- Southern Uí Néill
The Southern Uí Néill or "Uí Néill Deisceart" were that branch of the
Uí Néill dynasty that invaded and settled in theKingdom of Mide and its associated kingdoms.In the initial decades two sons of
Niall Noigiallach , Lóegaire and Coirpre and their immediate descendants led the dynasty. However, after the murder ofTúathal Máelgarb in about 549, it was left to another branch of the family descended from another of Niall's sons -Conall Cremthainne - to continue Uí Néill expansion and consolidate their position. No descendants of eitherLugaid mac Lóegairi or Túathal Máelgarb are recorded, and it not unlikely that they were either erased from the genealogical record, or indeed literally erased from history.Just as their kinsmen the
Northern Uí Néill split into two main branches, so too did the Southern Uí Néill, both being descended from sons ofDiarmait mac Cerbaill ,Colmán Már andÁed Sláine . The former was the progenitor of theClann Cholmáin Kings of Mide , while the latter was the eponymous ancestor of theSíl nÁedo Sláine Kings of Brega .outhern Uí Néill family tree
Niall Noigíallach , d. 450/455?
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| | Coirpre Lóegaire Conall Cremthainne
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| | Cormac Cáech Lugaid Fergus Cerball
d. 507
Túathal MáelgarbDiarmait mac Cerbaill , died 565. died 544/549.
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Colmán Már, d.555/8 Colmán Bec, d. 587.Áed Sláine , d.604.
Clann Cholmáin dynastySíl nÁedo Sláine dynastyee also
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Irish kings
*Irish Royal Families
*Monarchs
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