- Cenél nEógain
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Cenél nEóġain (Modern Irish: Cenél nEoghain) is the name of the "kindred" or descendants of Eógan mac Néill , son of Niall Noígiallach who founded the kingdom of Tír Eoghain in the 5th century. It comprises much of what is now County Tyrone, as well as parts of counties Londonderry, Donegal, Fermanagh, Monaghan and Armagh.
In 1020 the Cenél nEógain were driven across Sliabh Fuait by the high-king Máel Sechnaill mac Domnaill.[1]
Contents
Ancestry
Fergal mac Máele Dúin | |___________________ | | | | Áed Allán Niall Frossach | | | | Mael Duin Áed Oirdnide | | | |____________________________________________ Murchad | | | | Niall Caille Mael Duin | | __________________|_______________________ | | | Murchad | | | Aed Findliath Flaithbertach | | | Flaithbertach |___________________ | | | Ualgarg | | | Domnall Niall Glúndub | (see below) Aed Ua hUalgairg | |__________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | Conchobar Fergal Flaithbertach Flann | | | | x | | | Mael Ruanaid | Murchad Glun re Lar | | | | Mael Sechnaill |________________________ | | | | |______________ | | | | | Flaithbertach Tadg Conn | | Niall Lochlainn | ____________________|___ | | | | | | Domnall Aed Donnchad
Niall Glúndub | |_________________________________________________ | | | | Muirchertach mac Néill Conaig | | |______________________ | | | Domnall | | | Flaithbertach Domnall ua Néill | | Fergal _____________________|_____________________ | | | | Muiredach Aed Muirchertach | | | | Lochlainn Flaithbertach Ua Néill | | Aed | | Aed In Macaem Toinlesc Ua Neill | _______________|______________ | | | | Aed Meith Niall Ruad (issue) (issue)
Kings in italics
Descendents
Descendants of Eógan include
- Clan MacNeil
- Hugh O'Neill;
- Felim O'Neill of Kinard;
- Owen Roe O'Neill;
- Patrick O'Neill;
- Hugh Dubh O'Neill;
- Hugh McShane O'Neill;
- Conn O'Neill, 1st Earl of Tyrone
See also
References
- "Northern Ui Neill: Cenel nEogain Kings of Ailech and High Kings 700-1083", page 128 in "A New History of Ireland", volume IX, ed. Byrne, Martin, Moody, 1984.
- ^ Benjamin T. Hudson, ‘Niall mac Eochada (d. 1063)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 18 April 2008
Further reading
O'Brien, Michael A., ed.; Kelleher, John V. (intro. in the reprints of 1976 and 2005) (1962). Corpus Genealogiarum Hiberniae. 1. Dublin: DIAS. pp. 134–6, 175–80. ISBN 0901282316. OCLC 56540733. Genealogies for the northern Cenél nÉogain
Categories:- The Connachta
- O'Neill dynasty
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