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The University College Cork, as part of its Celt Corpus of Electronic Texts, has published on the internet an English translation of the Annals of the Four Masters. A search interface permits a word search of the entire Celt database. Nowhere on the net have I found a table that lists the spellings of the names of the Irish high kings as they appear in this digital edition of the Annals. The tables below are intended to do this. To assist the user of internet search engines, I list in the fourth column of the tables some of the other spellings of the names of these kings. Tables on this page list the pre-Norman Milesian kings. Pre-Milesian kings are on a separate web page.
For a comparable list by David Hughes, go to: High-Kings of Ireland.
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A list of the high kings of Ireland does not tell the history of Ireland. The names and dates of reigns of these kings, however, establish a framework that will help interpret that history. Early Gaelic ollamhs (professors of history) and scribes recorded the actions of the kings and the provincial nobility of Ireland who supported them; and, after the mission of St. Patrick, the leaders of the Church. The annals of these scribes have become the early history of Ireland. This history revolves around the nobility of the free tribes, and there is hardly a mention of the "unfree tribes" other than the insurrection that made Cairbre Cinncait (#101) king for five years beginning in 10 A. D.
The High Kings of Ireland lists the Irish high kings from AD c.485 to 1603.
In his Irish Pedigrees; The Origin and Stem of the Irish Nation (Limited American Edition, Murphy & McCarthy 1923), John O'Hart provides lists of the later kings of Connaught, Leinster, Meath, Munster, Orgiall, Ossory, Scotland, Ulidia, and Ulster (volume II, Appendix I, pages 713–723). With the exception of Ulster, O'Hart does not list the provincial kings before the return of St. Patrick to Ireland in 432 AD. Because they may shed light on the possible history of the McGoughs, I have included in this website other pages on the kings or chiefs of Ulster, Ulidia, Airghialla, Mughdhorna, the Ui Eathach Cobha in county Down, the Dal Araide, and the Dal Riata in Scotland.and Ireland.
A short chronology of the history of Ireland can be found in Ireland's History in Maps where it is said:
"... much about the early centuries of Ireland's past have been passed down through time in the form of various annals, the 'Annals of the Four Masters' among the more prominent of these pseudo-historical accounts of ancient Hibernia (Eire, Ireland). Serious scholars have always held Ireland's history is not truly knowable before about 500 AD, so please take this into account as you read through the early myths and stories."
Keating, in The History of Ireland, points out that the Seanchas, or recorders of history, "were bound to be with the nobles whenever they engaged with one another in battle, so that the seanchas might be eyewitnesses of the exploits of the nobles, and thus be able to give a true account of their deeds on either side." (book II, section XIII). Their records form the basis of the Annals. I have used the Annals of the Four Masters as my primary source in preparing these tables, although many of the years these Annals give for events during the first millennium differ from more modern, and presumably more accurate, sources. When Gearoid Mac Niocaill, Donnchadh O Corrain, John Francis Byrne, or other reliable sources, give years of events different from the Annals of Four Masters, I also show these dates in the tables. On average, the Annals of the Four Masters date events in the first millennium five or six years earlier than the modernly accepted dates. The Annals of Ulster, on the other hand, are usually closer to agreement with modernly accepted dates. Parts of Irish and Scottish history will be found in The Timeline of Celtic History.
Donnchadh O Corrain, Professor of Irish History, University College, Cork, has this to say about the Kings of Ireland:
"Kingship was an important institution, and kings were much more powerful than some scholars have thought: the annals are full of their doings, the genealogies of their noble descents. The sagas preserve the ideology of kingship: the qualities of the good king, the benefits of his rule, his heroic actions, courage, and nobility are set out in story form in Old and Middle Irish literature, for instruction as well as literary enjoyment. ...
"There has been much discussion amongst historians of the 'high-kingship of Ireland', the claim that there existed a king who exercised authority (of one kind or another) over the whole of Ireland. This implies a certain consciousness of unity. It is clear that from a very early period the Irish learned men had begun to work out a prehistory of their race. This was done in the seventh century and out of it grew eventually An lebor gabala, 'Book of the taking of Ireland', which united all their dynasties and peoples by descent from a single set of ancestors. This proved to be a powerful and all-pervasive myth which used race, language, land and landscape as the basis of national unity. ...
"This, of course, spilled over into politics. The clerical propagandists of the Ui Neill dynasty had a well-developed concept of the kingship of Ireland as early as the last quarter of the seventh century. Muirchu calls Loegair [Laeghaire, #128 in my table] (St. Patrick's alleged contemporary) 'a great king, fierce and pagan, and emperor of non-Romans, with his royal seat at Tara, which was then the capitol of the realm of the Irish' and Niall [Niall of the Nine Hostages #126] (the ancestor of the Ui Neill) is the ancestor of the family that rules almost the entire island. ...
"In fact, there was no monarch of Ireland—a king whose rule was effective over the whole island—but the Ui Neill, the most powerful dynasty in the country, claimed to be overkings of Ireland, and were able to make that claim effective over very large areas, and from time to time compel many, if not most, of the provincial kings to submit to them. In the middle of the ninth century, their king, Mael Sechnail [Maelseachlainn #167], made very formidable efforts to declare himself king of Ireland.
"The remote origins of the UiNeill are far from clear: they dominated the midlands and the north-west in the seventh century, but claimed in their legends and genealogies to be kings of Tara since the time of St. Patrick and before. Nobody quite knows what the kingship of Tara was: its glory lay in the past, it was claimed by a number of early dynasties, it was cursed by the Christian saints. Whatever it was, the Ui Neill grabbed the title of 'king of Tara' for themselves; it meant overking of the whole Ui Neill, and later, 'high-king of Ireland'. Their origin legends are clearly fictions, some of relatively late date, and historians have believed far too many of them. ... "
Prehistoric and Early Christian Ireland, by Donnchadh O Corrain, which is Chapter I of The Oxford Illustrated History of Ireland, edited by R. F. Foster (Oxford University Press 1991), pages 27–28.
O Corrain, in his book Ireland Before the Normans (Gill and MacMillan 1972), points out:
"According to the classical law tracts, there were three distinct grades of king: ri or ri tuathe, the king of the local tuath or petty tribal kingdom; ruiri or great king who, in addition to being king of his own tuath, was the personal overlord of a number of other tribal kings; and lastly, ri ruirech or 'king of overkings', who is identified with the king of a province. No higher grade of king, 'high king' or king of Ireland is known to the classical law tracts." (page 28).
Indeed, O Corrain in his book presents no table of "high kings" as such, and his lists of kings are lists of the kings of provinces. He does not usually designate persons on his lists of kings of provinces as "king of Ireland", even when they are generally considered to have been such. For example, in his tables of the kings of the northern Ui Neill, he identifies in bold type those persons who were also overkings of the Ui Neill confederation. Most of these are generally considered to also have been high king, but there is no way to determine this from O Corrain's tables. One exception is Conghalach, #172 in my table, whom O Corrain describes as "King of Ireland" in his table of the kings of Brega. Another good source, often cited in my tables as Mac Niocaill, is Ireland before the Vikings by Gearoid Mac Niocaill (Gill and MacMillan 1972). Doctor Mac Niocaill was a lecturer in medieval history at University College, Galway.
John Francis Byrne's Irish Kings and High-Kings (B. T. Batsford London 1973) is a valuable source. In the tables, I often quote Byrne for a spelling of a king's name, or dates of reign or death. Byrne points out that there were no roots in Irish law of an office of high king.
"the fact that the Irish [law] tracts allow no room for a high-king of Ireland was to be a serious hindrance to political progress. The high-kingship achieved by some Irish rulers from the ninth century to the twelfth remained without legal validity: it was never an institution but merely a prize to be won. Thus Giraldus Cambrensis, while accepting the doctrine that the high-kingship had existed since the time of Eremon son of Mil, says quite realistically:
'These kings achieved the sovereignty of the whole island not through any ceremony of coronation, or right of consecration or even right of heredity or order of succession but only by force and arms. They became kings each in his own way.' (page 261)
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"At no stage in Irish history did the high-kingship imply monarchy. Neither Brian Boruma nor any other kings exercised governmental authority over the whole island. They reigned but did not rule. It never occurred to any high-king that he should abolish the provincial kingships of even the petty kingdoms, though these last had suffered a drastic decline in political importance." (page 270).
For some earlier history, see my page on the Pre-Milesian Irish Kings.
Most of the Milesian kings ruled from Tara.
"Tara is a prehistoric burial site in County Meath, famed as the legendary capital of the high kings of Ireland, and a holy site for thousands of years. Here, according to tradition, elaborate rites were carried out between the future high king of Tara and the goddess of sovereignty. Medb, for example, was said to have participated in a ritual union with nine of the high kings, preventing the rule of any candidates who refused to mate with her. Another test was provided by the Stone of Fál, which screamed when it was touched by the rightful heir. There are claims that Cormac mac Art, a leading figure in the Fionn cycle, established a sumptuous court at Tara and a lavish festival was also regularly celebrated at Samhain, on 1 November.
"In the fifth century, the place was occupied by Niall of the Nine Hostages and it was here that his pagan son, King Laoghaire, was supposed to have been confronted by St. Patrick. After this, Tara's importance appears to have declined." The Celtic Connection—Tara.
Irish history in the centuries before the birth of Christ is a combination of legend, folklore, and myth. A good framework of names, dates, and chronologies of these times is the Annala Rioghacta Eireann, or the Annals of the Four Masters. The chief compiler of the work was Michael O'Clery, a brother of the Order of St. Francis, who was born in 1580. He was sent to Ireland to gather material for a history of the country. He was not a priest, and apparently was allowed access, among other repositories of history, to the library of Archbishop James Ussher of the Church of Ireland. Ussher had earned an international reputation as a meticulous scholar in biblical chronology and church history.
O'Clery's three collaborators were Farfassa O'Mulconry, Peregrine O'Duigenan, and Peregrine O'Clery. After years of collecting material, these "four masters" settled in 1632 in the Franciscan convent of Drowes, county Donegal—situated on the bank of the Bundrowes river where it forms the county boundary between Leitrim and Donegal—and produced their Annals. (The information is from The Oxford Companion to Irish History, edited by S. J. Connolly (Oxford University Press 1998), especially from page 523 of the entry: literature in Irish.) The great Irish scholar John O'Donovan made a classic translation of the Annals in which the Irish text is given with a translation into English. O'Donovan's work is published in seven quarto volumes that include copious historical, genealogical and topographical notes. Annala Rioghachta Eireann, Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland, by the Four Masters, from the earliest period to the year 1616 (Dublin, 1851), by John O'Donovan.
The publication of the Annals of the Four Masters in the Celt Corpus of Electronic Texts includes parts of the original Irish and Latin text. On the same website are the Annals of Ulster, Annals of Tigernach, and the Annála Connacht. An experimental search interface allows a search of the entire corpus of digital texts, which contains more than two million words and is growing. A search may be made for a whole word or a part of a word. In adapting O'Donovan's work for the Internet, the scholars at University College, Cork, inserted a helpful elaboration of the numbering of the years reported. In the digital edition of the Annals of the Four Master, M1414.11 is a designation of the eleventh entry for the year 1411. In the tables below, an entry of M1414.11 means an entry in the digital edition of Annals of the Four Master to which the editors have assigned the sub-number 1414.11. In the printed version of O'Donovan's work, there is a designation of each year, but no sub-numbers
In the Annals of the Four Masters, the Age of the World 5200 is equal to the first year of the age of Christ. In the table below, I follow the practice of O'Donovan in using the "Age of the World" year for years before the year of the birth of Christ in 1 A.D. (Logically, the year 5200 in the Age of the World should have become the year 0. Because there was no year 0, the new millennium and the 21st century began on January 1, 2001.)
The Annalists enjoyed telling an occasional fish story:
"M1113.11 A salmon was caught at Cluain-mic-Nois this year, which was twelve feet in length, twelve hands in breadth without being split, and three hands and two fingers was the length of the fin of its neck."
Even though this fish was caught over eight-hundred-thirty-five year ago, any true fisherman will want to know the whereabouts of Cluain-mic-Nois. This is the site of the ruins of the monastery of Clonmacnoise in county Offaly on the River Shannon below Lough Ree and above Portumna, which is in county Roscommon. For boat and bait, the town of Banagher seems to provide the closest facilities. The location of Clonmacnoise is marked on a large scale map published by Lonely Planet Online.
An often-heard Irish toast is Slainte an Bhradain Chugat—"the health of the salmon to you!" The origin of the toast is in the myth of the Salmon of Knowledge, which is pictured on the civic arms of county Meath.
If this fish story is hard to swallow, you might want to check the story of the whale with three golden teeth, each containing fifty ounces of gold, at the Annals of the Four Masters M739.6. The story is set out in my page, Ui Eatach in County Down.
Medieval Irish monks supported claims to kingship or property—and gratified the egos—of their noble patrons by plotting their line of descent from Adam and Eve. For an example of a list of royal descendants of the sons of Milesius, King of Spain, see the Milesian Genealogies. A complete list will be found at Ard Ríthe na hÉireann / High Kings of Ireland. A list of the High Kings of Ireland after Niall Noígillach of the Nine Hostages will be found in the Periphery of Francia.
Donnchadh O Corráin, in Creating the Past: the Early Irish Genealogical Tradition, the first Carroll Lecture, delivered in 1992 at University College Cork, points out that the genealogies in the Irish annals were created in the pattern of genealogies of the Old Testament, were the work of a "learned cadre" of professionals, and must be interpreted in light of the purposes for which they were created.
A good partial pedigree of the Irish kings will be found in Milesian Genealogies, compiled and edited by Pat Traynor from the original 1892 edition of John O'Hart's Irish Pedigrees. Traynor lists a selection of the Kings through Crimthann #125, who reigned from 366 to 378 A.D. He provides separate lists for kings in the lines of Heber, Heremon, and Ir, the only three of the eight sons of Milesius who left issue. Five of these sons of Milesius, including Ir, were killed in their invasion of Ireland. Traynor includes in the lines of descent many non-kings. For example, as his number 84 under the line of Heremon, he lists Eochaidh Dubhlen, father of the three Collas, and brother of Fiacha Srabhteine, King #120, and comments: "This is where most of the various Irish family names branch off." He lists many of the more numerous Irish family names that O'Hart's Irish Pedigrees say descended from Colla Da Chrioch. He also includes in his lists of pedigrees many other Irish families who descend from others.
For a bibliography of literature on the Irish genealogical texts, see Genealogies from Rawlinson in the Celt Corpus of Electronic Texts.
The tables of high-kings of Ireland that appear below are these:
A word about dates in the tables: the Annals of the Four Masters uses the first full year of the reign of a king as the beginning date of his reign. O'Hart uses the year in which the reign began. The date for commencement of a reign in the Annals, therefore, is usually a year later than the date shown by O'Hart. In the table, I show the dates as used in the Annals. The years before the birth of Christ are shown as a "year of the world" as used in the Annals. Christ was born in the "year of the world" 5200, which is also the year 1 A.D. So to convert a year of the world to a "B.C." year, subtract the year of the world from 5200.
Each table is divided into six columns:
1. A number assigned to each king. These tables of the Milesian kings use the number used by John O'Hart in his table of the Irish High Kings. This number is occasionally used to refer to these kings on genealogical websites.
2. A single capital letter that means: F=Firbolg. T=Tuatha De Danann. H=descendant of Heber, called Emher by the Annals of the Four Masters, son of King Milesius. E=descendant of Eremon, or Heremon, son of King Milesius. I=descendant of Ir, son of King Milesius. L=descendant of Lugaidh, son of Ithe, the uncle of King Milesius of Spain, whose death at the hand of the Tuatha De Danaan caused King Milesius to send his eight sons, and his cousin Lugaidh, to invade Ireland.
3. The name of the king as it is most commonly used in the electronic edition of the Annals of the Four Master. Arthur Ua Clerigh, in his History of Ireland to the Coming of Henry II (1910, reissued by Kennikat Press in 1970) includes as an Appendix a "List of the High Kings of Erin." This list is also based on the Annals of the Four Masters, and the spellings of the names are usually the same as those in O'Donovan's translation. Ua Clerigh's list uses a different numbering system. The numbers he uses are shown in parenthesis on a line following the name of a king. If Ua Clerigh's list spells or presents the name of a king differently, the Ua Clerigh form of the name is after his number, also in parenthesis.
4. The years during which the king reigned as shown by the Annals of the Four Masters. The first year shown is the first full year of a king's reign. The years before the birth of Christ are shown as a "year of the world" as used in the Annals. Christ was born in the "year of the world" 5200, which is also the year 1 A.D. The previous year was 5199. So to convert a year of the world to a "B.C." year, subtract the year of the world from 5200. For example, the year of the world 4000 is 1200 B.C. (5200 – 4000 = 1200). Ua Clerigh's list, referred to in the preceding paragraph, converts the years of accession of each king from a year of the world shown in the Annals of the Four Masters to a B.C. year. I give Ua Clerigh's B.C. year of accession in italics at the end of each entry showing a year of the world. P. W. Joyce, in his Social History of Ancient Ireland (1913, reissued in 1968 by Benjamin Blom, Inc.), Volume I, pages 69–71, lists many of the Kings of Ireland, mostly of the Christian Era. He gives a year of accession that is usually different than the date in the Annals of the Four Masters. Beginning with Conaire Mor, #97 in my list, I include Joyce's year of accession after the word Joyce. Beginning with Lugaidh, #130, Joyce inserts in his list an S for the Southern Hy Neil, and an N for Northern Hy Neill. I include these letters after Joyce's date of accession. The symbol † indicates a year of death. When Gearoid Mac Niocaill, Donnchadh O Corrain, John Francis Byrne, or other reliable sources, give years of events different from the Annals of Four Masters, I often show these dates.
5. Other spellings of the king's name. When an English "k" is substituted for a Gaelic hard "c," or when the first "h" is dropped from Eochaidh, making it Eocaidh, the spelling is usually from John O'Mahony's translation of Keating's History of Ireland.
6. Notes from the Annals of the Four Masters or other sources. Several of the notes on kings before the Christian era, and alternate spellings of their names, are from a paper entitled The O'Briens, written in Irish in 1762 and based on an earlier book by Hugh boy Mac Curtin in 1608. The paper was translated from Irish manuscript by Standish O'Grady and published on the O'Brien Genealogy website.
See a History of the Irish Race, the Milesians and Some Notable Milesian Royalties. Many of these kings are listed in the Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, a database containing the genealogy of the British Royal family, those linked to it via blood or marriage relationships, and the linage of the rulers of many other parts of the world, including Ireland.
DNA and blood-group evidence, together with early Irish mythological history, support the idea that the sons of Milesius who became early kings of Ireland came to Ireland from Basque country in northern Spain. For an introduction to this fascinating (and controversial) hypothesis, see: Researchers Trace Roots of Irish and Wind Up in Spain, an article of March 23, 2000, by Nicholas Wase of the New York Times; Basques are Brothers of the Celts, an article of April 3, 2001, by Robert Highfield of The Daily Telegraph; and We are not Celts at all but Galicians, an article of September 10, 2004, by Brian Donnelly of The Herald (London).
John O'Hart, in his Irish Pedigrees; or the Origin and Stem of the Irish Nation, published a "Roll of the Monarchs of Ireland, Since the Milesian Conquest," in volume I at page 56 of the Limited American Edition of 1923. He describes his roll of monarchs as follows:
"Names of the one hundred and eighty-four Kings* or Monarchs of Ireland, from the conquest thereof by the Milesian or Scottish Nation, Anno Mundi, 3400, down to Roderick O'Connor, the Monarch of Ireland, A.D. 1186; a period which embraces two thousand eight hundred and eighty-five years. ...
"* Kings: As the kings descended from: Heber, Ir and Heremon (the three sons of Milesius of Spain who left any issue), as well as those descended from their relative Lugaidh, the son of Ithe, were all eligible for the Monarchy. The letter H, E, I or L, is employed in the foregoing Roll of the Monarchs of Ireland before the name of each Monarch there given to distinguish his lineal descent. Thus H, E, and I refer to the three brothers, Heber, Heremon, and Ir respectively: H is placed before the names of the Monarchs who were descended from Heber; E before those descended from Eremon or Heremon; I before those descended from Ir; and L. before those descended from Lugaidh."
Lughaidh was the son of Iothe or Ithe, who was son of Breoghan. Milidh was the son of another Milidh who was also son of Breoghan. Lughaidh and Milidh, therefore, were cousins, sons of two brothers, Iothe and Milidh.
In the tables of Milesian kings, the number that appears before the name of each king, in the first column, is the number assigned by O'Hart. These numbers have become an accepted method of historical reference to a Milesian king. In the second column, I have reproduced the letters used by O'Hart to indicate the line of descent in which he has placed each king.
Early Irish kings are traced in the website: Irish mythology—the legendary descent of the Irish Clans. The website, Camann Chlann Lachlinn, the Clan Laughlin Society, includes a list of fifty of the High Kings of Ireland, from Niall of the Nine Hostages, number 126, through Ruaidri Ua Conchobair (Rory O'Connor), number 183. The Irish History and Culture website has a page on the Milesians. There is an awesome collection of pedigrees at: Jamie Allen's Family Tree & Ancient Genealogical Allegations. A chronological and alphabertical list of Irish kings can be accessed at Jamie Allen's website by clicking on Irish Monarchs about a third of the way down at the bottom of his first page, or by looking in his index under "Monarchs. In the third column from the left in the tables below, I have added a link to Jamie Allen's page on a king when such a link is available.
A list of the later kings, with different spellings of the names and significantly different year of reign, beginning with the Ui Neil Conn of the Hundred Battles #109, will be found in the Ireland page of Obsidian's Lair. This page notes:
"Dates given previous to about 850 CE, and especially from before 550 CE, should be approached with considerable skepticism. It should also be noted that the institution of the Ardry [high king] at Tara was seldom if ever universally acknowledged by the local rulers, especially in earlier times. Enumerating reflects the victory of tradition over reality, in many instances."
The father and son relationships shown in this table make it possible to guess at the interpretation of the patronymic surnames in genealogies that have been published only in Gaelic. An example is Genealogies from Rawlinson B 502 published in the Celtic Corpus of Electronic Texts. In the sixth column, I have occasionally included a multiple surname in Gaelic from this source. These names are within brackets and designated by a paragraph sign; for example, in the entry for King Roitheachtaigh, #22: [mc Rothechtada m. Móen m. Óengusa Ólmuccadam ¶726].
| 1 | H | Emher and Eremon (Eber Finn MacMiled, aka Heber Fiona; 1st Monarch of Ireland) |
3501 |
[Emher] Heber, Eibhear, Eibher, Eimhear; Eber Finn MacMiled. [For Eremon, see the entry below.] | Eremon was the seventh son of Milesius. Emher was his eldest brother. Joint rule in 3500. Eremhon killed Emhear and his wife in 3500 in a quarrel over territory, and ruled alone into 3516. During Eremon's reign alone, a "colony called by the Irish Cruithneaigh, in English 'Cruthneans' or Picts, arrived in Ireland and requested Heremon to assign them a part of the country to settle in, which he refused; but, giving them as wives the widows of the Tuatha de-Danans, slain in battle, he sent them with a strong party of his own forces to conquer the country then called 'Alba,' but now Scotland; conditionally, that they and their posterity should be tributary, to the Monarchs of Ireland." |
| 2 | E | Eremon (Heremon (2nd Monarch) aka Eremon (Eermon Eremoin Ereamhon) MacMiled; aka Ghedhe the Ereamhon) |
3501–3516 | Heremon, Eremhom, Emhear, Eirireamhón, Eireamhon, h-Eremon; Heremon (2nd Monarch) of Ireland. | |
| 3 | E | Muimhne |
3517–3519 1683 B.C. |
Muimne, Muimni | Joint rule by Muimhne, Luighne, and Laighne, sons of Eremon. All were slain in 3519, the latter two by the sons of Emhear. |
| 4 | E | Luighne 2. Muighne, Luighne and Laighne |
Luighne, Luigni | ||
| 5 | E | Laighne 2. Muighne, Luighne and Laighne |
Laighean, Laigne, Laigni | ||
| 6 | H | Er | 3519 | Er, Iarael | Joint rule of four sons of Emhear for one-half of a year. They were slain by Irial Faidh (the Prophet) [#10], son of Eremon. |
| 7 | H | Orba | Orba | ||
| 8 | H | Fearon | Feron, Fearan, Ferann | ||
| 9 | H | Ferga | Fergna, Fergen, Feargna | ||
| E | Nuadhat Neacht 3. |
3519 1681 B.C. |
Nuadhat I | Ruled for one-half a year. | |
| 10 | E | Irial Faidh (Irial (Iarel Eurialus) Faidh (Faith) MacEremoin (10th Monarch of Ireland; could foretell the future) |
3520–3529 1680 B.C. |
Irial (the Prophet) Faidh, Iarél; Irial (Iarel Eurialus) Faidh (Faith) MacEremoin. | Son of Eremon |
| 11 | E | Eithrial (Ethrial MacIarel Faith of Ireland) aka Eithrial (Eitreol Ethrel); 11th Monarch of Ireland) |
3530–3549 1670 B.C. |
Eithrial, Eithriall, Ethrél, Ethriall | Son of Irial Faidh. Fell by Conmhael, son of Emer. |
| 12 | H | Conmael (Conmael (Conmaol) MacEber, 12th Monarch of Ireland; killed Eithrial) |
3550–3579 1650 B.C. |
Conmaol, Conmhael, Conmhaol; Conmael (Conmaol) MacEber. | The fifth and youngest son of Emher (Heber) #1. He was the first king of Ireland from Munster. Felled by Tighernmas, son of Follach. |
| 13 | E | Tighernmas (Tighearnmhas MacFollach of Ireland (Tighearnmas Tigernmas); 13th Monarch of Ireland) |
3580–3656 1620 B.C. |
Tighearnmas, Tigernmas, Tigernmais, Tighearnmais | Son of Follach (Follaig) (Foll-Aich), son of Eithrial #11. First found a mine of gold in Ireland. "Crom Cruach. Known as 'Lord of Death', Tigernmas is credited with the introduction of gold mining and of silverwork to Ireland. Some authorities have it that Tigernmas was a renegade Roman legion commander; this may be supported by the nature of the cult of Crom which has strong Eastern connections." |
| Interregnum | 3657–3663 | (Idir-Riocht) | |||
| 14 | L | Eochaidh Eadghadhach |
3664–3667 1536 B.C. |
Eochaidh Edghothach, Eochaidh I, Eochaidh (I) Eadghadhach. | Son of Daire (Dari). Fell by Cearmna, son of Ebric, in the battle of Teamhair Tara. |
| 15 | I | Cearmna Finn 9. Sobhaerce and Cearmna Finn |
3668–3707 |
Cearmna, Cearma Fionn, Cermna, Kermna | Joint rule by two sons of Ebric, son of Emher, son of Ir, son of Milidh. Both were slain in 3707, Cearmna by Eochaidh Faebharghlas #17, son of Conmael. See Laud 610 Genealogies and Tribal Histories under Senchus sil hIr in so. |
| 16 | I | Sobhairce 9. Sobhaerce and Cearmna Finn |
Sobhrach, Sobairche, Sobarki | ||
| 17 | H | Eochaidh Faebhar Ghlas |
3708–3727 1492 B.C. |
Eochaidh Faobhar-glas, Eochaidh Faobharghlas, Eochaidh II, Eocaidh Faebar-glas, Faebhar-dherg; Eochaid Faeburglas MacConmael.
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Son of Conmael #12. Slain by Fiacha Labhrainne #18 in revenge of his father. |
| 18 | E | Fiacha Labhrainne (Fiachu Labrainn (Flacha Labhrin) MacSmirgoll, 18th Monarch of Ireland; aka Fiachaidh Labhrainne) |
3728–3751 1472. B.C. |
Fiacha Lamhraein, Fiachu Labrinne, Fiachadh I (Labhrainne), Fiachach Labrinne, Fiachadh Lamraein, Fiacha Labhrainn, Fiachaidh Labhruinne, Fiacaidh Labranni; Fiachu Labrainn (Flacha Labhrin) MacSmirgoll. | [Fiachach Labrinne m. Smirguill mc Enbotha m. Tigernmais [#13] m. Follaig. ¶726] Felled by Eochaidh Mumho #19, son of Mofebis. In the time of Fiacha's father, Smirguil, son of Enbotha, son of Tighernmas #13, "the Picts in Scotland were forced to abide by their oath, and pay homage to the Irish Monarch." During Fiacha's reign ". . . all the inhabitants of Scotland were brought in subjection to the Irish Monarchy, and the conquest was secured by his son [Aengus Olmucadha #20]." |
| 19 | H | Eochaidh Mumho |
3752–3772 1448 B.C. |
Eochaidh Mumha, Eochaidh III Mumho, Eochaid Mumho; Eochaidh (IV) Mumho. | Son of Mofebis (Mafebbis, Mogh Febis), son of Eochaidh Faebhar Ghlas #17. Slain by Aengus Olmucadha, #20, son of Fiacha Labhrainne, #18. |
| 20 | E | Aengus Olmucadha |
3773–3790 1427 B.C. |
Aongus (or AEneas) Ollmucach, Óengus Ólmuccaid, Óengusa Ólmuccada, Aongus Ollmuchach, Aonghus I (Olmucadha), Aongus Olmucach, Aonghus Ollbhuadhach, Aengus Oll-mucaidh; Aeneas (Aengus Aonghus) Olmucaidh MacFiachach.. | Son of Fiacha Labhrainne #18. Fell by Enna Airgtheach #21. He went into Scotland with a strong army and fought 30 battles to again force Scotland to pay tribute. |
| 21 | H | Enna Airgtheach |
3791–3817 1409 B.C. |
Eanna Airgthach, Éanna I Airgtheach, Eorn Airgtheach, Enna Airgthioch, Enna Argthech, Enda the Despoiler or Plunderer; Nuadu (Nuaghat) Declam MacEchach; Enna (Eunius) Airgtheach. | Son of Eochaidh Mumho #19. Fell by Roitheachtaigh, son of Maen, son of Aengus Olmucadha. Enna was the first king who caused silver shields to be made, which he bestowed upon his warriors. Fell by Roitheachtaigh, #22. |
| 22 | E | Roitheachtaigh (Rothectaid Rigderg (Roitheaehtaigh) MacMoen aka Rotheachtach; 22nd Monarch of Ireland) |
3818–3842 1382 B.C. |
Rotheachta, Rothechtaid, Roitheachtaigh I, Rotheachtach, Rothectach; Rothectaid Rigderg (Roitheaehtaigh) MacMoen. | Son of Maen (Moen), son of Aengus Olmucadha #20 [mc Rothechtada m. Móen m. Óengusa Ólmuccadam ¶726]. Fell by Sedna #23. |
| 23 | I | Sedna |
3843–3847 1357 B.C. |
Seidnae, Seadna I | Son of Art, son of Airtri, son of Eibhric, son of Emher, son of Ir. Fell by Fiacha Finscothach #24, his son, and Muineamhon, son of Clas Clothach. |
| 24 | I | Fiacha Finscothach |
3848–3867 1352 B.C. |
Fiacha Fionn-Scothach, Fiachadh II Fionnscothach, Fiacaidh Fin-sgothach | Son of Sedna #23. Fell by Muineamhon #25. M3867.2 Every plain in Ireland abounded with flowers and shamrocks in the time of Fiacha. These flowers, moreover, were found full of wine, so that the wine was squeezed into bright vessels. Wherefore, the cognomen, Fiacha Fin Scothach, continued to be applied to him. |
| 25 | H | Muineamhón |
3868–3872 1332 B.C. |
Muinheamhoin, Munmoin, Munemhon; Muinemon (Muinhearnhoin) MacCas. | Son of Cas Clothach, son of Fear Arda, son of Roitheachtaigh #22, son of Rossa, son of Glas, son of Nuadha, son of Eochaidh Faebhar Ghlas #17. Died of the plague. He was the first king that directed his nobles to wear gold chains about their necks. "Muinheamhoin obtained the government of Ireland: he was the son of Fiarda [grandson?], son of Rotheachta, son of Rosa, son of Glas, son of Nuaghatt, son of Eochaidh Faobharglas [#17], son of Conmaol, son of Heber Fionn, son of Milesius, King of Spain, and reigned five years. This Prince ordered that the gentlemen of Ireland should wear a chain about their necks, as a badge of their quality, and to distinguish them from the populace." Quote from Reverend Geoffrey Keating in A History of the Niadh Nask or the Military Order of the Golden Chain by Terence MacCarthy. (See The Niadh Nask: An Alleged Irish Order of Knighthood. and Irish Historical Mysteries: The MacCarthy Mór Hoax.) |
| 26 | H | Faildeargdoid |
3873–3882 1327 B.C. |
Fualdergoid, Ailldeargoid, Alldergoid; Faeldergdoit (Aildergoidh) MacMuinemon. | Son of Muineamhon #25. Fell by Ollamh Fodhla #27, son of Ficha Finscothach, in the battle of Teamhair. He was the first king that ordered his nobility to wear gold rings on their fingers, |
| 27 | I | Eochaidh Ollamh Fodhla |
3883–3922 1317 B.C. |
Eochaidh Ollaman Fotla, Ollamh Fodla, Ollam Fodla, Ollav Fola, Eochaidh IV | Son of Ficha Finscothach #24. "M3922.3 Eochaidh was the first name of Ollamh Fodhla; and he was called Ollamh Fodhla because he had been first a learned Ollamh, and afterwards king of Fodhla, i.e. of Ireland." Died a natural death in his house at Tara. Keating uses him as an example of a learned king (book II, section I). "Ollav (doctor) Fola introduced legislature, provincial chiefs and the great triennial festival of Tara, before being buried under the tumulus at Loughcrew, Westmeath." The Mythological Cycle. Father of Cairpre, an early king of Ulster. |
| 28 | I | Finnachta 21. |
3923–3942 1277 B.C. |
Finachta Fionn-sneachta, Fionnachta I, Elim, Finacta, Fin-shnechta, Feenaghta | Son of Ollamh Fodhla #27. ""M3942.2 It was in the reign of Finnachta that snow fell with the taste of wine, which blackened the grass. From this the cognomen, Finnachta, adhered to him. Elim was his name at first." Died of the plague. |
| 29 | I | Slanoll 22. |
3943–3959 1257 B.C. |
Slanoll | Son of Ollamh Fodhla #27. Died in the banquet hall at Tara. |
| 30 | I | Gedhe Ollghothach 23. |
3960–3971 1240 B.C. |
Gead Ollghothach, Geidhe Ollghotach, Gedhi Oil-gothach | Son of Ollamh Fodhla #27. Fell by Fiacha #31, son of Finnachta. |
| 31 | I | Fiacha Finnailches 24. |
3972–3991 1230 B.C. |
Fiacha (3), Fiachadh III, Fionnailches, Fiochaidh | Son of Finnachta (Fionnachta) #28. Fell by Bearnghal (Breagh) #32. |
| 32 | I | Bearnghal 25. |
3992–4003 1208 B.C. |
Bergna, Berngal | Son of Gedhe Ollghothach #30. Fell by Oilioll, son of Slanoll, and Sirna, son of Dian. |
| 33 | I | Oilioll 26. |
4004–4019 1196 B.C. |
Olioll, Oilioll mac Slanuill, Olild | Son of Slanoll #29. Fell by Sirna (Siorna) #34, son of Dian. |
| 34 | E |
Sírna |
4020–4169 1180 B.C. |
Siorghnath Saoghalach, Siorna Saoghalach, Siorna Saoghaileach, Siorna "Saoghalach" (longœvus), Siorna Saegalach (long-lived); Sirna (Siorna) Sirsaeglach `the Long Lived' MacDian. | Son of Dian, son of Deman. [According to Keating, Dian was the son of Roitheachtaigh #22] After have been a century and a half in the sovereignty of Ireland [Keating says 21 years], fell by Roitheachtaigh #35, son of Roan. |
| 35 | H | Roitheachtaigh (Rothechtaid (II) MacRoan (Rotheachta Roitheachtaigh Roitheachtach) |
4170–4176 1030 B.C. |
Rotheacta (2), Rotheachta II, Rothachtaigh, Rothectach; Rothechtaid (II) MacRoan. | Son of Roan, son of Failbhe, son of Cas Ceadchaingneach, son of Faildeargdoid #26. Killed by a bolt of lightning. |
| 36 | H | Elim Oillfinshneachta (Ellim (I) Ollfinsnechta MacRothectaid, aka Elli Molli Naghta; aka Eiliomh (Elim) Ollfhionach) |
4177 1023 B.C. |
Eiliomh, Elim I Oillfionnsheachta, Eiliomh Ollfhionach, Éllim Ollfínsnechta, Feidhlimidh, i.e., a great bibber of wine; Ellim (I) Ollfinsnechta MacRothechaid. | Son of Roitheachtaigh #35. Fell by Giallchaidh #37, son of Olioll Olchain, son of Sirna [Giallchad m. Ailella Oalchlóen m. Sírna. ¶618] |
| 37 | E | Giallchaidh (Giallchadh of Ireland (Giallchaidh) (Giallchadh of Ireland (Giallchaidh); 37th Monarch of Ireland) |
4178–4186 1022 B.C. |
Giallcadh, Giallchad, Gilallchadh, Gialchadh; Giallchadh of Ireland. | Son of Olioll Olchain, son of Sirna #34. Fell by Art Imleach, son of Elim Oillfinshneachta #36. [h-Artt Inflig m. Éllim Ollfínsnechta. ¶619] |
| 38 | H | Art Imleach |
4187–4198 1013 B.C. |
Art Imlech; Art (I) Inflig MacEllim | Son of Elim Oillfinshneachta, #36. Fell by Nuadhat Finnfail. |
| 39 | E | Nuadhat Finnfail (Nuahhas (Nuadha) Fionn Fail aka Nuadhat I; 39th Monarch of Ireland) |
4199–4238 1001. B.C. |
Nuadhas Fionnfail, Nuado Find Fáil, Nuadhat II (Fionn Fáil), Nuadha Fionn Fail, Nuadath Finn-Fail | Son of Giallchaidh #37 [Nuad Find Fáil m. Giallchada m. Ailella Oalchlóen m. Sírnae Sírsáeglaich m. Déin m. Rothechtada. ¶727] Fell by Breas #40, son of Art Imleach. |
| 40 | H | Breas |
4239–4247 961 B.C. |
Breisrigh, Breas Rioghacta, Bresrigh, [Ro gab Bres ríge ¶621] | Son of Art Imleach #38. Fell by Eochaidh Apthach #40. |
| 41 | L | Eochaidh Apthach |
4248 952 B.C. |
Eochaidh Apach, Eochaidh IV Aptach, Eocaidh Apthach | Son of Fionn, son of Oilill, son of Flann Ruadh, son of Rothlan, son of Mairtine, son of Sithceann, son of Riaghlan, son of Eoinbhric, son of Lughaidh, son of Ioth, son of Breoghan. Fell by Finn, son of Bratha; Eochaid Apthach MacFinn. |
| 42 | I | Finn |
4249–4270 951 B.C. |
Fionn | Son of Blatha (Bratha), son of Labraidh, son of Cairbre, son of Ollam Fodla #27, son of Fiacha Finscothach # 24. Fell by Sedna #43. |
| 43 | H | Sedna Innarraigh (Setna (II) Innarraid MacBreisse, aka Seadhna Jonaroia; aka Seidnae Innaridh; aka Sedna Innarraigh) |
4271–4290 929 B.C. |
Seidnae Innaraidh, Seadna II Innarraigh, Seidnae Innaridh, Sétna n-Inarraid, Seadna Ionnarraidh; Setna (II) Innarraid MacBreisse. | Son of Breas #40. Fell by Simon Breac #44, son of Aedhan Glas. He taken prisoner, and his limbs torn asunder by wild horses, by the command of Simon Breach, "his barbarous Hermonian successor." He was the first in Ireland to pay fighting men. He required them to undergo discipline. Previously, they had no other pay but what they could gain from their enemies. Ionnarraidh means "wages." |
| 44 | E | Simon Breac |
4291–4296 909 B.C. |
Simeon Breac, Símón Brecc, Símóin Bricc, Simeon Breach, Simeon Brec | Son of Aedhan Glas [m. Áedáin Glais ¶627], son of Nuadhat Finnfail #39. Fell by Duach Finn, son of Sedna Innarraigh, who revenged his father's death by inflicting the same punishment on Simon Breach that the latter had inflicted upon his father; i.e., tearing him asunder. |
| 45 | H | Duach Finn |
4297–4306 903 B.C. |
Duach Fionn, Duach I Fionn, Duach Finn | Son of Sedna Innarraigh #43. [Duach Find m. Sétna n-Inarraid. ¶626] Felled by Muireadhach Bolgrach #46. |
| 46 | E | Muireadhach Bolgrach (Murchad (Muireadhach; I) Balgrach MacSimon aka Muiredach Bolgach; 3 grandsons were Monarchs) |
4307 893 B.C. |
Muireadach Bolgrach, Muiredach Balccrig, Muiridach Bolgrach, Muredach Bolgrach, Muireadhach I (Bolgrach) | Son of Simon Breac #44 [mc Muiredaich mc Símóin Bricc m. Áedáin Glais ¶728] Fell by Enda Dearg #47. |
| 47 | H | Enda Dearg |
4308–4319 892 B.C. |
Eanna Dearg, Enna, Éanna II, Enna Derg | Son of Duach Finn #45. Died of the plague—a large multitude with him. During his reign, money was first coined in Ireland. Fell by the plague. |
| 48 | H | Lughaidh Iardonn (Lugaid (I) Iardon MacEnna aka Lughaedh Jardhoim; aka Lughaidh Iardhonn) |
4320–4328 880 B.C. |
Lughaidh Iardhonn, Lughaidh I Iardonn | Son of Enda Dearg #47. Fell by Sirlamh #49, son of Finn, son of Bratha. |
| 49 | I | Sirlamh |
4329–4344 871 B.C. |
Siorloamhach, Síorlámh | Son of Finn, son of Bratha. Fell by Eochaidh Uaircheas #50. |
| 50 | H | Eochaidh Uaircheas (Eochaid (V) Uarchas MacLugaid aka Eochaidh Uaircas (Uarceas); aka Eoghai Goir Gheas) |
4345–4356 855 B.C. |
Eochaidh Uarceas, Eochaidh V (Uaircheas), Eochu Uarchés, Eochaidh Uaircheas, Eocaidh Uarkus | Son of Lughaidh Iardonn #48 "during his prodigious reign was a great rover at sea." Fell by Eochaidh #51 and Conaing #53, the sons of Congall Cosgarach. [Keating says he fell by Eochaidh Fiadhmuini and Conaing Beg-eglach. two sons of Duach Teamrach, son of Muireaddhach Bolgrach #46.] |
| 51 | E | Eochaidh Fiadhmuine 44. Eocaidh Feadmuine and Conaing |
4357–4362 843 B.C. |
Eochu Fidmuine, Eochaidh VI, Eocaidh Fiadmuini (Eochaidh Framhuine mac Duach, son of Dui Teamrach, son of Murchad (Muireadhach) Balgrach MacSimon #42) | Joint rule by two sons of Congall Cosrach, son of Duach Teamrach, son of Muireadhach Bolgrach #46. [Keating says that the two joint kings were sons of Duach Temrach.] Eochaidh ruled the south, Conaing the north. In 4362, Eochaidh fell by Lugaidh Laimhdhearg, son of Eochaidh Uaircheas, and the sovereignty was wrested from Conaing. |
| 53 | E | Conaing Begeaglach 44. Eocaidh Feadmuine and Conaing |
Conang Beag-eaglach, Conaing Bececlach, Conaing Beg-eglach (Conang Baeg- saglach mac Duach, son of Dui Teamrach, son of Murchad (Muireadhach) Balgrach MacSimon #42) | ||
| 52 | H | Lughaidh Laimhdhearg (Lugaid (II) Lamderg MacEchach aka Luighaidh (Lughaid) Lamhdhearg) |
4362–4368 838 B.C. |
Lughaidh Lamhdearg, Lughaidh II Láimhdhearg, Lugaidh Lamh-Derg | Son of Eochaidh Uaircheas #50. Fell by Conaing #51 and 53, son of Congal. |
| 53 | E | Conaing Begeaglach 46. Conaing |
4369–4388 831 B.C. |
Conang Beag-eaglach, Conaing Bececlach, Conaing Beg-eglach. Sometimes referred to as Conaing II, but he is the same person as Conaing I (also #53), who had previously ruled jointly with his brother, Eochaidh Fiadhmuine. | Son of Congal. A second time in the sovereignty of Ireland. Fell by Art #54, son of Lughaidh. |
| 54 | H | Art |
4389–4394 811 B.C. |
Art (2) | Son of Lughaidh Laimhdhearg #52, son of Eochaidh Uaircheas #50. Fell by Fiacha Tolgrach #55 and his son, Duach Ladhrach. |
| 55 | E | Fiacha Tolgrach |
4395–4404 805 B.C. |
Fiachadh Tolgrach, Fiachna Tolgrach, Fiachaidh Tolgrach | Son of Muireadhach #46. Fell by Oilioll Finn #56, son of Art. |
| 56 | H | Oilioll Finn |
4404–4415 795 B.C. |
Olioll Fionn, Oilioll II Fionn, Ailill, Olild Finn | Son of Art #54, son of Lughaidh Laimhdhearg. Fell by Airgeatmhar #58 and Duach Ladhgrach #59. |
| 57 | H | Eochaidh |
4416–4422 784 B.C. |
Eochaidh (7) | Son of Oilioll Finn #56. Fell by Airgeatmhar. |
| 58 | I | Airgeatmhar |
4423–4452 777 B.C. |
Argethamar, Argeadmar, Argedmar | Son of Siorlamh, son of Fionn, son of Bratha, son of Labraidh, son of Cairbre, son of Ollamh Fodhla #27. Fell by Duach Ladhgrach and Lugaidh Laighdhe |
| 59 | E | Duach Ladhgrach (Duach (II) Ladhghrach (Ladrach) aka Dui Ladrach MacFiachach; 59th Monarch of Ireland) |
4453–4462 747 B.C. |
Duach Ladhrach, Duach II Ladhgrach, Duach Laghrach | Son of Fiacha Tolgrach #55. Fell by Lughaidh Laighdhe #60. His son was Eochaidh Buadhach, who was kept out of the Monarchy by his father's slayer. (Eochy Buadech MacDuach, Eochaid Buiglaig (Buaid); last King of the Firbolg; Ugaine's natural father: Ugaine's foster-father was 63rd Monarch, grandson of Argatmar MacSirlaim, q.v.; son Badhbhchadh reigned as Monarch for just three hours) |
| 60 | H | Lughaidh Laighdhe |
4463–4469 737 B.C. |
Lughaidh Lagha, Lughaidh III Lugaidh Laghdi | Son of Eochaidh #57. Fell by Aedh Ruadh, son of Badharn, son of Airgeatmhar #58. |
| 54. Aedh Ruadh, Dithorba, and Cinnbaeth | 730 B.C. Alternatively for 70 years. | See below. | Aed Ruad, son of Baduirn, son of Argatmar (Argeadmar) MacSirlaim #58. (Allen) | ||
| 61 | I | Aedh Ruadh | 4470–4476 | Aodh Ruadh, Áeda Ruaid, Red Hugh | Son of Badharn [m. Baduirn ¶651], son of Airgeatmhar #58. Resigned after seven years to Dithorba, son of Deman, under an agreement among Aedh Ruadha, Dithorba, and Cimbaeth, who were sons of three brothers, and grandsons of Airgeatmhar, to resign at the end of seven years throughout the lives of their reigns. |
| 62 | I | Diothorba | 4477–4483 | Diothorba, Dithorba | Son of Deman, son of Airgeatmhar #58. Resigned to Cimbaeth after seven years under the above agreement. |
| 63 | I | Cimbaeth | 4484–4490 | Cimbath, Cimbaoth, Kimbay, Kimbaeth | Son of Fintan (Fionntan). [Cimbáed didiu m. Fintain m. Argatmáir m. Sírláim mc Find m. Blátha m. Labrada m. Cairpri Olloman m. Olloman Fótla m. Fiachach Fínscothaich m. Sétnai Airtt m. Ébir m. h- Ír mc Míled Espáine. ¶649] Resigned to Aedh Ruadh after seven years. Cimbaed (Ciombaoth), son of Fintain (Fiontan), son of Argatmar (Argeadmar) MacSirlaim (Allen) |
| 61 | I | Aedh Ruadh | 4491–4497 | see #61 above | Resigned to Diothorba after his second seven-year term. |
| 62 | I | Diothorba | 4498–4504 | see #62 above | Resigned to Cimbaeth after his second seven-year term. |
| 63 | I | Cimbaeth | 4505–4511 | see #63 above | Resigned to Aedh Ruadh after his second seven- year term. |
| 61 | I | Aedh Ruadh | 4512–4518 |
see #61 above | After his third seven-year term, he drowned at Eas Ruaidh. |
| 62 | I | Diothorba | 4519–4524 | see #62 above | After his third seven-year term, he resigned to Cimbaeth, |
| 63 | I | Cimbaeth | 4526–4532 |
see #63 above | After Cimbaeth's third seven-year term, Macha, daughter of Aedh Ruadh claimed that her father's turn to the sovereignty was hers. She defeated Diothorba in battle, married Cimbeath, and gave him the sovereignty. |
| 63 | I | Cimbaeth—with Macha, daughter of Aedh Ruadh, as his Queen. | 4533–4539 | see #63 above, and #64 below. | Cimbaeth died of the plague at Eamhain Macha. Cimbaeth and Macha fostered Ugaine Mor #66. |
| 64 | I | Macha
Mongruadh (Queen) 55. Queen Macha Mongruadh |
4540–4546 660 B.C. |
Macha Mongrua, Macha of the Golden Tresses, Macha Mongruagh, Macha Mong Ruad (the red-haired) Macha Mhongruadh, Macha Mong-Ruadh | Daughter of Aedh Ruadh #61, widow of Cimbaeth #63. Slain by Reachtaidh Righdhearg, son of Lughaidh. Irish historian Eochaidh O'Flannagain described her as "Queen Macha the treacherous, voluptuous, haughty." M987.3. Macha was slain by this Reachtaidh #65, whereby he not only gained the monarchy, but also the addition to his name of Righ-deargh, i.e., a bloody arm, for having a hand in woman's blood. |
| 65 | H | Reachtaidh Righdhearg (Rechtaid Rigderg MacLugaid 'the Red King' aka Reachta (Reachtaidh) Righdhearg; aka Reacht Righ-dearg) |
4547–4566 653 B.C. |
Reacht Righ-dearg, Rechtaidh Righ-Derg | Son of Lughaidh Laighdhe #60. [Rechtaid Rigderg mc Lugdach m. Echach m. Ailella Find m. Airt m. Lugdach Laídich m. Echach Uarchés.¶651] He went into Scotland with a powerful army and reduced to obedience the Pictish Nation, then growing refractory in the payment of their yearly tribute to the Monarchs of Ireland. Fell by Ugaine Mor #66, in revenge of his foster mother, Macha Mongruadh. |
| 66 | E | Úgaine Mor |
4567–4606 633 B.C. |
Ugaine More (Hugony the Great), Ugaine Ma, Ughaine Mor, Iugani Mor | Son of Eochaidh Buadhach [Úgaine Mór m. Echach Buadaig ¶652], son of Duach Ladhgrach #59. Married to Ceasir (Kesair) Chruthach, daughter of the king of the French, according to the Book of Invasions. Went to conquer France. He held sway over the islands of western Europe. He divided Ireland among 22 sons and 3 daughters. Slain by Badhbhchadh #67, also a son of Eochaidh Buadhach, and the brother of Ugaine More. |
| 67 | E | Badhbhchadh | 4606 | Bancadh, Badbchadh | Was King for a day and a half when he was slain by Laeghaire Lorc, son of Ugaine Mor, in revenge for his father. "Badhbhchadh mac Echach, son of Eochy Buadech MacDuach. Badhbhchadh reigned as Monarch for just three hours." (Allen) |
| 68 | E | Laeghaire Lorc (Loegaire Lorc MacAugain aka Laoghair (Laoghaire Laeghaire) Lorck) |
4607–4608 593 B.C. |
Laeghaire Lorc, Láegaire Lorc, Laoghaire I (Lorc), Laery, Laegairi Lorc | Son of Ugaine Mor #66. Killed by Cobhthach Cael Breagh #67, his brother. |
| 69 | E | Cobhthach Cael Breagh |
4609–4658 591 B.C. |
Cobthach Caoil-bhreagh, Cobthach Caol Breg, Cobthach Caol Breagh, Colethach Caol-Bhreagh, Cobhthach Caol mBreagh, Covac | Son of Ugaine Mor #66, and brother of Laeghaire Lorc. Fell by Labraidh Longseach #69, or Maen, son of Olioll Aine [Labraid Loingsech Móen m. Ailella Áine m. Láegaire. ¶655] |
| 70 | E | Labhraidh Loingseach (Labraid Loingsech Moen MacAilella aka Labhra Loingseach Maoin)
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4659–4677 541 B.C. |
Labhra Longseach, Labraid Loingsech Móen (or Maen), Labrad Loingsech. Labra the Mariner; Labraid Loingsech Moen MacAillella Aine | Son of Oilioll Aine (Olild Ani), son of Laeghaire Lorc #68, son of Ugaine Mor #66. Fell by Melghe Molbhthach #71. "Labra had horse's ears, and therefore to keep the secret had his hair cut only once a year and the barber then executed." Mythological Cycle. |
| 71 | E | Melghe Molbhthach |
4678–4694 522 B.C. |
Melg Molbhthach, Meilge, Melog Molghthach, Meig Molbhthach, Melgi Molbthach | Son of Cobhthach Cael #69 [Meilge mc Cobthaich ¶656]. Fell by Modhcorb #72. |
| 72 | H | Modhcorb |
4695–4701 505 B.C. |
Moghcorb, Mogh Corb | Son of Cobhthach Caemh (Cobhtach Caomh), son of Reachtaidh Righdhearg #65. Slain by Aengus Ollamh #73. |
| 73 | E | Aenghus Ollamh |
4702–4719 498 B.C. |
AEneas Ollamh, Aonghus II Ollamh, Óengus Ollam | Son of Oilioll (Olild Bracan), son of Labhraidh Loingseach #70. Fell by Irero #74. |
| 74 | E | Irereo (Irereo (Iarraingleo Jaran) Fathach of Ireland aka Iaran Gleofathach) |
4720–4726 480 B.C. |
Iarn Gleofathach, Iarn Gleo Fhathach, Iarainnghleo Fathach, Iaran Gleo-fathach; Irereo gleofhataigh m Melge molbthaigh [#71] m Cobthaigh caoilbregh [#69] m Ughoine moir [#66]. (O'Clery) |
Son of Melghe Molbhthach #71. [Irero m. Meilge ¶660]. Slain by Fearcorb #75, son of Modhcorb. |
| 75 | H | Fearcorb 65. |
4727–4737 473 B.C. |
Fearcorb, Fearchar, Fir Chorb, Fear Corb, Fer-Corb | Son of Modhcorb #72. Slain by Connla Caemh #76, son of Irereo #74. |
| 76 | E | Connla Caemh (Connla (Conly Connla) Cruiaidhchealgach Caem aka Conla Caomb; aka Conla Caomb) |
4738–4757 462 B.C. |
Conla Caomh, Conla Cáem, Conla Caomb, Condla, Connla Cruaidhchealgach, Connla Cruaidh-kelgach; m Connla cruaidcelgaigh m Irereo gleofhataigh m Melge molbthaigh m Cobthaigh caoilbregh (O'Clery) | Son of Irero #74. Died at Teamhair (Tara). |
| 77 | E | Oilioll Caisfhiaclach (Olioll (Ailill; III) Caisfhiachlach of Ireland, Cas-Fiaclach (`Crooked-Toothed') |
4758–4782 442 B.C. |
Olioll Casfiacalach, Ailill Casfiaclach, Oilioll III (Caisfhiaclach), Olioll Cas-Fiachla, Olild Cas-fiaclach, Olioll "of the Crooked Teeth"; Oilella caisfhiaclaigh m Connla cruaidcelgaigh m Irereo gleofhataigh m Melge molbthaigh (O'Clery) | Son of Connla Caemh #76. [mc Condlae ¶663], son of Irereo. Slain by Adamair #78, son of Fearcorb. |
| 78 | H | Adamair (Amadair Flidais Foltchain MacFer aka Adamhor (Adhamair) Foltchmoin; aka Adhamhra Foltcain) |
4783–4787 417 B.C. |
Adhamhair Foltchaion, Adhamair Foltchaoin, Adamar Folt-caein (or Folt-chaein) | Son of Fearcorb #75; "m. Fearcorb m. Fir Chuirp m. Moga Corb ¶664]. Slain by Eochaidh Ailtleathan #79. |
| 79 | E | Eochaidh Ailtleathan |
4788–4804 413 B.C. |
Eochaidh Altleathan, Eochu Altlethan, Eochaidh VIII (Ailtleathan), Eochaidh Alt-Leathan, Eachaidh Foiltleathan, Eocaidh Folt-lethan, Eochy "of the Long Hair"; Echach foiltletain m Oilella caisfhiaclaigh m Connla cruaidcelgaigh m Irereo gleofhataigh (O'Clery) | Son of Oilioll Caisfhiaclach #77. Slain by Fearghus Fortamhail #80. |
| 80 | E | Fearghus Fortamhail |
4805–4815 395 B.C. |
Fergus Fortamhail, Fergus Fortamail, Fearghus I (Fortamhail) | Son of Breasal Breac (Bresal Breogamhain). Slain by Aenghus Tuirmheach #81 in the battle of Teamhair Tara. |
| 81 | E | Aenghus Tuirmheach Teamhrach (Aengus (III) Tuirbheach Teamhrach of Ireland aka Aonghus Tuirmech (MacFer ?) |
4816–4875 384 B.C. |
AEneas Turmeach-Teamrach, Óengus Tuirmech, Óengus Turbech, Aongus Turmeach-Teamrach, Aonghus III (Tuirmheach), Aongus (or Æneas) Tuirmeach-Teamrach, Angus Tuirbheach, Aengus Tuirmech; Aonghusa turmigh m Echach foiltletain m Oilella caisfhiaclaigh m Connla cruaidcelgaigh (O'Clery) |
Son of Eochaidh Ailtleathan #79. Died at Teamhair. One source says he was murdered. "His son, Fiacha Firmara (so called from being exposed in a small boat on the sea)." Aenghus was ancestor of the Kings of Dalriada, and Argyle in Scotland. Aenghus, under the name of Angus Turbech of Tara, is the First king of Dal Riada listed in the Book of Ballymote. See my table of Scots Kings, #53 in the table of the kings of Dal Riada." "He was called Aenghus Tuirmheach because the nobility of the race of Eireamhon are traced to him." M4875.1. The Monarchs of Ireland. (See King #2, above) |
| 82 | E | Conall Collamhrach 72. Conall Collambrach |
4876–4880 325 B.C. |
Conall Collaimrach, Conall Collomrach, Conall I (Collamhrach), Conall Collamrach | Son of Ederscel Teamhrah (Edirsgeol of Temhair), son of Eochaidh Ailtleathan #79. Slain by Nia Sedhamain #83. "Conall Collamhrach, son of Ederscel Teamhrah, son of Eochaidh Ailtleathair." (Allen) |
| 83 | H | Nia Sedhamain (Nia Segaman (Niadhsedhaman) MacAmadair aka Niodh (Niadh) Seathamhuin) |
4881–4887 319 B.C. |
Niadhsedhaman, Nia Seadhamáin, Niad Segamain, Niadh Seaghamain, Niadh Segamhain | Son of Adhamair #78. Slain by Enna Aighneach #84. |
| 84 | E | Enna Aighneach (Enna Aignech `the Hospitable' MacAengusa aka Eanna (Enda; Eadhna; III) Airghtheach) |
4888–4907 312 B.C. |
Eanna Aigneach, Énna Airgdech, Énna Airgtech, Enda Agneach, Éanna III (Aigneach), Enna Aigneach, Enna Aighnech | Son of Aenghus Tuirmeach #81. Slain by Crimhthann Cosgrach #85. |
| 85 | E | Crimhthann Cosgrach (Crimthann (I) Coscrach MacFeidelmid, Crionthan Cosgrach; Criomthann Cusgrach) |
4908–4911 292 B.C. |
Crimhthann Cosgrach, Crimthann Coscrach, Criomhthann I; Crimthann (I) Coscrach MacFeideilmid. | Son of Feidhlimidh (Feidlimid Fortriun), son of Fearghus Fortamhail. Slain by Rudhraighe #86, son of Sithrighe. |
| 86 | I | Ruadhraighe |
4912–4981 288 B.C. |
Ruadhri Mor (a quo "Clan-na Rory") Ruadhri (Rory) Mo/r, Rudraig, Rory Mor, Rodricus Magnus, Rudruighe, Rudraide | Number 10 on O'Hart's list of Kings of Ulster before Saint Patrick. Son of Sithrighe, son of Dubh, son of Fomhor, son of Airgeatmar #58. [Rudraige mc Sittride m. Duib m. Fhomuir m. Argatmáir ¶671] Died at Airgeat Gleann. Conor Mac Nessa, a famous king of Ulster, is supposed by some to have been the grandson of Rory Mor. Conor (Conchobar) Mac Nessa was the foster father of Cuchalain (Cu Chulainn). Died of the plague. |
| 87 | H | Innatmar |
4982–4990 218 B.C. |
Ionadmaor, Ionnadmhar, Innadmar | Son of Nia Sedhamain #83. Slain by Breasal Boidhiobadh #88, son of Rudraighe. |
| 88 | I | Breasal Boidhiobhadh 78. |
4991–5001 209 B.C. |
Bresal Bodhiobha, Bressal Bódíbad, Bresal Bo-dibadh | Number 15 on O'Hart's list of Kings of Ulster before Saint Patrick. Son of Rudhraighe #86. Brother of Congal #90. Slain by Lughaidh Luaighne #89. "Breasal Boidhiobhadh, son of Rudraige Mor MacSittrid." (Allen) |
| 89 | H | Lughaidh Luaighne |
5002–5016 198 B.C. |
Lughaidh Luaighne, Lughaidh IV Luaighne, Lugaid Luaigni, Lughaidh Luaidhne, Lugaidh Luaigni | Son of Innatmar #87 [m. Fintait Máir ¶674]. Fell by Congal Claroineach #90, son of Rudhraighe #86. |
| 90 | I | Congal Claroineach 80. |
5017–5031 183 B.C. |
Congal Clareineach, Conghalach I, Congalius, Congal Clairingneach, Congal Claringnech | Number 16 on O'Hart's list of Kings of Ulster before Saint Patrick. Son of Rudhraighe #86. Brother of Breasal #88. Slain by Duach Dallta Deadhadh #91. |
| 91 | H | Duach Dallta Deadhadh (Dui Dalta Dedaid MacCairpre aka Duach Donn Dalte Deagha; aka Duach (III) Dallta Deadhadh) |
5032–5041 168 B.C. |
Duach Dalladh-Deadha, Duach III, Dallta Deadhadh, Duach Dalta Dedaid, Duach Dalta Deaghaidh, Duach Dalta Degaidh |
Son of Cairbre Lueg (Cairbre Lusc, i.e., broad face), son of Lughaidh Luaighne #89. Duach is said to have pulled out the eyes of his younger brother, Deadha, because he dared to try to to come between Duach and the throne, hence the epithet Dalladh, "blindness," applied to Deadha. Slain by Fachtna Fathach #92. |
| 92 | I | Fachtna Fathach 82. |
5042–5057 158 B.C. |
Factna Fathach; Fachtna Fathach MacRossa | Number 17 on O'Hart's list of Kings of Ulster before Saint Patrick. Son of Rossa, son of Rudhraighe #86. Slain by Eochaidh Feidhleach #93 . |
| 93 | E | Eochaidh Feidhleach (Eochaidh (IX) Feidlech (Feidhlioch) MacFinn aka Eochaid `the Steadfast'; `Constant Sighing') |
5058–5069 142 B.C. |
Eochaidh Feidlioch, Eochu Feidlech, Eochaidh X (Feidhliach), Eochaidh Feidlioch, Eochaidh Feidhlioch, Eochaidh Fedlec, Eochaid Feidlech, Eocaidh Feidlech. Feidhleach means constant sighing. Eochaidh (IX) Feidlech (Feidhlioch) MacFinn, aka Eochaid `the Steadfast'; `Constant Sighing'. | Son of Finn, son of Finnlogha [m. Find m. Fintain m. Findguill ¶678]. son of Roighnen Ruadh, son of Easamasn Easmhna, son of Blathacht, son of Labraidh Lorc, son of Enna Aighneach #84. Died at Teamhair Tara. Father of the amazonian Maeve (or Medb), the first wife of Conor Mac Nessa, King of Ulster at the time of the crucifixion of Christ, and grandson of Ruadhraighe. Conor separated from her and she became Queen of Connaught by marrying Ailill mac Matach, the king. Conor found his happiness with her sister, Ethne, whom he took to wife then, and who proved to all that was indicated by her name - Ethne, that is 'sweet kernel of a nut'." A History of the Irish Race. The timing would suggest that the Eochaidh, who was the grandfather-in-law of Connor Mac Nessa, should have reigned later, but Connor MacNessa's reputed grandfather, Ruadhraighe #86, preceded him. |
| 94 | E | Eochaidh Aireamh |
5070–5084 130 B.C. |
Eochaidh Aireamh, Eochaid Airem, Eochu Airem, Eochaidh Airomh, Eocaidh Aremh; Eochaid Airem MacFinn. Aireamh means gravedigger (or a person who counts things, as in accountant?) | Son of Finn, son of Findloga. [mc Find mc Findloga mc Find mc Findloga ¶680] Brother of Eochaidh Feidhleach #93, and the pedigree is the same. Married Etain. He was burned to death by Sighmall (Siodhmail). According to the Encyclopedia of the Celts, Midhir Midar (mi'yâr) was the King of Sidhe of Femen, and the fairy lover of Etain, the queen. He lost his wife Etain, who was a human, and went in search of her to the court of Eochaid Airem, whom she had married. He sought her through many reincarnations and strove to remind her of their happiness within the sidhe. He fought to regain her by playing fidchell (chess) with Eochaid and eventually abducted Etain by seizing her and rising through the smoke-hole of Eochaid's hall in the form of swans." The article on Chess says: "Invariably the mortal won the first two games and chose rich prizes, but the supernatural stranger won the third, and imposed some almost fatal task or asked for some next-to-impossible gift. It was by such a game that Midhir won Etain from Eochaid."An entry in the Encyclopedia of the Celts: "Ailill, Ailell # 562: (el'yill) —2. Brother of Eochy (Eochaid) Airem; he desired Etain desperately." The Encyclopedia of the Celts, in an article on the birth of Conaire More, king #97, says that one of several conflicting traditions is that the mother of Conaire More, Mes Buachella, "was the daughter of Ess, who conceived her either through incest with her father, Eochaid Airem, King of Tara, or through intercourse with the sid-folk of Bri Leith. Eochaid ordered the destruction of the child, but she was left in a kennel, with a bitch and her whelps, at the house of a herdsman." The chief physician to Eochaidh Aireamh was Fachtna, King of Ulster and husband of Nessa, mother of Conchobar MacNessa. Nessa was the daughter of Eochaidh Salbuide (yellow-heel), also known as Eochaid Buidhe (yo'he boo'ye). |
| 95 | E | Ederscel |
5085–5089 115 B.C. |
Edersceal, Eidirsceol, Etarscél, Eddir Scroil, Edersgel | Son of Eoghan, son of Iar, son of Oilioll. See Scots Kings, second table, Kings of Dal Riada #38–41. Slain by Nuadha Neacht #96 [Nuadait Necht mac Sétnai Síthbaicc ¶681] |
| Clann Eimhir Finn | 5090 | Reigned jointly for one-half year. | |||
| 96 | E | Nuadha Neacht (Nuada Necht MacSetnai Sithbaicc aka Nuadha Neacht; `the White') |
5090 110 B.C. |
Nuadhas Neacht, Nuadhat III, Nuada Necht, or Nuada the White, Nuadeth Nect | Son of Sedna Sithbhaic [Nuadait Necht mac Sétnai Síthbaicc ¶681]. Descendant of Labhraidh Loingseach #70. After having spent half a year in the sovereignty of Ireland, fell in the battle of Cliach, in Ui Drona, by Conaire Mor #97. |
| 97 | E | Conaire Mor |
5091–5160 109 B.C. Joyce: 1 A.D. |
Conaire Mor, Conaire Már, Conair Mo/r, Conari I, Conari Mor. | Son of Ederscel #95 [but see #94]. Slain at Bruighean Da Dhearg, by insurgents. Keating says he fell by Aingceal Caoch (Angkel) who was called the king of the Britons because his mother, Bera, was the daughter of Ocha, Prince of the Britons of Man. |
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| 98 | E | Lughaidh Sriabh nDearg (Lewy `of the Red Circles' of Ireland aka Lughaid Sriabh-N Dearg) |
5166–5191 34 B.C. Joyce: 65 A.D. |
Lughaidh Sriabh-n Dearg, Lugaidh Sriabhn Dearg, Lugaid Riab n-Derg, Lugaid Riab Derg, Lugaidh Riabh-n-derg (Lewy of the Red Circles) | A pedigree, probably prepared by Lugaidh's grandfather as a memorial to his three sons who had been slain, says that Lugaid was the son of Breas-Nar-Lothar, the three sons of Eochaidh Feidhleach #93. These three sons were known as the three Finns of Emain. They were slain in battle during the reign of their grandfather. Lugaidh married Dearborguilla (Dervorgill), daughter of the King of Denmark, and killed himself in 8 B. C. by falling on his sword. His son was Crimthan Nuadh-Nar #100. The Annals say he "died of grief"—probably because of the premature death of his wife. |
| 99 | E | Conchobhar Abhradhruadh (Conchobar Abratruad MacFind Filed aka Conchobhar Abhradhruadh) |
5192 8 B.C. Joyce: 73 A.D. |
Conchobhair, Conchobar Abratruad, Concobar Abrat Ruad, Concobar Abradh-ruadh (Conor of the Red Brown) | Son of Finn File the poet, son of Rossa Ruadh [m. Find Fhiled m. Rossa Ruaid ¶685], son of Fearghus Fairrghe, son of Nuadha Neacht #96. Slain by Crimhthann #100, son of Lughaidh Sriabh nDearg. |
The year of Christ's birth, 1 A.D., was the year 5200 in the Age of the World, and was the eighth year of the reign of Crimthann Niadhnair, king number 100 in this table. Keating say that Christ was born in the twelfth year of the reign of Crimthann Niad-Nair.
| 100 | E | Crimhthann Niadhnair 90. Crimhthann Niadhnaer (Criffan Crimthann (Criomthann) `Niadh-Nar' MacLugaid, 'the Heroic'; Nia Naire) |
519 3–9 A.D. 7 B.C. (Birth of Christ in the eighth year of his reign). Joyce: 74 A.D. |
Crimthann Niadh-Nar, Crimthan Nuadh-Nar, Ilair Cheting, Criomhthann Nia Nar, Crimthann (or Criffan) Nia Nair |
Son of Lughaidh Sriabh nDearg #98. Married to Nar-Tath-Chaoch or Nar Tuathchuach (Bainé, daughter of the King of Alba, and the mother of Feredach), daughter of Laoch, son of Daire, who lived in the land of the Picts (Cruitheantuaith, Scotland). Married Baine (or Naira) daughter of Loich, son of Dareletus, king of the Northern Picts (also referred to as Laoch, son of Daire who lived in the land of the Picts; i.e. Scotland). His son was Feareadach Fionn Feachtnach Feredach #102. Died in 9 A.D. at Dun Crimhthainn, at Edair, as a result of falling from a horse, after returning from a famous expedition — probably his expedition to Britain and Gaul to assist the Picts and Britains in their wars with the Romans. |
| 101 | F | Cairbre Cinncait 91. Cairbre Cinnceat |
10 A.D.–14 A.D.
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Cairbre Cean-cait, [Gabais Cairpre Cattchen ¶687], Cairbre Chinn Chait, Carbery Cinncat (Cat-head), Carbri Kinncait, Carbri Catkenn, Carbri Kenn-Cait; Cairbre Cinncait 'Cean-Cait' (`Cat's head') . | Became King after he had killed the nobility, except a few who escaped from the massacre, in which the nobles were murdered by the Aitheach Tuatha. (The plebeian descendants of the Firbolgs, known as the Attacotti, and described by Keating as the "unfree tribes," exterminated the Milesian nobility.) Three nobles escaped: Fearadhach Finnfeachtnach #102, from whom are sprung all race of Conn of the Hundred Battles; Tibraide Tireach, from whom are the Dal Araidhe; and Corb Olum, from whom are the kings of the Eoghanachta, in Munster. And as to these, it was in their mothers' wombs they escaped. Baine, daughter of the king of Alba, was the mother of Fearadhach Finnfeachtnach; Cruife, daughter of the king of Britain, was the mother of Corb Olum; and Aine, daughter of the king of Saxony, was the mother of Tibraide Tireach. Cairbe Cinncait is mistakenly listed by Keating as king after Fiacha Finnfolaidh #104. He says Cairbre died of the plague. On the death of Cairbre Cinncait, his son, Morann Mac Maein, called back the Milesian nobility in the person of Fearadhach Finnfeachtnach #102. |
| 102 | E | Fearadhach Finnfeachtnach (Feredach Finn Fachtnach; Feredac `the True' MacCrimthainan Nia Naire, Fearadach Fionn Feachtnach) |
15–36 Joyce: 95 | Feareadach Fionnfeachtnach, Feradach Find Fechtnach, Feredach Fionn-Feachtnach; Feredach Fechtnac, Feredach Find Fectnach Fedelmid, Feareadach Fionn, Feachtnach Feredach, Feradach Fechtnach mc Crimthaind, Fearadhach Finn, Feradaig Fechtnaig, Fearadach Fionn Feachtnach,.
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Son of Crimhthann Niadhnair or Crimthann-Niadh-Nar #100. King of Cruithentuath, the Irish name given to northern Scotland. Scotland’s Early History Part Two (available from the Dalriada Celtic Heritage Trust). Feredach Find Fectnach; Fedelmid, son of Ilair Cheting is said to have been in Emain Macha with the men of Ulster at Bricriu's Feast. Father of Fiacha Finnfolaidh #104. Died a natural death at Tara. Keating, in his list of the "chief authors of the Seanchas (recorders of historical truth) from age to age", lists "Fearadach Fionn Feachtnach chief author for skill in Ireland." (book II, section IV). |
| 103 | E | Fiatach Finn |
37–39 Joyce: 117 | Fiatach Fionn (a quo "Dal Fiatach"), Fiatach Find, Fiatach Finnidi, Fiacaidh Finn; Fiatach finn (o ra dal tFiatach) m Daire m Dluthaigh m Deithsin m Eachadach (O'Clery) | From whom the Dal hFhiatach are named. Son of Daire, son of Dluthach [Fiatach Find m. Dáre m. Forgo ¶689], son of Deitsin, son of Eochaidh, son of Sin. For more of this pedigree, go to #43 in the table of Kings of Dal Riada on my Scots Kings page. The Dal Fiatach in Uladh are descended from Fiatach. Slain by Fiacha Finnfolaidh. [Fiachaich Fidfholaid m. Feradaich ¶689]. (Fiatach Find SS# 9078). Also king of Ulster #25. O'Donovan points out, in a note to the year 39 of the Annals of Four Masters, that Tighernach has this Fiatach Finn succeeding his father, Fearadhach Finnfeachtnach #101, as king of Emania, or Ulster: "He only makes reign as king of Emania, or Ulster, for sixteen years, and this seems correct, though it may have happened that he was a more powerful man than the legitimate sovereign." |
| 104 | E | Fiacha Finnfolaidh (Fiache II (Fiachaidh IV) Fionnolaidh MacFeredaig, `White Oxen') |
40–56 Joyce: 119 | Fiacha Fionn-Ola (Fiach of the White Oxen), Fiachu Findfolaid, Fiachaidh Finnoladh, Fiacha Finnola, Fiacaidh Finnolaidh | Son of Fearadhach Finnfeachtnach #102. Killed by the provincial kings (Keating call them "rustic tribes"), at the instigation of the Aitheach Tuatha, in the slaughter of Magh Bolg. Foirbre, son of Fin, King of Munster, was among the provincial kings who slew Fiacha Finnfolaidh. (Keating says their leader was Cairbre Cinncait #101, and says this Cairbre succeeded Fiacha Finnfolaidh.) He left one son, Tuathal Teachtmhar #106, who, at his death, was in the womb of Eithne, daughter of the King of Alba Scotland. "This Fiacha was married to Eithne, daughter of the King of Alba; whither, being near her confinement at the death of her husband, she went, and was there delivered of a son, who was named Tuathal." #106. Keating notes: "Know that, according to Stowe's Chronicle, there were Scots residing in Alba in the year of the Lord 73, very soon after Fiachaidh Fionnoladh held the sovereignty of Ireland, and that was before Cairbre Riada lived." |
| 105 | I | Elim (Elim/Eiliomh, son (grandson?) of Ros Ruadh MacRudraigh (or of Ros' brother Conragh) ) |
57–76 Joyce: 126 | Eiliomh MacConrach, Ellim, Elim Mac Connra | Son of Connra, son of Rossa Ruadh, son of Ruadhraighe #86. Elim was presumably brother of Fachtna Fathach #92 and a nephew of Breasal Boidhiobhadh #88 and Congal Claroineach #90. Number 27 on O'Hart's list of Kings of Ulster before Saint Patrick. Son of Conrach. Slain in the battle of Aichill, by Tuathal Teachtmhar |
| 106 | E | Tuathal Teachtmhar (Tuathal Techtmar is the first Monarch universally acknowledged to be an historic King. Tuathal (I) Techtmar (Teachtmar) MacFiachach) |
77–106 Joyce: 130 | Tuatha Teachdmar, Tuathal Techtmar, Tuathal Techtmar mc Fiachach, Tuathal Teachtmair, Tuathal Tectmar, Tuathal the Legitimate |
Son of Fiacha Finnfolaidh #104 and Eithne, daughter of the King of Alba. [m. Fiachach Findfolaid mc Feradaig Fechtnaig mc Crimthainn Niad Náire mc Lugdach Riab n-Derg ¶738]. Born in Alba. Lived in Scotland until he was 25 years old. "With the help of his Grandfather [father-in-law?], the King of Alba, and his friends, he went into Ireland and after scores of battles, restored the true royal blood and heirs to their respective provincial kingdoms." Chief of Meath, chief of Freamhainn. Married Baine, daughter of Sgaile Balbh, or Scal Cnoc, King of England. Said to have annexed the territory around Tara to make Midhe (Meath) the Royal Province. Slain by Mal, son of Rochraidhe. Father of Feidhlimidh Reachtmhar #108. |
| 107 | I | Mal |
107–110 Joyce: 160 | Mal MacRochraidhe, Mál mc Rochride, Mal Mac Rochride. | Son of Rochraidhe or Rochruidhe, son of Cathbhadh, son of Giallchaidh Fionn... Descendant of Ruadhraighe Mor (# 86?) Number 29 on O'Hart's list of Kings of Ulster before Saint Patrick. Slain by Feidhlimidh Rechtmhar #108. |
| 108 | E | Feidhlimidh Reachtmhar |