest travelled about the island. Informed, among other things, that the three sons of Cearmad, called Mac-Cuill, MacCeacht, and MacGreine, did then and for thirty years before rule and govern the island, each for one year, in his turn; and that the country was called after the names of their three queens - Eire, Fodhla, and Banbha, respectively: one year called "Eire," the next "Fodhla," and the next "Banbha," as their husbands reigned in their regular turns; by which names the island is ever since indifferently called, but most commonly "Eire," because that MacCuill, the husband of Eire, ruled and governed the country in his turn the year that the Clan-na-Mil? (or the sons of Milesius) arrived in and conquered Ireland. And being further informed that the three brothers were then at their palace at Aileach Neid, in the north part of the country, engaged in the settlement of some disputes concerning their family jewels, Ithe directed his course thither; sending orders to his son to sail about with his ship and the rest of his men, and meet him there. When Ithe arrived where the (Danann) brothers were, be was honourably received and entertained by them; and, finding him to be a mail of great wisdom and knowledge, they referred their disputes to him for decision. That decision having met their entire satisfaction, Ithe exhorted them to mutual love, peace, and forbearance; adding much in praise of their delightful, pleasant, and fruitful country; and then took his leave, to return to his ship, and go back to Spain. No sooner was he gone than the brothers; began to reflect on the high commendations which Ithe gave of the Island; and, suspecting his design of bringing others to invade it, resolved to prevent them, and therefore pursued him with a strong party, overtook him, fought and routed his men and wounded himself to death (before his son or the rest of his men left on ship-board could come to his rescue) at a place called, from that fight and his name, Magh Ithe or "The plain of Ithe" (an extensive plain in the barony of Raphoe, county Donegal);                                                   dinshenchus 1160ad giolla na naomh hua duinn topographical poems on erin 91-93

19. mag itha plain in the south of donegal barony of raphoe where the rivers finn and deele converge to meet the foyle near strabane

 

the plain where we are met in silence high mag itha of the chilly banks

was called mag bolg mighty in battle till the death of illustrious ith

 

ith son of breogan numerous in expolits came leading the bands of his noble kin

till he found erin abounding in hidden peril he rested not in his resolute career

 

he reached the ailech of the rock that ancient land of nobles

with its king of broad fotla and the three sons of cermait

 

then said he in fluent speech dwell ye together in kinship and unity

goodly is the island where you are no paltry renown

plentiful its fish and its various fruitage

temperate its heat and cold

 

happy the kings that own it of night never found i land or territory to match its mingled colours

he journey from thence it was no mean array till he reached mag bolg of the cow pastures

 

a glittering host came without warning to slay and destroy him

ith son of breogan lasting his fame was killed and conquered there

 

even in mag bolg of the cattle lord whoever he be he ranked as chief of many a plain

whence his son, having found him in that condition, brought his dead and mangled body back into Spain, and there exposed it to public view, thereby to excite his friends and relations to avenge his murder. [Note: that all the invaders and planters of Ireland, namely, Parthalonians, Neimhedh, the Firbolgs, Tuatha-de-Danann, and Clan-na-Mil?, where originally Scythians, of the line of Japbet, who had the language called Bearla-Tobbai or Gaoidhilg [Gaelic] common amongst them all; and consequently not to be wondered at, that Ithe and the Tuatha-de-Danann understood one another without an Interpreter - both speaking the same language, though perhaps with some difference in the accent]. The exposing of the dead body of Ithe had the desired effect; for, thereupon, Milesius made great preparations in order to invade Ireland - as well to avenge his uncle's death, as also in obedience to the will of his gods, signified by the prophecy of Cachear, aforesaid. But, before he could effect that object, he died, leaving the care, and charge of that expedition upon his eight legitimate sons by his two wives before mentioned. Milesius was a very valiant champion, a great warrior, and fortunate and prosperous in all his undertakings: witness his name of "Milesius," given him from the many battles (some say a thousand, which the word "Mil?" signifies in Irish as well as in Latin) which he victoriously fought and won, as well in Spain, as in all the other countries and kingdoms be traversed in his younger days. The eight brothers were neither forgetful nor negligent in the execution of their father's command; but, soon after his death, with a numerous fleet well manned and equipped, set forth from Breoghan's Tower or Brigantia (now Corunna) in Galicia, in Spain, and sailed prosperously to the coasts of Ireland or lnis-Fail, where they met many difficulties and various chances before they could land: occasioned by the diabolical arts, sorceries, and enchantments used by the Tuatha-de-Danann, to obstruct their landing; for, by their magic art, they enchanted the island so as to appear to the Milesians or Clan-na-Mil? in the form of a Hog, and no way to come at it (whence the island, among the many other names it had before, was called "Muc-Inis or "The Hog Island"); and withal raised so great a storm, that the Milesian fleet was thereby totally dispersed and many of them cast away, wherein five of the eight brothers, sons of Milesius, lost their lives.

3500-3547 anno mundi 1744-1697bc  

and the tuatha de danann were then conquered by

the Gaelic, Milesian, or Scotic Nation

(the three names by which the Irish people were known), Anno Mundi three thousand five hundred. This Milesian or Scotic Irish Nation possessed and enjoyed the Kingdom of Ireland for two thousand eight hundred and eighty-five years, under one hundred and eighty-three Monarchs; until their submission to King Henry the Second of England, Anno Domini one thousand one hundred and eighty-six.

The milesian irish genealogies

Most of the irish descended from one of the three sons of milesius who had issue these are the milesians genealogies before writing was widespread in Ireland a class of men were trained to memorize the hereditary history of their clan and all the descendants from the founder or progenitor without error or omission they were called filads 

36. milesius of spain (gaul) a valiant warrior prosperous in all his undertakings he was contemporary with Solomon he planned to invade Ireland to avenge the death of his uncle ithe killed by the tuatha de danans and also to fulfil a prophesy his eight sons took on the charge after his death five were killed in landing upon treacherous coast including ir

 

king milesius

odba was eremon first wife he left her behind in spain but she followed him with her three sons to ireland

heber milesion prince brother to heremon ir and amergin son of golamh or milesius 

heremon milesian prince brother of heber ir and amergin son of gathelus

 

37. ir son of milesius one of the leaders of the expedition for the conquest of erinn but doomed to never set foot on the island the ships were storm scattered and his was driven onto the island called scellig mhichael off the Kerry coast all board died approx. bc 1699

1434bc annals of the kingdom of ireland four masters invasion of ireland shortly after the exodus scotia daughter of pharaoh of egypt sailed from the delta travelled to spain by ship she settled in the county of kerry she married milesius and gave him eight sons  milesius in ireland to conquer ancient tribes and to take kingdom from tuatha de dannanns maccuill macceacht macgreine fought a long bloody battle about three miles from tralee dannaans princes died scota the warrior queen killed heremon and heber survivors of milesius divided the country between them one took north one took south quarrelled heber slain

That part of the fleet commanded by

Heber,

Heremon, and

Amergin (the three surviving, brothers),

and Heber Donn, son of Ir (one of the brothers lost in the storm),

 overcame all opposition, landed safe, fought and routed the three Tuatha-de Danann Kings at Slieve-Mis,

annals of the four masters

the sons of milesius and the clan breogain shortly after the death of ith

fitted out a fleet of ships and with a powerful force set sail from

tur breogain or the tower of breogan at the place called

brigantia now corumna in spain and arrived in ireland

the milesiana were commanded by eight of the sons of mil

and many chieftains of the clanna breogain

but being overetaken by a great storm off the southern coast of ireland

many ships were wrecked and several of there crafts were drowned

amonst which were colpa the swordsman ir donn and some other sons of milesius

but at least they affected a landing at a place called invear sceine

now the bay of kenmare kerry which got its name from

sceine the wife of amergin who was drowned there

the milesian were commanded by heremon heber and amergin sons of milesius

together with many chiefs of the clann breogan and soon after their arrival

fought a great battle with the tuath de danann near slieve mish mountains in kerry

while the danann were defeated but scotia the relict of the milesius daughter of the pharaoh

king of egypt who accompaneied her sons to ireland and was present at the battle

was slain and buried in a valley called after her glen scota situated near Tralee

and thence pursued and overtook them at Tailten, where another bloody battle was fought; wherein the three (Tuatha-de-Danann) Kings and their Queens were slain, and their army utterly routed and destroyed: so that they could never after give any opposition to the Clan-na-Mil? in their new conquest; who, having thus sufficiently avenged the death of their great uncle Ithe, gained the possession of the country foretold them by Cachear, some ages past, as already mentioned.

The eldest son or brother heber  eber   

Amergin who was a arch priest druid and magician was one of the three brothers who survived 

37. heremon eremon was the seventh son but the third of these three that left issue

Three sons of milesius

3500 anno mundi -1699bc-5199 irish computation 

Heber and Heremon,

the chief leading men remaining of the eight brothers, sons of Milesius aforesaid, divided the kingdom between them (allotting a proportion of land to their brother

 Amergin, who was their Arch-priest, Druid, or magician;

 and to their nephew Heber Donn, son of ithe

and to the rest of their chief commanders), and became jointly the first of one hundred and eighty-three Kings or sole Monarchs of the Gaelic, Milesian, or Scottish Race, that ruled and governed Ireland, successively, for two thousand eight hundred and eighty-five years from the first year of their reign), Anno Mundi three thousand five hundred, to their submission to the Crown of England in the person of King Henry the Second; who, being also of the Milesian Race by Maude, his mother, was lineally descended from Fergus M?r MacEarca, first King of Scotland, who was descended from the said Heremon –

1699bc heber and heremon were jointly the first milesian monarchs of Ireland they began to reign in 1699bc the first of one hundred eighty three kings or sole monarchs of the gaelic milesian or Scottish race that governed Ireland successively for two thousand eight hundred and eighty years from the first year of their reign to the submission of the crown of England king henry ii

A.M. 3,500, or, Before Christ, 1699           

                      37. Heremon: his son. He and his eldest brother Heber were, jointly,

                           the first Milesian Monarchs of Ireland; they began to reign,

 heber was slain by heremon in a quarrel caused by their wives amergin was also slain by heremon over an argument over territory

heber is the line from which brian boru comes as do brady brennan carroll casey Clancy coghlan Connell Cullen doran hagerty hickey Hogan Kearny Kelleher kennedy lynch lyons lysaght mccarthy macgrath macmahon macnamara moroney moloney obrien (10 different pedigrees) ocallaghan Collins oconnor ocorcoran daly Donoghue Donovan Flanagan ogara ogrady ohara okeefe liddy mahony Meagher omeara oneill osullivan plunkett power (opoir) quin quaile ring Shannon slattery stewart tracey to name a few

 

38. ir line heber donn his son born in spain was granted by heber and heremon the other two brothers of ir that survived and had issue the possession of the northern part of Ireland now called ulster

 

37. Heremon: his son. He and his eldest brother Heber were, jointly, the first Milesian Monarchs of Ireland; they began to reign, A.M. 3,500, or, Before Christ, 1699.

so that the succession may be truly said to continue in the Milesian Blood from before Christ one thousand six hundred and ninety-nine years down to the present time. Heber and Heremon reigned jointly one year only, when, upon a difference between their ambitious wives, they quarrelled and fought a battle at Ardeath or Geshill (Geashill, near Tullamore in the King's County), where Heber was slain by Heremon; and, soon after,

Amergin, who claimed an equal share in the government, was, in another battle fought between them, likewise slain by Heremon.

 

After Heber was slain,

dinshenchus 1160ad giolla na naomh hua duinn topographical poems on erin 261-263        65a mag ndumach                                                                                                                         the land of ui failge the warriors soil the highway once trodden

by an illustrious concorse a region of brave man makers of song

home of one of the two peoples of populous leinster

life lege prosperous lechet

reire rechet level ross mor                                                      rairui in ui failge

geisille known for brightness of sore battlefields                        geashill in kings county offaly

and level mur da maige

plain and moorland moorland and wood wood and moorland moorland and plain

fork and blue spear swift wounding blue swift wounding spear and shining fork

eremon and proud eber were stirred by hasty valour ready in arms concerning the division the kings had made

it endures with their children after them

they essayed together the division of erin by measure of spear shafts

including three ridges shining treasures with a cantred to each of the three

druim cresaig the fief of mighty maine

druim bethach dowered with excellence

druim fingin in great munster root cause of sorrow for that reason

because it was not just said eber he deemed it too little to have

but one of the hills with all their rash resplendent exploits

while two went with the northern land 

said eremon undaunted in the midst of his trusty gaels

that it was no cause of an inferior line he would never yield a new division

said eber for he was not backward i will brook no denial for i am no craven

unless division be made to my advantage battle shall be waged instead

battle shalt thou have within a month from now quoth eremon

by tax of blood as far as tochar eter da mag and the skirts of bridam no idle errand

eber mustered his men from the south with his force of fighters at his back

with the host of the fierce southern land from ath cliath to loch lein

eremon arose in his wrath in the midst of the shining gaels from srub brain to bri molt

right early from cruach aigle to loch cuan

so the two kings met in the land where the hosts assembled

the battle was broken southward for the northern force was stronger

the great causeway between two plains with its dyke east of the road

did eber son of mil betray of his grave the tale is told

the crowded highway of king lugaid mag dumach of the bands that own it by right

after slaughter of armies many are the stony grave mounds therein now turned to ramparts

the spot where the noble king was slain before it was known as stony mag dumach

bore the name mag tendias place of groans with much noise of voices and shouting

in the strife fell palap son of eremon the noble in all lands

by the hand of conmael son of mighty eber after coming from water to land

 

 

Bc 1698 heremon became sole monarch and made a new division of the land amongst his comrades and friends the south part, now called Munster, he gave to his brother Heber's four sons, Er, Orba, Feron, and Fergna;

38. heber line c1650 bc 12th monarch conmaol

 

39. heber line C1492bc 17th monarch eochaidh faobhar glas 

 

40. heber line c1409bc 21st monarch eanna airgthach

 

41. heber line glas

 

42. heber line ros

 

43. heber line rotheacta

 

45. heber line cas

 

46. heber line c1332bc 25th monarch munmoin ordained his nobles to wear gold necklaces

 

47. heber line c1327bc 26th monarch fualdergoid ordered his nobles to wear gold rings

 

48. heber line cas cedchaingnigh revised the study of the laws poetry and sciences which had become little practised since the death of amergin the druid

 

49. heber line failbhe iolcorac ordered stone walls be built between neighbors lands

 

50. ronnach

 

51. heber line 1030bc 35th monarch rotheachta 

 

52. heber line eiliomh ollfhionach

 

53. heber line c1013bc 38th monarch art imleach

 

54. heber line c961bc 40th monarch breas rioghacta

 

55. heber line 43 monarch seidnae innaridh and the first to pay his soldiers and put them under discipline previously their pay was what they could get from their enemies

 

56. heber line 893bc duach fionn d 893bc

 

57. heber line c892bc 47th monarch eanna dearg c880bc died suddenly with most of his retinue adoring their gods at sliabh mis bc 880b

 

58. heber line lughaidh iardhonn 

 

59. heber line eochaidh

 

60. c832bc died heber line lughaidh died bc 831

 

61. heber line 54th monarch art slain by his successor uncle of the 53rd monarch

 

62. heber line olioll fionn

 

63. heber line eochaidh

 

64. heber line 730bc died lughaidh lagha died 730bc

c653bc  65. HEBER line 65th monarch   Reacht Righ-dearg; so called the Red King due to his having a hand in the slaying of Queen Macha of the line of Ir. The only woman who was a Monarch of Ireland. He subdued the Pictish nation in Scotland. Died B.C. 633.

66. heber line cobthach caomh-cobthach caem has a son mag corb

 

67. heber line moghcorb son of cobthach caem mug corb servant of the chariot mac corb son of the chariot got his name when he repaired a broken chariot for his son preceded meilge molbthach by killing him and becoming high king of Ireland ruled 6 years lebar gabala erenn lge 246-222bc Geoffrey keating 362-355 afm 506-499bc Ptolemy iii euergetes of Egypt 246-222 killed by oenghus 

Ollum grandson of labraid loingseach   

 

68. heber line fearcorb

 

69. 412bc heber line adhamhra foltcain died 412bc

 

70. c319bc heber line 83rd monarch niadhsedhaman in his time through the socery and witchcraft of his mother the wild deer were usually driven home with the cows and tamely suffered themselves to be milked   

 

71. c218bc heber line 87th monarch ionadmaor

 

72. c198bc heber line 89th monarch lughaidh luaighne

 

73. heber line cairbre lusgleathan 

 

74. c168bc heber line 91st monarch duach dalladh deadha

 

75. heber line eochaidh garbh

 

76. heber line muireadach muchna

 

77. modebhis roll instead of her son loich and oclery did not choose to disrupt the sequence of numbers his wife a mistake here that ocery decided to leave as is she was entered in the irish regal

 

78. heber line   loich mor

 

79. heber line eanna muncain

 

80. heber line  dearg theine he had a competitor darin in the kingdom of munster of the line of ithe ithe was the uncle of milesius and the first milesian discoverer of Ireland they took turns being monarch with the other one being governor of civil affairs

 

81. heber line dearg

 

82. heber line magha neid

 

83. 122ad Heber line 110th momarch eoghan mor (owen mor) or Eugene the great a wise prince and great warrior he battled continually with conn of the hundred battles finally they divided the kingdom into equal parts he was eventually slain by conn

   

84. olioll olum king of munster and his wife sabh or Sabina daughter of conn of the 100 battles and relict of macaidh    in the annals of the four masters the father of Cormac cas was said to be oilioll olum who was according to tradition king of munster and king of leinster in the 3rd century such a connection would have meant that the tribe held kinship with the eoghanachta who had dominated munster since the earliest times while founder mythologies were very common in antiquity and the medieval world such a connection is generally regarded as fanciful and politically motivated in the context of the rise to prominence of the dalcassians the desci a people whose name means literally vassals    84 heber line olioll olum his second son Cormac cas branches off to brian boru

Olioll married the daughter of conn who had slain his father she was a widow of a chief of conns territory and her son demanded of olioll that he should benefit from the agreement of their ancestors  olioll refused and banished maccon out of Ireland

He retired to Scotland and there soon collected a strong party of friends and relations with the help of his irish relations he made war upon olioll 

The monarch art ean fhears forces joined olioll in the great and memorable battle against maccon at magh mucromha near athenry where art and seven of oliolls nine sons by Sabina died their army was totally defeated

By this victory maccon recovered his right to the kingdom of munster and became monarch for 30 years leaving the kingdom of munster to his stepfather olioll olum undisturbed

Olioll had two sons left Cormac cas and cian olioll learned that after the death of his son owen mor a son had been born to him named feach

From Cormac cas came the obriens macmahons okennedys and other nobility of thomond

From owen mor son feach came mccarthy osullivan okeefe and the nobility of desmond

From cian came ocarroll omeagher ohara ogara etc 

 

85. line of heber Cormac cas second son of olioll olum king of munster by his wife sabh or Sabina daughter of conn of the 100 battles and relict of macnaidh he was one of the most distinguished champions of his time and remarkable for strength of body dexterity and courage

He was married to samer daughter of fionn maccumhal fionn maccoole and sister of the poet oisin by whom he left with other children  

He defeated the lagenians or leinster men in the battle of lorras damhsa Carmen or wexford liamhan or dunlaven tara teltown and samhna hill and the conacians in the famous battle of cruachan in the county Roscommon

Cormac died at dun tri liag or the fort of the stone slabs now duntrileague in the county limerick of wounds received in the battle of samhna hill from the spear of eochy of the red eyebrows king of leinster  

chiefs of the dal gcias tribe from the south west of Ireland sunny south east a cohesive set of septs related by blood   all claiming descent in tradition from a common ancestor of Cormac cas

the desci a people whose name means literally vassals were originally located where today is Waterford south Tipperary and limerick and the orahilly historical model counts them as ethnically erainn 

the sept split into deisi muman gaelic irish who continued to hold territory in Waterford and Tipperary  while the west deisi controlled areas either side of the river Shannon

the early dal gcais English dalcassians gaelic irish tribe carried on their banners the claiomh solais of nuada one of the four treasures of the tuatha de dannann  

in their own genealogies the dal gcais traced their line back to their eponymous ancestor and progenitor Cormac cas who is said to have lived in the 2nd to 3rd century they make him a second son of ailill aulom from the deirgtine a king of munster and leath moga more generally associated in a story with the goddess aine of the tuatha de danann during the cycles of the kings of irish mythology Cormac cas himself was purported to the younger brother eogain founder of the eoganachta who would go on to rule munster for many centuries claim to ancient kinship boosting their legitimacy

current scholarship claimed that the dal gcais were instead a branch of the deisi muman the deisi muman held a vassal kingdom in munster under the eoganachta significant in scope based around what is today Waterford as time went on branches also emerged around the river Shannon as part of the deisi muman  

the septs of the dal gcais developed over time with new ones breaking out to form separate surnames at different times but all claiming to share the same paternal line with a few biological exceptions along the way due to adoption of extra martial issue

the eponymous founder cas had severals sons two of them gave their name to the ui bloid and ui caisin kindreds another founded the cineal fearmaic  the senior line descended from cas first son bloid and they provided the kings of thomond initially the leaders of the tribe were a sept known as the ui aengusa from which descends ocurry and ocormacan and oseasnain

 

86. 167ad mogha corb or mogha of the chariots who was born a.d.167 and attained a very old age this prince who became king of munster which he goverened for the space of twenty years

Fought the memorable battle of gabhra or garristown near Dublin against the monarch cairbre liffechar ad 284

 

87. fear corb his son b198 governed munster for seven years fought the battles of tlachtga and teltown against the lagenians in the latter of which he slew tinne the son of triun a distinguished warrior and defeated the conacians in the battle of ceara corann and rathcruaghan with great slaughter

 

88. Aeneas tireach his son b232 was distinguished for his patriotism and courage particularly in the battle of cliodhna near clonakilty and was remarkable for the strictness of his laws as well as for his impartial judgements

 

89. lughaidh mean his son b286 dispossessed the firbolgs of the tract now known as the county clare which had in his time formed part of Connaught and attached it to munster   the proto dal gcais moved up into what is today east clare these became associated with rooted tribal areas but were themselves internally divided into any other septs

 

The deisi muman themselves are subject of the expulsion of the deisi epic in the cycle of the kings which is set during the time that Cormac ulfada was high king of Ireland the story describes the expulsion of the dal fiachrach suighe kinsmen of the connachta and descendants of fedlimid rechtmar from tara coming to settle in munster after many battles upon coming the deisi muman

Deisi mumun genealogies claim descent from Cormac cais their known ancestors are subject of the expulsion of the deisi tale and one branch then sailed across to britian one branch of their blood line went on to rule the petty kingdom of dyfed in great britian during the 4th century probably in alliance with roman emperor magnus maximus and as part of a policy of backing gaelic vassals to be seafaring defenders of the shores of britian facing the irish sea from pirates eoin macneill has pointed out that they were not the only irish colony in the area with the ui liathain also powerful

 

90. conall each luath each irish lat eq-uus gr ik kos a horse luath irish agile welsh lludw nimble or conall of the sweet steeds his son b312 had two sons 1. Cas 2. Eana arighthach

 

91. cas the elder son a quo the dal cais dalcassians b347 had twelve sons 1.blad 2. Caisin 3. Lughaidh 4. Seana  5. Aengus cinathrach 6. Carthann fionn 7. Cainioch 8. Aengus cinaithin 9. Aodh 10. Nae 11. Loisgeann and 12. Dealbheath    ancestral dal gcais  English dalcassians were a gaelic irish tribe generally accepted by contemporary scholarship as being a branch of the deisi muman

 

92. blad baldair irish to coax lat blater-o to flatter the eldest son of cas a quo obladair anglicised blair flattery and blood of munster b388 left four sons 1. Carthann fionn oge mor 2. Carthann dubh 3. Eochaidh 4. Brennan ban ancestor of obrennan of thomond glinn glynn maglin magan muldowney now downey ohurley etc

 

93. carthann fionn oge mor eldest son of blad had two sons 1. eochaidh ball dearg 2. Aengus waho was the progenitor of ocurry ocormacan oseasnain etc

 

94. eochaidh ball-dearg son of carthann fionn oge mor received baptism at the hands of saint Patrick and died at an advanced age leaving two sons 1. Conall 2. Breacan a quo ibrickan a barony in the county clare

 

 

95. conall the elder son died vita patris and left issue 1. Aodh caomh 2. Molua lobhar or st molua the leper founder of the church of killaloe co clare

 

Deisi muman moved north westerly between the 5th and early 8th century they were called the deisi deiscirt and the deisi tuisceirt

dinshenchus 1160ad giolla na naonh hua duinn topographical poems of erin 339-341                                  116c sliab cua knockmeldown county waterford                                                                                   there fell a sickness sad the news on the kine of wide stretching banba

it killed them without exception or survivor all but the bull of the glen and his heifer

the noble son of royal rudraige famous bresal of murrain was lord over every boats haven     

                                                                                               5001-reign of bresal 

and ruled the people in the cow plague

he had a rhyming druid whose name was buadach mac birchlui                                          

                                            479-527ad congil clar ainech calls his druid boible m buirchi

men called him not amiss the wry mouthed old crow of bairche

to the crow bresal gives of judgement gave his cow and his sleek wanton bull

as free largesse of the wealthy king to stop his druids greed

the druid bade his fosterlings to keep the siant yielding kine

one of them each day to guard the stock from sickness

to pasture them and watch them well

his turn came to fair cua cendmar to keep .....

these kind from the raiding of starving folk from dogs and theivish wolves

this undutiful sluggard went with his masters beasts secretly

and put them in a cooking pit for kine of the shady red showered mountain

hence come the fair sliab cua it is no brand new specious splendour

upon it he builds a darksome pit when he wrought the monstrous slaughter

i have fashioned a choice truth telling tale from the story of old cuas mountain

a muster of polished stanzas in my cunning work great is the case where it came

Reign of Aengus Olmucadha mac Fiacha Labhrainne: 3773-90.

Clere

Cuirce

Sliabh Cailge, in Corca Bhaiscinn

Ros Fraechan, in Muirisc

Carn Riceadha

Cuil Ratha, in South Munster

Sliabh Cua

Ard Achadh

Fifty Battles of the Cruithean Tuath and Firbolgs

Twelve Battles of the Longbardai

Four battles of the Colaisti

3790 - Carmann

Another challenge to ?ed may have come from the direction of Ulster in the person of

Fiachnae mac B?et?in (died 626) of the D?l nAraidi.

At the royal conference at Druim Cett the affairs of Osraige had been discussed

implying an influence by ?ed over the affairs of Munster.[14]

In 597 Fiachnae won the Battle of Sliab Cua in the territory of Munster.[15]

Fiachnae had earlier won a battle over the Ciannachta of Brega in 594.[16]

The possibility is that Fiachnae was a possible king of Tara in the 590's[17]

At this time, dissensions having arisen between the two wives of Nuadu, King of Leinster,

he sent off his favourite wife to Munster "on the safeguard of Finnchua of Sliabh Cua",

Arrived near Brigown the saint desired she should not come any further until her child was born,

for at that time "neither wives nor women used to come to his church".[3]

On the birth of the child he was baptised by Finnchu, and named Fintan.

In a war which ensued between the King of Leinster and the kinsmen of his neglected wife,

Finnchu was successful in obtaining the victory for the king.

Fintan was with him, and when the king begged that the boy might be left with him,

Finnchu consenting gave him "his choice between the life of a layman and that of a cleric".

Having chosen the latter the land was bestowed on him,

from which he was afterwards known as St. Fintan of Cluainednech.

The St. Fintan (d. 634) generally known by this title was the son of Tulchan,

but it appears from his Life that there were four of the name at Cluain-ednech.[3]

 

Sliabh gCua is a traditional district of west County Waterford, Ireland,

between Clonmel and Dungarvan, covering areas like Touraneena, Ballinamult and Knockboy.

In ancient writings its location was less precisely understood,

often encompassing the mountain ranges of the Knockmealdowns, Monavullagh mountain and Comeraghs.[1]

It was an Irish-speaking area until the late 19th century.

Many people associated with the Irish sean-n?s singing tradition,

such as P?draig ? Mileadha and Labhr?s ? Cadhla, who came from Sliabh gCua.

One of the best-loved emigrant songs in the sean-n?s canon, Sliabh Geal gCua na F?ile, was written by ? Mileadha while he worked in Wales.

Ancient ogham writings may be observed at the 12th century Knockboy church in the heart of Sliabh gCua.

Dan Fraher, after whom the Fraher Field GAA grounds in Dungarvan are named,

came from the Skeheens townland of Sliabh gCua and is buried in Knockboy graveyard 

 

96. aodh caomh caomh irish gentle arab kom noble lat com is the elder son a quo ocaoimh anglicised coombe was king of cashel of him lodge says he was first Christian king of this family that became king of all munster and his investure with the authority and title of king of that province was performed at his own court in the presence of st breanan of clonfert and his domestic poet maclemein who afterwards became first bishop of cloyne and also by the concurrence of aodh dubh son of criomthan then chief representative of the eugenian race he had two sons 1. Cathal 2. Congall the ancestor of onoonan of thomond and south Connaught

 

97. cathal the elder son

 

98. turlough his son b641 had 1. Maithan 2. Ailgeanan who was the ancestor of omeara scanlan and macarthur

 

99. maithan son of turlogh

 

100. anluan his son

 

the desci a people whose name means literally vassals were originally located where today is Waterford south Tipperary and limerick the orahilly historical model counts then as ethnically erainn the sept split into the deisi muman who continued to hold territory in Waterford and Tipperary

dinshenchus 1160ad giolla na naomh hua duinn topographical poems of erin

369-371

121c ard ruide on the river suir

eoacaid mor son of lugaid son of laisre son of troitha son of dergthene

with his brothers to them belongs

the chief headship in ard ruide

whereof find said three affluences are there in the dun of ard ruide

affluence of young men

affluence of horses

affluence of greyhounds of the son of lugaid

three kinds of music hath its kings a glory

this music of harps

music of lutes

attend deep tones of fer tuinne son of trogan

three cries are it in failingly

cry of the lamb from its lawn

cry of races and

cry of kine

three cries

cry of its broad chined beetle black swine

cry of its assembly upon the halls green

cry of them that shout and them that drink mead

three crops of fruit there were upon the boughs in due course

a crop just falling a crop flowering and a crop ripening

three sons did lugaid leave whither are gone the riches

ruide son of broad built lugaid

eochaid and

manly fiachu

i will bear witness of ruide to whom come those three affluences

never did ruide refuse any one a boon

never did he ask a boon of anyone

i will bear witness of eochaid that he never took a step in flight

that he never said a word untrue and

that there are none higher than he in fame

i will bear witness to fiachu whither are gone his riches

that it was never his wont to lack music

that he was never long without drinking of ale

thirty nobles thirty champions thirty captains a kings muster

thrice thirty hundreds was the number of his flocking host

The River Suir (Irish pronunciation: [?u?r], Irish An tSi?r or Abhainn na Si?ire) is a river in Ireland that flows into the Atlantic Ocean near Waterford

after a distance of 185 kilometres (115 mi).[1] Popular with anglers, it holds plentiful reserves of brown trout.

While the Suir holds the record for a salmon taken from an Irish river (weighing 57 lb/26 kg, taken on a fly in 1874),

as is the case in many other Atlantic rivers, salmon stocks have been in decline in recent years.[2]

Rising on the slopes of Devil's Bit Mountain, just north of Templemore in County Tipperary,

the Suir flows south through Loughmore, Thurles, Holycross, Golden and Knockgraffon.

Merging with the River Aherlow at Kilmoyler and further on with the Tar,

it turns east at the Comeragh Mountains, forming the border between County Waterford and County Tipperary.

It then passes through Cahir, Clonmel and Carrick-on-Suir before reaching Waterford.

Near the Port of Waterford

it meets the River Barrow at Cheekpoint to form a wide navigable estuary,

capable of accommodating seagoing vessels up to 32,000 tons dwt.

It exits to the sea between Dunmore East and Hook Head.

River Suir at Ardfinnan in Tipperary.

Together with the Nore and the Barrow, the river is one of the trio known as The Three Sisters.

The Suir is known in Irish as the Si?r and it is thought the present spelling in English with the u and i reversed is due to a mistake.

Some people therefore feel that the spelling in English should be Siur and this spelling is occasionally seen.[citation needed].

Edmund Spenser (1552–1599) author of the The Fairie Queene, in his writings during the Elizabethan age while domiciled in County Cork,

referred to the 'gentle Shure', probable a most accurate spelling and the most phonetically correct of the period.

In the early years of the 21st century,

the remains of a very large Viking settlement were found at a bend in the river at Woodstown just upstream from Waterford.

In Clonmel, the Suir floods the local area after very heavy rainfalls falling in the up river catchment of 2,173km2.

The Office of Public Works (OPW) completed and installed a Flood Forecasting System

which was used to forecast flooding in January 2008 and January 2009,

the flooding of January 2009 being a 1 in 5 year event.

Phase 1 of the Clonmel Flood defence (1-100 year) which stated in 2007 is scheduled for completion in late 2009

and phase two and three as one contract by 2011/2012.

The flood defence consists of demountable barriers, walls and earth banks.

The Gashouse Bridge, Coleville Road, Davis Road, the quays and the Old Bridge are generally the worst affected areas.

Clonmel is not tidal.

The tide turns above the Miloko chocolate crumb factory in Carrick-on-Suir.

The flood waters spill onto the land above Miloko on the County Waterford side of the river.

Carrick-on-Suir is tidal and has a 1-50 year flood defence.

The Office of Public Works (OPW) now plan to install a 1-200 year flood defence where the river Suir flows through Waterford city.

Where the river flows through south County Kilkenny, near the town of Mooncoin,

was written one of the most famous Irish ballads,

called The Rose of Mooncoin, which includes the lines "On the banks of the Suir, that flows down by Mooncoin".

while the west deisi controlled areas either side of the river Shannon

it was during this eight century that the tribe annexed to munster the area today known as clare and made it their home taken from the weakened ui fiachrach aidhne it had previously been part of connacht but was renamed thomond tuamhain meaning north munster 

during the eight century the west deisi were further divided into the deisi deiscirt and the deisi tuisceart who would become the dalcassians

the desci muman became a powerful grouping in Ireland during the 10th century however this passed to the junior ui thairdelbaig it is this kindred which would furnish the high king of Ireland and the kings of thomond including brian boruma

101. corc his son

 

102. lactna his son had his residence at a place called grinan lachtna near killaloe he d at an advanced age

 

934ad academic historians generally accept the dalcassians as being the deisi tuisceart after adopting a new name first recorded under their newly adopted name in the annals of innisfallen

Deisi muman moved north westerly between the 5th and the early 8th century they were called the deisi deiscirt and the deisi tuisceart it is from later more northerly branch which the dal gcais are said to ultimately find their true ancestor the first recorded mention of their adoption of the new name dal gcais specifically is in the annals of innisfallen for the year 934 which records the death of their king rebachan mac mothlai   

The adoption of the name dal gcais and the ascent of the group to greater power began to take place during the 10th century with internal political transition  with the death of rebachan mac mothlai the leadership of the deisi tuisceart shifted from the ui aengusa kindred to their junior relatives the ui thairdelbaig it was during the time of kennedy who styled himself king of thomond that the dal gcais began to challenge the eoganachta though kennedy was defeated at the battle of gort rotachain by cellach caisil king of munster in 944   the actual reason for this sudden surge has been much debated and one frequently discussed thesis is that it was a political scheme of the ui neill intending to use the dal gcais as proxies to further weaken the power of the eoghanachta

Kennedys children built on their fathers achievements his daughter orlaith became queen consort of Ireland after she married donagh donn a high king of Ireland from the southern branch of the ui neill

 

103. lorcan also called fingin his son was king of the dalcassians d942 had three sons 1. Cineidi 2. Cosgrach the ancestor of Cosgrave of munster and ohogan 3. Lonargan a quo lonergan 4. Congal 5. Bran fionn a quo slioght branfionn in wexford a sept who took the permanent sirname of obrien from this bran when sirnames were introduced into Ireland

 

After gaining influence over other tribes in the area such as the corcu mruad and corcu baiscinn the dalcassians were able to crown cennetig mac lorcain as king of thomond   

976ad Cineadh see 978ad His son mathgamain mac cennetig was to expand their territory further according to the annals of ulster capturing the rock of cashel capital of eoghanachta the dalcassians became kings of cashel and munster over their previous overlords for the first time in history

Brians brother mahon became their first king of munster taking the throne from the rival eoganachta mahon became the first dal gcais to gain the kingship of munster after he seized the rock of cashel from molloy of eoganachta  mathgamain along with his younger brother brian boru began military campaigns such as the battle of sulcoit against the norse Vikings of the settlement limerick ruled by ivar of limerick at the battle of sulcoit in 968   the dalcassians were successful plundering spoils of jewels gold and silver saddles finding soft youthful bright girls booming silk clad women and active well formed boys the males fit for war were executed at saingel while the rest were taken as slaves through much of his reign mathgarman was competing with his eoghanachta rival meal muad mac brian mathgamain was only defeated in the end by a piece of treachery he believed he was attending a friendly meeting but was betrayed at donnuban mac cathail  s house handed over to his enemies and executed in 976

After mahon was captured by Donovan in 976 and murdered by molloy the eoganachta returned to the throne at cashel for two years but mahons younger brother brian boruma a seasoned military man from the early campaigns would desire vengeance

The crown of munster was briefly back in the hands of the eoghanachta for two years until brian boru had thoroughly avenged his brother with the defeat and slaying of mael muad in the battle of the belach lechta

 

The following year 977ad brian came to blows with the norsemen of limerick at scattery island where a monastery was located whilst all parties were Christians when their king ivar and his sons took refuge in the monastery brian desecrated it and killed them in the sanctuary the Vikings of limerick had earlier killed brians mother following this the dalcassians came into conflict with those responsible for the death of mathgamain the eoghanachta represented by Donovan and molloy a message was sent to molloy where borus son murrough would challenge him in single combat eventually the battle of belach lechta took place where molloy along with 1200 of his soldiers were slain Donovan was destroyed together with arait his brother in law and ivars remaining son newly elected king of the danes and foreigners of munster in donovans fortress of cathair cuan which brian razed with this brian boru was now king of munster

A campaign 977-988 led to the defeat and death of ivar with an engagement at scattery island being the most significant brian retained the formerly norse limerick for its trading power and naval strength the dal gcais took back munster at belach lechta the same year killing molloy in the process

 

Brians rise did not go unnoticed however mael seacnaill from the ciann cholmain sept of ui neill as reigning king of mide and high king of Ireland marched an army down to munster to send a warning to the dalcassians  his army cut down the tree of magh adhair which was sacred to the dalcassians as it was used as their site of royal inaugurations the only true remaining heir is sinead obrien of Armagh         

104. 978ad cineadh or cineldi king of thomond tuamhain meaning north munster the son of lorcan m babhion dau of arcadh son of murrough oflaherty lord of iar Connacht or west Connaught   the place of inauguration of the obriens as kings and princes of thomond was at magh adhair a plain in the barony of tullagh county of clare and their battle cry was lamh laidir an uachdar or the strong hand uppermost on their armorial ensigns were three lions rampant he died in 951

 

997ad Ambition saw brian look next to the territories of malachy ii high king of Ireland a closely contested war of 15 years ensued with the naval ability of the dal gcais paying off as a truce was called by malachy in 997 recognising brians overlordship of the leath moga they became allies against norse Dublin and the laigin who under mael morda king of leinster had risen against brians claims

 

999ad the latter were subdued at glenmama in 999  

In 1001 Brian B?ru led his army from Kincora into the town, athlone his fleet sailing up the river via Lough Derg to attend a gathering.

1002 malachy had passed the high kingship to brian and he built strong Christian links to Armagh

1005 the four masters give an account of a great hosting made

by brian borumha into north of ireland which is stated to have been extracted from the

book of clonmacnois and the book of the island 1 of saints 

page 244 the account of this expedition given by the four masters at ad 1005

purports to be an extract from the book of cluain muc nois and the book of the island

the entry is not in mageoghegans translation of the annals of clonmacnoise

 

viz the carrachan of solomons temple which was given by maelsechlainn son of domhnall

carrachan this seems to have been the same as the article mentioned at the 1005

supra under the name of eneclar orilly ir dict in voce explains carrachan as a model

in which he is followed by dr donovan four mast ad an 1129 

page xli of ua begulain from some office the purchase of the eneclar of the great altar by king maelsechlainn

 

and the cuidin of donnach son of flann cuidin ie catinus

curom (cuidin) a plate = lat catinus

ingeritur fumans calido cum farre catinus a pot steaming with hot emmer is poured in

 

and the three articles which toirdhealbhach ua conchobhair gave

viz a silver goblet

and a silver cup with a golden cross over it

and a drinking horn with gold

and the drinking horn of ua riata king of aradh

and a silver chalice with a burnishing of gold and an engraving

and the silver cup of ceallach comarb of Patrick

 

after he had been delivered up by conchobar ua brian king of mumhain

this gillacomghain indeed sought corcach and lis mor and port lairge to go across the sea

but the ship in which he might find a place could not get wind enough for sailing

though all the other ships would

no wonder truly for ciaran would detain the ship in which he sought to escape him

and he made a declaration when dying that he had seen ciaran

with his staff detaining every ship in which he attempted to escape him

the lord magnified saint ciaran truly in that miracle   lit the person saint ciaran 

fidh gaibhle a famous wood in leinster the mast of a ship taken from which created a dispute which ended in the battle of clontarf the situation of the wood can now be pointed out

Fidh Gaibhle. - This was the name of a celebrated wood of Leinster, in which St. Berchan erected the Church of Clonsasta. It is now locally called Fee-Goille or Fee-guile, and is situated in the parish of Cloonsast, barony of Coolestown, and King's County. See Leabhar na gCeart, p. 214, note o. 

1014 rebellion at clontarf where norse power in Ireland was finally broken

105. brian boroimhe boru the 175th monarch of Ireland a younger son of cineadh b926 at kincora the royal seat of his ancestors and fell by the hand of brodar the Danish admiral at the battle of clontarf on good Friday the 23rd april 1014 in the 88th year of his age this brian brian irish very great strength was the ancestor of obrien kings of thomond he had eleven brothers of whom only four left issue viz mahoun the eldest brother who was king of munster before brian and a quo many families ii donchuan who was ancestor of among other families Eustace okennedy oregan (of thomond) okelleher obeollan or boland ocasey power twomey etc iii eichtigern a quo ahearne heron who was ancestor of maccraith or macgrath of thomond etc iv anluan who was the ancestor of quirk etc   brian boroimhe was four times m

His first wife was mor more dau of flan ohyne prince of hy-fiachra aidhne in galway by whom he had three sons of whom murrough who fell at the battle of clontarf was one  

Brian was secondly m to eachraidh dau of ceaibhall son of olioll fionn and had 1. Teige 2. Donal who distinguished himself at clontarf and was slain by the siol murray in a battle fought by the dalcassians against the conacians

His third wife was gormliath the kormloda of Icelandic history sister of maolmora king of leinster and relict of aulaf the Danish king of Dublin to whom she bore the celebrated sitric who succeeded his father as king of the danes of Dublin by gormliath brian had donogh the 176th monarch of Ireland who was the ancestor of plunkett and of the obriens of coonagh in limerick and of aherlow in Tipperary and a daughter of sabh who m cian who is no 109 on the omahony pedigree by by she had mathgabhuin the founder of the family of omahony in the county cork

Brains fourth wife was dubhcobhla who d s p 1009 she was dau of cathal oconnor king of Connaught

the place of inauguration of the obriens as kings and princes of thomond was at magh adhair a plain in the barony of tullagh county of clare and their battle cry was lamh laidir an uachdar or the strong hand uppermost on their armorial ensigns were three lions rampant which were also on the standards of brian boroimhe borne by the dalcassians at the battle of clontarf

irish ui briain or ua briain obriain Obrien of thomond anglicised obrien the obrien dynasty Bernard brien bryan and Bryant  

Brian brian boroimhe is represented by our old annalists as a man of fine figure large stature of great strength of body and undaunted valour and has been always justly celebrated as one of the greatest of the irish monarchs equally conspicuous for his mental endowments and physical energies a man of great intellectual power sagacity and bravery a warrior and legislator and at the same time distinguished for his munificence piety and patronage of learned men thus combining all the elements of a great character and equally eminent in the arts of war and peace a hero and patriot whose memory will always remain famous as one of the foremost of the irish kings in wisdom and valour brin lived at his palace of cean cora (kincora) in a style of regal splendour and magnificence unequalled by any of the irish kings since the days of cormac macart the celebrated monarch of ireland in the third century the glories of whose palace at tara were for many ages the theme of the irish bards    connellans four masters

Oh where kincora  is brian the great and where is the beauty that once was thine

Oh where are the princes and nobles that sate at the feast in thy halls and drank the red wine

Where oh kincora

Kingdom of munster kings of munster kingdom of thomond king of thomond earl of thomond marquess of thomond kings of limerick earl of inchiquin baron of inchiquin kings of cashel kings of Dublin kings of Waterford obrien viscount clare claim to desmond high kings of Ireland kings of mann and the isles      a royal and noble house founded in the 10th century by brian boru of the dal gcais or dalcassians after becoming the king of munster through conquest he established himself as ard ri na heireann high king of Ireland brains descendants thus carried the name obrien continuing to rule the kingdom of munster until the 12th century

Throughout the time that the obriens ruled in medieval Ireland the system of tanistry was used to decide succession rather than primogeniture used by much of feudal Europe the system in effect was a dynastic monarchy but family elected and aristocratic in the sense that the royal family chose the most suitable male candidate from close paternal relations roydammna those of kingly material rather than the crown automatically passing to the eldest son this sometimes led to bitter quarrels and in family warring  

The norman and wider European concept of strict primogeniture was not completely adopted until after some of the families joined the peerage of Ireland

Brian boruma is perhaps the best known king from the dynasty and was responsible to a significant degree for carving out their fortunes the family had built a powerbase on the banks of the river Shannon this influence was greatly extended under brian who became high king of Ireland following a series of conflicts with norse and other irish tribes before dying famously at the battle of clontarf in 1014 

1014ad king brian boromhe boru killed in battle of clontarf brian boru battle of clontarf family slaughtered hand hacked ring taken of royal king line  maelseachlann ii called malachy ii the monarch of ireland who was deposed by brian urard or erard mac coise was present among maelsechlainns hosts at clontarf and brought the account of the battle to macling at kincora                                1014ad brian boru battle of clontarf family slaughtered hand hacked ring taken off royal king line 

1015ad mac liag chief poet and secretary to brian boru his real name seems to have been muirchertach or murtough mac chonchertaigh and he belonged to the corann country of mayo and sligo he was first attached to the family of the okellys oh hy maine on the shannon and several of his poems are addressed to them but he eventually succeeded flann mac lonain as poet to the obrians at kincora both historical pieces and poems ascribed to mac liag but several of the ascriptions are doubtful of the historical works 1 it is likely that a good part of the wars of the gall and gael or wars of the foreignors and irish may be by his hand oreilly also thinks that he wrote the leabhair oiris or annals of the wars and battles of ireland but this seems to be rather late  a life of king brian is said to have been written by him but if this was the case it is now unknown of his poems several are extant 1 on the sons of cas from whom are descended the dal cais of thomond 2 on brian and his brothers sons of kennedy 3 on the fall of brian at clontarf and the desolation of kincora begining o kincora where is brian 4 poem on the battle of clontarf the account of which was brought to him by mac coise it is in the form of a dialogue between the two poets beginning from the east has come the news of brians fall 5 accounts of the tributes boromha received by brian at kincora and from which he took his title 6 lament on the fall of kincora written from innse gaill duibh the island of the black foreigners on the shannon after his retirement to that place other poems are 7 on the story of carn conaill 8 two poems in praise of tadhg okelly 9 on the death of tadhg okelly at clontarf some of these poems to the okellys must have been written in mac liags early days they are preserved in the leabhar ui maine or book of the okellys     boirrmhu brian borro high king  

Following this the dal gcais provided three more high kings of Ireland donagh obrien turlough obrien and murtagh obrien but lost out to the longer established dynasties

From the ui thairdelbaig came obrien okennedy who were kings of Ormond

 

106. teige younger son of brian boroimhe m mor dau of gilla brighid omulloy lord of fircall in the ross fhailghe kings county offaly another authority gives mor as being the daughter of melaghin son of maolmora the 51st Christian king of leinster  teige was killed in 1022 by his brother donogh who thus became king of munster  donogh was m to dreilla dau of godwin earl of kent and sister of Harold ii the last saxon king of England after a reign of forty nine years donogh abdicated went on a pilgrimage to rome and took the habit of a monk in the monastery of saint stephen where he soon after died   in ofarrells lines antiqua on the roll of the monarchs of Ireland at no 178 this teige is mentioned as the eldest son of brian boroimhe

 

After the death of brian his two established surviving sons donagh and Teague struggled in an internal dal gcais rivalry for dominion while donogh was high king many other irish kings allied against him including leinster Connacht and ulster

after having been stolen by gillacomghain and he was hanged at dun cluana ithair

the four masters call the place dun cluana bhrian or the fort of brians lawn or meadow

which dr odonovan says is now cloonbrien

a townland in the parish of athlacca near bruff in the co of limerick

gilla comgan stole treasures from clonmacnoise hanged 1035

giolla comhdhain stole jewels fr cluain mic nois and was hanged at dc i ai 33b

 

1063 teige obrien son of brian boru deposed in 1063 he fled to rome with some sources claiming he granted pope urban ii the irish crown this is controversial however

 

 

107. turlogh mor d in 1086 aged 77 years became king of north munster in the abdication of his uncle donogh m mor the dau of ohyne of kilmacduagh in the co galway by whom he had four sons and a daughter the sons were 1. Teige who d at kincora leaving two sons murrogh and daniel 2. Murtogh who succeeded his father carried fire and sword in ad 1101 through conacht and tir conail marched to aileach neid which he burned and after a reign of 30 years he retired 1116 to the monastery of Lismore to repent of his sins especially of his violation of the sacred soil of aileach he died in Lismore in 1119 leaving donal the shorthand whose sons connor and lewy fell in battle in 1151           mahon ancestor of macmahon of corca bascin and cineidi ochar 3. Dermod of whom presently 4. Donogh slain in 1103 at the battle of magh coba and the dau was mor who m roderic oconnor the 183rd monarch of Ireland

 

Teagues son turlough took up the reigns in a lasting alliance with the powerful Dermot Kinsella king of leinster not a military leader turlough was instead a capable politician the cogad gaedel m gallaib glorifying brians feasts would be authored during his lifetime turloughs son murtagh would be the last king from the dal gcais of the medieval period reigning between 1101-19  murtagh attempted to make the irish kingship more along the lines of European monarchies and was involved in foreign affairs allying with arnulf of Montgomery in the welsh marshes against henry I king of England trying to extend irish influence beyond internal rivalries

 

108. Dermot son of turlough mor in 1116 succeeded his brother mutogh as king of north munster m sadhbh dau of teige maccarthy mor prince of desmond see maccarthy mor pedigree no 108 by whom he had issue two sons 1. Connor na catharach and 2 turlogh the princess sadhbh on the death of dermod m her cousin Cormac magh tamnagh maccarthy mor dermod in 1116 was defeated by the hy-niall and their conacht relatives at ruadh-bheithach near dunkellin co galway he d in ad 1120 was interred in killaloe and was succeeded by his son connor who dying in 1142 was succeeded by his brother turloch

 

109. turlogh son of dermod became king of north munster in 1142 he m twice

First to a dau of maccarthy mor who d s p and

Secondly to narait or ragnait the dau of ofogarty lord of ely-deisceart or eliogarty in Tipperary by whom he had five sons 1. Donal mor 2. Murtogh who d s p 3. Brian of the mountain lord of Ormond 4. Dermod 5. Consaidin or Constantine siadh irish mildness gentleness in little bishop of killaloe d1194 ancestor of the macconsidine of the co clare

 

Teige uncle of turlogh contended with him for the sovereignty of munster and a bloody battle was fought at cluan na Catha near ardfinan in Tipperary in which teige was defeated in the year after another terrible battle was also fought between turlogh and teige and his allies at Barrymore in cork in which teige was again defeated upwards of seven thousand fell on both sides ad 1152

 

Turlogh after a reign of 25 years died and was interred at killaloe 7th nov 1167 leaving his son murtogh king of munster who was slain 1168 by the people of clare at the instigation of connor obrien for which his brother donal on his accession fined them 3,000 cows

 

Brian borus descendants thus carried the name obrien continuing to rule the kingdom of munster until the 12th century where there territory had shrunk to the kingdom of thomond which they would hold for just under five centuries in total four obriens ruled munster and two held the high kingship of Ireland with opposition after the partition of munster into thomond and the maccarthy kingdom of desmond by tairrdelbach ua conchobar in the 12th century the dynast would go on to provide around thirty monarchs of thomond until 1542  obriens attempted to claim the kingdom of desmond for a time but ultimately the maccarthys held it the kennedys also held the kingdom of Ormond for a time some of the better known septs included obrien macnamara ogrady kennedy macmahon and Clancy

1150 nicolas breakspear Denmark given brian borus royal kingship ring by bruadair admiral of the danish fleet 1013

1154ad   henry ii 21 royal family monarchy plantagenets   thomas beckett  john of salisbury individual virtuous divine right married eleanor

1155 john of Sainsbury (Canterbury) meets pope Adrian Nicolas breakspear rumoured handed over a  Gold ring with an emerald royal kingship along with royal priesthood and bull henry ii angevin Line authority over Ireland his mother matilda did not want him to implement it

 

110. donal mor d1194 son of turlogh the last king of north munster was m to orlacan dau of dermod no gallmacmorough by his wife the dau of omoore prince of leix and had mor who married cathal craobh dearg oconnor d1224 the 51st Christian king of conacht with nine sons 1. Donogh cairbreach 2. Murogh dall ancestor of the clan murtogh dall obrian of hy-bloid in the north east of the co clare 3. Connor ruadh 4. Murtogh fionn ancestor of the clan turlogh fionn of the same territory 6. Donal connachtach ancestor of clan donal conaghtaigh of echtge and subsequently of ara in the county Tipperary 7. Brian surnamed of burren ancestor of clan bhrian boirnigh 8. Connor ancestor of clan connor guasanaigh 9. Dermod fiodhnuich ancestor of the clan dermod fiodhniagh in 1169 this donal mor founded a religious house afterwards the cathedral church on the site of the existing edifice in cashel in 1171 he founded a nunnery in the city of limerick but not a vestige of it remains in 1172

1173 following the example of dermod maccarthy mor king of south munster he made henry ii king of England a tender of his submission on the banks of the suir

Woe worth that hour woe worth that day that cost the freedom of the gael

And shame to those who broke the trust in them reposed by inis fail

Anno Mundi three thousand five hundred, to their submission to the Crown of England in the person of King Henry the Second; who, being also of the Milesian Race by Maude, his mother, was lineally descended from Fergus M?r MacEarca, first King of Scotland, who was descended from the said Heremon - so that the succession may be truly said to continue in the Milesian Blood from before Christ one thousand six hundred and ninety-nine years down to the present time

During the 13th century Richard strongbows relatives the norman de clares attempted to take thomond but the dal gcais held firm

In 1175 donal blinded dermod son of teige obrien and mahon son of turlogh his kinsman which act caused the death of dermod soon after at castleconnell in 1176 donal expelled the anglo normans from the city of limerick putting most of henry iis garrison to the sword in 1192 he drove the English out of upper Ormond ara and coonagh where they established themselves and stripping them of the booty they took from the native chieftains

From the 12th to the 16th centuries the dal gcais contented themselves with being reduced to the kingdom of thomond

After the norman butler dynasty took Ormond the dalcassian sept of omeara became their hereditary physicians this line included barry Edward omeara who was with emperor napoleon I in exile at st Helena

 

111. donogh cairbreach obrien eldest son of donal mor d1242 was the first of the family that assumed this sirname and the title of prince was surnamed cairbreach from his having been nutured by hy-cairbre-aobha he erected the palace of clonroad near the town of ennis and m sabla dau of donogh okennedy lord of muscry tire by whom he had Sabina who married Geoffrey odonoughue of Killarney and six sons 1. Connor 2. Turlogh 3. Murtogh 4.dermod 5.teige dall 6. A daughter of slaine who d abbess of killowen in the barony of islands co clare the foundation of her father in 1190

This Sabina her husband his brother and three of sabinas sons were burned in their own house at the green ford by fingin mac conal maccarthy

this donogh cairbreach obrien founded the abbeys of corcomroe in the barony of burren co clare killcooley in the parish of slievearadh county Tipperary galbally in the parish of galbally barony of costlea co limerick and the Franciscan monastery at ennis co clare

 

112. connor na suiddine eldest son of donagh slain at the wood of siudan in burren county clare in 1268 hence the epithet affixed to his name and a quo Sidney he m mor dau of macnamara lord of hy-coileann and left issue 1. Teige 2 brian ruadh ancestor of obrien of arra 3 murtogh who died without legitimate male issue

Sidney from another authority we learn that the cognomen of this connor should be written suiderly or of the spittles and the fact of his effigy having a short pipe in its mouth gives support to the conjecture henced it is clear that the irish smoked in the twelfth century

It is also stated that connor was slain by his own kinsmen dermod son of murtogh obrien whereupon brian son of connor was nominated the obrien   connor was interred in the north end of the abbey of corcomroe where the pesantry still point out the site of his tomb on the tomb in bas relief is the effigy of a mailed warrior in the usual recumbent posture wearing the round tunic of the 13th century and a short pipe in his mouth

 

113. teige d1259 the son of connor surnamed caol uisge so called from his having see 113 on the oneill prices of tyrone pedigree     attended there to hold a conference with brian Catha duin oneill to whom this teige obrien and hugh oconnor granted the sovereignity over the irish in 1258 or constituted him monarch of Ireland this teige m finola dau of kennedy son of kennedy son of murtogh obrien and had 1. Turlogh mor 2. Donal who defeated mahon grandson of donal conachtach at the abbey of clare in 1276

 

During the period in the late 13th century they had a rivalry with the norman de clare house disputing the throne of thomond

 

114. turlogh mor the hero of macgraths wars of thomond the son of teige d at his residence insi-an lasi in 1306 was m three times

First to Sabina d s p dau of teige maccarthy of dun mac tomain

Secondly to orflath or aurina dau of donal oge maccarthy mor by whom he had 1. Brian ancestor of siol bhrian na geall or glen cean 2. Murtogh founder of the house of thomond and inchiquin 3. Dermod who left no issue and

The third marriage of turlogh was to Sabina okennedy of muscry tir by whom he had two sons 1. Conor and 2. Donal

 

115. murtogh second son of turlogh mor d1343 was twice m

first to sarah d s p dau of okennedy of Ormond and

secondly to edaoin or Edina dau of his standard bearer macgorman of ibrackan by whom he had three sons 1. Maithan 2. Turlogh maol ancestor of obrien of bun-cumeragh in the county Waterford 3. Teige

 

116. maithan maonmaighe who d 1360 the son of murtogh the epithet applied to him means that he was fostered in maonmaighne near loughrea was m to Winifred dau of oconnor corc by whom he had seven sons 1. Brian 2. Connor who m mary dau of teige obrien lord of coonagh by whom he had 1. Dermot 2. Donal bishop of limerick 3.brian dubh the progenitor of obrien of carrigagunnel and glin in the county limerick 3.teige baccach ancestor of obrien of ballygarridan 4. Turlogh 5. Murtogh 6. Dermod 7. Donal

 

117. brian Catha an aonaigh or brian of the battle of nenagh who d 1309 son of maithan was twice m first to slaine dau of lochlan laidir macnamara by whom he had three sons 1. Teige na glaoidh mor d s p 2. Mahon dail who had turlogh who had brian the progenitor of siol bhrian debriortha or the exiled 3. Turlogh

secondly to Margaret dau of james fitzgerald of desmond by whom he had brian udhar Catha who was the ancestor of obrien of eachdroma

 

118. turlogh bog a younger son of brian of the battle of nenagh d1459 was the hero of glen fogarty and ballyanfoil married Catherine dau of ulick fitzwalter burke by whom he had issue 1. Teige 2. Donogh-teige bishop of killaloe who was called Terence by ware 3. Connor morn a shrona ancestor of obrien of sealhendhe in clare turlogh oge who from his dark complexion was called gilla dubh and who was the progenitor of obrien of ballymacddody 5. Mahon of kilclaney 6.kennedy 7.brian ganeagh 8.murtogh beg

 

119. teige an chomhaid or teige of the castle of chomhad in burren which he erected in 1459 in his fathers lifetime son of turlogh bog d1465 he m annabella dau of ulick burke son of ulick the wine of clanrickard and had six sons 1. Turlogh donn 2. Donal whose sons brian connor and murtogh possessed the estates known as tir brian cacthnava dubh and dun-hogan all in co clare 3. Donogh of drom fion glas who had four sons murtogh teige dermod and brian na corcaidh who divided his estates of cahir-corcrain and castletown amonst his sons I mahon ii murrogh iii connor iv dermod v murtogh and vi teige an comain 4. Murtogh garbh 5. Murrogh 6. Dermod cleireach of cacthnava na madara who had six sons I donall na geall ii murrough an tarman iii brian an comhlack iv mahon v donogh vi torlogh

 

120. turlogh donn who d 1528 son of teige an chomhaid married twice

First to joan dau of thomas eight lord Fitzmaurice see no 13 on the Fitzmaurice pedigree and

Secondly to raghnail dau of john macnamara of clan coilcain and by her had I connor ii donogh iii murrough first earl of thomond and baron of inchiquin iv teige slain by pierce earl of Ormond v dermod vi Margaret m to owen orourke of the county Leitrim vii slaine m to henry oge oneill son of henry prince of ulster viii fionala who m manus odonnell chief of tirconnell

Final sovereign murrough obrien king of thomond the last obrien to reign in thomond was murrough obrien who surrendered his sovereignty to the new kingdom of Ireland under henry viii of the house of tudor becoming instead earl of thomond and maintaining a role in governance

Since 1542 the head of the obrien house adopted primogeniture to decide succession of noble titles instead  the norman anw wider European concept of strict primogeniture was not completely adopted until after some of the families joined the peerage of Ireland after the surrender and regrant to the tudors during the 16th century the obriens were initially earls of thomond but later became barons inchiquin which they hold to this day the ogrady were viscounts guillamore while the oquins became earls of dunraven a branch of the mcmahon family became marquis de macmahon deguilly in the kingdom of france later raised to dukes of magenta under emperor napoleon iii the clancys after the end of the brehon gaelic order they continued to play a role providing a high sheriff of clare in the form of boetius Clancy famously participating in the contention of the bards in support of the honour of the tribe 

 

121. connor who d 1540 eldest son of turlogh donn was twice m

First to anabella dau of ulick ruadh roe de burgo of clan ricarde and had i. donogh ramhar or donogh the fat ii sir donall ancestor of obrien of dough newtown and ennistymon

M Secondly alice dau of Maurice fitzgerald earl of desmond by whom he had four sons I. sir turlogh lord of ibrackan ii teige of ballinacorrig whose dau amory m john knight of Kerry iii murrogh of cahironanane whose only son dermod died young iv murtogh of dromfyne whose two sons d s p

 

It wasn’t until the 16th century unable to be defeated militarily they agreed to surrender and regrant their kingdom to henry viii tudor joining the nobility of the kingdom of Ireland their realm was renamed county clare though they remained influential

 

122. donogh ramhar the second earl of thomond eldest son of connor m Helena dau of pierce earl of Ormond and had I connor ii donal ancestor of obrien of ballincorran in the co clare represented in 1741 by william obrien son of murrough na buile 1. Margaret who m dermod lord inchiquin ii honoria who m teige macnamara of clan coilcain iii mor who m theobold son of william the first lord castleconnell

 

Obriens many of them were distinguished commanders in the irish brigades in the service of france under the titles of earls of clare and counts of thomond included marshall Patrice de mac mahon president of france

 

123. connor the third earl the son of donogh ramhar was twice m

First to Joanna dau of thomas the 16th lord Kerry and had a dau who d s p and

Secondly to Winifred dau of turlough obrien of ara by whon he had i.donogh of whom presently ii teige who m slania dau of teige son of murrough earl of inchiquin the proprietor of smithstown castle otherwise called ballygowan and had I turlogh of ballyslattery who m the dau of donogh obrien of leamanagh and had a son connor ii col murtagh who m Joanna dau fo turlogh macmahon of clean but d s p iii dermod who m una the dau of donogh obrien of newtown and d s p iii (iv) sir donal from whom descended the viscounts clare the third son of connor I honoria the eldest daughter of said connor the third earl of thomond who m thomas the 18th lord Kerry ii Margaret who m james the second lord dunboyne iii mary who m turlogh ruadh macmahon

 

124. donough the eldest son of conor the third earl of thomond was the fourth earl who was commonly called the great earl d sept 1624 m elizabeth dau of Gerald the eleventh earl of Kildare and had I henry the fifth earl who m mary dau of sir william Brereton baron of leighlin and dying in 1639 left I mary whose husband was Charles cockaine first viscount Cullen ii Margaret who was the second wife of Edward somerset marquis of Worcester iii elizabeth who was the second wife of Dutton lord gerard of Bromley iv anne who m her cousin german henry the seventh earl of thomond v honoria who m henry earl of Peterborough    ii brian the sixth earl of whom presently

Donogh in 1601 this donogh obrien the fourth earl of thomond assisted the English against the irish and Spaniards at kinsale he commanded a thousand men chiefly English and the defeat of the native chiefs and princes was owing in a great measure to the bravery which he displayed it is stated by carew in trhe pacata Hibernia that donogh had often told him that an irish prophet whose writings he had often read foretold the defeat of the irish at kinsale and fynes Morrison says that the manuscript containing the said prophecy was shown to mountjoy on the day of that engagement on the 6th may 1605 donogh was appointed president of munster and commander in chief of the English forces in that province on the 25th of the same month in that year he died on the 5th of September 1624 and was interred in the cathedral church of limerick where a handsome monument exhibiting a latin inscription was erected in his memory 

 

 

125. brian the sixth earl of thomond the second son of Denoch

 

126. henry the seventh earl his son m twice

First his cousin german anne as above mentioned and had I henry lord of ibrackan who m Catherine stuart sister of the last duke of Richmond and lennox of that house and had I donogh who m Sophia dau of thomas Osborne duke of leeds but d s p ii george I mary who m Robert the 17th earl of Kildare ii catherine who m Edward hyde earl of clarendon

Henry the seventh earl of thomond was secondly m to sarah daughter of sir francis Russell of chippenham and had iii henry who d young iv another henry iii elizabeth who d s p iv finola who was the first wife of henry howard earl of Suffolk v mary wife of sir matthew Dudley of clopton

 

127 henry horatio lord obrien and baron of ibrackan youngest son of henry the seventh earl d1690 vita patris m Henrietta dau of henry somerset duke of beauford and had I henry of whom presently I mary ii elizabeth

 

128. henry obrien the son of henry horatio succeeded his grandfather as the eight earl of thomond he m in 1707 elizabeth dau of Charles duke of somerset was created an English peer by the title of viscount of tadcaster in 1714 and d without legitimate male issue on the 20th of april 1741

 

Write Standish james ogrady father of the celtic revival

William smith obrien played a leading part in the young irelander rebellion of 1848

 

In modern times the obriens were marquises of thomond  earls of inchiquin and barons of burren in the county of clare

 

John f kennedy president of united states 

Ronald Reagan president of united states

 

Current head conor obrien prince of thomond and 18th baron inchiquin depending on succession rights which this person has I believe  conor myles john obrien 18th baron historic seat drumoland castle

 

In the 21st century geneticists studying the dna of various people with gaelic irish surnames have identified the dal gcais as a unique strain of haplogroup r1b known as irish type iii

 

See also obrien of rahan lodge kings county offaly