ÿþ<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head><meta NAME="description" CONTENT="ERVIN Family Tree"> <title>ERVIN Family Tree back to 1,000BC</title> </head> <body> <div class="entry-content"> <div class="embaArticle" style="display:inline"><h1 style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;<span style="color: #0000ff;">KATIE MAXINE ERVIN TIFFEE(1918-1976)</span></h1> <p><img class="aligncenter" title="IMG_1868-1" src="ERVIN-FAMILY-HISTORY-TO-1,000%20-BCE%20_%20EDEN_files/IMG_1868-12-204x300.jpg" alt="" height="300" width="204"></p> <h1 align="CENTER"><span style="color: #333399;">ERVIN FAMILY HISTORY</span></h1> <p align="CENTER"><span style="color: #0000ff;">TO 1,000 BCE</span></p> <p align="CENTER">COMPILED BY William Doyn(Bill) Tiffee (SON OF KATIE MAXINE ERVIN TIFFEE)</p> <p style="text-align: justify;" align="CENTER"> Deeming it a privilege and duty, I hereby set down what I Know of our Family history and divers facts adjudged important for posterity to cherish. The Ereenins, Erwyns, Irvines, Ervins, trace to antiquity. <span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>For this sketch it will suffice to begin with Crynin Irwyn, Abthane of Dule, who held highest title then conferred in Scotland and was the founder of the line of Kings of the name Irvine. He married with the daughter of King Malcolm and so they became ancestors of the Scottish Kings</strong></span>. </p> <p style="text-align: justify;"> Now my children  I adjure you, hold fast to your hearts always, your grande and glorious Heritage. Your forbears have laid downe requisite precepts for you to follow. May they be a stimulus to laudable ambition, soe you will make worthy contributions to your country, be a faithful servant to your church and add renown and splendor to the History of the Irvine Family. My blessings rest upon you. May Jehovah be with you and prosper you. </p> <p style="text-align: justify;">FROM BIBLE OF COL. JOHN ERVIN (BORN 1754); ANCESTOR OF SENATOR SAM ERVIN OF NORTH CAROLINA</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">The Ervin family has a long and distinguished history dating back to the first well documented Kings of Ireland from the Irveni tribe (Ervins) c. 300 AD, to the early Kings of Scotland starting with Duncan I, who was infamously murdered by MacBeth in 1040 AD(the source of the Shakespeare play). The Ervins were close associates of&nbsp; Robert Bruce (the main character opposite William Wallace in the film  Braveheart ), giving him shelter on Ervin land when he fled from the court of the English King Edward I in 1306.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">King Robert Bruce (1306-1329) made our ancestor William de Irwin (Ervin) his armor-bearer and Secretary, giving him the Forest of Drum in <a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Aberdeenshire"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Aberdeenshire</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> Scotland (1323) for his services(de Irvine also married the granddaughter of Robert I, the start of the two great families in Scotland, Bonshaw and Drum). The Irvine family in Scotland today still retains the lands given them by Robert the Bruce, and the Irvines lived in the famous Drum Castle in Scotland for 24 generations(including 16 generation of the Ervin ancestors of Maxine Ervin Tiffee). The Ervins are also descended from the Stuart line of Scottish kings.</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;">The Crynin Irwyn mentioned by Col. John Ervin is know today as Crinan, the father of Duncan I and the grandson of Duncan Eryvine (considered the first of the Eryvines), who was killed at the battle of Duncrub in 967 AD while commanding&nbsp; the left flank of the Scottish army. Duncan was directly descended from the Irish King Niall of the Nine Hostage c. 400 AD, who (according to the accounts of 9<sup>th</sup> century Irish Monks) was descended from the first King of Ireland, Milesius c. 1000 BCE.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">According to Irish Legend, most of the Irish are descendants of Milesius, and Irish monks recorded the line of Irish Kings dating back to Milesius on the basis of oral traditions, myths and legend. While the genealogy of&nbsp; Irish Kings is generally considered accurate dating to about 400 AD, the lines established by the Irish monks that date to Milesius and beyond may or may not be accurate, particularly those that trace the ancestors of Miilesius to Judah in Egypt and on&nbsp; to the Biblical patriarchs and Adam and Eve. Interesting stuff nevertheless.</p> <p>The descendants of the Ervins spread all over the world, and include such notables as Washington Irving (best known for the Rip Van Winkle story), Theodore Roosevelt and Senator Sam Ervin of North Carolina, who headed the Watergate hearings that led to the demise of Richard Nixon.</p> <p>The website Fabled Pedigrees lists the descendants of one of our ancestors, Gilchrist Eryvine (Ervin), the first Earl of Angus in Scotland (b. 1060 AD):</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">HM George I s 14-Great Grandfather. U.S. President Obama s 17-Great Grandfather. PM Churchill s 21-Great Grandfather. Lady Diana s 23-Great Grandfather. P.M. Cameron s 22-Great Grandfather. Louis XVII s 18-Great Grandfather. Gen. Pierpont Hamilton s 20-Great Grandfather.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">The first of the Ervins in our line to emigrate to America was James N. Irvine (Erwin), who was first in line to inherit Drum Castle and become the 16<sup>th</sup> Laird of Drum Castle when his father Alexander Irvine passed. But James had met a young Scotch Irish beauty while in Ireland, and when his father disapproved of his proposed bride(favoring an arranged marriage over his son s choice), young James chose love over family and soon migrated to America (1738)&nbsp; with his wife s family and infant son Joseph, our ancestor(they settled in William Penn s colony in Pennsylvania). For this act, James was disinherited by his father and listed as dead in family records.</p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="color: #0000ff;">EARLY HISTORY OF THE ERVIN FAMILY</span></p> <p align="CENTER">(from  Our Erwin roots by Donald Erwin)</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"> The northern part of Ireland was once known as Scotia, and it was from there that bands of Gaelic-speaking Scots, descendants of the early Celts, began raiding across the North Channel beginning early in the third century AD. The early attacks were purely predatory, but over time some settlements were established in the Argyll area. These settlements resulted in a gradual inter-mingling of the cultures of the Scots and the native Pictish tribes. </p> <p style="text-align: justify;"> According to ancient Irving/Irvine family traditions in Scotland, the early Erinvine/Eryvine family roots go back to the Irveni tribe in what is now Northern Ireland& <span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>One of the Irveni was Echu Mugnedon. He was born between 300 and 320 AD, and was the King of Ireland. He married Inne, and one of their sons was Niall Mor Noigialach.</strong></span> Niall was born in the mid-300s, and died in 406 AD. He became  High King of both Ireland and Tara. During his active years he and his followers made frequent marauding expeditions into what is now Scotland, and <strong>he is thought to be the progenitor of the Duncan (<em>Eryvine-Irvine</em>) family there.</strong> He married Laorn. The known children of Niall and Laorn are Conal Mac Neil, who became the King of Meath, and Eoghan Muinrevar, who succeeded his father as King of Ireland. </p> <p style="text-align: justify;"> The Erinvine (<em>Eryvine</em>) clan, for the next four hundred years or so, is believed to have lived in the area facing the Firth of Clyde where the town of Irvine now stands. Recorded history of the Eryvines seems to start in the mid-tenth century AD.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">It was in 965 AD that Duncan, who was the Earl and Governor of Strathclyde, and who was known as  the first of the Erivine, was killed at Dancrub while leading an army against a strong rebel force of fellow countrymen. His eldest son, also Duncan, inherited all of his father s titles, including Abbot of Dunkeld. This Duncan was killed at the Battle of Lancarty, about 990 AD, while commanding the left wing of Scottish forces.<span style="color: #0000ff;"> He had three sons; Crinan, Grim and Duncan. </span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Crinan(Eruini), the eldest brother, inherited his father s titles as Seneschal of King s Rents, Abthane of Dule and Abbot of Dunkeld, and stood second in rank only to the King. In 1004 he married <strong>Beatrix</strong>, the eldest daughter of <strong>King Malcolm II</strong> (r.1005-1034). Malcolm II was himself the great-great-great grandson of <strong>Kenneth I</strong> (MacAlpin), who was the first king after the Scottish and Pictish kingdoms were merged by marriage. </p> <p style="text-align: justify;">The Irvine line evolved from the Irvings of Bonshaw. The Irvings were not one of the larger border clans, as were the Johnstons and Gordons, but they were well known. Macdonald Fraser, in his book The Steel Bonnets, comments:  & <span style="color: #0000ff;">A very tough bunch indeed. The Irvings contributed much to the general disorder</span>, despite their comparatively small numbers. </p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">THE IRVINGS OF BONSHAW</span></p> <p>HISTORY</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"> According to ancient family traditions (which are largely supported by known historical fact; and which are first recorded in the very short family history,  The Original of the Family of the Irvines or Erinvines , written in 1678 by Dr. Christopher Irvine, M.D., Historiographer Royal of Scotland) the Irvings of Bonshaw are descended from DUNCAN, known in the family as  Duncan of Eskdale , a younger brother of Crinan, the husband of Princess Beatrix and father of King Duncan I of Scotland. The paternal grandfather of Duncan of Eskdale and Crinan was DUNCAN, hereditary Abthane of Dule and lay abbot of Dunkeld. <span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>The latter Duncan is now believed to have been a direct descendant of NIALL OF THE NINE HOSTAGES, who was high King of Ireland early in the 5th century A.D and progenitor of the oldest recorded families in Europe that are still extant in an unbroken male line. </strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;">The Duncan, as Abthane of Dule-an ancient title connected with St. Adamnan s abbey of Dull, and dating from nearly 200 years before the union of the Scottish and Pictish crowns in 843 A.D.-was of more consequence than any one of the seven Pictish  Mormaers , <span style="color: #0000ff;">being second only to the king himself in power and importance.</span> He appears to have been appointed Governor of Strathclyde when that region was conquered by the Saxons and given to Malcolm I of Alban (the early name of Scotland) in 946. His residence in Strathclyde is supposed to have been the old fort of Eryvine, or Orewyn, where the town of Irvine now stands, so we refer to him <span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>the  1st of Eryvine . Both Duncan and his neighbour Dubdon, Mormaer of Athole, were killed at the battle of Duncrub c. 965 A.D.,</strong></span> while leading their forces against a strong rebel army of their fellow countrymen.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">DUNCAN, 1st of ERYVINE, was succeeded by his eldest son and heir, also DUNCAN, about whom we know little except that he also seems to have succeeded Dubdon as Mormaer of Athole, as he is called  Lord of Athole . At the battle of Luncarty (of uncertain date), where the Danes were routed, Duncan commanded the left wing of the Scottish forces, under King Kenneth III. <span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>This Duncan is the progenitor of the oldest recorded families in Great Britain; the noble family of Dunbar is certainly descended from him, and traditionally so are the noble families of Irving and Home, all in the male line; not to mention the Royal Family and numerous other families by female descent. </strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;">DUNCAN, 2ND OF ERYVINE, was succeeded by his eldest son, CRINAN, who married Princess Beatrix (or Bethoc) daughter and heiress of King Malcolm II of Scotland, and by her was father of Duncan I, who reigned as King of Scotland for six years. Crinan was the progenitor in the male line &nbsp;of all the kings of Scotland down to Alexander III (died 1286), and in the female line of all the sovereigns of Scotland down to the present day, with the sole exception of Macbeth, who murdered his son, King Duncan, in 1040, and reigned for the next seventeen years. Tradition tells us that Crinan maintained a residence at Eryvine, but that he was the last of his family to do so, the fortress being used solely for military purposes thereafter. He was killed by Macbeth s forces in 1045, while trying to avenge his son s death and grandson s deposition.</p> <p style="text-align: center;">BRUCE S CAVE.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">The Irvings and Bruces became very close friends and allies. Tradition relates that  The Bruce was a guest at Bonshaw in 1298, and when he fled from the court of Edward I of England, in 1306, his first night back in Scotland was spent in the security of its fastness.  There is a cave in the Kirtle cliffs at Cove, in which the Irvings are reputed to have hidden Bruce from the English on at least one occasion around this time. </p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">DRUM CASTLE</span></p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="ERVIN-FAMILY-HISTORY-TO-1,000%20-BCE%20_%20EDEN_files/320px-Drum_Castle.jpg" alt=""></p> <p>DRUM CASTLE near Aberdeen, Scotland</p> <p align="CENTER"><strong>The following article was written by Dennis Ervin: </strong></p> <p style="text-align: justify;">&nbsp;<span style="color: #0000ff;">Possibly the oldest occupied castle in Scotland, Drum Castle in Aberdeenshire, was home to the Irvine family for more than six and a half centuries</span>, a full twenty-four generations of nearly unbroken succession. The original tower keep, standing seventy feet from base to battlement and fifty feet on a side with walls twelve feet thick at the base is thought to have been <span style="color: #0000ff;">built during the reign of Alexander III in the mid-thirteenth century c. 1382.</span> While the architect of the Tower of Drum is unknown the work is generally attributed to Richard Cementarius, the first provost of Aberdeen. Several prominent interior features of the tower are identical to other structures that are known to be the work of Cementarius and so Drum Tower is credited to him as well. The rambling stone mansion and Jacobean house that now surround the original tower were built during the reign of Alexander, the 9th Laird of Drum and completed in 1619.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">One branch or another of the Irvine family has been involved in nearly every major event in Scots history over the past 1,000 years</span>. Their story begins with three brothers Erivine  Erinus, Grim and Duncan. They were the grandsons of Duncan  the first of the Eryvine who was killed at Duncrub in 965A.D. The eldest brother, Erinus, inherited his family s titles as Seneschal of King s Rents, Athbane of Dule and Abbot of Dunkeld, and stood second in rank only to the King. As such he was wed to the eldest daughter of King Malcolm II, who was himself the great great great grandson of Kenneth MacAlpin, in 1004.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Alexander III was predeceased by all his heirs and with his death, the succession was thrown into wild dispute. No less than thirteen claimants stepped forward to declare their right to the throne, all through some relation to the line of Irvine. John Balliol, the primary claimant, was great great great grandson of David I, while his only serious rival, Robert the Bruce, was great x4.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">During his campaign, Robert often sought help and refuge from his kinsmen, the Irvines of Bonshaw. He chose from among them, William de Irwyn as one of his principle aides and companions. As the story goes, at one point King Robert found himself put to flight by his enemies with only his aides around him. Exhausted by the chase, the King was compelled to sleep under a holly tree while William stood guard over him. Holly leaves are a prominent feature in all seven family crests which represent the major branches of the Irvine clan. <span style="color: #0000ff;">William stood by King Robert again at Bannockburn in June of 1314 and for his service was awarded the Royal Forest of Oaks in Aberdeenshire and Drum Castle which guards it in 1323</span>. This land had previously belong to John Comyn and Robert, as king, was free to do with is as he pleased. Drum was made into a free barony in 1329.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">The 24th and last Laird of Drum, Henry Quentin Forbes Irvine, bequeathed the house and 300 acres of ground to the National Trust for Scotland on his death in November of 1975. It has been open to tours from that time and remains the classic Scottish house.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">locacated 8 miles west of Aberdeen, it is a pleasant place to visit with extensive grounds, woodland walks and rose garden. Inside there is lots to see too  portraits, furniture, vaulted ceilings decorated with shields, great hall and much more. Well worth a visit.</p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="color: #0000ff;">FROM WHENCE THE ERVIN NAME</span></p> <p align="JUSTIFY">The name Irvine. Erevine, from Celtic. Scythic, Erwine, that is, a stout westland man. (Erin view, or fein, Erin, west (the native name of Ireland, as lying west of Scotland), &amp; vine or fein, a strong, resolute man. Nisbet says when the colonies of the Gauls came from the west coast of Spain and seated themselves on the east coast of Erin and in the west hills and islands of Albyn, the Erevines came to both of these islands.</p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="color: #3366ff;">3,000 YEAR BLOODLINE OF ERVINS</span></p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;">KATIE MAXINE ERVIN TIFFEE(1918-1976)</span></span></p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <img title="IMG_1868-1" src="ERVIN-FAMILY-HISTORY-TO-1,000%20-BCE%20_%20EDEN_files/IMG_1868-12-204x300.jpg" alt="" height="300" width="204"></p> <p>Birth: Apr. 25, 1918</p> <p>Milton</p> <p>Le Flore County</p> <p>Oklahoma, USA</p> <p>Death: May 29, 1976</p> <p>Named after her grandmother Katie McClure Wilson, always went by Maxine. Maxine was born in Milton, Leflore, Oklahoma some. She had had 3 brothers Frank Austin, Omer Lee, and Jimmy Doyn. 3 sisters Flossie, Earlene and Janice.</p> <p>Married James Orville Tiffee they raised 3 sons and a daughter</p> <p>Family links:</p> <p>Parents:</p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/ervine-family-history-to-1000-bce/fg.cgi?page=gr&amp;GRid=35463482"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Early Columbus Ervin (1882  1962)</span></span></span></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/ervine-family-history-to-1000-bce/fg.cgi?page=gr&amp;GRid=35463480"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Jennie May <em>Wilson</em> Ervin (1891  1976)</span></span></span></a></p> <p>Spouse:</p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/ervine-family-history-to-1000-bce/fg.cgi?page=gr&amp;GRid=26675591"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">James Orville Tiffee (1915  2001)</span></span></span></a></p> <p>Children:</p> <p>Darlene Tiffee Shadwick (b. Dec. 17, 1940)</p> <p>Joe Lee Tiffee (b. Nov. 16, 1942-1993)</p> <p>James Robert Tiffee (b. April 14, 1946-)</p> <p>William Doyn Tiffee (b. Nov. 18, 1951-)</p> <p><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Buried</span></p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&amp;GRid=26675578&amp;CRid=98611&amp;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Memorial Park Cemetery</span></span></span></a></p> <p>Heavener</p> <p>Le Flore County</p> <p>Oklahoma,</p> <p>SOURCE:</p> <p>Doug &amp; Marilyn Parman (Doug is the son of Janice Ervin Parman)</p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&amp;GRid=26675578">http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&amp;GRid=26675578</a></span></span></span></p> <h1 align="CENTER"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">EARLY COLUMBUS ERVIN(1882-1962</span>)</span></h1> <p>b. Aug. 3, 1882</p> <p>Booneville</p> <p>Logan County</p> <p>Arkansas, USA Death: May 19, 1962</p> <p>Heavener</p> <p>Le Flore County</p> <p>Oklahoma, USA</p> <p><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana;">Son of Francis Lamarion Ervin and Belle Young Ervin.</span></span></p> <p>Earl had 3 sisters, Florence, Medora Ervin Ward, Tennie E. and a brother Arthur.</p> <p>Earl married Jennie May Wilson on December 25, 1906 in Booneville, Logan County, Arkasnas.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Jennie and Earl made their home in Booneville until around 1916. They move to Oklahoma living in Milton then Cowlington, they moved to Wister, where they raised their family. Then Conser Ave in Poteau, just a few blocks from the cemetery.</p> <p>Family links:</p> <p>Parents:</p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/ervine-family-history-to-1000-bce/fg.cgi?page=gr&amp;GRid=34547958"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Francis Marion Ervin (1843  1908)</span></span></span></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/ervine-family-history-to-1000-bce/fg.cgi?page=gr&amp;GRid=34545502"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Isabella <em>Young</em> Ervin (1852  1923)</span></span></span></a></p> <p>Spouse:</p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/ervine-family-history-to-1000-bce/fg.cgi?page=gr&amp;GRid=35463480"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Jennie May <em>Wilson</em> Ervin (1891  1976)</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">*</span></p> <p>Children:</p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/ervine-family-history-to-1000-bce/fg.cgi?page=gr&amp;GRid=57958609"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Frank Austin Ervin (1908  1989)</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">*</span></p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/ervine-family-history-to-1000-bce/fg.cgi?page=gr&amp;GRid=25453773"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Omer Lee Ervin (1910  1987)</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">*</span></p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/ervine-family-history-to-1000-bce/fg.cgi?page=gr&amp;GRid=57401317"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Flossie <em>Ervin</em> Holman (1912  1983)</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">*</span></p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/ervine-family-history-to-1000-bce/fg.cgi?page=gr&amp;GRid=37306250"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Earline <em>Ervin</em> Williams (1915  2004)</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">*</span></p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/ervine-family-history-to-1000-bce/fg.cgi?page=gr&amp;GRid=26675578"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Katie Maxine Tiffee (1918  1976)</span></span></strong></a><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;">*</span></strong></p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/ervine-family-history-to-1000-bce/fg.cgi?page=gr&amp;GRid=34544213"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Janis Mercedes <em>Ervin</em> Parman (1923  1981)</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">*</span></p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/ervine-family-history-to-1000-bce/fg.cgi?page=gr&amp;GRid=37722705"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Jimmie Doyn Ervin (1927  2008)</span></span></span></a></p> <p>SOURCE</p> <p>Doug and Marilyn Parhamhttp://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&amp;GRid=26675578</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">FRANCIS MARION ERVIN (1843-1908)</span></strong></span></p> <p>Parents:</p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/ervine-family-history-to-1000-bce/fg.cgi?page=gr&amp;GRid=14129062"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Jonathan Ervin (1826  1912)</span></span></span></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/ervine-family-history-to-1000-bce/fg.cgi?page=gr&amp;GRid=14129068"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Mary Ann <em>Raney</em> Ervin (1825  1900)</span></span></span></a></p> <p>Spouse:</p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/ervine-family-history-to-1000-bce/fg.cgi?page=gr&amp;GRid=34545502"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Isabella <em>Young</em> Ervin (1852  1923)</span></span></span></a></p> <p>Children:</p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/ervine-family-history-to-1000-bce/fg.cgi?page=gr&amp;GRid=37723433"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Medora <em>Ervin</em> Ward (1875  1956)</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">*</span></p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/ervine-family-history-to-1000-bce/fg.cgi?page=gr&amp;GRid=37724433"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Arthur Bee Ervin (1878  1922)</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">*</span></p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/ervine-family-history-to-1000-bce/fg.cgi?page=gr&amp;GRid=35463482"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Early Columbus Ervin (</span></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;">1882  1962)</span></span></span></a><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">*</span></span></p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;">JONATHAN ERVIN(1826-1912</span></span>)</p> <p align="CENTER">B. Jan. 23<sup>rd</sup> 1826; Lincoln Co. Tennessee D. 1912</p> <p>Married: Mary Ann Rainey, 1842; Lincoln Co.</p> <p>Father; James Simmons Ervin 1804-1881</p> <p>Mother; Jemima Merrill 1804-1881</p> <p>Children</p> <p><span style="color: #0000ff;">Francis Marion</span> (1843)</p> <p>Marcus L (1846)</p> <p>Tennessee (1849)</p> <p>Sarah Amanda (1857)</p> <p>James M. (1854)</p> <p>Louisiana (1857)</p> <p>Jemima (1863</p> <p>William T. (1865)</p> <p>CENSUS 1870 BOON, SCOTT CO. ARK</p> <p>SOURCE:</p> <p><a href="http://pylantfamilytree.org/individual.php?pid=I9262&amp;ged=PYLANT.GED&amp;tab=0">http://pylantfamilytree.org/individual.php?pid=I9262&amp;ged=PYLANT.GED&amp;tab=0</a></p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;">JAMES SIMMONS ERVIN(1804-1881)</span></span></p> <p>B. JUNE 18<sup>th</sup> 1804&nbsp; NC</p> <p>D. Nov. 7, 1881&nbsp;&nbsp; Moore Co. TN</p> <p>Married: Jemima Merrill, March 8, 1825, Lincoln Co. TN</p> <p>Father: Hezekiah Ervin (1775-1860)</p> <p>Mother: Mary Polly Simmons</p> <p>Children; Jonathan Ervin</p> <p>SOURCE: <a href="http://pylantfamilytree.org/individual.php?pid=I9262&amp;ged=PYLANT.GED&amp;tab=0">http://pylantfamilytree.org/individual.php?pid=I9262&amp;ged=PYLANT.GED&amp;tab=0</a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><br> <strong></strong></span></span></p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #000080;"><a href="javascript:launch(223);"><span style="color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Hezekiah ERVIN (b. 02 Oct 1775, d. 1860)</span></strong></span></a></span></span></p> <p>Hezekiah ERVIN(son of <a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/ervine-family-history-to-1000-bce/UHP-0252.html"><strong><em><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Joseph ERWIN</span></span></span></em></strong><em></em></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> and </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/ervine-family-history-to-1000-bce/UHP-0253.html"><strong><em><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Agness REED</span></span></span></em></strong><em></em></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">) was born 02 Oct 1775 in NORTH CAROLINA, and died 1860 in CAPE GIRARDEAU, MISSOURI. He married </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/ervine-family-history-to-1000-bce/UHP-0224.html"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Mary Polly SIMMONS</span></span></span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> on 1798 in NORTH CAROLINA, daughter of </span><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">James P. SIMMONS</span></span></span></strong></p> <p align="JUSTIFY"><strong>SON: </strong></p> <p align="JUSTIFY"><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/ervine-family-history-to-1000-bce/individual.php?pid=I9262&amp;ged=PYLANT.GED"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">James Simmons Ervin </span></span></span></strong></a><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/ervine-family-history-to-1000-bce/individual.php?pid=I9262&amp;ged=PYLANT.GED"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">  </span></span></span></strong></a></p> <p align="JUSTIFY">Birth 18 June 1804 29 23  NC</p> <p>Death: 7 November 1881  (Age 77)  Moore Co, TN SOURCE</p> <p><a href="http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/t/a/b/Christopher-scott-Taber-MISSOURI/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-Index.html"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/t/a/b/Christopher-scott-Taber-MISSOURI/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-Index.html#ERVIN</span></span></span></a></p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;">JOSEPH ERWIN(1738-1793)</span></span></p> <p align="JUSTIFY">(son of <a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/ervine-family-history-to-1000-bce/UHP-0862.html"><strong><em><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">James N. ERWIN</span></span></span></em></strong><em></em></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> and </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/ervine-family-history-to-1000-bce/UHP-0863.html"><strong><em><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Agness PATTERSON</span></span></span></em></strong><em></em></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">) was born 1738 in ABERDEEN, ABERDEENSHIRE, SCOTLAND, and died Aft. 20 Jul 1793 in ROWAN CO., NORTH CAROLINA. He married </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/ervine-family-history-to-1000-bce/UHP-0253.html"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Agness REED</span></span></span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> on 1755 in CHESTER CO., PENNSYLVANIA, daughter of </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/ervine-family-history-to-1000-bce/UHP-0864.html"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Robert REED</span></span></span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> and </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/ervine-family-history-to-1000-bce/UHP-0865.html"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Agness CATHEY</span></span></span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">. </span></p> <p><strong>Father of Hezekiah Ervin.</strong></p> <p>Family Group Record for Joseph Irvine\Erwin</p> <p>SOURCE DONALD D. ERWIN</p> <p>Husband JOSEPH IRVINE\ERW</p> <p>LDS Ordinance Data</p> <p>Born 1738 Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland <strong>B</strong></p> <p>Christened <strong>E</strong></p> <p>Died August 6, 1793 Salisbury, Rowan Co., NCBuried</p> <p>Father JAMES N.  of Crimond IRVINE (1709-1770) <strong>SP</strong></p> <p>Mother Agness Patterson (Abt 1717-1771)</p> <p>Marriage Abt 1751 Chester Co., PA <strong>SS</strong></p> <p>Wife Agness Reed</p> <p>Born Abt 1739 <strong>B</strong></p> <p>Christened <strong>E</strong></p> <p>Died After November 3, 1803 Rowan Count</p> <p>Father Robert Reed (  ) <strong>SP</strong></p> <p>Mother Agness Cathey (  )</p> <p>Children</p> <p>1 F Isabel Erwin</p> <p>Born Abt 1758 Rowan Co., NC <strong>B</strong></p> <p>Christened <strong>E</strong></p> <p>Died 1793 Prob. Maury Co., TN <strong>SP</strong></p> <p>BuriedSpouse John Johnston (Abt 1750-1823) <strong>SS</strong></p> <p>Marr. Date December 11, 1771  Salisbury, Rowan Co., NC</p> <p>2 F Margret  Peggy Erwin</p> <p>Born October 14, 1759 Salisbury, Rowan Co., NC <strong>B</strong></p> <p>Christened <strong>E</strong></p> <p>Died After 1806 North Carolina <strong>SP</strong></p> <p>Buried</p> <p>Spouse James Todd (1757-1814) March 11, 1782  Rowan Co., NC <strong>SS</strong></p> <p>3 F Agnes Nancy Erwin</p> <p>Born March 11, 1760 Salisbury, Rowan Co., NC <strong>B</strong></p> <p>Christened <strong>E</strong></p> <p>Died North Carolina <strong>S</strong></p> <p>Buried</p> <p>Spouse Alexander Dobbin (1749-1828) Abt 1776  Salisbury, Rowan Co., NC <strong>SS</strong></p> <p>4 F Greasel Erwin</p> <p>AKA Greasel Erwin</p> <p>Born Abt 1763 Salisbury, Rowan Co., NC <strong>B</strong></p> <p>Christened <strong>E</strong></p> <p>Died North Carolina <strong>SP</strong></p> <p>Spouse William Hugh Dobbin (1757-1811) <strong>SS</strong></p> <p>Marr. Date September 8, 1780  Salisbury, Rowan Co., NC</p> <p>5 F Mary  Polly Erwin</p> <p>Born August 14, 1764 Rowan Co., NC <strong>B</strong></p> <p>Christened <strong>E</strong></p> <p>Died North Carolina <strong>SP</strong></p> <p>Buried</p> <p>Spouse <strong>SS</strong></p> <p>6 M JOSEPH ERWIN Sr.</p> <p>Born February 4, 1769 Salisbury, Rowan Co., NC <strong>B</strong></p> <p>Christened <strong>E</strong></p> <p>Died 1846 Mayhew, Lowndes Co., MS <strong>SP</strong></p> <p>Buried</p> <p>Spouse Catherine Nancy Cowan (1774-1839) May 17, 1792  Rowan Co., NC <strong>SS</strong></p> <p>7 M William Erwin</p> <p>Born Abt 1772 Salisbury, Rowan Co., NC <strong>B</strong></p> <p>Christened <strong>E</strong></p> <p>Died Abt 1860 McNairy Co., TN <strong>SP</strong></p> <p>Buried</p> <p>Spouse Elizabeth Cowan (  ) <strong>SS</strong></p> <p><span style="color: #0000ff;">8 M Hezekiah ERWIN (ERVIN)</span></p> <p><span style="color: #0000ff;">Born February 20, 1775 Rowan Co., NC <strong>B</strong></span></p> <p>Christened <strong>E</strong></p> <p>Died 1860 Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau Co., MO <strong>SP</strong>Buried</p> <p>Spouse Mary Polly Simmons (1781-1850) 1795  North Carolina <strong>SS</strong></p> <p>General Notes: Husband -Joseph Erwin s will, dated June 20, 1793, is recorded in Will Book C, pages 279-280, in the Rowan County Courthouse, Salisbury, NC.It was witnessed by Hugh Dobbins and Patrick Barr. It was probated on August 6, 1793 by Hugh Dobbins. Sons William and Joseph Erwin were appointed executors.</p> <p>General Notes: Wife -</p> <p>The will of Agnes Erwin, dated August 3, 1803, is recorded in Will Book C, pages 273-278, in the Rowan County Courthouse, Salisbury, NC.</p> <p>Last Modified: December 1, 2011</p> <p>SOURCE: Donald Erwin; Erwin family historian; manages Erwin family newsletter on Erwinbagpiper.com.</p> <p align="CENTER"><a href="javascript:launch(862);"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large; text-decoration: underline;">James N. ERWIN (1709-1770)</span></span></span></span></strong></a></p> <p style="text-align: justify;">James N. ERWIN was born 22 Dec 1709 in ABERDEENSHIRE, SCOTLAND, and died 27 Feb 1770 in SECOND CREEK, SALISBURY, ROWAN CO., NORTH CAROLINA. He married <a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/ervine-family-history-to-1000-bce/UHP-0863.html"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Agness PATTERSON</span></span></span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> on 1738 in SCOTLAND.</span></p> <p>Father: <strong>Alexander IRVINE </strong>b: 1675 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland</p> <p>Mother: Isabell THOMPSON b: 1678 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland</p> <p>Note:As compiled from the records in Salisbury, N. C., by J. F. McCubbins, C. S. C., February 7, 1903, are given following:</p> <p>Under the will of James Erwin (February 27, 1770) the legatees were: his wife, Agnes; sons, Alexander, William, James, <strong>Joseph</strong> and Isaac; and daughters, Agnes, Mary, Isabella, Jane, and Elizabeth. The witnesses to the will were: Alexander McCorkle, Richard King, and Agnes McCorkle.</p> <p>At James death, James Patterson was made guardian of Isabel and Mary Erwin (per records in Genealogy Library in Salisbury, NC).</p> <p>Early Marriages in Rowan City, NC from USGENWEB:</p> <p>SON:<span style="color: #0000ff;"> JOSEPH ERWIN</span></p> <p>SOURCE</p> <p><a href="http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/h/a/r/Martha-K-Hardcastle-guthrie/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0274.html"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/h/a/r/Martha-K-Hardcastle-guthrie/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0274.html</span></span></span></a></p> <p>The following is a history of James N Erwin which includes the story of how he turned down being the 17<sup>th</sup> Laird of Drum to emigrate to America (Pennsylvania) with his wife and infant son Joseph (the father of Hezekiah Ervin)</p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Our Immigrant Ancestor</span></p> <p align="CENTER">by Donald D. Erwin(<a href="http://www.erwinbagpiper.com/">WWW.Erwinbagpiper.com</a>)</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">James N. Irvine was born December 2, 1709 in Aberdeen, Scotland, and was the fourteenth great-grandson of Sir William de Erwin. He died February 27, 1770 on the Second Broad Creek near Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina. James married Agness Patterson about 1738 in Ulster, Northern Ireland. She was born about 1717 in Ulster and died in 1800 in Rowan County, North Carolina.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Irvine family records and traditions seem to indicate that most members of the early generations tended to remain in the general area of the town of Aberdeen, or in Aberdeenshire (Aberdeen County) in Scotland. It was not until the first half of the eighteenth century that adventure and opportunity in the Colonies began to tempt younger members of the family. It was also true that the time was long past when family wealth could support all members of the extended Irvine families. One can only suppose that it was in this type of atmosphere when our immigrant ancestor decided to make a new life for himself and his family in the New World.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">&nbsp;It was about 1737, as religious and political tensions continued to mount in Scotland, which would soon fester and explode in the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745, that Alexander of Artamford and Crimond  who had recently inherited Drum Castle and had become the 16<sup>th</sup> Laird  <span style="color: #0000ff;">sent James N. Irvine, one of his sons, to Ulster in Northern Ireland. James had been in some difficulty as a political activist, and he was directed to stay with the Edward Irvine family until his reputation waned somewhat in Aberdeenshire</span>.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">&nbsp;Oliver Cromwell died in 1658, but during his protectorate the economy of Scotland had collapsed. Even though they could now practice Presbyterianism without fear, many thousands of Lowland Scots families, including several Irvine families from around Aberdeen, moved to Ulster. They all tended to maintain their names, customs and religious faith, as well as their Scots identity. Some prospered initially, but the English systematically repressed Irish industry and commerce, and when their hopes and dreams of prosperity failed to materialize they looked to the New World for a new start. Starting about 1729, and for the next fifty years or so, great shiploads of families, Irish as well as Scots-Irish, poured out of Belfast and Londonderry.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">&nbsp;It was in this economic atmosphere, while staying with the Edward Irvine family, that James met Agness Patterson, a young Scots-Irish beauty who immediately turned his head. Their relationship blossomed, and when James learned of Agness father s intention to emigrate to the Colonies he knew he would have to act quickly. <span style="color: #0000ff;">James sent a message to his father, requesting permission to marry Agnes. Alexander immediately returned a dispatch indicating that he opposed the marriage,</span> pointing out that it was his responsibility, as the head of the family, to negotiate the best marriage terms and arrangements. He further demanded that James return to Aberdeen at once.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Despite his father s adamant disapproval, though, James and Agnes were soon married. They had decided that they would join Agness family, the Edward Irvine family, and others, and go with them to America. Alexander was furious at his son s defiance, but he nonetheless soon relented and allowed James and his now pregnant wife to return to the Drum family enclave in Aberdeenshire. <span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>After the birth of Joseph, </strong>their first child, in 1738, the young family traveled back to the home of Agness parents in Northern Ireland to prepare for their impending departure.</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;">James father objected to the marriage, <strong><span style="color: #0000ff;">but tradition has it that his anger was compounded when he learned that James planned to abdicate his Drum estate responsibilities and emigrate to the Colonies</span>. </strong>James was the sixth of nine children, but was the second of three sons. Normally he would not have been in line to inherit any if the lands and titles of his father, but Thomas, the eldest son, had died at three years of age. Thus, under normal conditions, James would have been the one chosen to take on the responsibilities of the estate at some point. He was not, however, listed as the heir apparent of Drum, and subsequent Drum documents seem to insinuate that he was dead. It is probable that James and his father had a huge falling out as a result of his plans, and that he was disinherited. <span style="color: #0000ff;">In that era, in England and Scotland if the anger of the parent was severe enough being disinherited was the same as being declared dead.</span> On the other hand, James was obviously not penniless, for he was able to book passage to Pennsylvania for himself and his family, as well as purchase land when they arrived there. The old Laird may have softened up enough to give James sufficient cash to get started in the New World, but with the admonishment,  Don t come back! James named his second child Alexander undoubtedly in honor of his father so perhaps he was not angry with his father in return.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">It was probably in late 1739, after sixty to seventy days at sea, that James N. Irvine with wife Agness and infant son Joseph <span style="color: #0000ff;">arrived in William Penn s colony with the Pattersons and his Irvine relatives.</span> The trip across the Atlantic in a sailing ship, prior to the clipper-ship era, was a miserable experience. Gottlieb Mittelberger, who arrived in Philadelphia in 1750, described his voyage:  & bad drinking water and putrid salted meat, excessive heat and crowding, lice so thick that they could be scraped off the body, seas so rough that hatches were battened down and everyone vomited in the foul air, passengers dying of dysentery, scurvy, typhus, canker and mouth-rot. Tradition has it, however, that the Patterson and Irvine families arrived in Philadelphia intact. They had survived the scurvy and various diseases that were so common aboard the ships of the era, perhaps by luck, but more likely because they were probably able to afford better accommodations than the average emigrant.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">From the start most of the people in Penn s colony made their living by farming, but unlike the pioneers in New England they did not settle in small farming villages. As a result of the generally peaceful nature of the local Indians except on the western frontier newcomers tended to build their farm homes on their farms. It was the above described scenario that the Pattersons and Irvines found when their ship tied up in Philadelphia. It was a tremendous relief for the weary travelers to finally get their feet on land again. Philadelphia was a bustling city, with longshoremen unloading and loading the tall ships, and merchants hawking their wares in the crisp autumn air. It must have been an exciting scene for them, and a big contrast to the drollness and poverty of the Old World. After the long sea-voyage the Pattersons and the Irvines families were eager to begin settling in. Winter was just around the corner and there was much to do. Although William Penn had died some twenty years before, and the initial cheap land had become somewhat more expensive, the new pioneers were able to purchase tracts of undeveloped land near the growing Scots-Irish settlement in Chester County.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Even though it is likely that James had no first-hand knowledge of farming it is probable that his Irvine relatives and in-laws helped in the beginning. Even so, farming in colonial Pennsylvania would have been bone-numbing hard work. The first task assuming that he purchased raw land was to clear it. Of course he would have cut down a few trees for his log house, but he would ultimately need at least twenty or so acres to raise enough vegetables, corn, and other grains for his family and his animals. As time passed he would have cleared more land in order to raise corn and other grains to sell. He may have started out with just one horse or mule, but a serious farmer would have had at least one team of horses or oxen& </p> <p style="text-align: justify;">After a time James leased an existing mill and began to earn a modest income from it, in addition to the cash received from his farm surplus. It is not known what type of mill he operated, but it would have been on the bank of a fast-flowing stream or river. It would have been powered by a water wheel, probably an undershot type. Through gears, the revolving shaft of the water wheel drove a vertical spindle that in turn turned the top stone of a pair of stones in the mill above. James mill would have ground corn for corn meal the basic ingredient for mush, a common staple on the frontier and wheat for flour. By changing the mill stones oats could have been rolled also, both for animal feed and for oat bread and breakfast porridge. He would have processed his own grains, but his cash income would have been generated by custom milling for others.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">We know little else about the first ten years or so that James and his family lived in Chester County, but we can only assume that he prospered. By 1750 Philadelphia s population had increased to 25,000, New York had a total of 15,000 residents, and the new port of Baltimore had nearly 7,000 inhabitants.</p> <p>James Irvine and Agnes Patterson had a total of eleven children. They were:</p> <p>Natchez, Adams Co., MS.</p> <p>Agnes  Nancy Erwin, b. about 1747, Chester Co., PA; Salisbury, Rowan Co., NC.</p> <p>Isaac Erwin, b. about 1750, Chester Co., PA; died 1810, Copiah, Wesson Co., MS; married Margaret Robinson, 1773, North Carolina.</p> <p>John Erwin, b. 1752, Salisbury, Rowan Co., NC; died 1840 in Giles Co., NC.</p> <p>Jane Erwin, b. 1753, Salisbury, Rowan Co., NC; died in North Carolina; married Richard Graham, October 20, 1779, Rowan Co., NC.</p> <p>Mary Erwin, b. 1758, Salisbury, Rowan Co., NC; died in North Carolina.</p> <p>Isabel Erwin, b. 1759, Salisbury, Rowan Co., NC; died February 25, 1823, Sandersonville, Washington Co., GA; married John Johnston, December 11, 1771.</p> <p>Joseph, James and Agness his first child, had been born in Scotland, but their next six children Alexander, Elizabeth, William, James, Jr., Isabelle and Isaac were born in Pennsylvania. The last four were born in Rowan County, North Carolina.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">It is known that Squire Boone, the father of the great hunter and pioneer Daniel Boone, lived near Salisbury on the Yadkin River at Alleman s Ford.</span> Daniel Boone s grandfather emigrated from England to Bucks County, Pennsylvania in 1717 with eleven of his nineteen children. In or about 1753  like James N. Erwin  Squire Boone felt crowded (near Reading Pennsylvania), so with his wife and minor children, he joined the migration south through the forests of Maryland and Virginia and settled on the Yadkin River. It is not known, however, whether the Erwins were acquainted with the Boones.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">&nbsp;With so many families passing through Salis­bury during that time, inns and taverns werereally needed. Travelers wanted suitable lodging for themselves and a place to stable their livestock, and Salisbury innkeepers were quick to fill the need. It is a matter of record that in 1755 James Erwin was issued one of the first licenses to operate an  ordinary, or public inn. <span style="color: #0000ff;">James called his establishment the  Red Raven Inn, and it was in operation as late as 1772.</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;">As it is with all families, sons and daughters grow up, marry and start their own families. <span style="color: #000080;">Joseph, the eldest, born at Drum in 1738, traveled with his family from Pennsylvania to Rowan County in 1752, but in 1755 he returned to Chester County, Pennsylvania to marry Agnes Reed, his childhood sweetheart. He brought her back to Rowan County where, it is believed, his father helped him acquire land of his own.</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;">&nbsp;Alexander, the second son, married Margaret Patton, but not until 1786, well after James had passed on. According to the tone of some of the Rowan County probate records James may have depended on him heavily over the years and was probably his second in charge. William, the third son, married Elizabeth Orde in 1768 in Rowan County; James Erwin, Jr. married Jennett Andrews in 1766; Isaac married Margaret Robinson in 1773; and John Erwin married Jane Brown in 1772.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">&nbsp;Elizabeth, eldest daughter and third-born, married William Dobbins in 1768; Isabelle  Nancy Erwin married James Patterson; Jane Erwin married Richard Graham in 1779; and Isabel, the last-born, married Jared Erwin, perhaps a cousin. Mary Erwin, the next-to-last-born, may have died young for she is not mentioned in Joseph s will.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">&nbsp;Although at least three of his younger daughters were probably still in his household when he passed away in 1770, only his second-oldest son remained to help oversee his holdings. In his will he bequeathed 300 acres to son John, 250 acres to Alexander, and 200 acres each to Joseph and Isaac. He bequeathed five pounds to William, and ten pounds to James, Jr.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">It is believed that all of his children save two lived and died in North Carolina. James Erwin, Jr. died Natchez, Adams County, Mississippi in 1794, and John Erwin died in Giles County, Tennessee in 1845. There are many Erwins in Giles County today, many of which are probably his descendants.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">In his later years James N. Erwin became politically active. Court records indicate that he often served as a juror, and sometimes as a short-term constable when the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions was convened. It is recorded that on one occasion James found it necessary to appear in court himself as a plaintiff. It seems that a horse had bitten off the ear of his minor son James Erwin, Jr., and he was suing the owner of the horse for damages. It is unknown what the outcome of the suite was.</p> <p>&nbsp;Although James was sympathetic to the revolution he did not have an opportunity to be involved in its outcome. James N. Erwin died in 1770. He left a will dated February 27, 1770, and it is recorded in Will Book A, Pages 26-27 in the courthouse in Rowan County, North Carolina.</p> <p align="CENTER"><a href="javascript:launch(274);"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large; text-decoration: underline;">Alexander Irvine (b. Abt. 1675, d. 1744)</span></span></span></span></strong></a></p> <p>Alexander Irvine(son of <a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/ervine-family-history-to-1000-bce/UHP-0276.html"><strong><em><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">James Irvine II</span></span></span></em></strong><em></em></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> and </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/ervine-family-history-to-1000-bce/UHP-0277.html"><strong><em><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Margaret Sutherland</span></span></span></em></strong><em></em></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">) was born Abt. 1675 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and died 1744 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. He married </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/ervine-family-history-to-1000-bce/UHP-0275.html"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Isabell Thompson</span></span></span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">.</span></p> <p>ID: I04963</p> <p>Name: Alexander IRVINE</p> <p>Sex: M</p> <p>Birth: ABT. 1675 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland</p> <p>Death: 1744 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland</p> <p>Note:</p> <p>Per Elson Irwin s data: He is know as Alexander Irvine of Crimond, 16th Laird of Drum from 1737-1744.</p> <p>Information on children and marriages of Alexander Irvine come from Elson Irwin s data;  From Whence They Came by J. Erwin Kemsley; Scottish Ancestral Records (Edinburgh Historical Society); LDS Ancestral Files.</p> <p><strong>Father: James IRVINE II of Artamford </strong>b: 1642 in Aberdeen, Scotland</p> <p>Mother: Margaret SUTHERLAND b: 1650 in Aberdeen, Scotland</p> <p>Marriage 1 Isabell THOMPSON b: ABT. 1678 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland</p> <p>Married: 18 AUG 1698 in Aberdeen, Scotlan</p> <p align="CENTER">Children</p> <p>Thomas IRVINE b: 1 JUN 1699 in Aberdeen, Scotland</p> <p>Margaret IRVINE b: ABT. 1701 in Aberdeen, Scotland</p> <p>Isabell IRVINE b: ABT. 1703 in Aberdeen, Scotland</p> <p>Janet IRVINE b: ABT. 1705 in Aberdeen, Scotland</p> <p>Ann IRVINE b: 1707 in Aberdeen, Scotland</p> <p><strong>James N. ERWIN b: 22 DEC 1709 in Aberdeen, Scotland</strong></p> <p>Alexander IRVINE b: 24 JUN 1711 in Aberdeen, Scotland</p> <p>Elizabeth IRVINE b: ABT. 1715 in Aberdeen, Scotland</p> <p>Mary IRVINE b: ABT. 1721 in Aberdeen, Scotland</p> <p>Children of <strong>Alexander Irvine</strong> and <strong>Isabell Thompson</strong> include:</p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/ervine-family-history-to-1000-bce/UHP-0272.html"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">James N. Erwin</span></span></span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, b. December 22, 1709, Aberdeen, Scotland, d. Bet. February 27 and August 16, 1770, Second Creek, Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina.</span></p> <p>SOURCE</p> <p>http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/h/a/r/Martha-K-Hardcastle-guthrie/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0274.html</p> <p style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large; text-decoration: underline;">JAMES IRVINE, II of Artamford </span></span></span></strong></span></p> <p>Birth: 1642 in Aberdeen, Scotland</p> <p><strong>Father: James IRVINE , I of Artamford </strong>b: ABT. 1615 in Aberdeen, Scotland</p> <p>Mother: Annas KEITH b: 1620 in Aberdeen, Scotland</p> <p>Marriage 1 Margaret SUTHERLAND b: 1650 in Aberdeen, Scotland</p> <p>Married: 1673 in Aberdeen, Scotland</p> <p>Children</p> <p><strong><span style="color: #000080;">Alexander IRVINE b</span>: ABT. 1675 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland</strong></p> <p>William IRVINE b: ABT. 1676 in Aberdeen, Scotland</p> <p>Robert IRVINE b: ABT. 1677 in Aberdeen, Scotland</p> <p>James IRVINE b: ABT. 1684 in Aberdeen, Scotland</p> <p>Thomas IRVINE b: 30 SEP 1685 in Aberdeen, Scotland</p> <p>Richard IRVINE b: 19 AUG 1687 in Aberdeen, Scotland</p> <p>Charles IRVINE b: ABT. 1693 in Aberdeen, Scotland</p> <p>Francis IRVINE b: 29 MAR 1695 in Aberdeen, Scotland</p> <p>Anna IRVINE b: 27 MAY 1697 in Aberdeen, Scotland</p> <p>Margaret IRVINE b: ABT. 1702 in Aberdeen, Scotlan</p> <p align="CENTER"><strong>SOURCE</strong></p> <p><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><strong><br> </strong></span></span><a href="http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/h/a/r/Martha-K-Hardcastle-guthrie/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0274.html">http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/h/a/r/Martha-K-Hardcastle-guthrie/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0274.html</a></p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;">JAMES IRVINE I of Artamford(1615-1675)</span></span></p> <p>&nbsp;Sex: M</p> <p>Birth: ABT. 1615 in Aberdeen, Scotland</p> <p>Death: 1675 in Aberdeen, Scotland</p> <p>Note: Information on this family from Elson Irwin s files and Scottish Church Records, Aberdeen, Scotland;  From Whence They Came by J. Erwin Kemsley; copy on hand at Clayton Genealogical Library, Houston, TX, obtained by Darlene Schnatz on 1/16/97.</p> <p><strong>Father: <span style="color: #0000ff;">John  of Artamford IRVINE </span></strong>b: 1575 in Aberdeen, Scotland</p> <p>Mother: Beatrix IRVINE</p> <p>Marriage 1 Annas KEITH b: 1620 in Aberdeen, Scotland</p> <p>Married: ABT. 1640 in Prob Scotland</p> <p>Children</p> <p><strong><span style="color: #0000ff;">James IRVINE , II of Artamford</span> b: 1642 in Aberdeen, Scotland</strong></p> <p>John IRVINE b: ABT. 1645 in Aberdeen, Scotland</p> <p>Ann IRVINE b: ABT. 1646 in Aberdeen, Scotland</p> <p>Beatrix IRVINE b: ABT. 1647 in Aberdeen, Scotland</p> <p>Margaret IRVINE b: ABT. 1653 in Aberdeen, Scotland</p> <p><strong>SOURCE</strong></p> <p><a href="http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/h/a/r/Martha-K-Hardcastle-guthrie/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0274.html"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/h/a/r/Martha-K-Hardcastle-gu<strong></strong></span></span></span></a></p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large; text-decoration: underline;">John Irvine (1575-1663)</span></span></span></strong></span></p> <p align="CENTER">JOHN  OF ARTAMFORD &nbsp;&nbsp; IRVINE</p> <p>John Irvine(son of <a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/ervine-family-history-to-1000-bce/UHP-0282.html"><strong><em><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Alexander Irvine VIII</span></span></span></em></strong><em></em></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> and </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/ervine-family-history-to-1000-bce/UHP-0283.html"><strong><em><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Elizabeth Keith</span></span></span></em></strong><em></em></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">) was born 1575 in Aberdeen, Scotland, and died 1663 in Aberdeen, Scotland. He married </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/ervine-family-history-to-1000-bce/UHP-0281.html"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Beatrix Irvine</span></span></span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> on 1597 in Aberdeen, Scotland.</span></p> <p>Birth: 1575 in Aberdeen, Scotland</p> <p>Death: 1663 in Aberdeen, Scotland</p> <p><strong>Father: Alexander IRVINE VIII </strong>b: ABT. 1527 in <strong>Drum Castle, </strong>Aberdeen, Scotland</p> <p>Mother: Lady Elizabeth KEITH b: ABT. 1535 in Aberdeen, Scotland</p> <p>Marriage 1 Beatrix IRVINE</p> <p>Married: 1597 in Aberdeen, Scotland</p> <p>Children</p> <p>John Irvine of PITTMURCHIE b: ABT. 1609 in Aberdeen, Scotland</p> <p><strong><span style="color: #0000ff;">James IRVINE, I of Artamford</span> b: ABT. 1615 in Aberdeen, Scotland</strong></p> <p>Robert IRVINE b: ABT. 1625 in Aberdeen, Scotland</p> <p>Richard IRVINE b: 1626 in Aberdeen, Scotland</p> <p>Alexander IRVINE b: ABT. 1630 in Aberdeen, Scotland</p> <p>William IRVINE b: ABT. 1632 in Aberdeen, Scotland</p> <p>Gilbert Irvine of RACHMOIR b: ABT. 1633 in Aberdeen, Scotland</p> <p>More About <strong>John Irvine</strong> and <strong>Beatrix Irvine</strong>:</p> <p>Marriage: 1597, Aberdeen, Scotland.</p> <p>Children of <strong>John Irvine</strong> and <strong>Beatrix Irvine</strong> are:</p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/ervine-family-history-to-1000-bce/UHP-0278.html"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">James Irvine I</span></span></span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, b. Abt. 1615, Aberdeen, Scotland, d. 1675, Aberdeen, Scotland.</span></p> <p><strong>SOURCE</strong></p> <p><a href="http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/h/a/r/Martha-K-Hardcastle-guthrie/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0274.html"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/h/a/r/Martha-K-Hardcastle-guthrie/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0274.html</span></span></span></a></p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;">ALEXANDER&nbsp; IRVINE VIII(1527-1603)</span></span></p> <p>Birth: ABT. 1527 in <strong>Drum Castle</strong>, Aberdeen, Scotland</p> <p>Death: ABT. 1603 in Scotland</p> <p>Note:</p> <p>Per Elson Irwin s files: Alexander was the Eighth Laird of Drum. Alexander Irvine, VIII, held charter under the Great Seal on 2/12/1553 to all the Lands of Drum, Learney and Auchindoch, to himself and his male heirs. He became the Laird in 1553.</p> <p>This family s information also from Records at Drum Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">From William Parkin s webpage:  Alexander IRVINE VIII (b.abt 1527 Drum Castle, Aberdeen, Scotland; d. abt 1603 Scotland) m. Lady Elizabeth KEITH, d/o William KEITH, in 1552 at Aberdeen, Scotland. He was the son of Alexander IRVINE &amp; Elizabeth OGILVY. Alexander VIII was the 8th Laird of Drum, becoming such in 1553 when he held the charter to all the Lands of Drum, Learney, &amp; Auchindoch. He had 9 children. </p> <p>&nbsp;Father: Alexander IRVIN</p> <p>b: AFT. 1500 in Scotland</p> <p>Mother: Elizabeth OGILVY</p> <p>Marriage 1 Lady Elizabeth KEITH b: ABT. 1535 in Aberdeen, Scotland</p> <p>Married: 1552 in Aberdeen, Scotland</p> <p>Children</p> <p>Robert IRVINE b: ABT. 1554 in Aberdeen, Scotland</p> <p>Janet IRVINE b: 1555 in Aberdeen, Scotland</p> <p>Mary IRVINE b: 1556 in Aberdeen, Scotland</p> <p>Margaret IRVINE b: ABT. 1557 in Aberdeen, Scotland</p> <p>James IRVINE b: 1558 in Aberdeen, Scotland</p> <p>Elizabeth IRVINE b: ABT. 1562 in Aberdeen, Scotland</p> <p>William IRVINE b: ABT. 1570 in Aberdeen, Scotland</p> <p>Sir Alexander IRVINE , IX b: AFT. 1570 in Drum Castle, Aberdeen, Scotland</p> <p><strong>John  of Artamford IRVINE b: 1575 in Aberdeen, Scotland</strong></p> <p>Children of <strong>Alexander Irvine VIII</strong> and <strong>Elizabeth Keith</strong> are:</p> <p>+<a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/ervine-family-history-to-1000-bce/UHP-0280.html"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">John Irvine</span></span></span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, b. 1575, Aberdeen, Scotland, d. 1663, Aberdeen, Scotland.</span></p> <p>SOURCE</p> <p><a href="http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/h/a/r/Martha-K-Hardcastle-guthrie/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0274.html"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/h/a/r/Martha-K-Hardcastle-guthrie/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0274.html</span></span></span></a></p> <p align="CENTER"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large; text-decoration: underline;">ALEXANDER IRVINE(1500-1547)</span></span></span></span></strong></p> <p><strong>Alexander Irvine</strong> (son of <a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/ervine-family-history-to-1000-bce/UHP-0286.html"><strong><em><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Alexander Irvine VII</span></span></span></em></strong><em></em></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> and </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/ervine-family-history-to-1000-bce/UHP-0287.html"><strong><em><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Janet Allardyce</span></span></span></em></strong><em></em></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">) was born Aft. 1500 in Aberdeen, Scotland, and died September 09, 1547. He married </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/ervine-family-history-to-1000-bce/UHP-0285.html"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Elizabeth Ogilvy</span></span></span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> on 1526 in Scotland.</span>Note:</p> <p>Per Elson Irwin s files: Alexander did not inherit the title; it instead went to his son, Alexander, who became the 8th Laird of Drum.</p> <p>Alexander was killed in the Battle of Pinkie in Scotland.</p> <p>From William Parkin s webpage:  Alexander IRVINE (b.aft 1500 in Scotland; d.9 Sep 1547 at Battle of Pinkie in Scotland) m. Elizabeth OGILVY, d/o George OGILVY &amp; Elspeth IRVINE, in 1526 in Scotland. He was the <strong>son of Alexander IRVINE VII </strong>&amp; Janet ALLRDYCE. He was known as Alexander IRVINE of Forglen and had 9 children. </p> <p><strong>Father: <span style="color: #0000ff;">Alexander IRVINE VII</span> b: AFT. 1476 in Scotland</strong></p> <p>Mother: Janet ALLRDYCE</p> <p>Married: 1526 in Scotland</p> <p>Children</p> <p>William IRVINE</p> <p>Robert IRVINE</p> <p>Gilbert IRVINE</p> <p>Sir James IRVINE</p> <p>John IRVINE</p> <p>Janet IRVINE</p> <p>Elizabeth IRVINE</p> <p>Margaret IRVINE</p> <p><strong><span style="color: #0000ff;">Alexander IRVINE VIII</span> b: ABT. 1527 in Drum Castle, Aberdeen, Scotland</strong></p> <p>Children of <strong>Alexander Irvine</strong> and <strong>Elizabeth Ogilvy</strong> are:</p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/ervine-family-history-to-1000-bce/UHP-0282.html"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Alexander Irvine VIII</span></span></span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, b. Abt. 1527, Drum Castle, Aberdeen, Scotland.</span><a href="http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/h/a/r/Martha-K-Hardcastle-guthrie/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0274.html"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><br> </span></span></span></span></a>SOURCE</p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/h/a/r/Martha-K-Hardcastle-guthrie/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0274.html">http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/h/a/r/Martha-K-Hardcastle-guthrie/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0274.html</a></span></span></span></p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;">ALEXANDER&nbsp; IRVINE VII(1476-1552)</span></span></p> <p>&nbsp;<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Birth: AFT. 1476 in Scotland</span></p> <p>Death: AFT. 1552 in Scotland</p> <p>Note:</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Per Elson Irwin s files: Alexander Irvine, VII was b. ca 1476-80. He was Laird of Drum from 1527 to 1552. Alexander, VII had a charter for the Lands of Forglen from his father dated Sept 10, 1499. He took an active part in events during the minority of Queen Mary. He surrendered Drum Castle and all its land to the Crown in 1552, but obtained a regrant in favor of his grandson on 2/12/1553.</p> <p>Artamford has its own cres.  Sub solo Viresco </p> <p style="text-align: justify;">From William Parkin s webpage:  Alexander IRVINE VII (b.bet 1476 &amp; 1480 Scotland; d.aft 1552 Scotland) m. Janet ALLRDYCE, d/o John ALLRDYCE. He was the <strong>son of Sir Alexander IRVINE VI </strong>&amp; Janet KEITH. Alexander VII was Laird of Drum from 1527 to 1552. He took an active role in the minority of Queen Mary &amp; had to surrender Drum Castle &amp; all its land to the Crown in 1552. He did obtain a regrant in favor of his grandson on 12 Feb 1553. </p> <p><strong>Father: Sir Alexander IRVINE </strong>VI b: ABT. 1455 in Scotland</p> <p>Mother: Janet KEITH</p> <p>Marriage 1 Janet ALLARDYCE</p> <p>Children of <strong>Alexander Irvine VII</strong> and <strong>Janet Allardyce</strong> are:</p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/ervine-family-history-to-1000-bce/UHP-0284.html"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Alexander Irvine</span></span></span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, b. Aft. 1500, Aberdeen, Scotland, d. September 09, 1547.</span></p> <p><strong>SOURCE</strong></p> <p><a href="http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/h/a/r/Martha-K-Hardcastle-guthrie/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0274.html"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></span></span></span></span></span></a><a href="http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/h/a/r/Martha-K-Hardcastle-guthrie/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0274.html"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/h/a/r/Martha-K-Hardcastle-guthrie/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0274.html</span></span></span></a><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><br> </span></span></span></span></p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large; text-decoration: underline;">SIR ALEXANDER IRVINE VI(1455-1527) </span></span></span></span></p> <p>&nbsp;Birth: ABT. 1455 in Scotland</p> <p>Death: 1527 in Scotland</p> <p>Note:</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Per Elson Irwin s files: The Sixth Laird was sheriff in Aberdeenshire in 1492 the year Columbus sailed to the New World. He received Lonmay and Cairness from his father in 1475 and succeeded his father at Drum in 1493. He had a charter of Drum from King James IV in February of 1506.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">From William Parkin s webpage:  Sir Alexander IRVINE VI (b.abt 1455 Scotland; d.1527 Scotland) m. Janet KEITH, d/o Sir Gilbert KEITH, after 1475 in Scotland. He was the son of Alexander IRVINE V &amp; Elizabeth FORBES. Sir Alexander was the 6th Laird of Drum and sheriff in Aberdeenshire in 1492. He received Lonmay &amp; Cairness from his father in 1475 &amp; Drum in 1493, with a charter of Drum from King James IV in February 1506. He had 4 children. </p> <p><strong>Father: Alexander IRVINE V b: ABT. 1457 in Scotland</strong></p> <p>Mother: Elizabeth FORBES</p> <p>Marriage 1 Janet KEITH</p> <p>Married: AFT. 1475 in Scotland</p> <p>Children</p> <p>Margaret IRVINE</p> <p>Elspeth IRVINE</p> <p>Henry IRVINE b: AFT. 1450 in Drum Castle, Aberdeen, Scotland</p> <p><strong><span style="color: #0000ff;">Alexander IRVINE VII</span> b: AFT. 1476 in Scotland</strong></p> <p>More About <strong>Alexander Irvine VI</strong> and <strong>Janet Keith</strong>:</p> <p>Marriage: Aft. 1457, Scotland.</p> <p>Children of <strong>Alexander Irvine VI</strong> and <strong>Janet Keith</strong> are:</p> <p>+<a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/ervine-family-history-to-1000-bce/UHP-0286.html"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Alexander Irvine VII</span></span></span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, b. Aft. 1476, Scotland</span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><br> </span></span></span></span></p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;">ALEXANDER IRVINE V (1457-1493)</span></span></p> <p>Birth: ABT. 1457 in Scotland</p> <p>Death: 1493 in Scotland</p> <p>Note:</p> <p>Per Elson Irwin s files: While serving as Sheriff of County Aberdeen in 1471, Alexander attacked the house of Sir Walter Lindsay of Bewfort with a large force of men. For this, by judgement of the Lords of the Council, he was dismissed from the office of sheriff and sent to prison. How much of a sentence was carried out is not certain.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">From William Parkin s webpage:  Alexander V (b.abt 1457 Scotland; d.1493 Scotland) m. Elizabeth FORBES, d/o Alexander FORBES. He was the son of Robert IRVINE ( Sir Alexander IV) &amp; Elizabeth De KEITH. While sheriff of County Aberdeen in 1471, he attacked the house of Sir Walter LINDSAY of Bewfort. For this he was dismissed as sheriff &amp; sent to prison. He had 4 children with Elizabeth FORBES &amp; 8 more with his second wife, a LINDSEY.  </p> <p>Father: <strong><span style="color: #0000ff;">Robert  Sir Alexander IRVINE IV</span> b: ABT</strong>. 1385 in Drum Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland</p> <p>Mother: Elizabeth DE KEITH b: in Scotland</p> <p>Marriage 1 Elizabeth FORBES</p> <p>Children</p> <p>Richard IRVINE</p> <p>Henry IRVINE</p> <p>Agnes IRVINE</p> <p><strong>Sir Alexander IRVINE VI b: ABT. 1455 in Scotland</strong></p> <p>Children of <strong>Alexander Irvine V</strong> are:</p> <p>+<a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/ervine-family-history-to-1000-bce/UHP-0288.html"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Alexander Irvine VI</span></span></span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, b. 1455, Scotland.</span></p> <p align="CENTER"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large; text-decoration: underline;">Sir Alexander Robert IRVINE IV (b. Abt. 1385, d. date unknown)</span></span></span></span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Robert IRVINE IV(son of <a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/ervine-family-history-to-1000-bce/UHP-0562.html"><strong><em><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Alexander IRVINE II</span></span></span></em></strong><em></em></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> and </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/ervine-family-history-to-1000-bce/UHP-0567.html"><strong><em><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Montford Of LONMAY</span></span></span></em></strong><em></em></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">) was born Abt. 1385 in Drum Castle, Drumfriesshire, Aberdeen Scotland, and died date unknown. He married </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/ervine-family-history-to-1000-bce/UHP-0560.html"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Elizabeth de KEITH</span></span></span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, daughter of </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/ervine-family-history-to-1000-bce/UHP-0561.html"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Robert KEITH</span></span></span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">.</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Notes for <strong>Robert IRVINE IV</strong>:</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Knighted in 1424 after acting as one of the Commissioners appointed by the Estates of Scotland in 1423 concerning the ransom of King James I, and from 1440 to 1442 was Captian and Governor of the burgh of Aberdeen. He was given as Tocher (Dower) the lands of Strachin in Kincardine by Charter dated Oct 16, 1411.  http://www.justcallbob.com/irvine.html</p> <p>  </p> <p>Per Elson Irwin s files: Robert was actually the brother of Sir Alexander de Irwyn and assumed the name Alexander when his brother and nephew, Alexander, were killed in 1411 at Battle of Harclaw.</p> <p>He was born probably late 1300s, possibly 1385 or a little later.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">From William Parkin s webpage:  Robert IRVINE ( Sir Alexander IV) (b.abt 1385 Drum Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland) m. Elizabeth De KEITH, d/o Robert KEITH. The marriage was arranged to end a violent feud between the KEITHs &amp; IRVINEs. Robert was the son of Alexander De IRWYNE II &amp; Lady MONTFORD. Robert became the 4th Laird of Drum and assumed the name  Alexander when his brother &amp; nephew were killed at the Battle of Harclaw in 1411.  </p> <p>&nbsp;Title: World Connect Project, Nanci Presley-Holley</p> <p>Text: Robert was actually the brother of Sir Alexander de Irwyn and assumed the name Alexander when his brother and nephew, Alexander, were killed in 1411 at Battle of Harclaw</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">&nbsp; Alexander, Third of Drum, marched away to lead the forces of Aberdeenshire with his cousin the Earl of Mar to meet the invaders from the Hebrides. This was the battle of Harlaw in 1411 before which Alexander made his brother swear that should he be killed, Robert should assume his baronial right at Drum. During that battle, Alexander encountered the ferocious Chief of the MacLeans of Duart in Mull, known as Red Hector of the Battles. After  noble and notable single combat the two of them lay dead upon the field, killed by mortal blows struck one upon the other.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Younger brother Robert took the oath he swore to his dead brother quite seriously, changed his name to Alexander and married his elder brother s fiance, Elizabeth de Keith. Sometime later he led the delegation which negotiated the release of James I from the hands of the English for which he was knighted. (BY DENNIS ERVIN).</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">WILLIAM (THOMAS) DE </span><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large; text-decoration: underline;">IRVINE II (b. 1317</span></span></span></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large; text-decoration: underline;">, d. 1390).</span></span></span></span></strong></span></p> <p><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large; text-decoration: underline;">WILLIAM</span></span></span></span></strong></span>&nbsp;IRVINE II(son of <a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/ervine-family-history-to-1000-bce/UHP-0566.html"><strong><em><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Alexander IRVINE I</span></span></span></em></strong><em></em></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> and </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/ervine-family-history-to-1000-bce/UHP-0565.html"><strong><em><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Marotte BERNARD</span></span></span></em></strong><em></em></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">) was born 1317 in <strong>Drum Castle, </strong>Drumfriesshire, Aberdeen Scotland, and died 1390 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. He married </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/ervine-family-history-to-1000-bce/UHP-0567.html"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Montford Of LONMAY</span></span></span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, daughter of </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/ervine-family-history-to-1000-bce/UHP-0564.html"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Thomas MONFORD of Lonmay</span></span></span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">.</span></p> <p>More About WILLIAM<strong>&nbsp;IRVINE II</strong>:</p> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top" width="20"></td> <td valign="top" width="450"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">William de (2nd<br> Laird of Drum) Irwin, born Abt. 1317; died Abt.<br> 1390.</span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td width="166"></td> <td style="text-align: justify;" width="700"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #0000c0;">Notes<br> for</span> William de (2nd Laird of Drum) Irwin:<br> William de Irvine (sometimes known as Sir Thomas de Irwyn), 2nd Laird of Drum, appears among the list of&nbsp; Barons during the reign of King David II. Member of Parliament held at Perth in 1369. Born ca 1317, married daughter of Sir Thomas Montford of Lonmay, died ca 1390. Succeeded by his son, Sir Alexander Irwyn, 3rd Laird of Drum, who accompanied his cousin, Alexander Stewart, Earl of Mar, to Flanders, and joined the army ofthe Duke of Bergundy, 1409. He was knighted on the morning of the Battle of Leige, and returned to Scotland in 1410. On July 24, 1411 he had command of the Lowland army under Alexander Stewart, Earl of Mar, at the Battle of Harlaw, in which encountered Eachin Raudh nan Cath MacLean 3rd of Dowart, with whom he fought hand-to-had until both were killed. Succeeded by his brother Robert.<br> </span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>Children of <strong>Alexander IRVINE II</strong> and <strong>Montford Of LONMAY</strong> are:</p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/ervine-family-history-to-1000-bce/UHP-0559.html"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Robert IRVINE IV</span></span></span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, b. Abt. 1385, Drum Castle, Drumfriesshire, Aberdeen Scotland, d. date unknown.</span></p> <p>SOURCE</p> <p><a href="http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/b/a/r/William-Baran-AZ/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0559.html">http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/b/a/r/William-Baran-AZ/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0559.html</a></p> <p align="CENTER"><a href="javascript:launch(566);"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large; text-decoration: underline;">Alexander IRVINE I (b. Abt. 1260, d. date unknown)</span></span></span></span></strong></a></p> <p>Alexander IRVINE I(son of <a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/ervine-family-history-to-1000-bce/UHP-0568.html"><strong><em><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">William IRWYN</span></span></span></em></strong><em></em></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">) was born Abt. 1260, and died date unknown. He married </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/ervine-family-history-to-1000-bce/UHP-0565.html"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Marotte BERNARD</span></span></span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">.</span></p> <p>Notes for <strong>Alexander IRVINE I</strong>:</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">William took the name Alexander I although his name was <strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">William de Irwin </span></strong>when he was armor bearer for Robert The Bruce, future king of Scotland. William de Irwin was presented the deed to Drum Castle and the surrounding hunting forests in 1323 A.D. <span style="color: #0000ff;">The castle near Aberdeen, Scotland has been in existence since 1286 A.D. and was in Irwin hands until 1975 when it was turned over to the National Trust of Scotland.</span></p> <p>- World Connect ProjectVA Carolina GA FL Families, David Hunter Brown</p> <p>http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&amp;dbÚvidhunterbrown&amp;id=I5120</p> <p>  </p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Per Elson Irwin s files: William de Irvine (Thomas de Irwyn). FIRST&nbsp;Laird of Drum. <span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>William took the name Alexander I although his name was William de Irwin when he was armor bearer for Robert The Bruce, future king of Scotland. William de Irwin was presented the deed to Drum Castle and the surrounding hunting forests in 1323 A.D.</strong></span> The castle near Aberdeen, Scotland has been in existence since 1286 A.D. and was in Irwin hands until 1975 when it was turned over to the National Trust of Scotland.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Robert I of Scotland. Also called Robert the Bruce. Born 1274, died 1329. King of Scotland 1306-29. King Robert Bruce made Sir William de Irvine his armor-bearer and secretary<strong>. <span style="color: #0000ff;">Sir William de Irvine married a granddaughter of Bruce, who was the daughter of Robert Douglas</span>, </strong>Earl of Buchan (?). King gave him forest of Drum, which was then part of Royal Forest in Aberdeenshire. And from this union was derived the two great families of Bonshaw and Drum (in Scotland).</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">SOURCE</p> <p><a href="http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/b/a/r/William-Baran-AZ/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0559.html">http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/b/a/r/William-Baran-AZ/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0559.html</a></p> <p>William de Irvine , 1st Laird of Drum</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"> William de Irwyn was born about 1280 in Dumfriesshire, Scotland, and died in 1333 at Drum Castle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. His father was Alexander de Irwyn. Little is known of Alexander. We do not, at this time, know the names of his parents or that of his wife. It is believed that he was a brother of William, Laird of Bonshaw, and that he was the Irving\Irvine clan chief during the late 1200s and early 1300s. Alexander is reputed to have been an early supporter of Robert the Bruce in Bruce s quest to free Scotland from the grip of Edward I of England. It is thought that Alexander was with Bruce at Greyfriar s Church in Dumfries on February 13, 1306 when Bruce confronted John Comyn the Red, the only other serious contender for the Scottish Crown. It was a stormy meeting and tempers flared. Daggers were drawn, but Bruce got his blow in first and Comyn was killed. Alexander was among the small group of supporters that helped Bruce escape the Comyn followers. </p> <p style="text-align: justify;">SOURCE; DONALD ERWIN</p> <p>NOTE; SOME SOURCES LIST ALEXANDER AS THE FATHER OF WILLIAM DE IRWYN,&nbsp; OTHERS SAY WILLIAM IRWYN.</p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">William IRWYN (d. date unknown)</span></span></p> <p>William IRWYN(son of <a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/ervine-family-history-to-1000-bce/UHP-0569.html"><strong><em><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">William (Gilbert) ERYVINE</span></span></span></em></strong><em></em></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">) died date unknown.</span></p> <p>Notes for <strong>William IRWYN</strong>:</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">&nbsp;He was known as William Irwyn of Bonshaw. Laird and leader of the border clan in Dumfries, near Lockerbie, Scotland. Bonshaw Castle dates back to 1022 A.D. and is still in ownership of the Irwin (Irving) family.</p> <p>&nbsp;Per Elson Irwin s files:</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">&nbsp;Irvine: 1. Scots: habitation name from Irvine in Strathclyde or from Irving in Dumfries and Galloway region. The two names have become confused and are impossible to disentangle. Both are derived from a Celtic river name probably composed of elements ir=green fresh vin=water. There are two major Scottish families called Irvine. They share a common ancestor, Duncan, known as the first of Eryvine. He was killed at the Battle of Duncrub in 965. But these Scots were of Irish origin, descended from Cimeal Connell, a member of the O Neil Clan. The two Scottish branches were established at Bonshaw in Dumfriesshire, and at Castle Drum in Aberdeenshire.</p> <p align="CENTER"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large; text-decoration: underline;">William (Gilbert) ERYVINE</span></span></span></span></strong></p> <p>(son of <a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/ervine-family-history-to-1000-bce/UHP-0570.html"><strong><em><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">GILCHRIST of ANGUS</span></span></span></em></strong><em></em></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> and </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/ervine-family-history-to-1000-bce/UHP-0571.html"><strong><em><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">MAJORY of SCOTLAND</span></span></span></em></strong><em></em></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">) died date unknown.</span></p> <p>Children of <strong>William (Gilbert) ERYVINE</strong> are:</p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/ervine-family-history-to-1000-bce/UHP-0568.html"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">William IRWYN</span></span></span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, d. date unknown.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Verdana;">NOTE: THE FATHER OF WILLIAM IRWYN IS NOT WELL ESTABLISHED, SOME SOURCES LIST </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&amp;db=bferris&amp;id=I41369"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Dunegal\Duncan Eryvine</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> b: ABT 0988, OTHERS GILCHRIST, FOURTH EARL OF ANGUS.</span></p> <p><a href="http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&amp;db=bferris&amp;id=I41368"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&amp;db=bferris&amp;id=I41368</span></span></span></strong></a></p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;">GILCHRIST of ANGUS (b. Abt. 1154, d. Bet. 1207  1211)</span></span></p> <p>&nbsp;Birthdate: circa 1156 Birthplace: Powrie, Forfarshire, Scotland Death: Died 1231 in Ogilvie, Scotland</p> <p>GILCHRIST of ANGUS was born Abt. 1154 in Forfar, Angusshire, Scotland, and died Bet. 1207  1211. He married&nbsp; <a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/ervine-family-history-to-1000-bce/UHP-0571.html"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">MAJORY of SCOTLAND</span></span></span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> on Abt. 1169, daughter of </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/ervine-family-history-to-1000-bce/UHP-0573.html"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Henry of HUNTINGDON</span></span></span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> and </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/ervine-family-history-to-1000-bce/UHP-0572.html"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Adelaid de WARENNE</span></span></span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">.</span></p> <p>More About <strong>GILCHRIST of ANGUS</strong>:</p> <p>Occupation: 2nd Earl of Angus.</p> <p>Children of <strong>GILCHRIST of ANGUS</strong> and <strong>MAJORY of SCOTLAND</strong> are:</p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/ervine-family-history-to-1000-bce/UHP-0569.html"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">William (Gilbert) ERYVINE</span></span></span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, d. date unknown</span></p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="color: #0000ff;">MAJORY of SCOTLAND (b. 1152, d. Abt. 1213</span></p> <p align="CENTER">MAJORY of SCOTLAN (daughter of <a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/ervine-family-history-to-1000-bce/UHP-0573.html"><strong><em><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Henry of HUNTINGDON</span></span></span></em></strong><em></em></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> and </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/ervine-family-history-to-1000-bce/UHP-0572.html"><strong><em><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Adelaid de WARENNE</span></span></span></em></strong><em></em></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">) was born 1152 in England, and died Abt. 1213. She married </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/ervine-family-history-to-1000-bce/UHP-0570.html"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">GILCHRIST of ANGUS</span></span></span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> on Abt. 1169.</span></p> <p>More About <strong>MAJORY of SCOTLAND</strong>:</p> <p><strong>Occupation: Princess of Scotland</strong>.</p> <p>Children of <strong>MAJORY of SCOTLAND</strong> and <strong>GILCHRIST of ANGUS</strong> are:</p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/ervine-family-history-to-1000-bce/UHP-0569.html"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">William (Gilbert) ERYVINE</span></span></span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, d. date unknown.</span></p> <p>The PEDIGREE of Gilchrist (4th Earl) of ANGUS</p> <p><strong>poss. aka Gilchrist OGILVIE </strong></p> <p>Born: abt. 1142 Died: aft. 1207</p> <p>HM George I s 13-Great Grandfather. U.S. President s 16-Great Grandfather. PM Churchill s 20-Great Grandfather. Lady Diana s 22-Great Grandfather. P.M. Cameron s 21-Great Grandfather. Louis XVII s 17-Great Grandfather. HM Umberto II s 21-Great Grandfather. `</p> <p>Gilla Críst of Angus, ruled until 1206 as Mormaer of Angus. He was a son of Gille Brigte of Angus and younger brother of Adam of AngusAlmost nothing is known of him, except that he married Marjorie of Huntingdon, the daughter of Henry, Earl of Huntingdon and Ada de Warenne, and that he was succeeded by his son Donnchad before 1206. His daughter Bethóc (Beatrix) was married to Walter Stewart, 3rd High Steward of Scotland and was mother to Alexander Stewart, 4th High Steward of Scotland.</p> <p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gille_Cr%C3%ADst,_Earl_of_Angus"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gille_Cr%C3%ADst,_Earl_of_Angus</span></span></span></a></p> <p>About Gilbert Ogilvy, brother of Gilchrist</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Gilbert Ogilvy, 3rd son of Gilibride; assumed the surname Ogilvy from lands of that name in his possession, of which, with Powrie and Kyneithein in Angus, he had a charter 1172. [Burke's Peerage] The lands of Ogilvy are in Angus. The name derives from the Gaelic, Ocel-fa meaning high plain. Angus was a kingdom in Pictish times ruled by a mormaer, one of the ancient Celtic nobles of Scotland. Originally a mormaer, literally a great steward, was a semi-independent sub-king. After the feudalising of Scotland in the time of King David, mormaers came to be called earls. In those day of course there were no dukes or marquesses, so earl was the highest rank in the nobility. Gillebride, Earl of Angus in the time of King David I, gave the lands of Ogilvy to his third son, Gilbert, some time before 1172, when Gilbert had a charter of Ogilvy, Powrie and Kyneithen, all in Angus. His grandson, Sir Patrick de Ogilvy of Wester Powrie appears on the Ragman Roll of nobles swearing fealty toEdward I of England in 1296.</p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;">GILLBRIDE(BORN BFR 1128)</span></p> <p align="CENTER">&nbsp;son of&nbsp; Dufagan [d. 1187]</p> <p>&nbsp;Earl of Angus</p> <p>[1135]. David I King of Scotland granted protection to the clerics of Deer by undated charter witnessed by  <em>Donchado comite de Fib et Malmori d´Athotla et Ggillebrite comite d´Engus et Ghgillcomded Mac Aed& </em> </p> <p><span style="font-family: Verdana;">&nbsp;He fought at the battle of the Standard 22 Aug 1138</span></p> <p>The <em>Complete Peerage</em> says that Gillbride  <em>seems to have married a daughter of Gospatrick Earl of Dunbar</em> </p> <p>Source</p> <p>Scotland Earls</p> <p><a href="http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SCOTTISH%20NOBILITY.htm"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SCOTTISH%20NOBILITY.htm#GilchristAngus</span></span></span></a></p> <p style="text-align: justify;">(Scottish)  son of the servant of (Saint) Brigit , more often Americanized as McBride. The name <em>Brighid</em> (modern <em>Brigit</em>) almost certainly means  exalted . Brighid was probably originally a pagan fire goddess, many of whose attributes became attached to the historical figure of St. Brigit of Kildare (452 523), founder of the first Irish convent.</p> <p>About Gille Brigte mac Dufugan, 2nd Earl Of Angus</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">He fought in the Battle of the Standard on 22 August 1138, when the Scots were totally defeated at Northallerton, Yorkshire.1 In 1174 he was one of the hostages for King William the Lion [Scotland].</p> <p>Gillbride, 2nd Earl of Angus was born before 1128. He was the son of Dufugan, 1st Earl of Angus. He married, firstly, unnamed daughter of Gospatrick, daughter of Gospatrick, Earl of Dunbar. He married, secondly, unnamed daughter of Erik Slagbrellir (?) and Ingigerd (?). He died circa 1187.</p> <p>Gillbride succeeded to the title of 2nd Earl of Angus. He fought in the Battle of the Standard on 22 August 1138, when the Scots were totally defeated at Northallerton, Yorkshire. In 1174 he was one of the hostages for King William the Lion [Scotland].</p> <p>Child of Gillbride, 2nd Earl of Angus and unnamed daughter (?)</p> <p>* Magnus, Jarl of Orkney+ d. 12391</p> <p>Children of Gillbride, 2nd Earl of Angus</p> <p>* Adam, 3rd Earl of Angus b. b 1164, d. b 11981</p> <p>* Gilchrist, 4th Earl of Angus+ b. b 1187, d. bt 1207  12111</p> <p>Citations</p> <p>1. [S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume I, page 145. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.</p> <p>2. [S37] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke s Peerage, Baronetage &amp; Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke s Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 642. Hereinafter cited as Burke s Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.</p> <p>           </p> <p>Gille Brigte of Angus is the one of the earliest attested Mormaers of Angus. He was possibly a descendant of Dubacan of Angus.</p> <p>Gille Brigte is recorded as a witness to a charter dating to 1150. He probably fathered both Adam and Gille Críst. He was dead by 1189, when his son Adam was the Mormaer.</p> <p>* Roberts, John L., Lost Kingdoms: Celtic Scotland in the Middle Ages, (Edinburgh, 1997), pp. 53-4</p> <p>The PEDIGREE of Gilbert (Gilebride) (2nd Earl) of ANGUS</p> <p><span style="font-family: Verdana;">(Gilibride Gillbride Gilbride); (OGILVIE ?) </span></p> <p>Born: ? Died: by 1187</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">HM George I s 14-Great Grandfather. U.S. President Obama s 17-Great Grandfather. PM Churchill s 21-Great Grandfather. Lady Diana s 23-Great Grandfather. P.M. Cameron s 22-Great Grandfather. Louis XVII s 18-Great Grandfather. Gen. Pierpont Hamilton s 20-Great Grandfather.</p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">SOURCE<br> </span></strong></span></span></span></span><a href="http://fabpedigree.com/s032/f700321.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">http://fabpedigree.com/s032/f700321.htm</span></span></span></strong></a></p> <h1 align="CENTER"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;">Dufugan or Gilchrist Angus , 1st Earl of Angus; <em>Birth:</em> ABT 1054</span></span>Father:</h1> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&amp;db=bferris&amp;id=I41368"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Eruni</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> b: ABT 1020</span></p> <p><em>Marriage</em> 1 Spouse Unknown</p> <p>Children</p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&amp;db=bferris&amp;id=I41366"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Gillibrede , 2nd Earl of Angus</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> b: ABT 1094 in Angus, Scotland</span></p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/ervine-family-history-to-1000-bce/angusdufugan1090.html"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Dufugan Earl of Angus</span></span></span></strong></a></p> <p style="text-align: justify;">born about 1090 Forfar, Angusshire, Scotland.There is doubt on the existence of this Gilchrist/Dufagan. Some sources report that Gilbert/Gillebride was the first to be formally recognised as Earl of Angus. It is possible that Gilbert and/or Gilchrist/Dufagan were descended from the ancient Celtic Mormaers of Angus but this has not been confirmed.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">children</p> <p>1. Gilbert or Gillebride, 2nd Earl of Angus (d c1187)  </p> <p>From Stirnet Genealogy at</p> <p><a href="http://www.stirnet.com/HTML/genie/british/aa/azmisc01.htm">http://www.stirnet.com/HTML/genie/british/aa/azmisc01.htm</a></p> <p>Citations</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">1. [S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume I, page 145. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerag.</p> <p>Dufugan, 1st Earl of Angus was created 1st Earl of Angus [Scotland] circa 1115.1</p> <p>He was probably a descendant of Dubucan, a Mormaer of Angus in the 10th century.1</p> <p>Child of Dufugan, 1st Earl of Angus</p> <p>Citations</p> <p>1. G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume I, page 145. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage</p> <h1 align="CENTER"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;">Eruini Eryvine-Irwyn(born about 1020 AD)</span></span></h1> <p style="text-align: justify;">&nbsp; Duncan, the third brother, was the ancestor of the Bonshaw Irvings. He moved to the borderlands in 1018 as Governor of Cumbria. <span style="color: #0000ff;">His eldest son Eruini, born circa 1020,</span> married Beatrice, an heiress of the ancient <span style="color: #0000ff;">British royal line of Coel Hen</span>. Eruini and Beatrice took up residence at her ancestral home, the ancient hill-fort of Dumbretton. Soon afterward, however, a new castle was built about two miles east of the present site of Bonshaw, and they named it Irwyn. The inheritance of Beatrice also included the lands between the Kirtle and the Esk Rivers southeast of Lockerbie. These lands included the area where the current Bonshaw Tower now stands, and would become the ancient home of the Eryvine (Irving, de Irwyn, Irvine) clan. (Donald Erwin)</p> <h1 id="firstHeading"><span style="color: #0000ff;">BRITISH ROYAL LINE OF COEL HEN</span></h1> <h1>King Cole</h1> <div id="bodyContent"><!-- tagline --><p></p> <div id="siteSub">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> <div dir="ltr" lang="en"> <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>King Cole</strong> or <strong>Coel</strong> is the name of a figure, or multiple figures with similar names, prominent in <a title="Great Britain" href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Great_Britain">British</a> literature and legend since the <a title="Middle Ages" href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Middle_Ages">Middle Ages</a>. Early <a title="Wales" href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Wales">Welsh</a> tradition knew of a <em>Coel Hen</em> (Coel the Old), a leader in <a title="Roman Britain" href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Roman_Britain">Roman</a> or <a title="Sub-Roman Britain" href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Sub-Roman_Britain">Sub-Roman Britain</a> and the progenitor of several kingly lines in the <a title="Hen Ogledd" href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Hen_Ogledd">Hen Ogledd</a> ( the Old North ), the <a title="Brythonic languages" href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Brythonic_languages">Brythonic</a>-speaking part of <a title="Northern England" href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Northern_England">northern England</a> and southern <a title="Scotland" href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Scotland">Scotland</a>. Later medieval legend told of a Coel, apparently derived from Coel Hen, who was the father of <a title="Helena of Constantinople" href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Helena_of_Constantinople">Saint Helena</a> and the grandfather of Roman Emperor <a title="Constantine the Great" href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Constantine_the_Great">Constantine the Great</a>. Other similarly named characters may be confused or conflated with the Welsh Coel. The traditional  King Coel may be the historical basis for the popular nursery rhyme  <a title="Old King Cole" href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Old_King_Cole">Old King Cole</a> .<sup id="cite_ref-Opie_0-0"><a href="#cite_note-Opie-0">[1]</a></sup></p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Context and evidence</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Coel Hen appears in the <a title="Harleian genealogies" href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Harleian_genealogies">Harleian genealogies</a> and the later pedigrees known as the <em><a title="Bonedd Gwwr y Gogledd" href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Bonedd_Gw%C5%B7r_y_Gogledd">Bonedd Gwwr y Gogledd</a></em> (<em>The Descent of the Men of the North</em>) at the head of several post-Roman royal families of the <a title="Hen Ogledd" href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Hen_Ogledd">Hen Ogledd</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Bromwich256_1-0"><a href="#cite_note-Bromwich256-1">[2]</a></sup> His line, collectively called the <em><strong>Coeling</strong></em>, included such noted figures as <a title="Urien Rheged" href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Urien_Rheged">Urien</a>, king of <a title="Rheged" href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Rheged">Rheged</a>; <a title="Gwallog" href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Gwallog">Gwallog</a>, perhaps king of <a title="Elmet" href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Elmet">Elmet</a>; the brothers <a title="Gwrgi" href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Gwrgi">Gwrgi</a> and <a title="Peredur" href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Peredur">Peredur</a>, and <a title="Clydno Eiddin" href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Clydno_Eiddin">Clydno Eiddin</a>, king of Eiddin or <a title="Edinburgh" href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Edinburgh">Edinburgh</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Bromwich256_1-1"><a href="#cite_note-Bromwich256-1">[2]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MacQuarrie_2-0"><a href="#cite_note-MacQuarrie-2">[3]</a></sup> He was also considered to be the father-in-law of <a title="Cunedda" href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Cunedda">Cunedda</a>, founder of <a title="Kingdom of Gwynedd" href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Kingdom_of_Gwynedd">Gwynedd</a> in North Wales, by his daughter Gwawl.<sup id="cite_ref-3"><a href="#cite_note-3">[4]</a></sup> The genealogies give him the epithet <em>Godebog</em>, meaning  Protector or  Shelterer .<sup id="cite_ref-Bromwich256_1-2"><a href="#cite_note-Bromwich256-1">[2]</a></sup> The poem <em><a title="Y Gododdin" href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Y_Gododdin">Y Gododdin</a></em> mentions some enmity between the  Sons of Godebog and the heroes who fought for the <a title="Gododdin" href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Gododdin">Gododdin</a> at the <a title="Battle of Catraeth" href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Battle_of_Catraeth">Battle of Catraeth</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-MacQuarrie_2-1"><a href="#cite_note-MacQuarrie-2">[3]</a></sup></p> <p style="text-align: justify;">As an ancestor figure, Coel Hen compares to <a title="Dumnagual I of Alt Clut" href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Dumnagual_I_of_Alt_Clut">Dumnagual Hen</a>, who is likewise attributed with founding kingly lines in the Hen Ogledd. According to Welsh tradition the region of <a title="Kyle, Ayrshire" href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Kyle,_Ayrshire">Kyle</a> was named for Coel, and a mound at <a title="Coylton" href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Coylton">Coylton</a> in <a title="Argyll" href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Argyll">Argyll</a> was regarded as his tomb.<sup id="cite_ref-4"><a href="#cite_note-4">[5]</a></sup> Projections back from dated individuals suggest that Coel Hen lived around AD 350 420, during the time of the <a title="End of Roman rule in Britain" href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/End_of_Roman_rule_in_Britain">Roman departure from Britain</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-MacQuarrie_2-2"><a href="#cite_note-MacQuarrie-2">[3]</a></sup> In his widely criticized book<sup id="cite_ref-5"><a href="#cite_note-5">[6]</a></sup> <em>The Age of Arthur</em>, historian <a title="John Morris (historian)" href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/John_Morris_%28historian%29">John Morris</a> suggested that Coel may have been the last of the Roman <em>Duces Brittanniarum</em> (Dukes of the Britons) who commanded the <a title="Military history of ancient Rome" href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Military_history_of_ancient_Rome">Roman army</a> in northern Britain.<sup id="cite_ref-6"><a href="#cite_note-6">[7]</a></sup> According to Morris he may have taken over the northern capital at Eburacum (<a title="York" href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/York">York</a>) to rule over what had been the northern province of <a title="Roman Britain" href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Roman_Britain">Roman Britain</a>. Upon Coel Hen s death, his lands would have been split between his sons, Garmonion and Cunedda II, and later his grandsons, Dunwal Moelmut, Cunedda III, and Gwrwst Ledlwn, thus creating the many old northern kingdoms of Britain.</p> <h2 style="text-align: justify;">Later sources</h2> <p style="text-align: justify;">In his <em>Historia Anglorum</em>, <a title="Henry of Huntingdon" href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Henry_of_Huntingdon">Henry of Huntingdon</a> mentions that a King Coel of <a title="Colchester" href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Colchester">Colchester</a> was the father of Saint Helena and therefore the grandfather of Constantine the Great.<sup id="cite_ref-7"><a href="#cite_note-7">[8]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8"><a href="#cite_note-8">[9]</a></sup> The same claim appears in <a title="Geoffrey of Monmouth" href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Geoffrey_of_Monmouth">Geoffrey of Monmouth</a> s <em><a title="Historia Regum Britanniae" href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Historia_Regum_Britanniae">Historia Regum Britanniae</a></em>, in a passage using some of the same words. Henry appears to have written this part of the <em>Historia Anglorum</em> before he knew about Geoffrey s work, leading J. S. P. Tatlock to conclude that Geoffrey borrowed the passage from Henry, rather than the other way around.<sup id="cite_ref-Greenwayciv_9-0"><a href="#cite_note-Greenwayciv-9">[10]</a></sup> The source of the claim is unknown, but it may have come from a lost hagiography of Helena.<sup id="cite_ref-Greenwayciv_9-1"><a href="#cite_note-Greenwayciv-9">[10]</a></sup></p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Geoffrey s largely fictional <em>Historia Regum Britanniae</em> expands upon Henry s brief mention, listing Coel as a <a title="List of legendary kings of Britain" href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/List_of_legendary_kings_of_Britain">King of the Britons</a> following the reign of King <a title="Julius Asclepiodotus" href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Julius_Asclepiodotus">Asclepiodotus</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Monmouth1966_10-0"><a href="#cite_note-Monmouth1966-10">[11]</a></sup> He states that, upset with Asclepiodotus s handling of the <a title="Diocletianic Persecution" href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Diocletianic_Persecution">Diocletianic Persecution</a>, Coel began a rebellion in the duchy of Caercolun (Colchester), of which he was duke. He met Asclepiodotus in battle and killed him, thus taking the kingship of Britain upon himself. <a title="Roman Empire" href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Roman_Empire">Rome</a>, apparently, was pleased that Britain had a new king and sent a senator, <a title="Constantius Chlorus" href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Constantius_Chlorus">Constantius Chlorus</a>, to negotiate with Coel. Afraid of the Romans, Coel met Constantius and agreed to pay tribute and submit to Roman laws as long as he was allowed to retain the kingship. Constantius agreed to these terms but, one month later, Coel died.<sup id="cite_ref-Monmouth1966_10-1"><a href="#cite_note-Monmouth1966-10">[11]</a></sup> Constantius married Coel s daughter, Helena, and crowned himself as Coel s successor. Helen subsequently gave birth to a son who became the Emperor <a title="Constantine I of the Roman Empire" href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Constantine_I_of_the_Roman_Empire">Constantine the Great</a>, giving a British pedigree to the Roman imperial line.<sup id="cite_ref-11"><a href="#cite_note-11">[12]</a></sup></p> <h2>[<a title="Edit section: References" href="http://www.billtiffee.com/w/index.php?title=King_Cole&amp;action=edit&amp;section=3">edit</a>] References</h2> <dl> <dt>Notes</dt> </dl> <div> <ol> <li id="cite_note-Opie-0"><strong><a href="#cite_ref-Opie_0-0">^</a></strong> Opie and Opie, pp. 134 135.</li> <li id="cite_note-Bromwich256-1">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Bromwich256_1-0"><sup><em><strong>a</strong></em></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Bromwich256_1-1"><sup><em><strong>b</strong></em></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Bromwich256_1-2"><sup><em><strong>c</strong></em></sup></a> Bromwich, pp. 256 257.</li> <li id="cite_note-MacQuarrie-2">^ <a href="#cite_ref-MacQuarrie_2-0"><sup><em><strong>a</strong></em></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-MacQuarrie_2-1"><sup><em><strong>b</strong></em></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-MacQuarrie_2-2"><sup><em><strong>c</strong></em></sup></a> MacQuarrie, p. 5.</li> <li id="cite_note-3"><strong><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></strong> Koch, p. 458.</li> <li id="cite_note-4"><strong><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></strong> Bromwich, p. 314.</li> <li id="cite_note-5"><strong><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></strong> N. J. Lacy, <em>A history of Arthurian scholarship</em> Arthurian studies, 65 (Boydell &amp; Brewer Ltd, 2006), pp. 9 10.</li> <li id="cite_note-6"><strong><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></strong> Morris, p. 54</li> <li id="cite_note-7"><strong><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></strong> Henry of Huntingdon, <a title="wikisource:History of the English/Book 1" href="http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/History_of_the_English/Book_1"><em>Historia Anglorum</em>, Book I</a>, ch. 37.</li> <li id="cite_note-8"><strong><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></strong> Greenway, pp. 60 61.</li> <li id="cite_note-Greenwayciv-9">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Greenwayciv_9-0"><sup><em><strong>a</strong></em></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Greenwayciv_9-1"><sup><em><strong>b</strong></em></sup></a> Greenway, p. civ.</li> <li id="cite_note-Monmouth1966-10">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Monmouth1966_10-0"><sup><em><strong>a</strong></em></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Monmouth1966_10-1"><sup><em><strong>b</strong></em></sup></a> Thorpe, p. 17; 131.</li> <li id="cite_note-11"><strong><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></strong> Harbus, p. 74.</li> </ol> </div> <dl> <dt>Bibliography</dt> </dl> <ul> <li><a title="Rachel Bromwich" href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Rachel_Bromwich">Bromwich, Rachel</a> (2006). <em>Trioedd Ynys Prydein: The Triads of the Island of Britain</em>. University of Wales Press. <a title="International Standard Book Number" href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/International_Standard_Book_Number">ISBN</a> <a title="Special:BookSources/0-7083-1386-8" href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7083-1386-8">0-7083-1386-8</a>.</li> <li>Henry of Huntingdon (1996). Greenway, Diana. ed. <em>Historia Anglorum: The History of the English People</em>. Oxford University Press. <a title="International Standard Book Number" href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/International_Standard_Book_Number">ISBN</a> <a title="Special:BookSources/0198222246" href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Special:BookSources/0198222246">0198222246</a>.</li> <li>Harbus, A. (2002). <em>Helena of Britain in Medieval Legend</em>. D. S. Brewer.</li> <li>Koch, John T. (2006). <em>Celtic Culture: A Historical Encyclopedia</em>. ABC-CLIO. <a title="International Standard Book Number" href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/International_Standard_Book_Number">ISBN</a> <a title="Special:BookSources/1851094407" href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Special:BookSources/1851094407">1851094407</a>.</li> <li>MacQuarrie, Alan (1993). Grant; Stringer, K.. eds.  The Kings of Strathclyde . <em>Medieval Scotland: Crown, Lordship and Community</em> (Edinburgh University Press): 1 19.</li> <li>Morris, John (1973). <em>The Age of Arthur</em>. Weidenfeld &amp; Nicolson.</li> <li>Opie, I.; Opie, P. (1997). <em>The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes</em>. Oxford University Press.</li> <li>Geoffrey of Monmouth (1966). Thorpe, Lewis. ed. <em>The History of the Kings of Britain</em>. Penguin. <a title="International Standard Book Number" href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/International_Standard_Book_Number">ISBN</a> <a title="Special:BookSources/0-14-044170-0" href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-14-044170-0">0-14-044170-0</a>.</li> </ul> </div> </div> <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Constantine the Great</strong> (<a title="Latin language" href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Latin_language">Latin</a>: <em>Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus Augustus</em>;<sup id="cite_ref-5"><a href="#cite_note-5">[3]</a></sup> c. 27 February 272<sup id="cite_ref-birthdate_4-1"><a href="#cite_note-birthdate-4">[2]</a></sup>  22 May 337), also known as <strong>Constantine I</strong> or <strong>Saint Constantine</strong>,<sup id="cite_ref-6"><a href="#cite_note-6">[4]</a></sup> was <a title="Roman Emperor" href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Roman_Emperor">Roman Emperor</a> from 306 to 337. Well known for being the first Roman emperor to <a title="Constantine the Great and Christianity" href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Constantine_the_Great_and_Christianity">convert</a> to <a title="Christianity" href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Christianity">Christianity</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-8"><a href="#cite_note-8">[notes 4]</a></sup> Constantine and co-Emperor <a title="Licinius" href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Licinius">Licinius</a> issued the <a title="Edict of Milan" href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Edict_of_Milan">Edict of Milan</a> in 313, which proclaimed <a title="Religious toleration" href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Religious_toleration">religious tolerance</a> of all religions throughout the empire.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">The foremost general of his time, Constantine defeated the emperors <a title="Maxentius" href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Maxentius">Maxentius</a> and <a title="Licinius" href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Licinius">Licinius</a> during civil wars. He also fought successfully against the <a title="Franks" href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Franks">Franks</a>, <a title="Alamanni" href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Alamanni">Alamanni</a>, <a title="Visigoths" href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Visigoths">Visigoths</a>, and <a title="Sarmatians" href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Sarmatians">Sarmatians</a> during his reign  even resettling parts of <a title="Roman Dacia" href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Roman_Dacia">Dacia</a> which had been abandoned during the previous century. Constantine built a new imperial residence in place of <a title="Byzantium" href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Byzantium">Byzantium</a>, naming it <a title="Constantinople" href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Constantinople">Constantinople</a>, which would later be the capital of the <a title="Eastern Roman Empire" href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Eastern_Roman_Empire">Eastern Roman Empire</a> for over one thousand years. He is thought of as the founder of the Eastern Roman Empir</p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;">Dunegal or Duncan of Eskdale (d. 1040 AD)</span></p> <p>&nbsp;Governor of Cumbria</p> <p>HISTORY</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"> According to ancient family traditions (which are largely supported by known historical fact; and which are first recorded in the very short family history,  The Original of the Family of the Irvines or Erinvines , written in 1678 by Dr. Christopher Irvine, M.D., Historiographer Royal of Scotland) the Irvings of Bonshaw are <strong>descended from DUNCAN, known in the family as  Duncan of Eskdale , </strong>a younger brother of Crinan, the husband of Princess Beatrix and father of King Duncan I of Scotland.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">The paternal grandfather of Duncan of Eskdale and Crinan was DUNCAN, hereditary Abthane of Dule and lay abbot of Dunkeld. The latter Duncan is now believed to have been a direct descendant of NIALL OF THE NINE HOSTAGES, who was high King of Ireland early in the 5th century A.D and progenitor of the oldest recorded families in Europe that are still extant in an unbroken male line.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">The Duncan, as Abthane of Dule-an ancient title connected with St. Adamnan s abbey of Dull, and dating from nearly 200 years before the union of the Scottish and Pictish crowns in 843 A.D.-was of more consequence than any one of the seven Pictish  Mormaers , being second only to the king himself in power and importance. He appears to have been appointed Governor of Strathclyde when that region was conquered by the Saxons and given to Malcolm I of Alban. </p> <p>SOURCE</p> <p>The Irvings of Bonshaw</p> <p><a href="http://clanirwin.org/hbonshaw.php"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">http://clanirwin.org/hbonshaw.php</span></span></span></a></p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Duncan (Thane) of ATHOLL</span></p> <p align="CENTER"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">(son of the  first of Eryvine )</span></strong></p> <p>Killed at the Battle of Lancarty c. 990 AD.</p> <p>Abbot of Dunkeld</p> <p>Seneschal of King s Rents, Abthane of Dule</p> <p>Sons: Duncan, crinan</p> <p>Father: Duncan Eryvine</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">ATHOLL</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Atholl was one of the seven original province of Scotland, associated with Gowry, covering the north eastern parts of what was later the county of Perth. The rulers were styled Mormaers in the 10th century. The last recorded Mormaer of Atholl was Maddad, grandson of Duncan I King of Scotland, who was one of the six rulers to be referred to as  comes in the [1114/15] charter for Scone. Members of his family succeeded him as Earls of Atholl until the earldom was inherited by the Strathbogie family in the mid-13th century.</p> <p>A. MORMAERS of ATHOLL</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">1. <strong>DUNCAN</strong>, son of  (-killed 965). Abthane of Dule, lay abbot of Dunkeld. From the house of the Kings of Ireland. Governor of Strathclyde. The Annals of Ulster record that  <em>Donnchad the abbot of Dún Caillen</em> was killed in 965 in  <em>a battle between the men of Scotland themselves</em> </p> <p style="text-align: justify;">&nbsp;<span style="font-family: Verdana;">The 10th century Pictish Chronicle <em>Cronica de Origine Antiquorum Pictorum</em> records that  <em>Niger filius Maelcolaim</em> defeated  <em>Caniculum super Dorsum Crup</em> , in which battle  <em>Duchad abbas Duncalden et Dubdon satrapas Athochlach</em> were killed, after which Niger was expelled and  <em>Caniculus</em> reigned for a short time.</span></p> <p>2. <strong>CRINAN</strong>  the Thane , son of  (-killed in battle 1045). Abthane of Dule. Lay abbot of Dunkeld. Steward of the Western Isles. Mormaer of Atholl. He was killed fighting King Macbeth. <strong>m</strong> ([1000]</p> <p align="JUSTIFY">NOTE</p> <p align="JUSTIFY">Sources such as Wikipedia s list of Scottish kings and Royalblood.com.UK vary as to who is the father of Duncan. Family histories of the Irvines going back 400 years list Duncan Eryvine, killed at Duncrub in 965 AD. Wikipedia and Royalblood.com list Duncan as the third son of King Malcolm I of Scotland, directly descended from King Kenneth Alpine, the first King of the Scots c. 850 AD.</p> <p>&nbsp;Wiki list of Scottish monararchs</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">&nbsp; Duncan succeeded to the throne as the maternal grandson of Malcolm II (he was also the heir-general of Malcolm I, as his paternal grandfather, <strong>Duncan of Atholl was the third son of Malcolm I&nbsp; </strong>(http://www.royalblood.co.uk/D1380/I1380686.html). The House of Dunkeld was therefore a continuation of the House of Alpine. </p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Crinan was Head of the <em>Sacred Kindred of Saint Columba</em>, so is presumably a descendant of Fergus Cennfota, but the details shown here are a conjecture by David Hughes.</p> <p>External page: <a href="http://www.heritagebooks.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&amp;Store_Code=HBI&amp;Product_Code=H3301&amp;Category_Code=ISBN%20978-0-7884-3301-6">David Hughes comprehensive book of ancient British genealogy</a></p> <p>External page: <a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/hughes.htm">Links to genealogical pages by David Hughes</a></p> <p align="CENTER"><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s076/f036277.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large; text-decoration: underline;">Duncan (I) MacDONACHADH (Thane) of DULE (DULL)</span></span></span></span></strong></a><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;"> <strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"> the first of the Eryvine </span></strong></span></span></span></p> <p>&nbsp;killed at Duncrub in 965 A.D.</p> <p>Earl and Governor of Strathclyde</p> <p>Abbot of Dunkeld</p> <p> Lord of Athole </p> <p>Direct descendant of NIALL OF THE NINE HOSTAGES, King of Ireland c. 400 AD.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"> This Duncan is the progenitor of the oldest recorded families in Great Britain; the noble family of Dunbar is certainly descended from him, and traditionally so are the noble families of Irving and Home, all in the male line; not to mention the Royal Family and numerous other families by female descent. </p> <p style="text-align: justify;">SOURCE The Irvings of Bonshaw</p> <p><a href="http://clanirwin.org/hbonshaw.php"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">http://clanirwin.org/hbonshaw.php</span></span></span></a></p> <p>Note by Donald Erwin:</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"> It was in 965 AD that Duncan, who was the Earl and Governor of Strathclyde, and who was known as <strong> the first of the Erivine</strong>, was killed at Dancrub while leading an army against a strong rebel force of fellow countrymen. His eldest son, also Duncan, inherited all of his father s titles, including Abbot of Dunkeld. This Duncan was killed at the Battle of Lancarty, about 990 AD, while commanding the left wing of Scottish forces. He had three sons; Crinan, Grim and Duncan. </p> <p>Duncan (I) MacDONACHADH (Thane) of DULE (DULL)</p> <p>Earl of STRATHCLYDE; Lay Abbot of Dunkeld</p> <p>Born: abt. 920 Died: abt. 965</p> <p>HM George I s 20-Great Grandfather. HRE Fedinand I s 16-Great Grandfather. U.S. President s 22-Great Grandfather. PM Churchill s 27-Great Grandfather. HM Margret the II s 27-Great Grandfather. Gen. Pierpont Hamilton s 25-Great Grandfather</p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">DUNCAN (THANE/PRIEST OF DULE</span>)</span></p> <p align="CENTER">The PEDIGREE of Duncan (Thane/Priest) of DULL</p> <p>&nbsp;Wife/Partner:(missing)</p> <p><em>Child:</em></p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s076/f036277.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Duncan (I) MacDONACHADH (Thane) of DULE (DULL)</span></span></span></strong></a></p> <p>Note:</p> <p>HM George I s 21-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I s 17-Great Grandfather. U.S. President s 23-Great Grandfather. PM Churchill s 28-Great Grandfather. HM Margret II s 28-Great Grandfather. Gen. Pierpont Hamilton s 26-Great Grandfather.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"> According to ancient Irving/Irvine family traditions in Scotland, the early Erinvine/Eryvine family roots go back to the Irveni tribe in what is now Northern Ireland. Some believe that the family actually originated in Spain. Dr. Christopher Irvine, M.D. of Edinburgh, Physician-General and Historiographer of Scotland to King Charles II, wrote in his book The Origins of the Irvines or Erinvines, published in 1678,  The clans of the Gaelick nations came from the west-coast of Spain and seated themselves in the east coast of Erin and the isles of Albin that is now called Cuninghame (<em>Cunningham</em>)&  Dr. Irvine further wrote,  & The Erinvienes or Erinfienes, came to these islands them, and they gave their name to the river and to their palace, which is now called the town of Irvine (<em>The River Irvine empties into the Firth of Clyde just south of Irvine</em>)&  </p> <p style="text-align: justify;">One of the Irveni was Echu Mugnedon. He was born between 300 and 320 AD, and was the King of Ireland. He married Inne, and one of their sons was Niall Mor Noigialach. Niall was born in the mid-300s, and died in 406 AD. He became  High King of both Ireland and Tara. During his active years he and his followers made frequent marauding expeditions into what is now Scotland, and he is thought to be the progenitor of the Duncan (<em>Eryvine-Irvine</em>) family there. He married Laorn. The known children of Niall and Laorn are Conal Mac Neil, who became the King of Meath, and Eoghan Muinrevar, who succeeded his father as King of Ireland.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Ercc Dalriada was a son of Eoghan Muinrevar, and a First Knight of Ireland and Dalriada. He married Marca, and one of their children was Fergus Mor Mac Errc Dalriada, who was born about 495. Fergus is credited as having been the first true King of Scots. At the time, however, the Scottish Kingdom encompassed only the general area of Argyll. All Scottish kings for the next several hundred years would claim to be descendants of Fergus.</p> <p align="JUSTIFY">The Erinvine (<em>Eryvine</em>) clan, for the next four hundred years or so, is believed to have lived in the area facing the Firth of Clyde where the town of Irvine now stands. Some of the neighboring clans were Montgomery, Cunningham, Wallace, Boyd, Campbell and Maxwell. But in the ninth century the MacAlpin kings induced most of the Erinvine clan, and parts of some of the others, to move south to the border area to help defend the kingdom. Starting about 848 AD the Duncan chief became the hereditary abbot of the old Celtic Monastery in Dunkeld, which exists today as the Dunkeld Cathedral. </p> <p>&nbsp;SOURCE; DONALD D ERWIN</p> <p>ancestry of Crinan  The Thane , Earl of Athole</p> <p>01. Niall (Nel)  Mor &amp;/or  Noigiallach , reck d 1st King of Ireland</p> <p>[the Medieval kingdom] 396-423</p> <p>02. Conall  Gulban (d465)</p> <p>03. Fergus  Cendfota </p> <p>04. Fedlim</p> <p>05. Eoghan, bro of St. Columba (d597)</p> <p>06. Donchad, descendants called the  Clanna Donachadha (600)</p> <p>07. Cuillum (Colla)</p> <p>08. Eathach  Feighlioch </p> <p>09. Cartain, Lord of the Isles [Hebrides]</p> <p>10. Eirc, Lord of the Isles</p> <p>11. Crimthanne, Lord of the Isles [not to be confused with the</p> <p>Crimthanne of the "Colla-Uais Pedigree]</p> <p>12. Eirc, Lord of the Isles</p> <p>13. Fergus, Lord of the Isles</p> <p>14. Gofraidh (Goffra), Lord of the Isles (827)</p> <p>15. Maine, Lord of the Isles</p> <p>16. Niallghus, Lord of the Isles</p> <p>17. Suibne, Lord of the Isles, his bro was Seadhne, Priest of Dul</p> <p>18. Maolbruidhe, Lord of the Isles</p> <p>19. Solaimh, Lord of the Isles [not to be confused with Solaimh, son</p> <p>of Imergi [Jehmarc], of the  Somerled Pedigree ]</p> <p>20. Gilladomnan, Lord of the Isles</p> <p>2<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana;">1. Duncan, Priest of Dull</span></span></p> <p>22. Duncan MacDonachad (d965), Thane of Dull</p> <p>23. Duncan, Abbot of Dunkeld (1000).</p> <p align="CENTER">The PEDIGREE of</p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;">Gilladomnan (Lord) of the ISLES</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Poss. HM George I s 22-Great Grandfather. Poss. HRE Ferdinand I s 18-Great Grandfather. Poss. HRE Charles VI s 22-Great Grandfather. Poss. U.S. President s 24-Great Grandfather. Poss. PM Churchill s 27-Great Grandfather. Poss. Otto von Bismarck s 26-Great Grandfather.</p> <p>po<em>ssible Child:</em></p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s052/f072555.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #800080; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #800080; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Duncan (Thane/Priest) of DULE</span></span></span></strong></a></p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;">Solaimh (Lord) of the ISLES</span></span></p> <p>Poss. HM George I s 23-Great Grandfather. Poss. HRE Ferdinand I s 19-Great Grandfather. Poss. HRE Charles VI s 23-Great Grandfather. Poss. U.S. President s 25-Great Grandfather. Poss. PM Churchill s 28-Great Grandfather</p> <p><em>Child:</em></p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s004/f145111.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Gilladomnan (Lord) of the ISLES</span></span></span></strong></a></p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;">Maolbruidhe (Lord) of the ISLES</span></span></p> <p>Poss. HM George I s 24-Great Grandfather. Poss. HRE Ferdinand I s 20-Great Grandfather. Poss. HRE Charles VI s 24-Great Grandfather. Poss. U.S. President s 26-Great Grandfather. Poss. Otto von Bismarck s 28-Great Grandfathe</p> <p><em>Children:</em></p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s008/f290222.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Solaimh (Lord) of the ISLES</span></span></span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> <strong>;</strong> <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Seadhne (Priest of Dul)</span></span></p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;">Suibne (Lord) of the ISLES</span></span></p> <p>Poss. HM George I s 25-Great Grandfather. Poss. HRE Ferdinand I s 21-Great Grandfather. Poss. HRE Charles VI s 25-Great Grandfather. Poss. U.S. President s 27-Great Grandfather</p> <p><em>Child:</em></p> <p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Maolbruidhe (Lord) of the ISLES</span></span></span></strong></p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;">Niallghus (Lord) of the ISLES</span></span></p> <p>&nbsp;Poss. HM George I s 26-Great Grandfather. Poss. HRE Ferdinand I s 22-Great Grandfather. Poss. HRE Charles VI s 26-Great Grandfather. Poss. U.S. President s 28-Great Grandfather</p> <p><em>Child:</em></p> <p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Suibne (Lord) of the ISLES</span></span></span></strong></p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;">Maine (Lord) of the ISLES</span></span></p> <p>Poss. HM George I s 27-Great Grandfather. Poss. HRE Ferdinand I s 23-Great Grandfather. Poss. HRE Charles VI s 27-Great Grandfather. Poss. <em>Wife/Partner:</em> (missing)</p> <p><em>Child:</em></p> <p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Niallghus (Lord) of the ISLES</span></span></span></strong></p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;">Gofraidh (Goffra) (Lord) of the ISLES</span></span></p> <p>Born: ? Died: aft. 827</p> <p>Poss. HM George I s 28-Great Grandfather. Poss. HRE Ferdinand I s 24-Great Grandfather. Poss. HRE Charles VI s 28-Great Grandfathe.</p> <p><em>Child:</em></p> <p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Maine (Lord) of the ISLES</span></span></span></strong></p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;">Fergus (Lord) of the ISLES</span></span></p> <p>Poss. HM George I s 29-Great Grandfather. Poss. HRE Ferdinand I s 25-Great Grandfather.</p> <p><em>Child:</em></p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s056/f287106.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">(Gofraidh offra) (Lord) of the ISLES</span></span></span></strong></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;">The PEDIGREE of</p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;">Eirc (Lord) of the ISLES</span></span></p> <p>Poss. HM George I s 30-Great Grandfather. Poss. HRE Ferdinand I s 26-Great Grandfather. Poss. Agnes Harris s 31-Great Grandfather</p> <p><em>Child:</em></p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s012/f574213.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Fergus (Lord) of the ISLES</span></span></span></strong></a></p> <p align="CENTER">The PEDIGREE of</p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;">Crimthanne (Lord) of the ISLES</span></span></p> <p>Poss. HM George I s 31-Great Grandfather. Poss. HRE Ferdinand I s 27-Great Grandfather. <em>Wife/Partner:</em> (missing)</p> <p><em>Child:</em></p> <p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Eirc (Lord) of the ISLES</span></span></span></strong></p> <p align="CENTER">The PEDIGREE of</p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;">Eirc (Lord) of the ISLES</span></span></p> <p>&nbsp;Poss. HM George I s 32-Great Grandfather. Poss. HRE Ferdinand I s 28-Great Grandfather. Poss. Agnes Harris s 33-Great Grandfather.</p> <p><em>Child:</em></p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s048/f296852.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Crimthanne (Lord) of the ISLES</span></span></span></strong></a></p> <p align="CENTER">The PEDIGREE of</p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;">Cartain (Lord) of the ISLEs</span></span></p> <p>Poss. HM George I s 33-Great Grandfather. Poss. HRE Ferdinand I s 29-Great Grandfather. Poss. Agnes Harris s 34-Great Grandfather.</p> <p><em>Child:</em></p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s096/f593704.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Eirc (Lord) of the ISLES</span></span></span></strong></a></p> <p align="CENTER">The PEDIGREE of</p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;">Eathach Feighlioch</span></span></p> <p>Poss. HM George I s 34-Great Grandfather. Poss. HRE Ferdinand I s 30-Great Grandfather. <em>Wife/Partner:</em> (missing)</p> <p><em>Child:</em></p> <p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Cartain (Lord) of the ISLE</span></span></span></strong></p> <p align="CENTER">The PEDIGREE of</p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;">Cuillum (Colla)</span></p> <p>Poss. HM George I s 35-Great Grandfather. Poss. RE Ferdinand I s 31-Great Grandfather. Poss. Agnes Harris s 36-Great Grandfather</p> <p><em>Child:</em></p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s084/f374819.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Eathach Feighlioch</span></span></span></strong></a></p> <p align="CENTER">The PEDIGREE of</p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;">Donchad</span></span></p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">eponym of Clanna Donachadha </span></p> <p>Born: ? Died: aft. 600</p> <p>Poss. HM George I s 36-Great Grandfather. Poss. HRE Ferdinand I s 32-Great Grandfather. Poss. Agnes Harris s 37-Great Grandfather</p> <p><em>Children:</em></p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s068/f749639.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Cuillum (Colla)</span></span></span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> <strong>;</strong> <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Clanna Donachadha</span> </span></p> <p align="CENTER">The PEDIGREE of</p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;">Eogan (Eoghan) MacFEIDEILMI</span></p> <p>&nbsp;Poss. HM George I s 37-Great Grandfather. Poss. HRE Ferdinand I s 33-Great Grandfather. Poss. Agnes Harris s 38-Great Grandfather.</p> <p><em>Children:</em></p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s036/f499279.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Donchad</span></span></span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> <strong>;</strong> <span style="text-decoration: underline;">NN (ancestor of O Firghill &amp; O Freel)</span></span></p> <p align="CENTER">The PEDIGREE o</p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;">Feidhlimidh (Fedlim) MacFEARGUSA</span></span></p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Heir of CENEL CONAILL</span></p> <p>&nbsp;Poss. HM George I s 38-Great Grandfather. Poss. HRE Ferdinand I s 34-Great Grandfather. Poss. Agnes Harris s 39-Great Grandfather.</p> <p>Wife/Partner:</p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s045/f997117.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Eithne (Princess) of LEINSTER</span></span></span></strong></a></p> <p><em>Children:</em> <a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s072/f998558.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Eogan (Eoghan) MacFEIDEILMID</span></span></span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> <strong>;</strong> </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s072/f504780.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Columba Cilla (Saint) of IONA</span></span></span></strong></a></p> <p align="CENTER">The PEDIGREE of</p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Fergus Cennfota MacCONAILL</span></p> <p>&nbsp;<span style="font-family: Verdana;">(3rd husband of Erca); descendants were MONARCH; aka Fearghus Cendfota (`Long-Head )</span></p> <table cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td>Nicknames:</td> <td> Fergus Cennfota MacConail Ó Neill </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Birthdate:</td> <td><time id="birth_date" datetime="440-uu-uu" itemprop="startDate">440</time></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Birthplace:</td> <td id="birth_location">Ireland</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Death:</td> <td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Died&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <time datetime="478-uu-uu" itemprop="startDate">478</time>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; in&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Tirconaill, County Donegal, Eire</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>HM George I s 34-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I s 32-Great Grandfather. Poss. Agnes Harris s 33-Great Grandfather. `Osawatomie Brown s 40-Great Grandfather.</p> <p>poss. Wives/Partners:</p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s013/f438469.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Earca ingen LOAIRN (Princess) of DALRIADA</span></span></span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> <strong>;</strong> <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Snedghusa</span> <strong>;</strong> <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Rignach ingen MEADAIB</span> <strong>;</strong> </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s017/f137948.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Indiu ingen LUGDACH</span></span></span></strong></a></p> <p><em>Children:</em> <a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s044/f438469.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Setna (Seadhna Setnae) MacFEARGUSA</span></span></span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> <strong>;</strong> </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s044/f997117.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Feidhlimidh (Fedlim) MacFEARGUSA</span></span></span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> <strong>;</strong> <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Ninnidh (poss. father of 139th M : poss. grandfather of 142nd M)</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">NOTE: </span>CRININ ERYVINE, FATHER OF KING DUNCAN 1</span></p> <p align="CENTER">The PEDIGREE of</p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;">Conall Gulban MacNEILL</span></span></p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Enna Bogaine (ancestor of Sechnasach); King of TIR-CONALL; g-grandson was poss. MONARCH </span></p> <p>&nbsp;Born: ? Died: abt. 464</p> <p>HM George I s 35-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I s 33-Great Grandfather. Poss.</p> <p><em>Children:</em></p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s088/f876938.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Fergus Cennfota MacCONAILL</span></span></span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> <strong>;</strong> <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Dui/Daoi (ancestor of the Cenel Duach : grandfather of Baetan mac Ninnid who was poss. 139th M)</span> </span></p> <table dir="LTR" border="1" cellpadding="12" cellspacing="2" width="606"> <tbody> <tr> <td height="28" valign="MIDDLE"><strong><strong></strong></strong>Conall Gulban Mac Neill (died c. 464)</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conall_Gulban%20/%20cite_note-1"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">He is important in the history of Irish Christianity as he was the first nobleman baptised by St.Patrick, thus opening the way for the conversion of the ruling classes of Ireland.</span></span></span></strong></a></p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Conall Gulban</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Conall Gulban</strong> (died c. 464) was an Irish <a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/King"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">king</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> who founded the kingdom of </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/T%C3%ADr_Conaill"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Tír Conaill</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> in the 5th century, comprising much of what is now </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/County_Donegal"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">County Donegal</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">. He was the son of </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Niall_of_the_Nine_Hostages"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Niall Noígiallach</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">.</span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/%20cite_note-0"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">[1]</span></span></span></a>&nbsp;His byname Gulban derives from <a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/w/index.php?title=Benn_Gulban&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Benn Gulban</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> (the mountain of </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/w/index.php?title=Benbulban&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Benbulban</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">) in Co.Sligo, from which center the sons of Niall set out upon their conquest of the north.</span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/%20cite_note-1"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">[2]</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> King Conall Gulban was murdered by the </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Masraige"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Masraige</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> at </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Magh_Sl%C3%A9cht"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Magh Slécht</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> (Co.Cavan) in 464. He was buried by </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Saint_Caillin"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Saint Caillin</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> at </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Fenagh"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Fenagh</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, Co.Leitrim.</span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/%20cite_note-2"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">[3]</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> He is important in the history of Irish Christianity as he was the first nobleman baptised by St.Patrick, thus opening the way for the conversion of the ruling classes of Ireland.</span></p> <p>He was apparently very close to his brother <a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/E%C3%B3gan_mac_N%C3%A9ill"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Eógan mac Néill</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> who died of grief over his brother s death the next year.</span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/%20cite_note-3"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">[4]</span></span></span></a>His sons included Fergus Cendfota, Dauí (founder of the Cenél nDuach) and Énna Bogaine (founder of the Cenél mBogaine</p> <p><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;">&nbsp;Descendants</span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: justify;">His descendants were known as the <a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Cen%C3%A9l_Conaill"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Cenél Conaill</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">.</span>The Peninsula of <a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Inishowen"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Inishowen</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> in Donegal was fought for by the </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Doherty"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Dochartaigh</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> clan (known modernly as Doherty, Daugherty, Docherty, Dougherty, etc.) who were then given the title of Princes of Donegal. This family also descends from Conall (see Clann Ua Dochartaig).</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;">The <a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Cen%C3%A9l_nE%C3%B3gain"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Cenél nEógain</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, descended from his brother Eoghan, became the other premier </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/U%C3%AD_N%C3%A9ill"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Uí Néill</span></span></span></a><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Sept_%28social%29"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">sept</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> in </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/w/index.php?title=In_Fochla&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">In Fochla</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> (also known as </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/w/index.php?title=In_Tuisceart&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">In Tuisceart</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">). Their kingdom was known as </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/T%C3%ADr_E%C3%B3gain"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Tír Eógain</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">. Modern day </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/County_Tyrone"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">County Tyrone</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> shares both its name and much of its territory. Its respective royal dynasties, the </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Kings_of_Tir_Connaill"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Kings of Tir Connaill</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> and the </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Kings_of_T%C3%ADr_E%C3%B3gain"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Kings of Tír Eógain</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">. Its last <em>de jure</em> native rulers fled abroad in the episode known as the </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Flight_of_the_Earls"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Flight of the Earls</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> but, as with all the major Irish kingships, the line of descent continues into the present day.</span></p> <p><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;">&nbsp;Notes</span></strong></p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/%20cite_ref-0"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">^</span></span></span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> Francis J.Byrne, <em>Irish Kings and High-Kings</em>, Table 1</span></p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/%20cite_ref-1"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">^</span></span></span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> Byrne, pg.84</span></p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/%20cite_ref-2"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">^</span></span></span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> <em>Annals of the Four Masters</em>, M464.3</span></p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/%20cite_ref-3"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">^</span></span></span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> <em>Annals of the Four Masters</em>, M465.</span></p> <p align="CENTER">The PEDIGREE of</p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;">Niall Noigiallach MacECHACH</span></span></p> <p>aka Nial Mor NAOIGHIALLACH `of the Nine Hostages ; 1st King (but reckoned 126th MONARCH) of IRELAND;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="font-family: Verdana;">conquered nine countries (incl. part of France) </span></p> <p>Born: ? Died: abt. 405 Boulogne k. by Prince of Leinster</p> <p>HM George I s 35-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I s 33-Great Grandfather.</p> <p>poss. Wives/Partners:</p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s049/f753876.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Rignach ingen MEADAIB</span></span></span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> <strong>;</strong> </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s017/f137948.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Indiu ingen LUGDACH</span></span></span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> <strong>;</strong> </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s087/f001304.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Ine ingen DUBTHAIG</span></span></span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> <strong>;</strong> <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Indiu ingen LUGDACH</span></span></p> <p><em>Children:</em> <a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s092/f433361.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Conall (I) Cremthainne MacNEILL</span></span></span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> <strong>;</strong> </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s092/f036433.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Laeghaire (Leary) (128th MONARCH) of IRELAND</span></span></span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> <strong>;</strong> </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s008/f068974.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Fiacha MacNEILL</span></span></span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> <strong>;</strong> </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s024/f876938.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Eoghan (Eogan Owen) Find MacNEILL</span></span></span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> <strong>;</strong> </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s076/f753877.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Conall Gulban MacNEILL</span></span></span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> <strong>;</strong> </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s072/f032382.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Cairpre MacNEILL</span></span></span></strong></a></p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Niall of the Nine Hostages</span></p> <p>From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</p> <p align="JUSTIFY"><strong>Niall <em>Noígíallach</em></strong><em></em> (Irish pronunciation:<a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_Irish"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">['niÐYl noj'ciÐYlYx]</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Old_Irish"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Old Irish</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">  having nine </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Hostage"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">hostages</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> ),</span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/%20cite_note-0"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">[1]</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> or in English, <strong>Niall of the Nine Hostages</strong>, son of </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Eochaid_Mugmed%C3%B3n"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Eochaid Mugmedón</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, was an </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Ireland"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Irish</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> king, the </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Eponym"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">eponymous</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> ancestor of the </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/U%C3%AD_N%C3%A9ill"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Uí Néill</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> kindred who dominated Ireland from the 6th century to the 10th century. The rise of the Uí Néill dynasties and their conquests in </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Ulster"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Ulster</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> and </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Leinster"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Leinster</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> are not reliably recorded but have been the subject of considerable study and attempts to reconstruct them.</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Although generally supposed to be a historical personage, very little can confidently be said of Niall s life. The sources for the details of Niall s life are <a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Genealogies"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">genealogies</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> of historical kings, the  Roll of Kings section of the </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Lebor_Gab%C3%A1la_%C3%89renn"><em><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Lebor Gabála Érenn</span></span></span></em></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, Irish </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Annals"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">annals</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> such as the </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Annals_of_the_Four_Masters"><em><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Annals of the Four Masters</span></span></span></em></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, chronicles such as </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Geoffrey_Keating"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Geoffrey Keating</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> s <em>Foras Feasa ar Éirinn</em>, and legendary tales like  The Adventure of the Sons of Eochaid Mugmedon and  The Death of Niall of the Nine Hostages . These sources date from long after Niall s time and their value as history is limited at best.</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Niall is placed in the traditional <a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/List_of_High_Kings_of_Ireland"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">list of High Kings of Ireland</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">. His reign dated to the late 4th and early 5th centuries. The <em>Annals of the Four Masters</em> dates his accession to 378 and death to 405.</span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/%20cite_note-1"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">[2]</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> The chronology of Keating s <em>Foras Feasa ar Éirinn</em> broadly agrees, dating his reign from 368-395, and associating his raiding activities in Britain with the kidnapping of </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Saint_Patrick"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Saint Patrick</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> (ca. 390-461).</span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/%20cite_note-keating-2"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">[3]</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> However, the traditional roll of kings and its chronology is now recognised as artificial. The High Kingship did not become a reality until the 9th century, and Niall s legendary status has been inflated in line with the political importance of the dynasty he founded. Based on Uí Néill genealogies and the dates given for his supposed sons and grandsons, modern historians believe he is likely to have lived some 50 years later than the traditional dates, dying circa 450.</span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/%20cite_note-byrne-3"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">[4]</span></span></span></a>Legendary biography</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;">&nbsp;Early life</span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: justify;">A legendary account of Niall s birth and early life is given in the 11th century saga <em>Echtra mac nEchach Muimedóin</em> ( The adventure of the sons of Eochaid Mugmedón ). In it, Eochaid Mugmedón, the High King of Ireland, has five sons, four, <a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Brion_%28Irish%29"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Brión</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Ailill_mac_Echach_Mugmed%C3%B3in"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Ailill</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Fiachrae"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Fiachrae</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> and Fergus, by his first wife </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Mongfind"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Mongfind</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, sister of the king of </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Munster"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Munster</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Crimthann_mac_Fidaig"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Crimthann mac Fidaig</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, and a fifth, Niall, by his second wife </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Cairenn"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Cairenn Chasdub</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, daughter of Sachell Balb, king of the </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Anglo-Saxons"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Saxons</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">. While Cairenn is pregnant with Niall, the jealous Mongfind forces her to do heavy work, hoping to make her </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Miscarriage"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">miscarry</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">. She gives birth as she is drawing water, but out of fear of Mongfind, she leaves the child on the ground, exposed to the birds. The baby is rescued and brought up by a poet called </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Torna_%C3%89ices"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Torna</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">. When Niall grows up he returns to </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Hill_of_Tara"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Tara</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> and rescues his mother from her labour.</span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/%20cite_note-sons-4"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">[5]</span></span></span></a></p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Although it is anachronistic for Niall s mother to have been a Saxon, O Rahilly argues that the name <em>Cairenn</em> is derived from the Latin name <a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Carina"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Carina</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, and that it is plausible that she might have been a Romano-Briton.</span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/%20cite_note-orahilly-5"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">[6]</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> Indeed, Keating describes her not as a Saxon but as the <span style="color: #0000ff;"> daughter of the king of Britain</span> .</span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/%20cite_note-keating-2"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">[3]</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> Mongfind appears to have been a supernatural personage: the saga  The Death of Crimthann mac Fidaig says the festival of </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Samhain"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Samhain</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> was commonly called the  Festival of Mongfind , and prayers were offered to her on Samhain eve.</span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">[</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Accession</span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Seeing Niall's popularity among the nobles, Mongfind demands that Eochaid name a successor, hoping it will be one of her sons. Eochaid gives the task to a <a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Druid"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">druid</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, Sithchenn, who devises a contest between the brothers, shutting them in a burning forge, telling them to save what they can, and judging them based on which objects they choose to save. Niall, who emerges carrying an anvil, is deemed greater than Brión, with a sledgehammer, Fiachrae with bellows and a pail of beer, Ailill with a chest of weapons, and Fergus with a bundle of wood. Mongfind refuses to accept the decision.</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Sithchenn takes the brothers to the smith, who makes them weapons, and sends them out hunting. Each brother in turn goes looking for water, and finds&nbsp; <a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Water_well"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">well</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> guarded by a hideous hag who demands a kiss in return for water. Fergus and Ailill refuse and return empty-handed. Fiachrae gives her a quick peck, but not enough to satisfy her. Only Niall kisses her properly, and she is revealed as a beautiful maiden, the Sovereignty of Ireland. She grants Niall not only water but the kingship for many generations - twenty-six of his descendants will be High Kings of Ireland. Fiachrae is granted a minor royal line - two of his descendants, </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Nath_%C3%8D_mac_Fiachrach"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Nath Í</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> and </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Ailill_Molt"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Ailill Molt</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, will be High Kings.</span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/%20cite_note-sons-4"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">[5]</span></span></span></a></p> <p style="text-align: justify;">This  <a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Loathly_lady"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">loathly lady</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> motif appears in myth and folklore throughout the world. Variations of this story are told of the earlier Irish high king </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Lugaid_Lo%C3%ADgde"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Lugaid Loígde</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, in </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Arthurian_legend"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Arthurian legend</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">  one of the most famous versions appears in both </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Geoffrey_Chaucer"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Geoffrey Chaucer</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> s </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/The_Wife_of_Bath%27s_Prologue_and_Tale"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">The Wife of Bath s Tale</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> and the related </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Gawain"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Gawain</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> romance, </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/The_Wedding_of_Sir_Gawain_and_Dame_Ragnell"><em><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">The Wedding of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnell</span></span></span></em></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">  and in </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/John_Gower"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">John Gower</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> s Middle English poem </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Confessio_Amantis"><em><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Confessio Amantis</span></span></span></em></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">.</span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/%20cite_note-dillon-7"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">[8]</span></span></span></a></p> <p style="text-align: justify;">In another story, the succession is not settled when Eochaid dies, and Mongfind s brother Crimthann takes the high kingship. But while he is away on a tour of his lands in Scotland, Mongfind s sons seize Ireland. Crimthann returns to Ireland intending to give battle. Mongfind, purporting to make peace between her brother and her sons, holds a feast, at which she serves Crimthann a poisoned drink. Crimthann refuses to drink it unless she does too; they both drink, and both die. Niall succeeds to the High Kingship, and Brión becomes his second in command.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/%20cite_note-crimthann-6"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">[7]</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> Another version has Mongfind try to poison Niall, but she takes the poison herself by mistake.</span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/%20cite_note-mackillop-8"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">[9]</span></span></span></a>While Niall is high king, his brothers establish themselves as local kings. Brión rules the province of Connacht, but Fiachrae makes war against him. Brión defeats Fiachrae and hands him over as a prisoner to Niall, but Fiachrae s son Nath Í continues the war and eventually kills Brión. Niall releases Fiachrae, who becomes king of Connacht and Niall s right hand man. Fiachrae and Ailill then make war against Crimthann s son Eochaid, king of Munster. They defeat him and win great spoil, but Fiachrae is wounded in the battle and dies of his wounds shortly afterwards. The Munstermen renew the battle, capture Ailill and cut him to pieces, and war continues between Munster and Connacht for many years.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;">&nbsp;Death</span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong></strong>The <a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Lebor_Gab%C3%A1la_%C3%89renn"><em><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Lebor Gabála Érenn</span></span></span></em></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> says there was war between Niall and </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/%C3%89nnae_Cennsalach"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Énnae Cennsalach</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, king of </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Leinster"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Leinster</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, over the </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/w/index.php?title=B%C3%B3rama&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1"><em><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">bórama</span></span></span></em></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> or cow-tribute first imposed on Leinster by </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Tuathal_Techtmar"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Tuathal Techtmar</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">.</span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/%20cite_note-LGE-9"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">[10]</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> Énna s son </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/w/index.php?title=Eochaid_mac_Ennai&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Eochaid</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> is named as Niall s killer in all sources, although the circumstances vary. All sources agree he died outside Ireland. The earliest version of the <em>Lebor Gabála</em> says Eochaid killed him on the </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/English_Channel"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">English Channel</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, later versions adding that Niall was invading </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Brittany"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Brittany</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> when this happened. Keating, quoting a Latin Life of Saint Patrick, says that Niall led Irish raids on Roman Britain, and in one of those raids Patrick and his sisters were abducted. Keating associates these raids with those mentioned by </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Gildas"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Gildas</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> and </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Bede"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Bede</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, and deduces that, since some Irish sources say Patrick was abducted from Brittany, that Niall s raids must have extended to continental Europe as well.</span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/%20cite_note-keating-2"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">[3]</span></span></span></a></p> <p style="text-align: justify;">&nbsp;In the saga  The Death of Niall of the Nine Hostages , Eochaid s enmity with Niall begins when he is refused hospitality by Niall s poet, <a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Laidcenn_mac_Bairchid"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Laidcenn mac Bairchid</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">. He makes war and destroys the poet s stronghold, killing his son Leat</span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/%20cite_note-death-10"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">[11]</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> (Keating has it that Laidchenn was a druid, and that Eochaid killed his son after he used defamatory language towards him).</span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/%20cite_note-keating-2"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">[3]</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> Laidchenn responds by satirising Leinster so that no corn, grass or leaves grow there for a year. Then Niall makes war against Leinster, and peace is concluded on the condition that Eochaid is handed over. Niall chains Eochaid to a standing stone, and sends nine warriors to execute him, but Eochaid breaks his chain and kills all nine of them with it. He then kills Laidchenn by throwing a stone which lodges in his forehead. Niall exiles him to Scotland. The story then becomes confused. Niall makes war in Europe as far as the Alps, and the Romans send an ambassador to parlay with him. Abruptly, the tale then has Niall appearing before an assembly of </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Pict"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Pictish</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> bards in Scotland, where he is killed by an arrow shot by Eochaid from the other side of the valley. Keating has Eochaid shoot Niall from the opposite bank of the river </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Loire"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Loire</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> during his European campaign. His men carry his body home, fighting seven battles on the way, and his foster-father Torna dies of grief. His body is said to have been buried at Ochann, now known as </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Faughan_Hill"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Faughan Hill</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> at Jordanstown, a few miles west of </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Navan"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Navan</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> in </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/County_Meath"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">County Meath</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">.</span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/%20cite_note-mackillop-8"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">[9]</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> He is succeeded by his nephew </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Nath_%C3%8D_mac_Fiachrach"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Nath Í</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">.</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Byrne suggests that Niall s death took place during a raid on Roman Britain. Irish tradition had forgotten that the Romans once ruled Britain, and relocated his remembered confrontations with the Empire to continental Europe, with <em>Alba</em>, the ancient name for Britain, being confused with <em>Elpa</em>, the Alps, or being understood with its later meaning of Scotland.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/%20cite_note-byrne-3"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">[4]</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> A poem by the 11th century poet </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Cin%C3%A1ed_Ua_Hartac%C3%A1in"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Cináed Ua Hartacáin</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> in the </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Book_of_Leinster"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Book of Leinster</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> credits Niall with seven raids on Britain, on the last of which he was killed by Eochaid  above the surf of the Ictian Sea ;</span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/%20cite_note-byrne-3"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">[4]</span></span></span></a><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/%20cite_note-11"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">[12]</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> a poem attributed to the same poet in </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Lebor_na_hUidre"><em><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Lebor na hUidre</span></span></span></em></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> credits him with going to the Alps seven times.</span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">[6]</span></span></span><strong></strong></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;">&nbsp;Family and descendants</span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong></strong>Keating credits Niall with two wives: Inne, daughter of Lugaid, who bore him one son,<a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Fiachu_mac_N%C3%A9ill"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Fiachu</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">; and Rignach, who bore him seven sons, </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/L%C3%B3egaire_mac_N%C3%A9ill"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Lóegaire</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/w/index.php?title=%C3%89ndae_mac_N%C3%A9ill&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Éndae</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Maine_mac_N%C3%A9ill"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Maine</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/E%C3%B3gan_mac_N%C3%A9ill"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Eógan</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Conall_Gulban"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Conall Gulban</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Conall_Cremthainne"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Conall Cremthainne</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> and </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Coirpre_mac_N%C3%A9ill"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Coirpre</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">.</span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/%20cite_note-keating-2"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">[3]</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> These sons are the eponymous ancestors of the various </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/U%C3%AD_N%C3%A9ill"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Uí Néill</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> dynasties: Eógan of the </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Cen%C3%A9l_nE%C3%B3gain"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Cenél nEógain</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> and Conall Gulban of the </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Cen%C3%A9l_Conaill"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Cenél Conaill</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, making up the northern Uí Néill; Fiachu of the </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Cen%C3%A9l_Fiachach"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Cenél Fiachach</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> dynasty, Lóegaire (the king who Saint Patrick is said to have converted) of the </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Cen%C3%A9l_L%C3%B3egaire"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Cenél Lóegaire</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, Maine of the </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/U%C3%AD_Maine"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Uí Maine</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, Eógan of the </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Cen%C3%A9l_nE%C3%B3gain"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Cenél nEógain</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, Conall Gulban of the </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Cen%C3%A9l_Conaill"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Cenél Conaill</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, Conall Cremthainne of the </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Clann_Cholm%C3%A1in"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Clann Cholmáin</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> and the </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/S%C3%ADl_n%C3%81edo_Sl%C3%A1ine"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Síl nÁedo Sláine</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, and Coirpre of the Cenél Coirpri, making up the southern Uí Néill.</span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/%20cite_note-byrne-3"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">[4]</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> Famous descendants include Niall s great-great grandson </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Saint_Columba"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Saint Columba</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, Saint </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/M%C3%A1el_Ruba"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Máel Ruba</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, the </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Kings_of_Ailech"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Kings of Ailech</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, the </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Kings_of_Tir_Eogain"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Kings of Tir Eogain</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, and the Kings of </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Tyrconnell"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Tír Conaill</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">.</span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/%20cite_note-12"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">[13]</span></span></span></a></p> <p style="text-align: justify;">In January 2006, <a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Geneticists"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">geneticists</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> at </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Trinity_College,_Dublin"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Trinity College, Dublin</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> suggested that Niall may have been the most </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Fecundity"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">fecund</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> male in Irish history. The findings of the study showed that within the north-west of Ireland as many as 21% of men (8% in the general male population) were concluded to have a common male-line ancestor who lived roughly 1,700 years ago. The geneticists estimated that there are about 2-3 million males alive today who descend in the male-line from Niall.</span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/%20cite_note-SundayTimes-13"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">[14]</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> However, more recently some reservations have been expressed, as the subclade, which is defined by the presence of the marker R-M222, is found in a belt from Northern Ireland across southern Scotland and is not exclusively associated with the Uí Néill. It is now more commonly referred to as the Northwest Irish/Lowland Scots variety.</span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/%20cite_note-14"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">[15]</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> Although his remains have never been found, this is speculation.</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;">&nbsp;Origin of his epithet</span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: justify;">There are various versions of how Niall gained his epithet <em>Noígíallach</em>. The saga  The Death of Niall of the Nine Hostages says that he received five hostages from the five provinces of Ireland (<a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Ulster"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Ulster</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Connacht"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Connacht</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Leinster"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Leinster</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Munster"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Munster</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> and </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Meath_%28province%29"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Meath</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">), and one each from </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Scots_%28ethnic_group%29"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Scotland</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, the </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Saxons"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Saxons</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, the </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Britons_%28historic%29"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Britons</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> and the </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Franks"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Franks</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">.</span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/%20cite_note-death-10"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">[11]</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> Keating says that he received five from the five provinces of Ireland, and four from Scotland.</span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/%20cite_note-keating-2"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">[3]</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> O Rahilly suggests that the nine hostages were from the kingdom of the </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Kingdom_of_Oriel"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Airgialla</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> (literally  hostage-givers ), a satellite state founded by the Ui Néill s conquests in Ulster, noting that the </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Early_Irish_law"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">early Irish legal text</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> <em>Lebor na gCeart</em> ( The Book of Rights ) says that the only duty of the Airgialla to the King of Ireland was to give him nine hostages.</span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/%20cite_note-orahilly-5"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">[6]</span></span></span></a></p> <p style="text-align: justify;">[*Several sources attribute the naming of Scotland to Nial of the Nine Hostages, King of Ireland; for example:"Nial Naoighiallach, youngest and only son of Eochaidh by the second wife, as aforesaid, succeeded Criomthainn and was the 126th monarch of Ireland. Was a stout, wise and warlike prince and fortunate in all his conquests and achievements and therefore called great; He was also called Niall Naoighiallach, i.e., Nial of the Nine Hostages, from the hostages taken from the nine several counties by him subdued and made tributary . ... He was the first that gave the name of Scotia Minor to Scotland and ordained it to be called so ever after, till then (and still by the Irish) called Albion."</p> <p><a href="http://www.infotran.com/earlyirish.html"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Irish mythology - the legendary descent of the Irish Clans The Lebor Gabala Erren</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> (The Book of the Taking of Ireland, Book of Leinster, 1150 A.D.), from </span><a href="http:///"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Irish History on the Webb</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> (Univeristy of Texas). See also </span><a href="http://members.aol.com/lochlan2/legends.htm"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">The Milesian Legends</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> on the superior website, </span><a href="http://members.aol.com/lochlan/clanmac.htm"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">McLaughlin of Donegal</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">.</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Many authors testify that Scota was the name of Ireland, and that it was the Irish who were called the Scotic race. Thus does Jonas the abbot, in the second chapter, treating of Columcille, speak: 'Colman,' he says, who is called Colum, was born in Hibernia, which is inhabited by the Scotic race.' Beda also in the first chapter of the first book of the History of Sacsa, says that Ireland was the native land of the Scots. He speaks thus: 'Hibernia is the true fatherland of the Scots.' The same author, writing about the saints, makes a remark which agrees with this: 'It was from Hibernia, the island of the Scots, that St. Kilian and his two companions came.' From this it is to be inferred that the Irish were called the Scotic race in the time of Beda, who lived 700 years after Christ. ... The truth of this matter will be seen from the words of Capgrave, writing of St. Colum; he speaks thus: 'Scotia was an ancient name of Ireland, whence came the Scotic race, who inhabit that part of Alba which lies nearest to greater Britain; and that Alba is now for this reason, called Scotia from Ireland, from which they derive their origin, and whence they immediately came.'" (book I, section XLVIII). [Compare O'Mahony's translation, volume 1, page 375, of the Irish Genealogical Foundation's publication.]</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Niall Noigiallach ( of the Nine Hostages ) aka Niall Mor ( the Great ) 127th King of Ireland 380-405AD, in whose time the Royal House of Tara asserted a nominal suzerainty over the whole island. Niall succeeded his father over his 3 older brothers (of his 1st wife). Niall was killed by Eocha, Prince of Leinster while in Gaul (France) in a ford of the river Leon (now called Lianne) that spot is now called the Ford of Niall near Boulogue-sur-mer. Niall was the first to refer to Alba (Scotland) as  Scotia Minor and Inis Ealga (Ireland) as  Scotia Major . It is said Niall is responsible for having captured the young boy, later to be St. Patrick, along with his 2 sisters during a raid along the coast of Britain. Niall had no children with his first wife and 12 sons with his second.</p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;">Eochaid (Eochu) Mugmedon of IRELAND</span></span></p> <p>&nbsp;aka Eochaid (XII) `Slave Lord Muighmheadhoin (Mugmemdon); 124th MONARCH of IRELAND</p> <p>Born: ? Died: 365 d. a natural death</p> <p>HM George I s 36-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I s 34-Great Grandfather. Poss.</p> <p>poss. Wives/Partners:</p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s065/f003801.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Mong Finn (FIONN) ingen FIODHAIG</span></span></span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> <strong>;</strong> </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s085/f335623.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Eyvindr (Princess) of MUMHAN</span></span></span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> <strong>;</strong> </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s097/f507752.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Cairenn (Carinna) Chasdubh of BRITAIN</span></span></span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> <strong>;</strong> <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Eyvindr of MUMHAN</span></span></p> <p><em>Children:</em> <a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s068/f020891.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Fiachra Foltsnaithech MacECHACH</span></span></span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> <strong>;</strong> </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s001/f469056.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Coirpthe ingen ECHACH</span></span></span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> <strong>;</strong> </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s082/f501900.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Brion MacECHACH of IRELAND</span></span></span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> <strong>;</strong> </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s048/f753876.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Niall Noigiallach MacECHACH</span></span></span></strong></a></p> <p><a href="http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/h/a/r/Martha-K-Hardcastle-guthrie/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0274.html"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">thrie/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0274.html</span></span></span></a></p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Eochaid Mugmedon</span></p> <p align="CENTER">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</p> <p><strong>Eochaid Mugmedón</strong> ( slave-lord , pronounced</p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_Irish"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">['[xYð 'mŠcv²YðYn]</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">), Irish king.</span></p> <p><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Biography</span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: justify;">According to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition, Eochaid was a <a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/High_King_of_Ireland"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">High King of Ireland</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, best known as the father of </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Niall_of_the_Nine_Hostages"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Niall of the Nine Hostages</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> and ancestor of the </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/U%C3%AD_N%C3%A9ill"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Uí Néill</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> and </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Connachta"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Connachta</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> dynasties. He is not mentioned in the list of kings of </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Hill_of_Tara"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Tara</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> in the </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Baile_Chuind"><em><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Baile Chuind</span></span></span></em></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> (The Ecstasy of Conn), but is included in the synthetic lists of High Kings in the </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Lebor_Gab%C3%A1la_%C3%89renn"><em><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Lebor Gabála Érenn</span></span></span></em></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, the </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Irish_annals"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Irish annals</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Geoffrey_Keating"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Geoffrey Keating</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> s history, and the <em>Laud Synchronisms</em>.</span></p> <p align="JUSTIFY">According to the <a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Lebor_Gab%C3%A1la_%C3%89renn"><em><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Lebor Gabála Érenn</span></span></span></em></a><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/%20cite_note-0"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">[1]</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> and its derivative works, Eochaid was the son of the former High King </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Muiredach_T%C3%ADrech"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Muiredach Tírech</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, a descendant of </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Conn_C%C3%A9tchathach"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Conn Cétchathach</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">. Muiredach was overthrown and killed by </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/C%C3%A1elbad"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Cáelbad</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> son of Cronn Bradruí, an Ulster king, but Cálbad only ruled one year before Eochaid killed him and took the throne. The <em>Lebor Gabála</em> says he extracted the <em>bórama</em> or cow-tribute from </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Leinster"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Leinster</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> without a battle. However, Keating records that he was defeated in the Battle of Cruachan Claonta by the Leinster king </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/%C3%89nnae_Cennsalach"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Énnae Cennsalach</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">.</span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/%20cite_note-keating-1"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">[2]</span></span></span></a></p> <p align="JUSTIFY">According to the saga  The Adventures of the Sons of Eochaid Mugmedon ,<a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/%20cite_note-sons-2"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">[3]</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> he is said to have had two wives: </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Mongfind"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Mongfind</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, daughter of Fidach, who bore him four sons, </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Brion_%28Irish%29"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Brion</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Ailill_mac_Echach_Mugmed%C3%B3in"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Ailill</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Fiachrae"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Fiachrae</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> and Fergus; and </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Cairenn"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Cairenn Chasdub</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, daughter of Sachell Balb, king of the </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Anglo-Saxons"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Saxons</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, who bore him his most famous son, Niall. Mongfind is said to have hated Cairenn, and forced her to expose her child, but the baby was rescued and raised by a poet called </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Torna_%C3%89ices"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Torna</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">. When Niall grew up he returned to Tara and rescued his mother from the servitude Mongfind had placed her under. Mongfind appears to have originally been a supernatural personage: the saga  The Death of Crimthann mac Fidaig says the festival of </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Samhain"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Samhain</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> was commonly called the  Festival of Mongfind , and prayers were offered to her on Samhain eve.</span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/%20cite_note-crimthann-3"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">[4]</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> Although it is probably anachronistic for Eochaid to have had a Saxon wife, T. F. O Rahilly argues that the name <em>Cairenn</em> is derived from the Latin name </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Carina"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Carina</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, and that it is plausible that she might have been a Romano-Briton.</span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/%20cite_note-orahilly-4"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">[5]</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> Indeed, Keating describes her not as a Saxon but as the  daughter of the king of Britain .</span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/%20cite_note-5"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">[6]</span></span></span></a></p> <p align="JUSTIFY">After ruling for seven or eight years, Eochaid died of an illness at Tara, and was succeeded by Mongfind s brother <a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Crimthann_mac_Fidaig"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Crimthann mac Fidaig</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, king of </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Munster"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Munster</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">. Keating dates his reign to 344-351, the </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Annals_of_the_Four_Masters"><em><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Annals of the Four Masters</span></span></span></em></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> to 357-365.</span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/%20cite_note-6"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">[7]</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> Daniel P. McCarthy, based on the Irish annals, dates his death to 362.</span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/%20cite_note-7"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">[8]</span></span></span></a></p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;">Muireadeach (II) Tirech MacFIACHACH</span></span></p> <p>aka Muireadhach Tireach; 122nd MONARCH of IRELAND</p> <p>Born: ? Died: 357 k. at Battle of Dubhall</p> <p>HM George I s 37-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I s 35-Great Grandfather. Poss.</p> <p>Wife/Partner:</p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s029/f007603.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Muireann ingen FIACHAIDH</span></span></span></strong></a></p> <p><em>Child:</em> <a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s064/f003801.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Eochaid (Eochu) Mugmedon of IRELAND</span></span></span></strong></a></p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Muiredach Tirech</span></p> <p>From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</p> <table dir="LTR" border="0" cellpadding="12" cellspacing="0" width="600"> <tbody> <tr> <td height="21" valign="MIDDLE" width="4%"></td> <td height="21" valign="MIDDLE" width="96%"></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p align="JUSTIFY">Muiredach Tirech, son of <a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Fiacha_Sraibhtine"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Fiacha Sraibhtine</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, was a legendary </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/High_King_of_Ireland"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">High King of Ireland</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> of the fourth century. He gained power by exiling the </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Three_Collas"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">three Collas</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, who had killed his father. The Collas later returned and tried to provoke him into trying to kill them. When he didn t, they entered his service and led his armies. He was overthrown by </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/C%C3%A1elbad"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Cáelbad</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">.  In the beginning of the fourth century, Muiredeach Tireach, High King of Ireland, directed his nephews, the three Collas, to face north and win sword land for themselves. On the ruins of the old kingdom of Uladh they founded a new kingdom  of </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Airgialla"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Airgíalla</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">  which was henceforth for nearly a thousand years to play an important part in the history of </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Ireland"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Ireland</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, and which was possessed afterwards by their descendants, the MacMahons, O Hanlons, O Carrolls, and Maguires. <em>Story of the Irish Race,</em> Seumus MacManus</span></p> <table dir="LTR" border="0" cellpadding="12" cellspacing="0" width="412"> <tbody> <tr> <td height="62" valign="MIDDLE" width="40%"> <p align="CENTER">Preceded by</p> <p align="CENTER"><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Three_Collas"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Colla Uais</span></span></span></a></p> </td> <td height="62" valign="MIDDLE" width="60%"><strong></strong><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/List_of_High_Kings_of_Ireland"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">High King of Ireland</span></span></span></strong></a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Annals_of_the_Four_Masters"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">AFM</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> 326-356</span></p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Seathr%C3%BAn_C%C3%A9itinn"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">FFE</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> 310-34</span></p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;">Fiachaidh (V) Sraibhthine (Scrabhtaine) of IRELAND</span></span></p> <p>aka Fiachu Sraiptine (Fiacha Srabhteine) MacCAIRPRE LIPHECHAIR; aka Fiacha Sraibhthine MacCAIRBRE LITHFEACHAIR; King of Connaught &amp; 120th MONARCH of IRELAND</p> <p>Born: ? Died: abt. 322 k. by the three Collas, q.v.</p> <p>HM George I s 38-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I s 36-Great Grandfather. Poss. Agnes Harris s 36-Great Grandfather. `Osawatomie Brown s 44-Great Grandfather.</p> <p>Wife/Partner:</p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s057/f015206.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Aife (Aoife) of GALL GAEDAL</span></span></span></strong></a></p> <p><em>Children:</em> <a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s028/f007603.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Muireadeach (II) Tirech MacFIACHACH</span></span></span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> <strong>;</strong> </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s072/f587358.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Domnall MacFIACHACH</span></span></span></strong></a></p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Fíacha Sroiptine</span></p> <p>From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">&nbsp;<strong>Fiacha Sraibhtine</strong>, son of <a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Cairbre_Lifechair"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Cairbre Lifechair</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, was, according to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition, a </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/High_King_of_Ireland"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">High King of Ireland</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">. On his father s death, </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Fothad_Cairpthech_and_Fothad_Airgthech"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Fothad Cairpthech and Fothad Airgthech</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, sons of </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Lugaid_mac_Con"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Lugaid mac Con</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, had taken the throne jointly, but within the year Fothad Airgthech killed his brother. Fíacha and the </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Fianna"><em><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">fianna</span></span></span></em></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> then defeated and killed Fothad in the Battle of Ollarba.</span></p> <p align="JUSTIFY">Fíacha s son, <a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Muiredach_Tirech"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Muiredach Tirech</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, commanded his armies, as the king himself was not allowed to go into battle. Once, Muiredach led a victorious expedition to Munster. The three Collas  </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Colla_Uais"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Colla Uais</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, Colla Fo Chri and Colla Menn, sons of Fíacha s brother Eochaid Doimlén  gave battle to Fíacha while Muiredach and his army were still in Munster. Fíacha s </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Druid"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">druid</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, Dubchomar, prophesied that if Fíacha was to defeat the Collas, none of his descendants would ever rule Ireland, and likewise, if the Collas won, none of their descendants would be king after them. Fíacha was defeated and killed in what became known as the Battle of Dubchomar.</span></p> <p align="JUSTIFY">Fíacha had ruled for 31, 33, 36 or 37 years. The chronology of <a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Geoffrey_Keating"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Geoffrey Keating</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> s <em>Foras Feasa ar Éirinn</em> dates his reign to 273 306, the </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Annals_of_the_Four_Masters"><em><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Annals of the Four Masters</span></span></span></em></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> to 285-322.</span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/%20cite_note-0"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">[1]</span></span></span></a><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/%20cite_note-1"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">[2]</span></span></span></a><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/%20cite_note-2"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">[3]</span></span></span></a></p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;">Cairbre Lifiochair (Lifechar) MacCORMAIC</span></span></p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">aka Cairbrelifefeachaire; <span style="color: #0000ff;">117th MONARCH of IRELAND </span></span></p> <p>Born: ? Died: 284 k. at Battle of Gabhra (Gawra)</p> <p>HM George I s 38-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I s 36-Great Grandfather.</p> <p>poss. Wives/Partners:</p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s013/f030413.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Aine ingen FINN</span></span></span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> <strong>;</strong> </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s015/f020759.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Hvarfiadh (Princess) of IRELAND</span></span></span></strong></a></p> <p><em>Children:</em> <a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s060/f867289.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Eochaid Domplen (Dubhlen) MacCAIRPRE LIPHECHAIR</span></span></span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> <strong>;</strong> </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s056/f015206.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Fiachaidh (V) Sraibhthine (Scrabhtaine) of IRELAND</span></span></span></strong></a></p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Cairbre Lifechair</span></p> <p>From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Cairbre Lifechair</strong> ( lover of the <a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/River_Liffey"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Liffey</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> ), son of </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Cormac_mac_Airt"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Cormac mac Airt</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, was, according to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition, a </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/High_King_of_Ireland"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">High King of Ireland</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">. He came to the throne after the death of </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Eochaid_Gonnat"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Eochaid Gonnat</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">. During his time Bresal Belach was king of </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Leinster"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Leinster</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, and refused to pay the <em>bórama</em> or cow-tribute to the High King, but Cairbre defeated him in the Battle of Dubchomar, and from then on exacted the <em>bórama</em> without a battle</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;">&nbsp;Reign</span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: justify;">According to the 8th-century text known as <a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/The_Expulsion_of_the_D%C3%A9isi"><em><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">The Expulsion of the Déisi</span></span></span></em></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, Cairbre takes the throne when his father Cormac is blinded by </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/w/index.php?title=%C3%93engus_Ga%C3%ADb%C3%BAaibthech&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Óengus Gaíbúaibthech</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> of the </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/D%C3%A9isi"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Déisi</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, it being against the law for the king to have any physical blemish. The chronicles indicate that </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Eochaid_Gonnat"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Eochaid Gonnat</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> succeeded Cormac, but was soon succeeded by Cairbre following his death in battle.</span></p> <p align="JUSTIFY">According to <a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Cath_Gabhra"><em><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Cath Gabhra</span></span></span></em></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> (<em>The Battle of Gabhra</em>), a narrative of the </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Fenian_Cycle"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Fenian Cycle</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> of </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Irish_mythology"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Irish mythology</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, Cairbre married Aine, daughter of </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Fionn_mac_Cumhaill"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Fionn mac Cumhaill</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">. During his reign, his sons </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Fiacha_Sraibhtine"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Fiacha Sraibhtine</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> and Eochaid Doimlen killed Óengus Gaíbúaibthech. To make peace, Cairbre betroths his daughter, Sgiam Sholais, to a Déisi prince. However, the </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Fianna"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">fianna</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> demand a tribute of twenty gold bars, which they claimed was customarily paid on such occasions. Cairbre decides the fianna have become too powerful, and raises a huge army from </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Ulster"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Ulster</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Connacht"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Connacht</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> and </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Leinster"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Leinster</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> against them. They are joined by </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Goll_mac_Morna"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Goll mac Morna</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> and his followers, who turn against their comrades in the fianna, but </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Munster"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Munster</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> and the Déisi side with the fianna. Cairbre s army wins in the Battle of Gabhra, but Cairbre himself falls in single combat against Fionn s grandson </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Oscar_%28Irish_mythology%29"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Oscar</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, who dies of his wounds shortly afterwards. Fionn himself either dies in the battle, or had been killed on the </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/River_Boyne"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">River Boyne</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> the previous year. The only survivors of the fianna are </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Ca%C3%ADlte_mac_R%C3%B3n%C3%A1in"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Caílte mac Rónáin</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> and Fionn s son </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Ois%C3%ADn"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Oisín</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">.</span></p> <p align="JUSTIFY">Cairbre had ruled for seventeen, twenty-six or twenty-seven years. He was succeeded by <a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Fothad_Cairpthech_and_Fothad_Airgthech"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Fothad Cairpthech and Fothad Airgthech</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, sons of </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Lugaid_mac_Con"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Lugaid mac Con</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, ruling jointly. The chronology of </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Geoffrey_Keating"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Geoffrey Keating</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> s <em>Foras Feasa ar Éirinn</em> dates his reign to 245-272, the </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Annals_of_the_Four_Masters"><em><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Annals of the Four Masters</span></span></span></em></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> to 267-284.</span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/%20cite_note-0"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">[1]</span></span></span></a><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/%20cite_note-1"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">[2]</span></span></span></a><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/%20cite_note-2"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">[3]</span></span></span></a><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/%20cite_note-3"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">[4]</span></span></span></a></p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;">Cormac Ulfhada (Ulfhota; `Longbeard ) MacAIRT</span></span></p> <p><span style="color: #0000ff;">115th (and wisest) MONARCH of IRELAND</span>; converted to Christianity</p> <p>Born: ? Died: 266 d. choking on fish bone (by Druid sorcery)</p> <p align="JUSTIFY">HM George I s 39-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I s 37-Great Grandfather. Poss.</p> <p>poss. Wives/Partners:</p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s025/f060826.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Eithne Ollamhdha</span></span></span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> <strong>;</strong> </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s087/f037027.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Landabaria na LEINSTER</span></span></span></strong></a></p> <p><em>Children:</em></p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s003/f019584.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Ailbhe ingen CORMAC</span></span></span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> <strong>;</strong> </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s012/f030413.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Cairbre Lifiochair (Lifechar) MacCORMAIC</span></span></span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> <strong>;</strong> <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Gratne (1st wife of Finn MacCumail (q.v.))</span> </span></p> <p>nicknames:  Cormas Ulthada ,  Ulfhada ,  Cormac Uifhada ,  Cormac Ulfhada ,  Mac Art ,  Mac Airt ,  Longbeard ,  Long Beard ,  Cormae Usada Birthdate: circa 190 Birthplace: Leinster, Dublin, Ireland Death: Died 266 in Cleitach on the Boyne Occupation: 115th High King of Ireland, 115th Monarch</p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;">Airt `the Solitary Aoinfhear MacCONN</span></span></p> <p><span style="color: #0000ff;">112th MONARCH of IRELAND</span>; aka Art (III) Aonthir; aka Art-Ean-Fhear Eanfhear Aenfher</p> <p>Born: ? Died: abt. 195 k. in Battle at Galway</p> <p>HM George I s 40-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I s 38-Great Grandfather. Poss. Agnes Harris s 33-Great Grandfather. `Osawatomie Brown s 46-Great Grandfather.</p> <p>poss. Wives/Partners:</p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s049/f121652.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Maedhbh (Meidydh Leathdearg)</span></span></span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> <strong>;</strong> <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Dubgilla, daughter of Nia Corb</span> <strong>;</strong> </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s083/f020759.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Eachtach</span></span></span></strong></a></p> <p><em>Child:</em> <a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s024/f060826.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Cormac Ulfhada (Ulfhota; `Longbeard ) MacAIRT</span></span></span></strong></a></p> <p>Nicknames:  the Solitary ,  Aonfhir ,  Art Aonfhir ,  Art Aonshir ,  Art Aoinfhear Birthdate: 157 Birthplace: Tara Seat of Kings Tuath Amrois near Teamhair or Tara Castle, Meath, Leinster, Ireland Death: Died 195 in Battle of Magh Mucruimhe, Gallway, Ireland Occupation: 112th High King of Ireland</p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;">Conn Ceadchathach MacFEIDEILMID</span></span></p> <p><span style="color: #0000ff;">110th MONARCH of IRELAND;</span> `of the Hundred Battles </p> <p>Born: ? Died: abt. 157 k. by 50 ruffians dressed as women at order of King of Ulster</p> <p>HM George I s 40-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I s 38-Great Grandfather. Poss. Agnes Harris s 34-Great Grandfather. `Osawatomie Brown s 46-Great Grandfather.</p> <p>Wives/Partners:</p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s087/f037027.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Landabaria na LEINSTER</span></span></span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> <strong>;</strong> </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s097/f243304.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Eithue (Eithne)</span></span></span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> <strong>;</strong> </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s075/f953630.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Aoife of SCOTLAND</span></span></span></strong></a></p> <p><em>Children:</em> <a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s093/f018513.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Sarad (Serad) ingen CONN</span></span></span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> <strong>;</strong> </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s085/f752775.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Maen ingen CONN</span></span></span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> <strong>;</strong> </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s048/f121652.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Airt `the Solitary Aoinfhear MacCONN</span></span></span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> <strong>;</strong> </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s037/f476815.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Sadb (Sabd Sabina Sadhbh) ingen CONN</span></span></span></strong></a></p> <p>Conn Ceadchathach MacFEIDEILMID</p> <p><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Born: -</span></p> <p>Marr: -</p> <p>Died: ABT 0157 -</p> <p>Father: <a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/ervine-family-history-to-1000-bce/gp1350.html%20/%20head1"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Felim Rachtmar MacTUATHAL</span></span></span></a></p> <p>Mother:</p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;">Felim Rachtmar `the Lawgiver MacTUATHAL</span></span></p> <p><span style="color: #0000ff;">108th MONARCH of IRELAND</span>; aka Feidhlimidh Reachtmhar, Fedlimid Rechtmar; aka Feidhlimdidh Reachtnar</p> <p>Born: ? Died: abt. 120 d. of thirst</p> <p>HM George I s 41-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I s 39-Great Grandfather. Poss. Agnes Harris s 35-Great Grandfather. `Osawatomie Brown s 47-Great Grandfather.</p> <p>poss. Wives/Partners:</p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s093/f486609.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Ughna (Ughua Aghna) OLLCHROTHACH (Princess) of DENMARK</span></span></span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> <strong>;</strong> <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Gormfleda</span></span></p> <p><em>Children:</em> <a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s000/f000144.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Fiachu Suidge MacFEIDEILMID</span></span></span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> <strong>;</strong> </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s096/f243304.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Conn Ceadchathach MacFEIDEILMID</span></span></span></strong></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;">Teachtman (Teachtmar) , Justhal (Tuatal,Tuathal) </span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;">[aka: 106th King of Ireland]</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Verdana;">b. 0076 Ireland</span></p> <p>d. 0106</p> <p>Gender: Male</p> <p>Parents:</p> <p>Father:</p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Leachtman , Fiachadh (Fiacha,Fionnla) II </span></span></span></p> <p>Mother: <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Alba , Eithne (Eighne) </span></span></span></p> <p>Family:</p> <p>Spouse: <strong>Scal , Baine (Balbh) Ingen</strong></p> <p>Parents:</p> <p>Father:</p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Balbh , Sgaile (Sscal) </span></span></span></p> <p>Mother: <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Scal</span></span></span></p> <p>Children:</p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/ervine-family-history-to-1000-bce/f_c0d.html%20/%201"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Teachman (Rachtmar)  The Lawgiver , Feidblinbidth (Fedhlimidh,felim,mac Tuathal) </span></span></span></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/ervine-family-history-to-1000-bce/f_c58.html%20/%204"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Tuathail , Fedelm Derg Ingen</span></span></span></a></p> <p style="text-align: left;" align="CENTER">Tuathal (I) Techtmar (TEACHTMAR) (MacFIACHACH)</p> <p><strong>106th (&amp; first certainly historical) MONARCH of IRELAND</strong>; fought numerous battles to conquer Ireland; established capital district in Meath</p> <p>Born: Scotland Died: abt. 106 slain by Mal (107th Monarch)</p> <p>HM George I s 42-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I s 40-Great Grandfather. Poss. Agnes Harris s 36-Great Grandfather. `Osawatomie Brown s 48-Great Grandfather.</p> <p>Wife/Partner:</p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s085/f973219.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Baine ingen SCAL</span></span></span></strong></a></p> <p><em>Children:</em> <a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s073/f022206.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Fedelm Derg ingen TUATHAIL</span></span></span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> <strong>;</strong> </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s092/f486609.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Felim Rachtmar `the Lawgiver MacTUATHAL</span></span></span></strong></a></p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Túathal Techtmar</span></p> <p>From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedi</p> <p>t<strong>úathal Techtmar</strong> ( the legitimate ),</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/%20cite_note-0"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">[1]</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> son of </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/F%C3%ADachu_Finnolach"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Fíachu Finnolach</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, was a </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/High_King_of_Ireland"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">High King of Ireland</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, according to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition. He is said to be the ancestor of the </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/U%C3%AD_N%C3%A9ill"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Uí Néill</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> and </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Connachta"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Connachta</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> dynasties through his grandson </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Conn_of_the_Hundred_Battles"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Conn of the Hundred Battles</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">. The name may also have originally referred to an eponymous deity.</span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/%20cite_note-1"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">[2]</span></span></span></a></p> <p>Legend</p> <p align="JUSTIFY">Túathal was the son of a former High King deposed by an uprising of  subject peoples who returned at the head of an army to reclaim his father s throne. The oldest source for Túathal s story, a 9th century poem by <a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/w/index.php?title=Mael_Mura_of_Othain&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Mael Mura of Othain</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, says that his father, Fíacha Finnolach, was overthrown by the four provincial kings, </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Elim_mac_Conrach"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Elim mac Conrach</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> of </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Ulster"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Ulster</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, Sanb (son of </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Cet_mac_M%C3%A1gach"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Cet mac Mágach</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">) of </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Connacht"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Connacht</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, Foirbre of </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Munster"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Munster</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> and Eochaid Ainchenn of </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Leinster"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Leinster</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, and that it was Elim who took the High Kingship. During his rule Ireland suffered famine as God punished this rejection of legitimate kingship. Túathal, aided by the brothers Fiacha Cassán and Findmall and their 600 men, marched on Tara and defeated Elim in battle at the hill of </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Achall"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Achall</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">. He then won battles against the </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/w/index.php?title=Ligmuini&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Ligmuini</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, the </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/w/index.php?title=Gaili%C3%B3in&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Gailióin</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, the </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Fir_Bolg"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Fir Bolg</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, the </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Fir_Domnann"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Fir Domnann</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, the </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Ulaid"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Ulaid</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, the </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/w/index.php?title=Muma_%28Irish_clan%29&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Muma</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, the </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Fir_Ol_nEchmacht"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Fir Ól nÉcmacht</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> and the </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/%C3%89rainn"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Érainn</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, and assembled the Irish nobility at Tara to make them swear allegiance to him and his descendants.</span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/%20cite_note-2"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">[3]</span></span></span></a><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/%20cite_note-warner-3"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">[4]</span></span></span></a></p> <p align="JUSTIFY">Later versions of the story suppress the involvement of the provincial nobility in the revolt, making the  subject peoples the peasants of Ireland. The <a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Lebor_Gab%C3%A1la_%C3%89renn"><em><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Lebor Gabála Érenn</span></span></span></em></a><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/%20cite_note-4"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">[5]</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> adds the detail of Túathal s exile. His mother, </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/w/index.php?title=Eithne_Imgel&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Eithne Imgel</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, daughter of the king of </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Alba"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Alba</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> (originally meaning </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Great_Britain"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Britain</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, later </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Scotland"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Scotland</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">), was pregnant when Fíachu was overthrown, and fled to her homeland where she gave birth to Túathal. Twenty years later Túathal and his mother returned to Ireland, joined up with Fiacha Cassán and Findmall, and marched on Tara to take the kingship.</span></p> <p align="JUSTIFY">The <a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Annals_of_the_Four_Masters"><em><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Annals of the Four Masters</span></span></span></em></a><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/%20cite_note-5"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">[6]</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> features a similar revolt a few generations earlier, led by </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Cairbre_Cinnchait"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Cairbre Cinnchait</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, against the High King </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Crimthann_Nia_N%C3%A1ir"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Crimthann Nia Náir</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">. On this occasion Crimthann s son </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Feradach_Finnfechtnach"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Feradach Finnfechtnach</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> is the future king who escaped in his mother s womb, although the Annals claim he returned to reclaim his throne only five years later. The story repeats itself a few generations later with Elim s revolt against Fíachu, and the exile and return of Túathal. </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Geoffrey_Keating"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Geoffrey Keating</span></span></span></a><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/%20cite_note-6"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">[7]</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> harmonises the two revolts into one. He has Crimthann hand the throne directly to his son, Feradach, and makes Cairbre Cinnchait, whose ancestry he traces to the </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Fir_Bolg"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Fir Bolg</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, the leader of the revolt that overthrew Fíachu, killing him at a feast. The pregnant Eithne flees as in the other sources. Cairbre rules for five years, dies of plague and is succeeded by Elim. After Elim had ruled for twenty years, the 20- or 25-year-old Túathal was prevailed upon to return. He landed with his forces at Inber Domnainn (</span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Malahide"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Malahide</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> Bay). Joining up with Fiacha Cassán and Findmall and their marauders, he marched on </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Tara,_Ireland"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Tara</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> where he was declared king. Elim gave battle at the hill of </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Achall"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Achall</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> near Tara, but was defeated and killed.</span></p> <p align="JUSTIFY">Túathal fought 25 battles against Ulster, 25 against Leinster, 25 against Connacht and 35 against Munster. The whole country subdued, he convened a conference at Tara, where he established laws and annexed territory from each of the four provinces to create the central province of <em>Míde</em> (<a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Meath_%28province%29"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Meath</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">) around Tara as the High King s territory. He built four fortresses in Meath: </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Tlachtga"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Tlachtga</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, where the </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Druids"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">druids</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> sacrificed on the eve of </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Samhain"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Samhain</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, on land taken from Munster; </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Uisneach"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Uisneach</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, where the festival of </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Beltaine"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Beltaine</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> was celebrated, on land from Connacht; </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Tailtiu"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Tailtiu</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, where </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Lughnasadh"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Lughnasadh</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> was celebrated, on land from Ulster; and Tara, on land from Leinster.</span></p> <p align="JUSTIFY">He went on to make war on Leinster, burning the stronghold of Aillen (<a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Knockaulin"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Knockaulin</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">) and imposing the </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/w/index.php?title=B%C3%B3rama&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1"><em><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">bórama</span></span></span></em></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, a heavy tribute of cattle, on the province. One story says this was because the king of Leinster, Eochaid Ainchenn, had married Túathal s daughter Dairine, but told Túathal she had died and so was given his other daughter, Fithir. When Fithir discovered Dairine was still alive she died of shame, and when Dairine saw Fithir dead she died of grief.</span></p> <p align="JUSTIFY">Túathal, or his wife Baine, is reputed to have built Ráth Mór, an <a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Iron_Age"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Iron Age</span></span></span></a><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Hillfort"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">hillfort</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> in the earthwork complex at </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Clogher"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Clogher</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/County_Tyrone"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">County Tyrone</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">. He died in battle against </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Mal_mac_Rochride"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Mal mac Rochride</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, king of </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Ulaid"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Ulster</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, at Mag Line (</span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/w/index.php?title=Moylinny&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Moylinny</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> near </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Larne"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Larne</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/County_Antrim"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">County Antrim</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">). His son, </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Fedlimid_Rechtmar"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Fedlimid Rechtmar</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, later avenged him</span></p> <p align="JUSTIFY"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;">&nbsp;Historical context</span></strong></p> <p><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;">&nbsp;Dates</span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: justify;">The <a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Annals_of_the_Four_Masters"><em><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Annals of the Four Masters</span></span></span></em></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> gives the date of Túathal s exile as AD 56, his return as 76 and his death as 106. </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Geoffrey_Keating"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Geoffrey Keating</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> s <em>Foras Feasa ar Érinn</em> broadly agrees, dating his exile to 55, his return to 80 and his death to 100. The </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Lebor_Gab%C3%A1la_%C3%89renn"><em><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Lebor Gabála Érenn</span></span></span></em></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> places him a little later, synchronising his exile with the reign of the </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Roman_emperor"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Roman emperor</span></span></span></a><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Domitian"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Domitian</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> (81-96), his return early in the reign of </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Hadrian"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Hadrian</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> (122-138) and his death in the reign of </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Antoninus_Pius"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Antoninus Pius</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> (138-161</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;">&nbsp;The first of the Goidels?</span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: justify;">The scholar <a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/T._F._O%27Rahilly"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">T. F. O Rahilly</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> suggested that, as in many such  returned exile stories, Túathal represented an entirely foreign invasion which established a dynasty in Ireland, whose dynastic propagandists fabricated an Irish origin for him to give him some spurious legitimacy. In fact, he proposed that Túathal s story, pushed back to the 1st or 2nd century BC, represented the invasion of the </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Goidelic"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Goidels</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, who established themselves over the earlier populations and introduced the </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Q-Celtic"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Q-Celtic</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> language that would become </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Irish_language"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Irish</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, and that their genealogists incorporated all Irish dynasties, Goidelic or otherwise, and their ancestor deities into a pedigree stretching back over a thousand years to the fictitious </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/M%C3%ADl_Esp%C3%A1ine"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Míl Espáine</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">.</span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">[8]</span></span></span><strong></strong></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;">&nbsp;Romans in Ireland?</span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Taking the native dating as broadly accurate, another theory has emerged. The Roman historian <a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Tacitus"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Tacitus</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> mentions that </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Gnaeus_Julius_Agricola"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Agricola</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, while governor of </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Roman_Britain"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Roman Britain</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> (AD 78  84), entertained an exiled Irish prince, thinking to use him as a pretext for a possible conquest of Ireland.</span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/%20cite_note-8"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">[9]</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> Neither Agricola nor his successors ever conquered Ireland, but in recent years </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Archaeology"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">archaeology</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> has challenged the belief that the Romans never set foot on the island. Roman and Romano-British artefacts have been found primarily in Leinster, notably a fortified site on the promontory of </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Drumanagh"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Drumanagh</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, fifteen miles north of </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Dublin"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Dublin</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, and burials on the nearby island of </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Lambay"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Lambay</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, both close to where Túathal is supposed to have landed, and other sites associated with Túathal such as Tara and Clogher. However, whether this is evidence of trade, diplomacy or military activity is a matter of controversy. It is possible that the Romans may have given support to Túathal, or someone like him, to regain his throne in the interests of having a friendly neighbour who could restrain Irish raiding.</span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/%20cite_note-warner-3"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">[4]</span></span></span></a><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/%20cite_note-9"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">[10]</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> The 2nd century Roman poet </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Satires_of_Juvenal"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Juvenal</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, who may have served in Britain under Agricola, wrote that  arms had been taken beyond the shores of Ireland ,</span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/%20cite_note-10"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">[11]</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> and the coincidence of dates is striking.</span><strong></strong></p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;">Fiache II (Fiachaidh IV) Fionnolaidh MacFEREDAIG</span></span></p> <p align="JUSTIFY">`White Oxen ; <span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>104th MONARCH of IRELAND </strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><strong><br> </strong></span></span>Born: ? Died: abt. 56 (or 171?) massacred by plebians</p> <p align="JUSTIFY">HM George I s 43-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I s 41-Great Grandfather. Poss.</p> <p align="JUSTIFY">Wife/Partner:</p> <p align="JUSTIFY"><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s069/f946439.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Eithne Nar of ALBA</span></span></span></strong></a></p> <p align="JUSTIFY"><em>Children:</em></p> <p align="JUSTIFY"><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s065/f000072.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Fafertach (Princess) of IRELAND</span></span></span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> <strong>;</strong> </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s084/f973219.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Tuathal (I) Techtmar (TEACHTMAR) (MacFIACHACH)</span></span></span></strong></a></p> <p align="CENTER">Fíachu Finnolach</p> <p>From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</p> <p align="JUSTIFY">Fiacha Finnolach</p> <p align="JUSTIFY"><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/%20cite_note-0"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">[1]</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> son of </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Feradach_Finnfechtnach"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Feradach Finnfechtnach</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, was, according to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition, a </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/High_King_of_Ireland"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">High King of Ireland</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">. He took power after killing his predecessor, </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/F%C3%ADatach_Finn"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Fíatach Finn</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">. He ruled for fifteen, seventeen, or twenty-seven years, depending on the source consulted, after which he, and the freemen of Ireland, were killed in an uprising of <em>aithech-tuatha</em> or  subject peoples , led, according to the </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Lebor_Gab%C3%A1la_%C3%89renn"><em><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Lebor Gabála Érenn</span></span></span></em></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> and the </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Annals_of_the_Four_Masters"><em><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Annals of the Four Masters</span></span></span></em></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, by </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Elim_mac_Conrach"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Elim mac Conrach</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, or by </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Cairbre_Cinnchait"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Cairbre Cinnchait</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> according to </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Geoffrey_Keating"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Geoffrey Keating</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">. His wife </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Eithne"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Eithne</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, daughter of the king of </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Alba"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Alba</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> (Scotland), who was pregnant, fled home to Alba, where she gave birth to Fíachu s son, </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Tuathal_Techtmar"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Tuathal Techtmar</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, who would ultimately return to Ireland to claim the throne. The </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Lebor_Gab%C3%A1la_%C3%89renn"><em><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Lebor Gabála Érenn</span></span></span></em></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> synchronises his reign with that of the </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Roman_emperor"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Roman emperor</span></span></span></a><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Nerva"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Nerva</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> (AD 96-98).</span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/%20cite_note-1"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">[2]</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> The chronology of </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Geoffrey_Keating"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Geoffrey Keating</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> s <em>Foras Feasa ar Éirinn</em> dates his reign to AD 28-55,</span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/%20cite_note-2"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">[3]</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> that of the <em>Annals of the Four Masters</em> to AD 39-56.</span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/%20cite_note-3"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">[4]</span></span></span></a></p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;">Feredac `the True MacCRIMTHAINAN NIA NAIRE</span></span></p> <p><span style="color: #0000ff;">102nd MONARCH of IRELAND</span>; (Fearadach Fionn Feachtnach)</p> <p>Born: ? Died: abt. 36</p> <p>HM George I s 44-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I s 42-Great Grandfather. Poss.</p> <p><em>Child:</em></p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s068/f946439.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Fiache II (Fiachaidh IV) Fionnolaidh MacFEREDAIG</span></span></span></strong></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&amp;db=weterb&amp;id=I44282"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Feredac `the True MacCrimthainan Nia Naire</span></span></span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> (Naira (Mar Tath Chabob) of the Picts<sup>1</sup>) died 36 AD in Teamhair, Ireland. </span></p> <p>Child of Feredac `the True MacCrimthainan Nia Naire is:</p> <table dir="LTR" border="0" cellpadding="12" cellspacing="0" width="650"> <tbody> <tr> <td height="43" valign="MIDDLE" width="4%">+</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p align="RIGHT"><span style="color: #333333;"><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&amp;db=weterb&amp;id=I44280"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana;">Fiache (Fiachaidh IV) Fionnolaidh MacFeredaig II.</span></span></span></a></span><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> died 56.</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;">Criffan Crimthann (Criomthann; II) `Niadh-Nar MacLUGAID</span></span></p> <p>the HEROIC; <span style="color: #0000ff;">100th MONARCH of IRELAND</span>; Nia Naire</p> <p>d. from a horse fall</p> <p>HM George I s 45-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I s 43-Great Grandfather. Poss.</p> <p>Wife/Partner:</p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s049/f000008.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Naira (Mar Tath Chabob) of the PICTS</span></span></span></strong></a></p> <p><em>Child:</em> <a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s024/f000004.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Feredac `the True MacCRIMTHAINAN NIA NAIRE</span></span></span></strong></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&amp;db=weterb&amp;id=I44284"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Naira (Mar Tath Chabob) of the Picts</span></span></span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">. She married </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&amp;db=weterb&amp;id=I44283"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Criffan Crimthann (Criomthann) `Niadh-Nar MacLugaid II.</span></span></span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">, son of Lewy `of the Red Circles of Ireland and Clothra (Clotherne) ingen Echach. He died 9. </span></p> <p>Child of Naira (Mar Tath Chabob) of the Picts and Criffan Crimthann (Criomthann) `Niadh-Nar MacLugaid II. is:</p> <table dir="LTR" border="0" cellpadding="12" cellspacing="0" width="654"> <tbody> <tr> <td height="43" valign="MIDDLE" width="4%">+</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&amp;db=weterb&amp;id=I44282"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Feredac `the True MacCrimthainan Nia Naire</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> died 36 AD in Teamhair, Ireland.</span></p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;">Lewy `of the Red Circles of IRELAND</span></span></p> <p><span style="color: #0000ff;">98th MONARCH of IRELAND</span></p> <p>; aka Lughaid (V) Sriabh-N Dearg</p> <p>Born: ? Died: 8? BC k. self</p> <p>HM George I s 46-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I s 44-Great Grandfather. Poss. Agnes Harris s 40-Great Grandfather. `Osawatomie Brown s 52-Great Grandfather.</p> <p>Wife/Partner:</p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s097/f000016.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Clothra (Clotherne) ingen ECHACH</span></span></span></strong></a></p> <p><em>Child:</em> <a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s048/f000008.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Criffan Crimthann (Criomthann; II) `Niadh-Nar MacLUGAID</span></span></span></strong></a></p> <p>Lughaid-Sriabh-n Dearg (also known as Lewy  of the Red Circles ) 98th King of Ireland (34  8 BC) Killed himself by falling on his sword.</p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;">Breas &amp; Nar &amp; Lothar</span></span></p> <p align="JUSTIFY">aka Bress-Nar-Lothar;  Three brothers to have been on their own sister begot &  </p> <p>k. at Battle of Dromchriadh</p> <p align="JUSTIFY">HM George I s 47-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I s 45-Great Grandfather. Poss.</p> <p>Wife/Partner:</p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s097/f000016.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Clothra (Clotherne) ingen ECHACH</span></span></span></strong></a></p> <p><em>Child:</em> <a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s096/f000016.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Lewy `of the Red Circles of IRELAND</span></span></span></strong></a></p> <p>Breas, Nar, and Lothar MacEochaidh  The Three Brothers All Were</p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/genealogy/PRINCE_OF_IRELAND"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Prince Of Ireland</span></span></span></strong></a></p> <p><strong>Born</strong> [date unknown] in Tara Castle, Meath, Leinster, Ireland</p> <p>Son of&nbsp; <a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/High%20King%20Of%20Ireland-6"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Eochaidh Feidhlioch mac Fionn, 93rd High King Of Ireland</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> and </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Queen%20Of%20Ireland-5"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Clothfionn Feidlioch Croidheirg Uchtleathan Queen Of Ireland</span></span></span></a></p> <p>[sibling(s) unknown]</p> <p>Husband of <a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Ireland-165"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Clothra verch Eochaid Feidlech Of Ireland</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> married [date unknown] [location unknown] </span></p> <p>Father of <a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/High%20King%20Of%20Ireland-11"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Lugaidh Sriabh nDearg, mac Breas, 98th High King Of Ireland</span></span></span></a></p> <p>Died[date unknown] in Slain at the battle of Dromchriadh, Galway, Connaught, Irelan</p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;">Eochaidh (IX) Feidlech (FEIDHLIOCH) MacFINN</span></span></p> <p align="CENTER">aka Eochaid `the Steadfast ; `Constant Sighing ; <span style="color: #0000ff;">93rd MONARCH of IRELAND</span>; slew Tachna Tathlioch</p> <p>Born: ? Died: abt. 130 BC</p> <p>HM George I s 47-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I s 45-Great Grandfather. Poss.</p> <p>poss. Wives/Partners:</p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s095/f000033.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Cloth Fionn ingen EOCHAIDH ACHTICATHAN</span></span></span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> <strong>;</strong> <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Cruathan CROTHEARG</span></span></p> <p><em>Children:</em> <a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s097/f000016.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Clothra (Clotherne) ingen ECHACH</span></span></span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> <strong>;</strong> </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s092/f000033.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Breas &amp; Nar &amp; Lothar</span></span></span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> <strong>;</strong> </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s005/f415171.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Maeve (Queen) of CONNACHT</span></span></span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> <strong>;</strong> </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s057/f452098.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Mew (Princess) of IRELAND</span></span></span></strong></a></p> <p>Eochaidh Feidhlioch mac Fionn, 93rd</p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/genealogy/HIGH_KING_OF_IRELAND"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">High King Of Ireland</span></span></span></strong></a></p> <p><strong>Born</strong> [date unknown] in Tara, Meath, Leinster, Ireland</p> <p>Son of <a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Ireland-169"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Fionn, mac Fionnloch O Henna, 92nd High King of Ireland</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> and </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Ireland-161"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Benta Beniaor nar Creombthan of Ireland</span></span></span></a></p> <p>[sibling(s) unknown]</p> <p>Husband&nbsp;of <a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Queen%20Of%20Ireland-5"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Clothfionn Feidlioch Croidheirg Uchtleathan Queen Of Ireland</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> married [date unknown] [location unknown] </span></p> <p>Father of <a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/wiki/Prince%20Of%20Ireland-1"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Breas, Nar, and Lothar MacEochaidh  The Three Brothers All Were Prince Of Ireland</span></span></span></a></p> <p>Died</p> <p>[date unknown] in Tara Castle, Meath, Leinster, Irela</p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;">Fionn MacFIONNLOGH (Prince) in/of IRELAND</span></span></p> <p>aka Finn MacFINDLOCH</p> <p>HM George I s 48-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I s 46-Great Grandfather. Poss. .</p> <p>Wife/Partner:</p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s089/f000067.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Benia ingen CRIMTHANN</span></span></span></strong></a></p> <p><em>Children:</em> <a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s094/f000033.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Eochaidh (IX) Feidlech (FEIDHLIOCH) MacFINN</span></span></span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> <strong>;</strong> </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s054/f739563.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Eochaid Airem MacFINN</span></span></span></strong></a></p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;">Fionnlogh (Finnlaoch) (Prince) in IRELAND</span></span></p> <p>aka Findloch MacROGEN; aka Finnlogha MacROIGHNEIN</p> <p>HM George I s 49-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I s 47-Great Grandfather.</p> <p><em>Children:</em></p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s088/f000067.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Fionn MacFIONNLOGH (Prince) in/of IRELAND</span></span></span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> <strong>;</strong> </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s041/f207580.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Snedghusa</span></span></span></strong></a></p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;">Roignen `the Red Ruadh (Prince) of IRELAND</span></span></p> <p>aka Rogen (Roighnein) Ruad MacESSAMAIN</p> <p>HM George I s 50-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I s 48-Great Grandfather. .</p> <p><em>Child:</em></p> <p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Fionnlogh (Finnlaoch) (Prince) in IRELAND</span></span></span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;">Essamain Emna MacBLATHACHTA (Prince) of IRELAND</span></span></p> <p>aka Assaman (Esamon Easamhuin) Eamhna (Eamnadh)</p> <p>HM George I s 51-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I s 49-Great Grandfather.</p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;">Essamain Emna MacBLATHACHTA (Prince) of IRELAND</span></span></p> <p>aka Assaman (Esamon Easamhuin) Eamhna (Eamnadh)</p> <p>HM George I s 51-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I s 49-Great Grandfather.</p> <p>Wife/Partner:</p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s005/f000543.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Magach (Princess) of IRELAND</span></span></span></strong></a></p> <p><em>Child:</em> <a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s052/f000271.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Roignen `the Red Ruadh (Prince) of IRELAND</span></span></span></strong></a></p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;">Blatact (Blathachtach</span></span>)</p> <p>Poss. HM George I s 41-Great Grandfather. Poss. HRE Ferdinand I s 39-Great Grandfather.</p> <p><em>Possible Child:</em></p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s004/f000543.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Essamain Emna MacBLATHACHTA (Prince) of IRELAND</span></span></span></strong></a></p> <p><em>Alternative Father of Possible Child:</em> <a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s016/f002172.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Beotach (Beothachtach)</span></span></span></strong></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;">Beotach (Beothachtach)</span></span></p> <p>Poss. HM George I s 42-Great Grandfather. Poss. HRE Ferdinand I s 40-Great Grandfather. Poss.</p> <p><em>Possible Children:</em></p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s008/f001086.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Blatact (Blathachtach)</span></span></span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: Verdana;">&nbsp;<strong>;</strong> </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s004/f000543.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Essamain Emna MacBLATHACHTA (Prince) of IRELAND</span></span></span></strong></a></p> <p><em>Alternative Fathers of Possible Children:</em> <a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s032/f004344.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Lava `the Fierce Luire (Lorc)</span></span></span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> <strong>;</strong> </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s008/f001086.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Blatact (Blathachtach)</span></span></span></strong></a></p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;">Lava `the Fierce Luire (Lorc)</span></span></p> <p>aka Labhraid (Lavra Labhra) King of IRELAND</p> <p>HM George I s 54-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I s 52-Great Grandfather.</p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s033/f004344.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Sabilla (Princess) of IRELAND</span></span></span></strong></a></p> <p><em>Child:</em> <a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s016/f002172.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Beotach (Beothachtach)</span></span></span></strong></a></p> <p>Possible Child:</p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s008/f001086.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Blatact (Blathachtach)</span></span></span></strong></a></p> <p><em>Alternative Father of Possible Child:</em> <a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s016/f002172.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Beotach (Beothachtach)</span></span></span></strong></a></p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;">Enna Aignech `the Hospitable MacAENGUSA</span></span></p> <p><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>84th MONARCH of IRELAND; </strong></span>aka Eanna (Enda; Eadhna; III) Airghtheach</p> <p>Born: ? Died: abt. 292 BC k. by Criomthann Cusgrach</p> <p>HM George I s 55-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I s 53-Great Grandfather.</p> <p><em>Child:</em></p> <p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Lava `the Fierce Luire (Lorc)</span></span></span></strong></p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;">Aengus (III) Tuirbheach Teamhrach of IRELAND</span></span></p> <p>aka Aonghus Tuirmech (MacFER ?); <span style="color: #0000ff;">81st MONARCH of IRELAND</span></p> <p>Born: ? Died: abt. 324 BC slain at Tara</p> <p>Poss. HM George I s 37-Great Grandfather. Poss. HRE Ferdinand I s 35-Great Grandfather.</p> <p>Wives/Partners:</p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s029/f017377.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Magach ingen FEARGHUS (Princess) of IRELAND</span></span></span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> <strong>;</strong> </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s069/f008711.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">(Miss) ingen AENGUSA</span></span></span></strong></a></p> <p><em>Possible Children:</em> <a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s064/f008688.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Enna Aignech `the Hospitable MacAENGUSA</span></span></span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> <strong>;</strong> </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s024/f302003.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Iar MacOENGUS</span></span></span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> <strong>;</strong> </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s084/f504355.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Fiachu Firmara MacAENGUSA</span></span></span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> <strong>;</strong> </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s069/f008711.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">(Miss) ingen AENGUSA</span></span></span></strong></a></p> <p><em>Alternative Father of Possible Children:</em> <a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s022/f001306.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Aengus Tuirbheach Teamhrach MacFER</span></span></span></strong></a></p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;">Eochaidh (VIII) Ailtleathair of IRELAND</span></span></p> <p><span style="color: #0000ff;">79th MONARCH of IRELAND;</span> aka Eochaid `Broad Blade MacAILILL</p> <p>slain by 80th Monarch</p> <p>Poss. HM George I s 38-Great Grandfather. Poss. HRE Ferdinand I s 36-Great Grandfather.</p> <p><em>Possible Child:</em></p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s068/f008711.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Aengus (III) Tuirbheach Teamhrach of IRELAND</span></span></span></strong></a></p> <p><em>Alternative Father of Possible Child:</em> <a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s072/f034846.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Olioll (Ailill; III) Caisfhiachlach of IRELAND</span></span></span></strong></a></p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;">Eochaidh (VIII) Ailtleathair of IRELAND</span></span></p> <p><span style="color: #0000ff;">79th MONARCH of IRELAND</span>; aka Eochaid `Broad Blade MacAILILL</p> <p>slain by 80th Monarch</p> <p>Poss. HM George I s 38-Great Grandfather. Poss. HRE Ferdinand I s 36-Great Grandfather.</p> <p><em>Possible Child:</em></p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s068/f008711.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Aengus (III) Tuirbheach Teamhrach of IRELAND</span></span></span></strong></a></p> <p><em>Alternative Father of Possible Child:</em> <a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s072/f034846.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Olioll (Ailill; III) Caisfhiachlach of IRELAND</span></span></span></strong></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;">Connla (Conly Connla) Cruiaidhchealgach CAEM</span></span></p> <p>aka Conla Caomb; aka Conlaus Caomh; <span style="color: #0000ff;">76th MONARCH of IRELAND</span></p> <p>d. of natural causes</p> <p>Poss. HM George I s 40-Great Grandfather. Poss. HRE Ferdinand I s 38-Great Grandfather.</p> <p>Wife/Partner:</p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s045/f069693.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Sabhdh ingen LUGHAIDH (Princess) of IRELAND</span></span></span></strong></a></p> <p><em>Child:</em> <a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s072/f034846.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Olioll (Ailill; III) Caisfhiachlach of IRELAND</span></span></span></strong></a></p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;">Irereo Fathach `the Wise of IRELAND</span></span></p> <p>aka Iaran Gleofathach, Iarngleo (Iarraingleo Jaran); <span style="color: #0000ff;">74th MONARCH </span><span style="font-family: Verdana;">of IRELAND </span></p> <p>k. by Fearchorb</p> <p>Poss. HM George I s 41-Great Grandfather. Poss. HRE Ferdinand I s 39-Great Grandfather.</p> <p><em>Child:</em></p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s044/f069693.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Connla (Conly Connla) Cruiaidhchealgach CAEM</span></span></span></strong></a></p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;">Melghe (Meig) Molbthach (71st MONARCH) of IRELAND</span></span></p> <p>aka Melga (Meilge) Molfach `the Praiseworthy MacCOLETHACH</p> <p>k. by Maoib</p> <p>Poss. HM George I s 42-Great Grandfather. Poss. HRE Ferdinand I s 40-Great Grandfather.</p> <p><em>Child:</em></p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s088/f139386.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Irereo Fathach `the Wise of IRELAND</span></span></span></strong></a></p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;">Cobthach Caol BREAGH (69th MONARCH) of IRELAND</span></p> <p>aka Caobthach (Covac) Coel `Lean BROEG; aka Cobhacus CAOL-BHREAGH; (his death commemorated in oldest Irish poem)</p> <p>Born: ? Died: abt. 541 BC murdered by nephew, Labhraidh Loingseach Mae mac Oiliolla Aine</p> <p>HM George I s 58-Great Uncle. HRE Ferdinand I s 56-Great Uncle. Poss.</p> <p><em>Child:</em></p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s076/f278773.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Melghe (Meig) Molbthach (71st MONARCH) of IRELAND</span></span></span></strong></a></p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;">Augaine Mor MacECHACH</span></span></p> <p><span style="color: #0000ff;">66th MONARCH of IRELAND;</span> Ugaine (Ughaine Ugainy) MOR; aka Hugony (Hugonius) `the Great ; sailed to and attacked Africa &amp; Sicily</p> <p>murdered by brother Badbchadh (67th Monarch)</p> <p>HM George I s 58-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I s 56-Great Grandfather.</p> <p>poss. Wives/Partners:</p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s037/f069519.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Caesir (Cessair) Cruthach (Princess) of FRANKS</span></span></span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> <strong>;</strong> </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s051/f207555.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Caesir (Cessair) Cruthach (Princess) of GAULS</span></span></span></strong></a></p> <p><em>Children:</em> <a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s068/f034759.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Loegaire Lorc MacAUGAINE MAIR</span></span></span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> <strong>;</strong> </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s052/f557547.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Cobthach Caol BREAGH (69th MONARCH) of IRELAND</span></span></span></strong></a></p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;">Eochy Buadech MacDUACH</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;">aka Eochaid Buiglaig (Buaid); Achaius Beidhach; 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</p> <p>HM George I s 59-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I s 57-Great Grandfather.</p> <p>Wife/Partner:</p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s073/f139038.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Tamar Tephi ha-DAVID</span></span></span></strong></a></p> <p><em>Children:</em> <a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s036/f069519.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Augaine Mor MacECHACH</span></span></span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> <strong>;</strong> <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Badhbhchadh (67th M)</span> </span></p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;">Eochy Buadech MacDUACH</span></span></p> <p>aka Eochaid Buiglaig (Buaid); Achaius Beidhach; 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</p> <p>HM George I s 59-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I s 57-Great Grandfather. .</p> <p>Wife/Partner:</p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s073/f139038.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Tamar Tephi ha-DAVID</span></span></span></strong></a></p> <p><em>Children:</em> <a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s036/f069519.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Augaine Mor MacECHACH</span></span></span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> <strong>;</strong> <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Badhbhchadh (67th M)</span> </span></p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;">Fiacha (Fiachaidh) TOLGRACH</span></span></p> <p><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>55th MONARCH of IRELAND </strong></span></p> <p>k. by 56th Monarch at Battle of Borin</p> <p>HM George I s 61-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I s 59-Great Grandfather. .</p> <p><em>Child:</em></p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s044/f278077.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Duach (II) Ladhghrach (LADRACH)</span></span></span></strong></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Murchad (Muireadhach; I) Balgrach MacSIMON</span></p> <p>aka Muiredach Bolgrach (Bolgach); <span style="color: #0000ff;">46th MONARCH of IRELAND</span>; 3 grandsons were MONARCH</p> <p>k. by 47th Monarch</p> <p>HM George I s 62-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I s 60-Great Grandfather.</p> <p><em>Children:</em></p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s088/f556154.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Fiacha (Fiachaidh) TOLGRACH</span></span></span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> <strong>;</strong> <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Dui Teamrach (father of 51st M &amp; 53rd M)</span> </span></p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;">Simon (Siomon) BREACH</span></span></p> <p><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>44th MONARCH of IRELAND</strong>;</span> killed 43rd Monarch; aka Simeon Breac</p> <p>Born: ? k. by 45th Monarch</p> <p>HM George I s 63-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I s 61-Great Grandfather.</p> <p>Wives/Partners:</p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s053/f224619.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">(NN)</span></span></span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> <strong>;</strong> </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s095/f005190.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">First Speaker of Old Irish</span></span></span></strong></a></p> <p><em>Child:</em> <a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s076/f112309.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Murchad (Muireadhach; I) Balgrach MacSIMON</span></span></span></strong></a></p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;">Aedham (Aodhan) GLAS (MacNUADHAT)</span></span></p> <p>Prince of IRELAND</p> <p>HM George I s 64-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I s 62-Great Grandfather.</p> <p><em>Child:</em></p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s052/f224619.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Simon (Siomon) BREACH</span></span></span></strong></a></p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;">Nuahhas (Nuadha) FIONN FAIL</span></span></p> <p>aka Nuadhat I; aka Nuadhar Finnfail `the Fair ; aka Nuodhas Fionn Fail; <span style="color: #0000ff;">39th MONARCH of IRELAND</span></p> <p>Born: ? Died: abt. 745 BC k. by 40th Monarch, q.v.</p> <p>HM George I s 65-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I s 63-Great Grandfather</p> <p><em>Children:</em></p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s004/f449239.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Aedham (Aodhan) GLAS (MacNUADHAT)</span></span></span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> <strong>;</strong> </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s069/f950215.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Dubha (Princess) of IRELAND</span></span></span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> <strong>;</strong> </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s073/f950215.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Eyvindr of IRELAND</span></span></span></strong></a></p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;">Giallchadh of IRELAND</span></span></p> <p>aka Giallchaidh (Gialchadh) MacAILIOLL; <span style="color: #0000ff;">37th MONARCH of IRELAND</span></p> <p>Born: ? Died: abt. 787 BC k. by 38th Monarch</p> <p>HM George I s 66-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I s 64-Great Grandfather.</p> <p><em>Child:</em></p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s008/f898478.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Nuahhas (Nuadha) FIONN FAIL</span></span></span></strong></a></p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;">Olioll Olchaoin (Prince) of IRELAND</span></span></p> <p>aka Ailill Oalchlaen (Aolcheoin) MacSIRNA; aka Oilioll Aolchleon</p> <p>HM George I s 67-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I s 65-Great Grandfather.</p> <p><em>Child:</em></p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s046/f000004.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Giallchadh of IRELAND</span></span></span></strong></a></p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;">Olioll Olchaoin (Prince) of IRELAND</span></span></p> <p>aka Ailill Oalchlaen (Aolcheoin) MacSIRNA; aka Oilioll Aolchleon</p> <p>HM George I s 67-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I s 65-Great Grandfather.</p> <p><em>Child:</em></p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s046/f000004.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Giallchadh of IRELAND</span></span></span></strong></a></p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;">Sirna Sirsaeglach `the Long Lived MacDIAN</span></span></p> <p><span style="color: #0000ff;">34th MONARCH of IRELAND;</span> aka Siorna Saogalach</p> <p>k. by 35th Monarch</p> <p>HM George I s 68-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I s 66-Great Grandfather. <em>Child:</em></p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s092/f000008.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Olioll Olchaoin (Prince) of IRELAND</span></span></span></strong></a></p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;">Deman (Dian Dein Den Drin) MacROTHECTAID</span></span></p> <p>Prince of IRELAND</p> <p>HM George I s 69-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I s 67-Great Grandfather.</p> <p><em>Possible Child:</em></p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s084/f000017.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Sirna Sirsaeglach `the Long Lived MacDIAN</span></span></span></strong></a></p> <p><em>Alternative Father of Possible Child:</em> <strong><span style="color: #008080; font-family: Verdana;"><span style="color: #008080; font-family: Verdana;">Dian (Deman s son)</span></span></strong></p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;">Rothectaid Rigderg (Roitheaehtaigh) MacMOEN</span></span></p> <p>aka Rotheachtach (Rothachtach); <span style="color: #0000ff;">22nd MONARCH of IRELAND</span></p> <p>k. by 23rd Monarch</p> <p>HM George I s 70-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I s 68-Great Grandfather.</p> <p><em>Children:</em></p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s068/f000035.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Deman (Dian Dein Den Drin) MacROTHECTAID</span></span></span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> <strong>;</strong> </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s081/f296222.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Feargusa of IRELAND</span></span></span></strong></a></p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;">Maen MacAENGUSA (Prince) of IRELAND</span></span></p> <p>(Maoin Maon Mavin Main Moan)</p> <p>HM George I s 71-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I s 69-Great Grandfather.</p> <p>Wife/Partner:</p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s073/f000142.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Hvarfiad (Princess) of IRELAND</span></span></span></strong></a></p> <p><em>Child:</em> <strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Rothectaid Rigderg (Roitheaehtaigh) MacMOEN</span></span></span></strong></p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;">Aeneas (Aengus Aonghus) Olmucaidh MacFIACHACH</span></span></p> <p>aka Aongus Olmucach (Olmuccaid Olmaead); <span style="color: #0000ff;">20th/21st MONARCH of IRELAND;</span> fought 30 battles in Scotland</p> <p>Born: ? Died: abt. 1043 BC k. at Battle of Carman by 21st/22nd Monarch</p> <p>HM George I s 72-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I s 70-Great Grandfather.</p> <p><em>Child:</em></p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s072/f000142.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Maen MacAENGUSA (Prince) of IRELAND</span></span></span></strong></a></p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;">Fiachu Labrainn (Flacha LABHRIN) MacSMIRGOLL</span></span></p> <p><strong>18th MONARCH of IRELAND</strong>; aka Fiachaidh Labhrainne; aka Fiocha Labrainn</p> <p>k. by 19th Monarch at Battle of Belgadain</p> <p>HM George I s 73-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I s 71-Great Grandfather.</p> <p>Wife/Partner:</p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s089/f000570.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">(Miss) ingen MUGAETH</span></span></span></strong></a></p> <p><em>Child:</em> <a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s044/f000285.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Aeneas (Aengus Aonghus) Olmucaidh MacFIACHACH</span></span></span></strong></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;">Smiorgall MacENBOTH (Prince) of IRELAND</span></span></p> <p>(Smirgoll Smionghall Smiringhall)</p> <p>HM George I s 74-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I s 72-Great Grandfather.</p> <p><em>Children:</em></p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s088/f000570.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Fiachu Labrainn (Flacha LABHRIN) MacSMIRGOLL</span></span></span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> <strong>;</strong> </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s041/f369782.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Mew of IRELAND</span></span></span></strong></a></p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;">Eanbothadh MacTIGERNMAS (Prince) of IRELAND</span></p> <p>(Eiobiothad Enboth Enboath Eanbhoth Eanbhethath)</p> <p>Born: ? Died: abt. 673 BC</p> <p>HM George I s 75-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I s 73-Great Grandfather.</p> <p><em>Child:</em></p> <p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Smiorgall MacENBOTH (Prince) of IRELAND</span></span></span></strong></p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;">Tighearnmhas MacFOLLACH of IRELAND</span></span></p> <p>(Tighearnmas Tigernmas);<span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong> 13th MONARCH of IRELAND </strong></span></p> <p>Born: ? Died: abt. 692 BC or ?  1543? BC</p> <p>HM George I s 76-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I s 74-Great Grandfather.</p> <p>Wife/Partner:</p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s005/f004567.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Sinusa (Princess) of IRELAND</span></span></span></strong></a></p> <p><em>Child:</em> <a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s052/f002283.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Eanbothadh MacTIGERNMAS (Prince) of IRELAND</span></span></span></strong></a></p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;">Tighearnmhas MacFOLLACH of IRELAND</span></span></p> <p>(Tighearnmas Tigernmas); <span style="color: #0000ff;">13th MONARCH of IRELAND</span></p> <p>Born: ? Died: abt. 692 BC or ?  1543? BC</p> <p>HM George I s 76-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I s 74-Great Grandfather.</p> <p>Wife/Partner:</p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s005/f004567.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Sinusa (Princess) of IRELAND</span></span></span></strong></a></p> <p><em>Child:</em> <a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s052/f002283.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Eanbothadh MacTIGERNMAS (Prince) of IRELAND</span></span></span></strong></a></p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;">Follagh MacETHREL (Prince) of IRELAND</span></span></p> <p>(Follac Follach Foll-Aich Follain)</p> <p>Born: abt. 751 BC Died: abt. 702 BC</p> <p>HM George I s 77-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I s 75-Great Grandfather.</p> <p><em>Child:</em></p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s004/f004567.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Tighearnmhas MacFOLLACH of IRELAND</span></span></span></strong></a></p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;">Ethrial MacIAREL FAITH of IRELAND</span></span></p> <p>aka Eithrial (Eitreol Ethrel); <span style="color: #0000ff;">11th MONARCH of IRELAND</span></p> <p>Born: abt. 769 BC Died: abt. 711 BC k. at Battle of Soirrean by 10th Monarch</p> <p>HM George I s 78-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I s 76-Great Grandfather.</p> <p><em>Child:</em></p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s008/f009134.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Follagh MacETHREL (Prince) of IRELAND</span></span></span></strong></a></p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;">Irial (Iarel Eurialus) Faidh (Faith) MacEREMOIN</span></span></p> <p><span style="color: #0000ff;">10th MONARCH of IRELAND</span></p> <p>; could foretell the future</p> <p>Born: abt. 784 BC Died: abt. 741 BC</p> <p>HM George I s 79-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I s 77-Great Grandfather.</p> <p><em>Child:</em></p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s016/f018268.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Ethrial MacIAREL FAITH of IRELAND</span></span></span></strong></a></p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;">Heremon (2nd MONARCH) of IRELAND</span></span></p> <p>aka Eremon (Eermon Eremoin Ereamhon) MacMILED; aka Ghedhe the Ereamhon; father of 4 Monarchs</p> <p>Note:</p> <p><span style="color: #800000; font-family: Verdana;"><span style="color: #800000; font-family: Verdana;">The dates of the first Milesian Kings are inconsistent with their genealogical links. But it seems futile to ask which is  right  dates and links are both mythical. (Part of confusion may be conflation with Briton Kings of similar names.) </span></span></p> <p>Born: abt. 824 BC Died: abt. 796 BC or ?  1699+ BC</p> <p>HM George I s 80-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I s 78-Great Grandfather.</p> <p>poss. Wives/Partners:</p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s065/f073072.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Tamar (TEPHI) of JUDAH</span></span></span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> <strong>;</strong> </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s019/f001306.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Tea ingen LUGDACH</span></span></span></strong></a></p> <p><em>Children:</em> <a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s032/f036536.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Irial (Iarel Eurialus) Faidh (Faith) MacEREMOIN</span></span></span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> <strong>;</strong> <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Muimhne (3rd M)</span> <strong>;</strong> <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Luighine (4th M)</span> <strong>;</strong> <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Laighean (5th M)</span> </span></p> <p align="CENTER"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;">Gallamh `Milesius (King) in SPAIN</span></span></p> <p>aka Mil (Mileadh) Espane MacBILE; numerous fantastic exploits; aka Galamh MIL ESPAINE; eponym of MILESIAN Dynasty</p> <p>HM George I s 77-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I s 75-Great Grandfather. Poss. Agnes Harris s 50-Great Grandfather. `Osawatomie Brown s 83-Great Grandfather.</p> <p>poss. Wives/Partners:</p> <p><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s029/f146145.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #800080; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #800080; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Scota Tephi (Princess) of EGYPT</span></span></span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> <strong>;</strong> </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s025/f667402.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Seang (Princess of SYTHIA)</span></span></span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> <strong>;</strong> <span style="text-decoration: underline;">sister-in-law of Solomon ben DAVID</span> <strong>;</strong> <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Scota Tephi</span></span></p> <p><em>Children:</em> <a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s064/f073072.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #008000; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #008000; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Heremon (2nd MONARCH) of IRELAND</span></span></span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> <strong>;</strong> </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s088/f525434.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Ir (na IRENA) MacMILED</span></span></span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> <strong>;</strong> </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s081/f257420.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Fial</span></span></span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> <strong>;</strong> </span><a href="http://www.billtiffee.com/s012/f333701.htm"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; text-decoration: underline;">Eber Finn MacMILED</span></span></span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> <strong>;</strong> <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Anbergis</span> <strong>;</strong> <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Amergin (Amairgin) Misr the Druid</span> <strong>;</strong> <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Colpa na Gotia</span> <strong>;</strong> <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Arneus (poss. Airioch Feabhruadh)</span> <strong>;</strong> <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Dila</span> <strong>;</strong> <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Donn de Galicia</span> <strong>;</strong> <span style="text-decoration: underline;">etc.</span> </span></p> <p>Milesius is said to have come to Ireland with his sons at the time of the building of Solomon s Temple in Israel around 1000 BC. Mageoghegan, in his translation of the Annals of Clonmacnoise, states that the sons of Milesius came to Ireland on May 17th 1029 BC.</p> <p>Crimthan Naidhnar is said to have been King of Ireland at the birth of Christ. Although there are some contradictions to this claim, the bottom line is that somebody is right and somebody is wrong.</p> <p>Personally, I uphold the theory that Milesius came to Ireland around 1000 BC and that Crimthan Naidnar was King of Ireland at thebirth of Christ. When you compare the number of generations that are supposed to fit between those two dates, it all works out quite feasibly.</p> <p><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">From Medievil Project web page: </span></span><a href="http://www.iwindow.com/medieval:"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.iwindow.com/medieval:</span></span></span></span></a></p> <p>The Ancestry of Millesius</p> <p> Legends claim that Millesius of Spain was a descendant of Zarah, son of Judah, the twin brother of Pharez.</p> <p align="JUSTIFY">The Hyskos, who ruled in Egypt for 500 years, were known as the Shepherd Kings. It was under the Hyskos that the Hebrews settled in Goshen. Daniel Walsh suggests that the Hyskos were Hebrews themselves. When Joseph s family came to live with him in Egypt, he asked Pharaoh to let them stay in Goshen as they were shepherds,  for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians Gen 46:34.</p> <p align="JUSTIFY">Having originally been sold to Egypt as a slave, Joseph had found favor in Pharaohs site and Pharaoh set Joseph ruler over all the land of Egypt. During the famine, Joseph bought all the Egyptians land for Pharaoh and the people became slaves to the Pharaoh. (Gen 47:13-25)</p> <p align="JUSTIFY">Joseph s father, Jacob, gave his children a blessing before he died while they were all still living in Egypt. Jacob set Judah to be the rulers and promised that  The septre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; (Gen 49:8-10). King David and Solomon were of the line of Judah as were all the kings of Israel down to king Zedekiah. Jesus himself was born of this royal house.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">When Judah fathered twins by Tamar, Zarah was technically the firstborn. (Gen 38:27-30) Daniel Walsh suggests that it was Zarah and his descendants that formed the new government in Egypt to succeed Joseph. It is through Pharez that David and Solomon trace their lineage. Little is known about the descendants of Zarah. After the death of Jacob, the Bible is silent on the matter until prior to the exodus when we read:  Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph. (Ex 1:8) It goes on to describe the subsequent Hebrew enslavement.</p> <p align="JUSTIFY">The Greek historian Diodorus Siculus (80-20 BC) mentions more than one Hebrew exodus from Egypt in his series of books called the Library of History. In one reference, (Bk 40.3) Diodorus states that:  the aliens were driven from the country (of Egypt) and that some of them  were cast ashore in Greece and certain other regions . That  their leaders were notable men, chief among them being Danus and Cadmus. But that the  greater number were driven into what is now called Judea, and that  colony was headed by a man called Moses. </p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Jonathan (160-143 BC) was a high priest and ruler of Judea. 1 Maccabees 12:5-23 records the correspondence between Jonathan and the Lacedemonians.  Areus king of the Lacedemonians to Onias the high priest, greeting: It is found in writing, that the Lacedemonians and Jews are brethren, and that they are of the stock of Abraham: (1 Maccabees 12:20-21)</p> <p align="JUSTIFY">According to the Roman historian Tacitus (AD 55-120), Crete also had a link to the Jews. In his Histories (Bk 5) Tacitus sates,  The Jews are said to have been refugees from the island of Crete . The Roman poet Vergil (70-19 BC) wrote in the Aeneid, in which the Trojan Aeneas leads a band of escapees from the fall of Troy to  Crete & the land of our fathers! Seemingly the Trojans were of Hebrew origin.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Geoffrey of Monmouth s twelfth century work The History of the Kings of Britain records correspondence between King Cassivelaunus and Julias Caesar. It quotes Julias Caesar as stating  Those Britons come from the same race as we do, for we Romans, too, are descended from Trojan stock. After the destruction of Troy, Aeneas was our first ancestor, just as theirs was Brutus, that same Brutus whose father was Silvius, the son of Ascanius, himself the son of Aeneas. (pg. 107)</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Vincenzio Galilei was the father of the famous astronomer Galileo. In his book titled Dialogo della Musica Antica (AD 1581), Vincenzio comments on the Irish harp:  This most ancient instrument was brought to us from Ireland where such are most excellently worked& and they paint and engrave it on their public and private buildings and on their hill: stating as their reason for so doing that they have descended from the Royal Prophet David. </p> <p>Complete Milesian Genealogy of Meanmach, founder of Clan Mac Meanmain</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Legend has it that the most of the Irish are descendants of Milesius. After the arrival of the monasteries in Ireland, the monks attempted to record all of the pedigrees and legends that had previously been passed down by word of mouth.</p> <p>St Patrick was one of the people appointed to review these records and remove any errors from all the chronicles, genealogies, and records of the Kingdom.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">The numbers on the list below are supposed to be the generations of descendants from the first man, Adam. This list begins with Milesius, but monks are thought to have extended this back to Adam. It is generally accepted that Irish pedigrees are fairly accurate back to the 6th or possibly the 5th century.</p> <p>Researched and provided by</p> <p><a href="mailto:mcme0013@tc.umn.edu"><strong><em><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: underline;">Ted McMenomy</span></span></span></span></em></strong><em></em></a><strong><em><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-large;"> &lt;mcme0013@tc.umn.edu&gt;</span></span></em></strong></p> <p>Surnames</p> <p>:</p> <p>Mac Meanmain, Mac Meanman, McMenomy, McMenomey, McMenamy, McMenamin.</p> <p align="JUSTIFY">Please realize the lineage from Nos.1 to 12 are based on the bible (Genesis), Nos. 13 to 85 are based on myth and legend. Genealogist do not accept any names prior to No. 86- Niall  of the Nine Hostages circa 400AD. This lineage is based on information recorded by the  Four Masters in the  Annals of the History of Ireland (typically referred to as The Annals of the Four Masters) compiled well into the 2nd millenium AD and so is considered by most to be unreliable. The final portion is based on Irish Pedigrees, among other varied sources, and family records as recorded in Burke s Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage (104th Ed.). There have been some reported discrepancies in published genealogies by Burke s (and others), but they are as reported by families and accepted by the Chief Herald of Ireland.</p> <p>(The following is as per Genesis  assuming no gaps in the list of Genesis 5 and 11)</p> <p></p><dir></dir>Adam &amp; Eve created by God on the 6th day of the creation of the world. Born in the year of the world 0. Adam died at age 930.<p></p> <p>Seth born in the 130th year of his father (year of the world 130) and died at 912 years of age (year of the world 1042)</p> <p>Enos born in the 105th year of his father (year of the world 235) and died at 905 years of age (year of the world 1140)</p> <p>Cainan born in the 90th year of his father (year of the world 325) and died at 910 years of age (year of the world 1235)</p> <p>Mahalaleel born in the 70th year of his father (year of the world 395) and died at 895 years of age (year of the world 1290)</p> <p>Jared born in the 65th year of his father (year of the world 460) and died at 962 years of age (year of the world 1422)</p> <p>Enoch born in the 162nd year of his father (year of the world 662) and died at the age of 365 (year of the world 987)</p> <p>Methuselah born in the 65th year of his father (year of the world 687) and died at the age of 969 (year of the world 1656)</p> <p>Lamech born in the 187th year of his father (year of the world 874) and died at the age of 777 (year of the world 1651)</p> <p>Noah  the Father of all Humanity (of  the Great Flood fame) born in the 182nd year of his father and died at the age of 950 (year of the world 2006). Noah was said to be a sailor (before the building and sailing of the Ark) and is credited with having invented  ale . He was 600 years old at the time of the  Great Flood (which would have been in the year of the world 1656).</p> <p>Japhet is said to have been 100 years of age at the time of the  Great Flood , or born in the 500th year of his father (year of the world 1556)</p> <p>Gomer</p> <p>12. Magog</p> <p>Madai</p> <p>Javan</p> <p>Thubal</p> <p>Mosoch</p> <p>Tiras</p> <p>Magog</p> <p>(The following is as per myth and legend)</p> <p>Baoth</p> <p>Phenius Pharsa (also written as Phoenuisa Farsaidh)  the Antiquary , King of Sythia circa 1800BC. Married to Scota of Egypt, daughter of Cinqueris, Pharaoh of Egypt. It is believed by some that the Scots take their name from her.</p> <p>Niul after whom some say the river Nile is named (but not very likely). It is said he led his people to Egypt where they were hired as mercenaries of the Pharaoh.</p> <p>Gaodhal Glas (aka Gael) the namesake of the Gaels or Gaelic race. As a child he was said to have been cured of a deadly serpent bite by Moses (of biblical fame). The  Ilse of Destiny was revealed to the family as seen in a vision by Moses. This would place this generation in Egypt at the time of the Exodus of the Jews/Israelites.</p> <p>Asruth believed to have migrated to Crete.</p> <p>Herber Scot (also written Eimhir Scot)</p> <p>Beman (also written Beouman)</p> <p>Ogaman</p> <p>Tait</p> <p>Agnon</p> <p>Lamhflonn which is a very interesting name if it has been transcribed properly, especially if taken in the context of the legend of the Red Hand of the O Neills. Lamh = hand, and Flonn = blood red. Lamhflonnwould not have been in Ireland, but if the name is correct the story could have been about him. It is very likely the name was transcribed incorrectly& it is more probable that the  l in flonn should be an  i which would make it Lamhfionn which means  fair handed .</p> <p><strong>Note</strong>: according to  The Annals of the Four Master the name should be Lamhfionn</p> <p>Heger (or Eimhir) Gunflonn (possibly another transcription error ? ) <strong></strong></p> <p>Note: according to  The Annals of the Four Master the name should beEimhir Gunfionn</p> <p>Agnan Fion (or Fionn)</p> <p>Febric Glas</p> <p>Nenal (also written Nenuall)</p> <p>Nuadhat (also written as Nuadhad)</p> <p>Alladh (also written as Allodh)</p> <p>Dea (or Deag) who led a colony from Scythia to Galacia in Spain</p> <p>Brath</p> <p>Breogan (Brian)</p> <p align="JUSTIFY">Gallamh (aka Mils or Milesius  latin influence) King of Spain (or regions of what was to be called Spain). His people were known as the Milesians</p> <p align="JUSTIFY"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">. His wife was Scota Tephi, a daughter of Nectaebus, Pharoh of Eqypt and a sister of King Solomon s Queen. The similar name  Scota (wife of No. 14) has created some confusion in which  Scota the Scots take their name from. The Annals of the Four Masters suggest the time period to be circa 1700BC but historians date it at 350-450 BC. Other sources suggest the time period was 1200BC. Mils had 8 sons: </span></p> <p>Donn who succeeded his father as King of Spain (or regions of what was to be known as Spain)</p> <p>Arec</p> <p>Amergin  White Knee (the druid)</p> <p>Herber Fionn who became King of Southern Ireland and whose 4 sons became the 6th,7th, 8th and 9th Kings of Ireland</p> <p>Colpu</p> <p>Ir (after whom it is said Ireland is named:  land of Ir ) who died while boat racing with his cousin when first arriving to Ireland</p> <p>Erannan, and</p> <p>Eermon (or Hermon), 1st (Milesian) King of Ireland (circa 1698BC per the  Four Masters )</p> <p>Eermon (Hermon)  of the Horses  He, his brothers and followers arrived in Inis Elga (Ireland) aboard 35 ships in the year of the world 3500 or 1699BC (per the  Four Masters ). Upon conquering Ireland from the Tuatha de Danann, Eermon was proclaimed King of Northern Ireland. After the ensuing battle with his brother (King of the south) over possession of the Hills of Tara, Eermon became the 1st (Milesian) King of Ireland& . the Land of Destiny as foretold by Moses. Hermon had 4 sons:</p> <p>Muimhne the 3rd King of Ireland</p> <p>Luighine 4th King of Ireland</p> <p>Laighean 5th King of Ireland, and</p> <p>Irial Fiadh 10th King of Ireland</p> <p>Irial Faidh (also written Irial Fiah) 10th King of Ireland after defeating his cousins.</p> <p>Ethrial (also written Eithraial) 11th King of Ireland, killed by his cousin</p> <p>Follac (or Foll-Aicch) Prince of Ireland</p> <p>Tigernmas 13th King of Ireland</p> <p>Eiobiothad (or Enbotha) Prince of Ireland</p> <p>Smiorgall Prince of Ireland</p> <p>Flacha Labhrain 18th King of Ireland</p> <p>Aeneas Olmaead 20th King of Ireland</p> <p>Maen (or Main) Prince of Ireland</p> <p>Roitheaehtaigh (or Rothactach) 22nd King of Ireland</p> <p>Deman (or Dian) Prince of Ireland</p> <p>Sirna (or Siorna) Saoghaileach ( the Long Lived ) 34th King of Ireland</p> <p>Olioll Olchain Prince of Ireland</p> <p>Gialchadh or Gillachaidh 37th King of Ireland</p> <p>Nuahhas Fionnfail 39th King of Ireland</p> <p>Aedham Glas Prince of Ireland</p> <p>Simon Breach 44th King of Ireland ( 909-903 BC)</p> <p>Murchad Bolgrach 46th King of Ireland</p> <p>Duach Teamharch Prince of Ireland</p> <p>Eochaidh Framhuine 51st King of Ireland</p> <p>Conang Beag-Eaghach 53rd King of Ireland</p> <p>Fiacha Tolgrach</p> <p>Fiacha Tolgrach 55th King of Ireland</p> <p>Duach Ladrach 59th King of Ireland</p> <p>Eochy Buadach</p> <p>Ugaine Mor (or Ugaine Magnus)  the Great responsible for creating the 25 divisions of Ireland for his children of which only two were sons.</p> <p>Laeghaire Lore 68th King of Ireland</p> <p>Cobthach Caol Breagh</p> <p>Cobthach Caol Breagh 69th King of Ireland (591-541 BC)</p> <p>Melghe Molbthach 71st King of Ireland</p> <p>Irereo (also written Iaran Gleofathach) 74th King of Ireland</p> <p>Conly Caem 76th King of Ireland</p> <p>Olioll Cas-Fiaclach ( of the Crooked Teeth ) 79th King of Ireland</p> <p>Aengus Tuirmeach-Teamhrach 81st King of Ireland (384-324BC)</p> <p>Fiacha Firmara ancestor of the Kings of Dalriada and Argyle in Scotland</p> <p>Enna Aighneach</p> <p>Enna Aighneach ( the Hospitable ) 84th King of Ireland (312-292 BC)</p> <p>Lavra  the Fierce </p> <p>Beotach</p> <p>Blatact</p> <p>Esamon also written Assaman Eamhna ( of Emania )</p> <p>Roignen Ruadh ( the Red )</p> <p>Fionnlogh or Finn  of Emania </p> <p>Fionn</p> <p>Eochaid Aireamh 94th King of Ireland</p> <p>Eochaidh Feidhlioch</p> <p>Eochaidh Feidhlioch 93rd King of Ireland (142-130BC). Established the 5 provinces of Ireland in place of the 25 divisions</p> <p>Bres Nar Lothar</p> <p>Lughaid-Sriabh-nDearg (also known as Lewy  of the Red Circles ) 98th King of Ireland (34  8 BC) Killed himself by falling on his sword.</p> <p>Criffan Crimthann Niadh Nor 100th King of Ireland (7  9 AD) married Naira daughter of Loich the son of Dareletuis of Northern Picts</p> <p>Feredac (or Fearadac Fionn-Fearchtach) 102nd King of Ireland (14 -36 AD)</p> <p>Fiachc II (or Fiacha Fionn Ola) 104th King of Ireland (39 -56 AD)</p> <p>Tuathal Teachtmar 106th King of Ireland (when he came of age). He was raised by his mother and grandfather in Alba (Scotland). He restored the true royal blood and heirs to their kingdoms and created the kingdom of Midhe (or Meath) = the middle kingdom.</p> <p>Felim Rachtmar ( the Law Giver ) 108th King of Ireland (110  119 AD)</p> <p>Eochaidh Fionn Fohart</p> <p>Meann</p> <p>Aongas</p> <p>Cormac</p> <p>Caibre Niadh</p> <p>Art Corb</p> <p>Conla</p> <p>Den</p> <p>Bresal</p> <p>Demri</p> <p>Dubtach</p> <p>St. Brigid of Kildare</p> <p>Fiacha Suidhe</p> <p>Conn Cead Cathach</p> <p>Conn Cead Cathach ( of the Hundred Battles or  the Hundred Fighter ) 110th King of Ireland (123  157 AD)</p> <p>Conla Ruadh ( the Red ) killed by his uncles</p> <p>Crionna killed by his uncles</p> <p>Airt Eanfhear</p> <p>Airt Eanfhear (Art  the Lonely or  the Solitary ) 112th King of Ireland (165  195 AD) so named because he mourned the death of his brothers. From Airt are descended the kings of Scotland from Fergus Mor MacEarcu (5th century) to the Stuarts.</p> <p>Cormac MacAirt (also called Cormac MacNessa and Cormac Ulfada   Longbeard and  the Magnificent ) 115th King of Ireland said to be the wisest and most learned of the descendants of Eermon. Cormac was considered a god king by some and recorded to be a christian by others. He died choking on a salmon bone.</p> <p>Carby Lifeachain ( the Liffey ) 117th King of Ireland (267  284 AD) named  the Liffey because he was nursed on the banks of the river Liffey (which was named after Eermon s horse). He was killed in the battle of Gabhra.</p> <p>Eochaidh Dubhlinn ( the Dublin ) named  the Dublin because he was nursed in Dublin. Married Aechia the daughter of Updar, King of Alba and had three sons called  the Three Collas </p> <p>Colla Da Chriod (also called Muireadach)</p> <p>Colla Uasal ( the Nobel also called Carioll) 121st King of Ireland (322  326 AD) and was forced into exile to Alba. Some say he took the name Scot to Alba and hence it became known as Scotland</p> <p>Colla Meadhan ( the Famous )</p> <p>Eocho</p> <p>Rochadh</p> <p>Deach Dorn</p> <p>Labhradh ancestor of the Laury Clan</p> <p>Brian ancestor of the O Briens of Arcaill</p> <p>Fiach (also called Feig)</p> <p>Fiacha Scrubhtaine King of Connaught</p> <p>Fiacha Scrubhtaine or Fiacha III 120th King of Ireland</p> <p>Muireadeach Tireach or Muredach II 122nd King of Ireland. Defeated King Colla and banished him from Ireland.</p> <p>Eochu Mugmemdon or Muigh Meadhoin ( Slaves Lord ) King of Tara living 360AD, earned his nickname by slave raids on Roman Britain. In one raid he carried off and married (2nd wife) the Princess Cartha Cais Dubh or Carinna (mother of No. 86), who was despised by his 1st wife, Mong Fionn, who bore him his first three and last (5th) sons.</p> <p>Brian ancestor of the O Connors of Connaught</p> <p>Fiachra</p> <p>Oillioll</p> <p>Daithi 127th King of Ireland (405  426 AD)</p> <p>Oilioll Molt 129th King of Ireland (459  479 AD)</p> <p>Niall Noigiallach</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Fergus</p> <p>Niall Noigiallach ( of the Nine Hostages ) aka Niall Mor ( the Great )</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">127th King of Ireland 380-405AD, in whose time the Royal House of Tara asserted a nominal suzerainty over the whole island. Niall succeeded his father over his 3 older brothers (of his 1st wife). Niall was killed by Eocha, Prince of Leinster while in Gaul (France) in a ford of the river Leon (now called Lianne) that spot is now called the Ford of Niall near Boulogue-sur-mer. Niall was the first to refer to Alba (Scotland) as  Scotia Minor and Inis Ealga (Ireland) as  Scotia Major . It is said Niall is responsible for having captured the young boy, later to be St. Patrick, along with his 2 sisters during a raid along the coast of Britain. Niall had no children with his first wife and 12 sons with his second. </span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Leogaire or Leaghaire (Lewy) 128th King of Ireland 428-458AD in whose time St.Patrick was Chief Apostle of Ireland. Leogaire remained a pagan because of a promise to his father. He was buried (as was the custom) standing, with his weapons, at the rampart of Tara facing towards his enemies in Leinster. His descendants are the family O Coindealbhain, now Kindellan or Quinlan who held the territory in Meath until 1690AD.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Conall Cremhtoinn King of Meath, died 480AD ancestor of the Kings of Brega and the Kings of Uinech (Ulster) who formed the principal branch of the southern Ui Niall (children of Niall) that alternated with the northern Ui Niall as Kings of Ireland. From him descended 17 Kings of Ireland including King Maelsechlainn Mor (died 1022AD) whose line were Kings of Meath until 1173AD. They were known as the Clann Colmain and their chieftains took the name O Maelsechlainn, anglicised to O Melaghlin and later McLoughlin</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Maine died 440AD ancestor of the O Catharnaigh (of Meath). A descendant, Tadg (died 1084AD) was nicknamed Sionnach ( the Fox ) which the family adopted as the surname (Fox). The present chieftain, styled  The Fox , resides in Australia.</p> <p>Eogan King of Ailech, from whom the O Neills descended</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Conall Gulban King of Tir Conaill ( Land of Conall or Tryconnell in Donegall) which was his share of the families conquests in north-west Ulster after 425AD. His descendants were known as the Cenel Conaill, formed one of the the principal branches of the northern Ui Niall, members of this branch were Abbotts of Iona, Abbotts of Dunkeld, and Kings of Scots from Duncan I (slain by MacBeth 1040AD) to Alexander III (died of a fall from his horse 1285/86AD). Conall Gulban was slain by the Fibolgs before 465AD</p> <p>Doi, ancestor of the Cenel Duach</p> <p>Ninnid</p> <p>Baetan, King of Ireland 572-569AD</p> <p>Fergus Cennfada ( Long-Head ) married Eirc, dau. of Loarn Mor King of the Scots who settled in Argyll</p> <p>Setna</p> <p>Ainmire, King of Ireland 566-569AD</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Aedh, King of Ireland 592-598AD who avenged his father s death by Fergus MacNelline and also invaded Leinster to avenge his amorous son s death but, even though protected by a wall of shields, was unhorsed and beheaded by Bran Dubh ( the Black ) King of Leinster. Aedh was ancestor to 7 other Kings of Ireland up to 734AD and ancestor of the families O Gallachubair (O Gallagher), O Canannan and O Maeldoraidh (O Muldory of Loch Erne)</p> <p>Colum, ancestor of St.Adaman, Abbot of Iona 679-704AD</p> <p>Lugaid, ancestor of the families O Domhnaill (O Donnell) Kings of Tir Conaill until the 17th century ( Flight of the Earls )</p> <p>Feidhlimidh married Eithne, dau. of a cadet of the Royal House of Leinster</p> <p>St. Columba His real name was Crimthann ( Fox ), his monastinic nickname was Colmcille ( Dove of the Church ) and was later latinized to Columba. Born 7th December 521AD, died 9th June 597AD. Apostle of the northern Picts (Picti = painted people). Caused a war with his kinsmen and defeated Diarmaid, King of Ireland (southern Ui Niall) in 561 (over the right to copy a psalm book). Went into voluntary exile and founded the abbey of Iona where he continued to copy religious books in peace. Converted Bruide, King of the Picts and inaugurated his own cousin Aidan (female line ancestor to Queen Victoria) as King of the Scots of Dalraida in 574AD</p> <p>Eogan, ancestor to the family of O Firghill or O Freel</p> <p>Eatach</p> <p>St. Barrfhionn, Bishop of Drumcallen</p> <p>Fiacha</p> <p>Cairbre</p> <p>Fegus founder of the Cineal Fergusa (Kindred of Fergus) and ancestor of the O Hagans, O Quinns and O Mallans among others</p> <p>Eanna or Enda</p> <p>Aongus</p> <p>Ualdhearg</p> <p>Fergus alt-Leathan</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Eogan (Eoghan or Owen) King of Ailech, founder of the Cennal Eogan (kindred of Eogan) was personnally baptised by St. Patrick and nicknamed  the Lion Eogan MacNiall by St. Patrick (circa 442AD). His mother was Ine, dau. of Dubtach, son of Moindach, King of Ulster. Established his own kingdom in the peninsula still called after him, Innishowen ( Eogan s Isle ). Died in 465AD, buried at Eskaheen. His descendants known as the Cenel Eoghain became the principal branch of the northern Ui Niall. Married a foreign princess, Indorb Finn ( the White ).</p> <p>Muiredach</p> <p>Eochaid Binnigh ( the Tuneful ) ancestor of St.Maelrubha 642-722AD, founder of Applecross Abbey in Pictland, 673AD</p> <p>Fergus</p> <p>Fiachra, Bishop of Cenel Eoghain circa 500AD</p> <p>Muiredach, King of Ailech died circa 480. Eloped with Earca or Eirc, wife of a British King called Saran and dau. of Loarn  the Great a King of the Scots in Argyll ( Scotia Minor )</p> <p>Muircheartach Mor MacEarca</p> <p>Moen, ancestor of Cenel Moen including Domnall O Gairmleadhaigh, King of Cenel Eoghain 1143-1145AD</p> <p>Feradach, ancestor of Cenel Fearadhaigh</p> <p>Sibhe Menn  the Little , King of Ireland 615-628AD,  the valourous sage . Slew his kinsman Maelcobha, King of Ireland 615AD (head of the Cenel Conaill) and took his place on the throne whereafter the Cenel Eoghain and Cenel Conaill were rivals for Kingship of Ireland.</p> <p>Eraine, King of Ailech (630  636 AD)</p> <p>Eogan</p> <p>Ronan</p> <p>Feradach</p> <p>St. Mura (Muran), Abbot of Fahan, Derry (west of Innishowen) Born in Donegal, died circa 645AD. Patron saint of the O Neills. His pastoral staff and bell still exist today. A handful of sand from near his tomb is believed to protect the holder from drowning. St. Mura s Feast Day is celebrated on March 12th.</p> <p>Columan</p> <p>Faelan</p> <p>Endadaidh</p> <p>Scralach</p> <p>Crean</p> <p>Gairmliach</p> <p>Donal</p> <p>Crean Oge</p> <p>Lochlann</p> <p>Dalbach</p> <p>Maoldun</p> <p>Maolmaodhog</p> <p>Cathmaol</p> <p>Gairmliach</p> <p>Maccraith</p> <p>Meanmach Pronounced  Menamax. This name is the adjective form of the noun  Meanma, which conjugates to  Mac Meanmain, anglicized to McMenomy, McMenamin, and other variations. All members of the clan Mac Meanmain are descended from this Meanmach.</p> </body></html>