- Uí Néill
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Not to be confused with O'Neill dynasty.
Uí Néill Country Ireland Ancestral house Connachta (Dál Cuinn) Titles - Kings of Tara
- High Kings of Ireland
- Kings of Mide
- Kings of Uisnech
- Kings of Ailech
- Kings of Tyrone
- Kings of Tyrconnell
- Kings of Brega
- (Kings of Scotland)
- numerous peerages
Founder Niall Noígíallach Current head by sept dynast Founding 5th century AD Cadet branches House of Dunkeld ? The Uí Néill (Irish pronunciation: [iː ˈnʲeːl̪ʲ], descendants of Niall) are Irish and Scottish dynasties who claim descent from Niall Noigiallach (Niall of the Nine Hostages), an historical King of Tara who died about 405.
The first generation of the Uí Néill were his sons, seven in all:
- Conall Gulban, ancestor of the Cenél Conaill dynasty.
- Éndae, ancestor of the Cenél nÉndai
- Eógan, ancestor of the Cenél nEógain dynasty.
- Coirpre, ancestor of the Cenél Coirpri dynasty.
- Lóegaire, ancestor of the Cenél Lóegaire dynasty.
- Conall Cremthainne, ancestor of the Clann Cholmáin and Síl nÁedo Sláine.
- Fiachu, ancestor of the Cenél Fiachach.
All these men were in their lifetime known as members of The Connachta dynasty, or as "the sons of Niall." The term Uí Néill did not - by its very nature - come into use until the time of Niall's grandsons and great-grandsons.
Dynasties descended from the Uí Néill, such as the Cenél Conaill and Cenél nEógain, held power in Ulster until their defeat in the Nine Years War in 1603. The heads of the families left for Catholic Europe in 1607, an event known as the Flight of the Earls.
Contents
Uí Néill family tree
Bold indicates a High King of Ireland.
Conn Cétchathach Art mac Cuinn Son Son Son Son Cormac mac Airt Cairbre Lifechair Fiacha Sraibhtine Muiredach Tirech Eochaid Mugmedon Brion Fiachrae Ailill Niall Noigíallach Fergus Conall Gulban Endae Eógan Coirpre Lóegaire Maine Conall Cremthainne Fiachu See also
- Gaelic nobility of Ireland
- Irish royal families
References
- Dubhaltach Mac Fhirbhisigh, The Great Book of Irish Genealogies, (ed. Nollaig O'Muralie), Dublin, 2005.
- Francis John Byrne, Irish Kings and High Kings, Dublin, 1973.
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Further reading
- The Hui Neill and the Leinstermen in the Annals of Ulster, 431-516 A.D., Alfred P. Smyth, Etudes Celtic, 1974, pp. 121–143.
- O'Brien, Michael A., ed.; Kelleher, John V. (intro. in the reprints of 1976 and 2005) (1962). Corpus Genealogiarum Hiberniae. 1. Dublin: DIAS. pp. 133–4, 178–80. ISBN 0901282316. OCLC 56540733. Genealogical tables for the Uí Néill
Categories:- Ancient Ireland
- History of Ireland
- Irish families
- Ui Fiachrach
- European royal families
- Family trees
- Immemorial nobility
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