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    the Uí Néill, and possibly ended Viking invasions of Ireland. Brian Boru was mentioned in Annals of Inisfallen and Chronicon Scotorum as "Brian mac Cennétig"...
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    O'Neill dynasty (redirect from Ó Néill)
    the Uí Néill. Clan Ó Ceallaigh-related to the Uí Néill. Clann Cholmáin/O'Melaghlin-MacLaughlin Clan claim descent from the Southern Uí Néill. Ó Cléirigh...
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  • great-grandfather Domnall Midi. The Kingship of Tara, a largely symbolic title, alternated between Clann Cholmáin as representatives of the southern Uí Néill and the...
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  • Domnall mac Áedo (died 642), also known as Domnall II, was an Irish king and son of Áed mac Ainmuirech and his consort Land, the daughter of Áed Guaire...
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  • Brian O'Neill, also known as Brian "of the battle of Down" O'Neill (Irish: Brian Chatha an Dúna Ó Néill), was the High King of Ireland from 1258 to 1260...
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    Ruaidrí mac Tairrdelbach Ua Conchobair (Modern Irish: Ruairí Ó Conchúir; anglicised as Rory O'Connor) (c. 1116 – 2 December 1198) was King of Connacht...
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    further High Kings, but the northern Uí Néill of the Cenél nEógain provided two: Domnall Ua Lochlainn and Muirchertach Mac Lochlainn.[citation needed] Máel Sechnaill...
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  • kingdom against predators such as Domnall Mac Lochlainn of the Uí Néill (d. 1121), king of the north of Ireland." In 1110, Mac Lochlainn raided Connacht, carrying...
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    century, the Ó Conor dynasty was grouped into two main divisions, one led by Toirdhealbhach Óg Donn Ó Conchobair, the other by Felim MacAedh Ó Conchobair...
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    the dynastic name Uí Néill, nepotes Néill. As a great-grandson of Niall, Diarmait and his descendants were counted among the Uí Néill, the name meaning "descendants...
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  • Crimthann mac Énnai, died in the late 5th century; but Diarmait's more immediate forebears, most recently his great-grandfather Domnall mac Cellaig (died...
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  • Stokes, II, p. 567; MacKillop, "Lóegaire mac Néill"; Byrne, pp. 83 & 103. Stokes I, p. 47; Stokes II, p. 557 Rawlinson B 502, ed. Ó Corráin 1997, pp. 206...
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  • married Domnall Mór, King of Munster. His second wife, Mór ingen Muirchertaig, was mother of Aoife / Eva of Leinster and his youngest son Conchobar Mac Murchada...
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  • nEógain from an Ua Néill incumbent he slew. Although Domnall had success against the English, he was later utterly defeated by Brian Ua Néill and Máelsechnaill...
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    request for aid from the King of Tír Eógain (Tyrone), Domnall mac Brian Ó Néill (Donall Ó Néill). Ó Néill had been troubled by Norman incursions to the southeast...
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    Seinicin Finn Bissett, a son of the Mac Eoin, is found dispatching the wounded Raibilin Savage, opponent of Aodh Óg Ó Néill in the battle. Bissett is himself...
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    Ireland was wrested from Mael Sechnaill II of the southern Uí Néill by Brian "Boruma" mac Cennédig of the Kingdom of Munster. Some historians have called...
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  • Áed mac Ainmuirech (born c.530 - died 598) was High King of the Northern Uí Néill. He belonged to the Cenél Conaill and was a distant cousin of Columba...
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    Sionainne), was the son of Máel Sechnaill mac Máele Ruanaid of Clann Cholmáin, the leading branch of the Southern Uí Néill. He was King of Mide from 877 onwards...
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  • Áed mac Néill (died 879), called Áed Findliath ("fair-grey Áed"; Modern Irish: Aodh Fionnadhliath) to distinguish him from his paternal grandfather Áed...
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  • Toirdhealbhach an Fhíona Ó Domhnaill, king of Tír Conaill. Toirdhealbhach Ruadh accompanied Niall Ó Domhnaill and Domhnall Ó Néill, when they defeated the...
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    great-grandsons are not listed. Gallchobar is descended from Mael Coba brother of Domnall mac Áedo. Genetic analysis of Gallagher Y chromosome haplogroups can trace...
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  • King (1064–1067) Domnall mac Néill, King (1067–1068) Áed mac Néill, King (1068–1083) Donnchad mac Néill, King (1083–1083) Domnall Ua Lochlainn, King...
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    effectively as the Uí Néill had dominated the High Kingship, and for just as long. With the Uí Néill disunited, and the resources of Munster, Brian first brought...
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    Aedh mac Fergal Niall Ó Ruairc, king of Breifne Connacht: 1047 – son of Art uallach Domnall Ó Ruairc, lord of Breifne: c.1057 – son of Niall Cathal Ó Ruairc...
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    O'Brien dynasty (redirect from Ó Briain)
    Irish: Ó Briain [ ˈbʲɾʲiənʲ]; genitive Uí Bhriain [iː ˈvʲɾʲiənʲ]) was an Irish Clan and noble house of Munster, founded in the 10th century by Brian Boru...
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  • Donnchadh Ó Ruairc, Lord (1101) Domnall Ó Ruairc, King (c.1095–1102) Cathal Ó Ruairc, Lord (1105) Domnall Ó Ruairc, Lord (c.1108) Aedh an Gilla Sronmaol Ó Ruairc...
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    to which Domnall laid claim was far from clear in the period after the death of the last traditional Uí Néill king of Tara, Máel Sechnaill mac Domnaill...
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  • Áed mac Felidlimid Ó Conchobair (English: Hugh McFelim O'Connor), known as Áed na nGall (Áed of the foreigners/Hebrideans), was king of Connacht alongside...
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    Oirdnide mac Néill, AU 817.8 Bracken, "Feidlimid mac Crimthainn..." AU 833.4 AU 835.1, 835.3 Ó Corráin, "The Vikings in Ireland", p. 19. AU 873.3, Ó Corráin...
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