1. Adam
2. Seth
3. Enos
4. Cainan
5. Mahalaleel
6. Jared
7. Enoch
8. Methuselah
9. Lamech
10. Noah divided the world amongst his three sons, begotten of his wife Titea: viz., to Shem he gave Asia, within the Euphrates, to the Indian Ocean; to Ham he gave Syria, Arabia, and Africa; and to Japhet, the rest of Asia beyond the Euphrates, together with Europe to Gadea (or Cadiz).
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14. sliab betha the wild bulls home slieve beagh parish of clones in northern fermanagh
i behold the grave of a stranger from afar the monument of a leader crowned with sad splendour whose name brought in lustre was bith son of noah vast of vigour forty days by the tale before the doleful deluge to erin came the shortlived swarm a multitude in numbered array hither came bith skilled in battle marching before his noble wives five and twenty wives by firm bond made up his family as for bith the chieftains time was short shaking seized him and sore sickness his own wives dug a grave on the mountain for his burial from him high above the planets path is named sliabh betha the wild bulls home the body of the cosair who lived not long lies yet under the cairn thou seest o christ unshaken above all coasts thou didst not abandon bith eternally be mine no saddness in the dwelling yonder when i have told of each thing i see
dinshenchus 1160ad giolla na naomh hua duinn topographical poems of erin 293 88b traig eba coast of sligo
traig eba whence the name not hard to say when cesair daughter of bith son of noah came with a boats crew to erin eba the leech woman came with her she fell asleep on the strand and the waves drowned her
hence these places were called fend eba and traig eba from that time forth
Cessair In Irish mythology, Cessair (also spelt Cesair and Ceasair; anglicized Kesair) was, according to the Book of Invasions, leader of the first inhabitants of Ireland before the Biblical Flood.[1] The story is an attempt at the Christianisation of a legend that pre-dates the conversion,[1] but may alternatively be the product of post-conversion pseudohistory. She was daughter of Noah's son Bith and his wife Birren.[1] According to legend, when her father was denied a place in the ark by Noah, Cessair advised him to build an idol. This idol advised them that they could escape the Deluge in a ship. Cessair, along with three men, Bith, Fintan and Ladra, and fifty women, set off and sailed for more than seven years. They landed in Ireland at D?n na mBarc (Donemark, on Bantry Bay in County Cork), forty days before the Flood, in Age of the World 2242[2] according to the Annals of the Four Masters, or 2361 BC according to Seathr?n C?itinn's chronology. This article includes a list of references, but its sources remain unclear because it has insufficient inline citations. Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations. (October 2010) The three men shared out the women as wives between them. Cessair and sixteen others went with Fintan, seventeen, including Barann, went with Bith and sixteen, including Balba, with Ladra, but Ladra died and his wives were shared between Fintan and Bith. Then Bith died. Fintan found himself with all the women, and fled. Six days before the Flood, Cessair died of a broken heart at Cuil Ceasrach in Connacht. She is said to be buried at the summit of Cnoc Meadha, six miles south-west of Tuam, County Galway (Lynch, 2006). The rest of Cessair's people were wiped out in the Flood, with the exception of Fintan, who turned into a salmon.After a series of animal transformations he eventually became a man again and told his people's story. A variant version of the legend, apparently contained in the Book of Druimm Snechta, says that it was Banba who came to Ireland with three men and fifty women, two hundred and forty years before the Flood (2490 BC by his chronology). Her people lived in Ireland for forty years and died of plague. In the usual scheme Banba is numbered among the Tuatha D? Danann, who lived in Ireland much later. Seathr?n C?itinn also refers to a legend that three fishermen from Spain, Capa, Laigne and Luasad, were driven to Ireland by a storm a year before the Flood. They liked it, so they went home to get their wives, returned shortly before the Flood, and were drowned. Cessair is also the name of a daughter of the king of Gallia who married the High King of Ireland, ?gaine Mor, in the 6th or 5th century BC.
In Irish mythology Fintan mac B?chra (modern spelling: Fionnt?n), known as "the Wise", was a seer who accompanied Noah's granddaughter Cessair to Ireland before the deluge. B?chra may be his mother, or may be a poetic reference to the sea. He was one of only three men in the expedition, along with fifty women, so he, Cessair's father Bith, and the pilot, Ladra, had sixteen wives each. Fintan's wives are named: Cessair, Lot, Luam, Mall, Mar, Froechar, Femar, Faible, Foroll, Cipir, Torrian, Tamall, Tam, Abba, Alla, Baichne, and Sille. He married Ebliu later. His only son was Illann. His wives and children were drowned when the flood arrived but he survived in the form of a salmon, remaining a year under the waters in a cave called Fintan's Grave.[1] He then turned into an eagle and then a hawk then back to human form. He lived for 5500 years after the Deluge, becoming an advisor to the kings of Ireland. In this capacity he gave advice to the Fir Bolg king Eochaid mac Eirc when the Tuatha D? Danann invaded, and fought in the first Battle of Magh Tuiredh. He survived into the time of Fionn mac Cumhail, becoming the repository of all knowledge of Ireland and all history along with a magical hawk who was born at the same time as him. They meet at the end of their lives and recount their stories to each other. They decide to leave the mortal realm together sometime in the 5th century, after Ireland was converted to Christianity. Due to his ability to shape shift into a salmon and his honorific title as, "The Wise", Fintan mac B?chra is sometimes confused with a similarly named animal figured in Irish mythology more commonly known and referred to as the Salmon of Wisdom.
11. Japhet was the eldest son of Noah. He had fifteen sons, amongst whom he divided Europe and the part of Asia which his father had allotted to him.
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hither came to his death cloen son of ingor a scorpion that was never crushed the king of ail cluaides grandson hearken who crossed the high seas many a time dumbarton in the clyde cloen son of ingor who spent fame whose home was alba rich in horses first inhabitant before parthalon was the first man cheerful of countenance that came with wealth to erin cloen of the hard curved swords though he ransacked many a chilly coast his fatal faintness came not on him till he reached cloenloch hence men speak everywhere of cloenloch let not its name be hidden a prince that was hacked by spear play not his death finally here
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83b inis samer island in river samair lower erne near assaroe
inis samer whence the name not hard to say when partholan lived in that island with his wife delgnat and his servant toba and his dog samer partholan went off alone to explore the land now in his absence his wife and his servant came together and they both drank out of a cup that partholan had then partholan came home and asked for a drink and his cup was brought to him and he drank a draught through the golden pipe that projected from it and he noticed thereby that the pair had drunk from it and divined that they had behaved amiss then his dog comes up to him and he gives it a blow with his open hand and kills it so that was the first journey in erin and from this dog the island was called inis samer and the river was called the samer so this was the first jealousy and the first lust in erin thereafter the servant escaped fleeing at random and was eaten by dogs and birds it was sixteen years from that time to the death of partholan
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97b mag etrige
mag etrige whence the name not hard to say when this plain was being cleared and ploughted by partholan one of the four oxen that were ploughing it for him died there through the greatness of his exertions its name was etraige and from it the plain is called mag etrige as the poet has said liag and lecman with his sheen imaire and etrige were the team of four oxen with the right of companies who ploughed partholans land plains cleared 1.mag neitrighe in connacht 2.mag nithe in leinster 3.mag lii in ui mc uais breagh 4.mag latharne in dal araide 5.mag tuired (nedara) in connacht mac netrige 6. mag sere in connacht 7.mag nitha in leinster 8.mag iatrainn in dal araidhe 9. lecmagh in hui mic uais
dinshenchus 1160ad giolla na naomh hua duinn topographical poems on erin 81-83-85-87 16. coire breccain breccans cauldron where it lies without........without contention may i never come till i die drunkenly to the cauldron of a hundred measures four seas wrapt in gloom ever in flood unvexed range hither from every quarter they gather at the whirlpool from east and west no passing gust the sea of orkney and the sea of the cold britons meet for fierce eager fame betwixt alba and erin where meet after thier journeying the water of diversions darkly they coil however it be each of them about its fellow wide spreads the circle meet home for one doomed to wretched fate a small thing to fill it all told were the entire host of old adams seed
there lives not the man that would cover at speed long the space the cauldrons circuit from edge to edge within a month a tireless task no generous chieftain that reached it ever returned hither again from its white paven floor since breccan of berne went his way breccan son of partholan that seer of old drank no wholesome draught he was drowned here with his fifty ships by the crowding waves of the whirpool i know the tale sages tell of the mighty whirpools home whence comes to denote it perpetually the familiar name and its clear reason i have heard of famous breccan whose is the loud roaring grave him that enriched every hearth of ui neill busily plying in his vessel a brisk trade breccan son of maine rich in graces the cauldron drowned with its red spray and he lies under the heavy high piled strand with his ship and his valiant following though it has buried unforgotten breccan his name endures in story with his bark and its burthen that lie beneath the whirlpools stormy water the hosts of the three parts of the world were they set there side by side with all people that have yet been born it were too little to fill the cauldron
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63a. loch laiglinde laig linne one of partholans three sons
loch laiglinde lake of waves through what unequal conflict did it get its name though this was its name it was not so aforetime until laiglinde was drowned there laiglinde the well attended warrior came with fifty fighting men in ships the chieftain perished in the glen beside a spring of water from the deluge a wave burst forth from the brimming well over the plain far and wide and turned it into a shoreless lake and drowned laiglinde the well of dera mac scera was also its name it was called deras well until laiglinde was drowned delgnat daughter of fierce lochtach wife of partholan after the primal flood was mother of famous laiglinde on whom the wave wrought dire vengance fifty women great was the deed attended delgnat the high kings wife she went into the grave mound when all were dead and died of mourning for the tidings
i am fintan here alive in penitence i know (yet am not therefore honoured) the legend of loch laiglinde fintan escaped the deluge which drowned his fellow sinners lived to be baptized by saint Patrick
13. Boath, one of the sons of Magog; to whom Scythia came as his lot, upon the division of the Earth by Noah amongst his sons, and by Japhet of his part thereof amongst his sons.
14. Ph?niusa Farsaidh (or Fenius Farsa) was King of Scythia, at the time when Ninus ruled the Assyrian Empire; and, being a wise man and desirous to learn the languages that not long before confounded the builders of the Tower of Babel, employed able and learned men to go among the dispersed multitude to learn their several languages; who sometime after returning well skilled in what they went for, Ph?niusa Farsaidh erected a school in the valley of Senaar, near the city of ?othena, in the forty-second year of the reign of Ninus; whereupon, having continued there with his younger son Niul for twenty years, he returned home to his kingdom, which, at his death, he left to the oldest son Nenuall; leaving to Niul no other patrimony than his learning and the benefit of the said school.
15. Niul, after his father returned to Scythia, continued some time at ?othena, teaching the languages and other laudable sciences, until upon report of his great learning he was invited into Egypt by Pharaoh, the King; who gave him the land of Campus Cyrunt, near the Red Sea to inhabit, and his daughter Scota in marriage; from whom their posterity are ever since called Scots; but, according to some annalists, the name "Scots" is derived from the word Scythia.
It was this Niul that employed Gaodhal [Gael], son of Ethor, a learned and skilful man, to compose or rather refine and adorn the language, called Bearla Tobbai, which was common to all Niul's posterity, and afterwards called Gaodhilg (or Gaelic), from the said Gaodhal who composed or refined it; and for his sake also Niul called his own eldest son "Gaodhal." [The following is a translation of an extract from the derivation of this proper name, as given in Halliday's Vol. of Keating's Irish History, page 230: "Antiquaries assert that the name of Gaodhal is from the compound word formed of 'gaoith' and 'dil,' which means a lover of learning; for, 'gaoith' is the same as wisdom or learning, and 'dil' is the same as loving or fond."]
16. Gaodhal (or Gathelus), the son of Niul, and ancestor of Clan-na-Gael, that is, "the children or descendants of Gaodhal". In his youth this Gaodhal was stung in the neck by a serpent, and was immediately brought to Moses, who, laying his rod upon the wounded place, instantly cured him; whence followed the word "Glas" to be added to his named, as Gaodhal Glas (glas: Irish, green; Lat. glaucus; Gr. glaukos), on account of the green scar which the word signifies, and which, during his life, remained on his neck after the wound was healed. And Gaodhal obtained a further blessing, namely-that no venomous beast can live any time where his posterity should inhabit; which is verified in Creta or Candia, Gothia or Getulia, Ireland, etc. The Irish chroniclers affirm that from this time Gaodhal and his posterity did paint the figures of Beasts, Birds, etc., on their banners and shields, to distinguish their tribes and septs, in imitation of the Israelites; and that a "Thunderbolt" was the cognisance in their chief standard for many generations after this Gaodhal.
17. Asruth, after his father's death, continued in Egypt and governed his colony in peace during his life.
18. Sruth, soon after his father's death, was set upon by the Egyptians, on account of their former animosities towards their predecessors for having taken part with the Israelites against them; which animosities until then lay raked up in the embers, and now broke out in a flame to that degree, that after many battles and conflicts wherein most of his colony lost their live, Sruth was forced with the few remaining to depart the country; and, after many traverses at sea, arrived at the Island of Creta (now called Candia), where he paid his last tribute to nature.
19. Heber Scut (scut: Irish, a Scot), after his father's death and a year's stay in Creta, departed thence, leaving some of his people to inhabit the Island, where some of their posterity likely still remain; "because the Island breeds no venomous serpent ever since." He and his people soon after arrived in Scythia; where his cousins, the posterity of Nenuall (eldest son of Fenius Farsa, above mentioned), refusing to allot a place of habitation form him and his colony, they fought many battles wherein Heber (with the assistance of some of the natives who were ill-affected towards their king), being always victor, he at length forced the sovereignty from the other, and settled himself and his colony in Scythia, who continued there for four generations. (Hence the epithet Scut, "a Scot" or "a Scythian," was applied to this Heber, who was accordingly called Heber Scot.) Heber Scot was afterwards slain in battle by Noemus the former king's son.
20. Baouman;
anno mundi 3046 = 318 years after birth of abraham = 2153bc before birth of christ
viz., the Nemedians, who planted Ireland, Anno Mundi three thousand and forty-six, or three hundred and eighteen years after the birth of Abraham, and two thousand one hundred and fifty-three years before Christ.
anno mundi 3263 = 535 years after birth of abraham = 1936 bc before the birth of christ
The Nemedians continued in Ireland for two hundred and seventeen years; within which time a colony of theirs went into the northern parts of Scotland, under the conduct of their leader Briottan Maol, from whom Britain takes its name, and not from "Brutus," as some persons believed.
anno mundi 3266 = 538 years after birth of abraham = 1933 bc before the birth of christ
From Magog were also descended the Belgarian, Belgian, Firbolgian or Firvolgian colony that succeeded the Nemedians, Anno Mundi, three thousand two hundred and sixty-six, and who first erected Ireland into a Monarchy. [According to some writers, the Fomorians invaded Ireland next after the Nemedians.] This Belgarian or Firvolgian colony continued in Ireland for thirty-six years, under nine of their Kings;
anno mundi 3302 = 544 years after birth of abraham = 1897 bc before the birth of christ
when they were supplanted by the Tuatha-de-Danann (which means, according to some authorities, "the people of the god Dan", whom they adored), who possessed Ireland for one hundred and ninety-seven years, during the reigns of nine of their kings;
21. Ogaman; and
22. Tait, were each kings of Scythia, but in constant war with the natives; so that after Tait's death his son,
23. Agnon and his followers betook themselves to sea, wandering and coasting upon the Caspian Sean for several (some say seven) years in which time he died.
24. Lamhfionn and his fleet remained at sea for some time, after his father's death, resting and refreshing themselves upon such islands as they met with. It was then the Cachear, their magician or Druid, foretold that there would be no end of their peregrinations and travel until they should arrive at the Western Island of Europe, now called Ireland, which was the place destined for their future and lasting abode and settlement; and that not they but their posterity after three hundred years should arrive there. After many traverses of fortune at sea, this little fleet with their leader arrived at last and landed at Gothia or Geulia-more recently called Lybia, where Carthage was afterwards built; and, soon after, Lamhfionn died there.
25. Heber Glunfionn was born in Gothia, where he died. His posterity continued there to the eighth generation; and were kings or chief rulers there for one hundred and fifty years-some say three hundred years.
26. Agnan Fionn;
27. Febric Glas;
28. Nenuall;
29. Nuadhad;
30. Alladh;
31. Arcadh; and
32. Deag: of these nothing remarkable is mentioned, but that they lived and died kings in Gothia or Getulia.
33. Brath was born in Gothia. Remembering the Druid's prediction, and his people having considerably multiplied during their abode in Geulia, he departed thence with a numerous fleet to seek out the country destined for their final settlement, by the prophecy of Cachear, the Druid above mentioned; and, after some time, he landed upon the coast of Spain, and by strong hand settled himself and his colony in Galicia, in the north of that country.
34. Breoghan (or Brigus) was king of Galicia, Andalusia, Murcia, Castile, and Portugal-all of which he conquered. He built Breoghan's Tower or Brigantia in Galicia, and the city of Brigantia or Braganza in Portugal-called after him; and the kingdom of Castile was then also called after him Brigia. It is considered that "Castile" itself was so called from the figure of a castle which Brigus bore for his Arms on his banner. Brigus sent a colony into Britain, who settled in that territory now known as the counties of York, Lancaster, Durham, Westmoreland, and Cumberland, and, after him were called Brigantes; whose posterity gave formidable opposition to the Romans, at the time of the Roman invasion of Britain.
35. Bil?; was king of those countries after his father's death; and his son Galamh [galav] or Milesius succeeded him. This Bil? had a brother named Ithe
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71b umall
umall whence its name not hard to say umall the servant of fintan mac bochra perished there at the hands of the tuatha de danann when the first batte of mag tuired was fought between them and the fir bolg afterwards he was buried in mag reid for that was its name before it was called umall hence it was said umall servant of noble fintan was buried in mag reid hide not from assemblies of the clans the reason of the name umall or again umall that is to say the brazen cliff that manannan mac lir put around it there for a long season by his magic and from that brazen cliff per chance man called the place umall
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79b sliab badbgna a range of hills in eastern roscommon
sliab badbgna whence the name not hard to say when the formonians came to the hostings of the battle of mag tured there came hither the four kingly warriors goll and irgoll omna and badbgna the four sons of innech son of tuire the stark smiter when the battle broke thereafter against the formorians each fighter pursued his man out of the battle goll and irgoll fell each on his mountain and from them sliabh guill and sliab irguill are called sliabh guill ross guill goll sliab irguill ross irguill irgoll omna fell at his ford and from him comes ath omna on the buill ford=ath boyle=buill badbgna was slain on his mountain on the eastern side and from him sliab badbgna is called also fer da iaarc fell by the buill and from him ath da iaarc on the buill has its name ath=ford buill=boyle these fell by the hand of lug lam fota clarach fell at corann from him clarach is called cnama fell at cul cnama
36. Milesius, in his youth and in his father's life-time, went into Scythia, where he was kindly received by the king of that country, who gave him his daughter in marriage, and appointed him General of his forces. In this capacity Milesius defeated the king's enemies, gained much fame, and the love of all the king's subjects. His growing greatness and popularity excited against him the jealousy of the king; who, fearing the worst, resolved on privately dispatching Milesius our of the way, for, openly, he dare not attempt it. Admonished of the king's intentions in his regard, Milesius slew him; and thereupon quitted Scythia and retired into Egypt with a fleet of sixty sail. Pharaoh Nectonibus, then king of Egypt, being informed of his arrival and of his great valour, wisdom, and conduct in arms, made him General of all his forces against the king of Ethiopia then invading his country. Here, as in Scythia, Milesius was victorious; he forced the enemy to submit to the conqueror's own terms of peace. By these exploits Milesius found great favour with Pharaoh, who gave him, being then a widower, his daughter Scota in marriage; and kept him eight years afterwards in Egypt. During the sojourn of Milesius in Egypt, he employed the most ingenious and able persons among his people to be instructed in the several trades, arts, and sciences used in Egypt; in order to have them taught to the rest of his people on his return to Spain. [The original name of Milesius of Spain was "Galamh" (gall: Irish, a stranger; amh, a negative affix), which means, no stranger: meaning that he was no stranger in Egypt, where he was called "Milethea Spaine," which was afterwards contracted to "Mil? Spaine" (meaning the Spanish Hero), and finally to "Milesius" (mileadh: Irish, a hero; Lat. miles, a soldier).] At length Milesius took leave of his father-in-law, and steered towards Spain; where he arrived to the great joy and comfort of his people; who were much harassed by the rebellion of the natives and by the intrusion of other foreign nations that forced in after his father's death, and during his own long absence from Spain. With these and those he often met; and, in fifty-four battles, victoriously fought, he routed, destroyed, and totally extirpated them out of the country, which he settled in peace and quietness. In his reign a great dearth and famine occurred in Spain, of twenty-six years' continuance, occasioned, as well by reason of the former troubles which hindered the people from cultivating, and manuring the ground, as for want of rain to moisten the earth - but Milesius superstitiously believed the famine to have fallen upon him and his people as a judgment and punishment from their gods, for their negligence in seeking out the country destined for their final abode, so long before foretold by Cachear their Druid or magician, as already mentioned - the time limited by the prophecy for the accomplishment thereof being now nearly, if not fully, expired. To expiate his fault and to comply with the will of his gods, Milesius, with the general approbation of his people, sent his uncle Ithe, with his son Lughaidh [Luy], and one hundred and fifty stout men to bring them an account of those western islands; who, accordingly, arriving at the island since then called Ireland, and landing in that part of it now called Munster, left his son with fifty of his men to guard the ship, and with the rest travelled about the island. Informed, among other things, that the three sons of Cearmad, called Mac-Cuill, MacCeacht, and MacGreine, did then and for thirty years before rule and govern the island, each for one year, in his turn; and that the country was called after the names of their three queens - Eire, Fodhla, and Banbha, respectively: one year called "Eire," the next "Fodhla," and the next "Banbha," as their husbands reigned in their regular turns; by which names the island is ever since indifferently called, but most commonly "Eire," because that MacCuill, the husband of Eire, ruled and governed the country in his turn the year that the Clan-na-Mil? (or the sons of Milesius) arrived in and conquered Ireland. And being further informed that the three brothers were then at their palace at Aileach Neid, in the north part of the country, engaged in the settlement of some disputes concerning their family jewels, Ithe directed his course thither; sending orders to his son to sail about with his ship and the rest of his men, and meet him there. When Ithe arrived where the (Danann) brothers were, be was honourably received and entertained by them; and, finding him to be a mail of great wisdom and knowledge, they referred their disputes to him for decision. That decision having met their entire satisfaction, Ithe exhorted them to mutual love, peace, and forbearance; adding much in praise of their delightful, pleasant, and fruitful country; and then took his leave, to return to his ship, and go back to Spain. No sooner was he gone than the brothers; began to reflect on the high commendations which Ithe gave of the Island; and, suspecting his design of bringing others to invade it, resolved to prevent them, and therefore pursued him with a strong party, overtook him, fought and routed his men and wounded himself to death (before his son or the rest of his men left on ship-board could come to his rescue) at a place called, from that fight and his name, Magh Ithe or "The plain of Ithe" (an extensive plain in the barony of Raphoe, county Donegal);
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19. mag itha plain in the south of donegal barony of raphoe where the rivers finn and deele converge to meet the foyle near strabane
the plain where we are met in silence high mag itha of the chilly banks was called mag bolg mighty in battle till the death of illustrious ith ith son of breogan numerous in expolits came leading the bands of his noble kin till he found erin abounding in hidden peril he rested not in his resolute career he reached the ailech of the rock that ancient land of nobles with its king of broad fotla and the three sons of cermait then said he in fluent speech dwell ye together in kinship and unity goodly is the island where you are no paltry renown plentiful its fish and its various fruitage temperate its heat and cold happy the kings that own it of night never found i land or territory to match its mingled colours he journey from thence it was no mean array till he reached mag bolg of the cow pastures a glittering host came without warning to slay and destroy him ith son of breogan lasting his fame was killed and conquered there even in mag bolg of the cattle lord whoever he be he ranked as chief of many a plain
whence his son, having found him in that condition, brought his dead and mangled body back into Spain, and there exposed it to public view, thereby to excite his friends and relations to avenge his murder. [Note: that all the invaders and planters of Ireland, namely, Parthalonians, Neimhedh, the Firbolgs, Tuatha-de-Danann, and Clan-na-Mil?, where originally Scythians, of the line of Japbet, who had the language called Bearla-Tobbai or Gaoidhilg [Gaelic] common amongst them all; and consequently not to be wondered at, that Ithe and the Tuatha-de-Danann understood one another without an Interpreter - both speaking the same language, though perhaps with some difference in the accent]. The exposing of the dead body of Ithe had the desired effect; for, thereupon, Milesius made great preparations in order to invade Ireland - as well to avenge his uncle's death, as also in obedience to the will of his gods, signified by the prophecy of Cachear, aforesaid. But, before he could effect that object, he died, leaving the care, and charge of that expedition upon his eight legitimate sons by his two wives before mentioned. Milesius was a very valiant champion, a great warrior, and fortunate and prosperous in all his undertakings: witness his name of "Milesius," given him from the many battles (some say a thousand, which the word "Mil?" signifies in Irish as well as in Latin) which he victoriously fought and won, as well in Spain, as in all the other countries and kingdoms be traversed in his younger days. The eight brothers were neither forgetful nor negligent in the execution of their father's command; but, soon after his death, with a numerous fleet well manned and equipped, set forth from Breoghan's Tower or Brigantia (now Corunna) in Galicia, in Spain, and sailed prosperously to the coasts of Ireland or lnis-Fail, where they met many difficulties and various chances before they could land: occasioned by the diabolical arts, sorceries, and enchantments used by the Tuatha-de-Danann, to obstruct their landing; for, by their magic art, they enchanted the island so as to appear to the Milesians or Clan-na-Mil? in the form of a Hog, and no way to come at it (whence the island, among the many other names it had before, was called "Muc-Inis or "The Hog Island"); and withal raised so great a storm, that the Milesian fleet was thereby totally dispersed and many of them cast away, wherein five of the eight brothers, sons of Milesius, lost their lives. That part of the fleet commanded by Heber, Heremon, and Amergin (the three surviving, brothers), and Heber Donn, son of Ir (one of the brothers lost in the storm), overcame all opposition, landed safe, fought and routed the three Tuatha-de Danann Kings at Slieve-Mis,
annals of the four masters
the sons of milesius and the clan breogain shortly after the death of ith
fitted out a fleet of ships and with a powerful force set sail from
tur breogain or the tower of breogan at the place called
brigantia now corumna in spain and arrived in ireland
the milesiana were commanded by eight of the sons of mil
and many chieftains of the clanna breogain
but being overetaken by a great storm off the southern coast of ireland
many ships were wrecked and several of there crafts were drowned
amonst which were colpa the swordsman ir donn and some other sons of milesius
but at least they affected a landing at a place called invear sceine
now the bay of kenmare kerry which got its name from
sceine the wife of amergin who was drowned there
the milesian were commanded by heremon heber and amergin sons of milesius
together with many chiefs of the clann breogan and soon after their arrival
fought a great battle with the tuath de danann near slieve mish mountains in kerry
while the danann were defeated but scotia the relict of the milesius daughter of the pharaoh
king of egypt who accompaneied her sons to ireland and was present at the battle
was slain and buried in a valley called after her glen scota situated near Tralee
and thence pursued and overtook them at Tailten, where another bloody battle was fought; wherein the three (Tuatha-de-Danann) Kings and their Queens were slain, and their army utterly routed and destroyed: so that they could never after give any opposition to the Clan-na-Mil? in their new conquest; who, having thus sufficiently avenged the death of their great uncle Ithe, gained the possession of the country foretold them by Cachear, some ages past, as already mentioned. Heber and Heremon, the chief leading men remaining of the eight brothers, sons of Milesius aforesaid, divided the kingdom between them (allotting a proportion of land to their brother Amergin, who was their Arch-priest, Druid, or magician;
7. Amergin's Challenge
I am a wind across the sea
I am a flood across the plain
I am the roar of the tides
I am a stag* of seven (pair) tines
I am a dewdrop let fall by the sun
I am the fierceness of boars*
I am a hawk, my nest on a cliff
I am a height of poetry (magical skill)
I am the most beautiful among flowers
I am the salmon* of wisdom
Who (but I) is both the tree and the lightning strikes it
Who is the dark secret of the dolmen not yet hewn
I am the queen of every hive
I am the fire on every hill
I am the shield over every head
I am the spear of battle
I am the ninth* wave of eternal return
I am the grave of every vain hope
Who knows the path of the sun, the periods of the moon
Who gathers the divisions, enthralls the sea,
sets in order the mountains. the rivers, the people
and to their nephew Heber Donn, and to the rest of their chief commanders), and became jointly the first of one hundred and eighty-three Kings or sole Monarchs of the Gaelic, Milesian, or Scottish Race, that ruled and governed Ireland, successively, for two thousand eight hundred and eighty-five years from the first year of their reign), Anno Mundi three thousand five hundred, to their submission to the Crown of England in the person of King Henry the Second; who, being also of the Milesian Race by Maude, his mother, was lineally descended from Fergus M?r MacEarca, first King of Scotland, who was descended from the said Heremon - so that the succession may be truly said to continue in the Milesian Blood from before Christ one thousand six hundred and ninety-nine years down to the present time. Heber and Heremon reigned jointly one year only, when, upon a difference between their ambitious wives, they quarrelled and fought a battle at Ardeath or Geshill (Geashill, near Tullamore in the King's County), where Heber was slain by Heremon; and, soon after, Amergin, who claimed an equal share in the government, was, in another battle fought between them, likewise slain by Heremon. Thus, Heremon became sole Monarch, and made a new division of the land amongst his comrades and friends, viz.: the south part, now called Munster, he gave to his brother Heber's four sons, Er, Orba, Feron, and Fergna; the north part, now Ulster, he gave to Ir's only son Heber Donn; the east part or Coigeadh, Galian, now called Leinster, be gave to Criomthann-sciath-bheil, one of his commanders; and the west part, now called Connaught, Heremon gave to Un-Mac-Oigge, another of his commanders; allotting a part of Munster to Lughaidh (the son of Ithe, the first Milesian discoverer of Ireland), amongst his brother Heber's sons. From these three brothers, Heber, Ir, and Heremon (Amergin dying without issue), are descended all the Milesian Irish of Ireland and Scotland, viz.: from Heber, the eldest brother, the provincial Kings of Munster (of whom thirty-eight were sole Monarchs of Ireland), and most of the nobility and gentry of Munster, and many noble families in Scotland, are descended. From Ir, the second brother, all the provincial Kings of Ulster (of whom twenty-six were sole Monarchs of Ireland), and all the ancient nobility and gentry of Ulster, and many noble families in Leinster, Munster, and Connaught, derive their pedigrees; and, in Scotland, the Clan-na-Rory - the descendants of an eminent man, named Ruadhri or Roderick, who was Monarch of Ireland for seventy years (viz., from Before Christ 288 to 218). From Heremon, the youngest of the three brothers, were descended one hundred and fourteen sole Monarchs of Ireland: the provincial Kings and Hermonian nobility and gentry of Leinster, Connaught, Meath, Orgiall, Tirowen, Tirconnell, and Clan-na-boy; the Kings of Dalriada; all the Kings of Scotland from Fergus M?r MacEarea, down to the Stuarts; and the Kings and Queens of England from Henry the Second down to tile present time. The issue of Ithe is not accounted among the Milesian Irish or Clan-na-Mil?, as not being descended from Milesius, but from his uncle Ithe; of whose posterity there were also some Monarchs of Ireland (see Roll of the Irish Monarchs, infra), and many provincial or half provincial Kings of Munster: that country upon its first division being allocated to the sons of Heber and to Lughaidh, son of Ithe, whose posterity continued there accordingly. This invasion, conquest, or plantation of Ireland by the Milesian or Scottish Nation took place in the Year of the World three thousand Ova hundred, or the next year after Solomon began the foundation of the Temple of Jerusalem, and one thousand six hundred and ninety-nine years before the Nativity of our Saviour Jesus Christ; which, according to the Irish computation of Time, occurred Anno Mundi five thousand one hundred and ninety-nine: therein agreeing with the Septuagint, Roman Martyrologies, Eusebius, Orosius, and other ancient authors; which computation the ancient Irish chroniclers exactly observed in their Books of the Reigns of the Monarchs of Ireland, and other Antiquities of that Kingdom ; out of which the Roll of the Monarchs of Ireland, from the beginning of the Milesian Monarchy to their submission to King Henry the Second of England, a Prince of their own Blood, is exactly collected. [As the Milesian invasion of Ireland took place the next year after the laying of the foundation of the Temple of Jerusalem by Solomon, King of Israel, we may infer that Solomon was contemporary with Milesius of Spain; and that the Pharaoh King of Egypt, who (1 Kings iii. 1,) gave his daughter in marriage to Solomon, was the Pharaoh who conferred on Milesius of Spain the hand of another daughter Scota.] Milesius of Spain bore three Lions in his shield and standard, for the following reasons; namely, that, in his travels in his younger days into foreign countries, passing through Africa, he, by his cunning and valour, killed in one morning three Lions; and that, in memory of so noble and valiant an exploit, he always after bore three Lions on his shield, which his two surviving sons Heber and Heremon, and his grandson Heber Donn, son of Ir, after their conquest of Ireland, divided amongst them, as well as they did the country: each of them. bearing a Lion in his shield and banner, but of different colours; which the Chiefs of their posterity continue to this day: some with additions and differences; others plain and entire as they had it from their ancestors.
egypt akhenaten=moses first cousin aaron found in a basket in rushes akhenaten=moses feeding and nursing mother tey mother of Aaron akhenaten=moses stepped down from pharaoh
smenkhkare smenkhkara smenkhkaron = Aaron pharaoh for short period manethos egyptian king list achencheres christian church father eusebius list cencheres early gaelic history list cinciris
smenkhkara=Aaron had a daughter scota scotia born in egypt
nial by birth a black sea prince of scythia scythians ham=thoth and japhet=iapetus ii descendants nial became the govenor of capacyrant
scota married nial govenor of capacyrant and name in scythia means ruler of the people
scota child born gaedheal gael son of niul and princess scotia
book of leinster scota a daughter of an egyptian pharaoh a contemporary of moses who married geytholos goidhel glas exiled from egypt leabhar gabala eirenn scota married a scythian mil espaine ancient iberia
breoghan or brian grandfather of king milesus of Galicia Andalusia Murcia castile and portugual grandson of breoghan milesus sent his uncle northward with his own son lughaidh to explore the western isles upon learning that his son had been murdered by the three resident kings the danans in Ireland king milesian gathered an army to take his revenge on the irish he died before embarking on the trip his eight surviving sons succeeding in conquering Ireland
1434bc annals of the kingdom of ireland four masters invasion of ireland shortly after the exodus scotia daughter of pharaoh of egypt sailed from the delta travelled to spain by ship she settled in the county of kerry she married milesius and gave him eight sons king milesius –golamh milesius in ireland to conquer ancient tribes and to take kingdom from tuatha de dannanns maccuill macceacht macgreine fought a long bloody battle about three miles from tralee dannaans princes died scota the warrior queen killed
anno mundi 3499=741 years after the birth of abraham = 1600 bc before the birth of christ
and who were then conquered by the Gaelic, Milesian, or Scotic Nation (the three names by which the Irish people were known), Anno Mundi three thousand five hundred.
anno mundi 3500=742 years after the birth of abraham=1601 bc before the birth of christ
This Milesian or Scotic Irish Nation possessed and enjoyed the Kingdom of Ireland for two thousand eight hundred and eighty-five years, under one hundred and eighty-three Monarchs; until their submission to King Henry the Second of England, Anno Domini one thousand one hundred and eighty-six.
37. Heremon: his son. He and his eldest brother Heber were, jointly, the first Milesian Monarchs of Ireland; they began to reign, A.M. 3,500, or, Before Christ, 1699.
dinshenchus 1160ad giolla na naomh hua duinn topographical poems on erin 261-263 65a mag ndumach the land of ui failge the warriors soil the highway once trodden by an illustrious concorse a region of brave man makers of song home of one of the two peoples of populous leinster life lege prosperous lechet reire rechet level ross mor rairui in ui failge geisille known for brightness of sore battlefields geashill in kings county offaly and level mur da maige plain and moorland moorland and wood wood and moorland moorland and plain fork and blue spear swift wounding blue swift wounding spear and shining fork eremon and proud eber were stirred by hasty valour ready in arms concerning the division the kings had made it endures with their children after them they essayed together the division of erin by measure of spear shafts including three ridges shining treasures with a cantred to each of the three druim cresaig the fief of mighty maine druim bethach dowered with excellence druim fingin in great munster root cause of sorrow for that reason because it was not just said eber he deemed it too little to have but one of the hills with all their rash resplendent exploits while two went with the northern land said eremon undaunted in the midst of his trusty gaels that it was no cause of an inferior line he would never yield a new division said eber for he was not backward i will brook no denial for i am no craven unless division be made to my advantage battle shall be waged instead battle shalt thou have within a month from now quoth eremon by tax of blood as far as tochar eter da mag and the skirts of bridam no idle errand eber mustered his men from the south with his force of fighters at his back with the host of the fierce southern land from ath cliath to loch lein eremon arose in his wrath in the midst of the shining gaels from srub brain to bri molt right early from cruach aigle to loch cuan so the two kings met in the land where the hosts assembled the battle was broken southward for the northern force was stronger the great causeway between two plains with its dyke east of the road did eber son of mil betray of his grave the tale is told the crowded highway of king lugaid mag dumach of the bands that own it by right after slaughter of armies many are the stony grave mounds therein now turned to ramparts the spot where the noble king was slain before it was known as stony mag dumach bore the name mag tendias place of groans with much noise of voices and shouting in the strife fell palap son of eremon the noble in all lands by the hand of conmael son of mighty eber after coming from water to land
heremon and heber survivors of milesius divided the country between them one took north one took south quarrelled heber slain heremon reigns odba was eremon first wife he left her behind in spain but she followed him with her three sons to ireland
gathelus line of zerah zarah redhand with the scarlett cord thread of the tribe of judah of the four sons of gede the heremon only the line of irial continued to rule from tara
After Heber was slain, B.C. 1698, Heremon reigned singly for fourteen years; during which time a certain colony called by the Irish Cruithneaigh, in English "Cruthneans" or Picts, arrived in Ireland and requested Heremon to assign them a part of the country to settle in, which he refused; but, giving them as wives the widows of the Tuatha-de-Danans, slain in battle, he sent them with a strong party of his own forces to conquer the country then called "Alba," but now Scotland; conditionally, that they and their posterity should be tributary to the Monarchs of Ireland. Heremon died, B.C. 1683, and was succeeded by three of his four sons, named Muimne, Luigne, and Laighean, who reigned jointly for three years, and were slain by their Heberian successors.
38. Irial Faidh ("faidh": Irish, a prophet): his son; was the 10th Monarch of Ireland; d. B.C. 1670. This was a very learned King; could foretell things to come; and caused much of the country to be cleared of the ancient forests. He likewise built seven royal palaces, viz., Rath Ciombaoith, Rath Coincheada, Rath Mothuig, Rath Buirioch, Rath Luachat, Rath Croicne, and Rath Boachoill. He won four remarkable battles over his enemies: - Ard Inmath, at Teabtha, where Stirne, the son of Dubh, son of Fomhar, was slain; the second battle was at Teanmhuighe, against the Fomhoraice, where Eichtghe, their leader, was slain; the third was the battle of Loch Muighe, where Lugrot, the son of Moghfeibhis, was slain; and the fourth was the battle of Cuill Martho, where the four sons of Heber were defeated. Irial died in the second year after this battle, having reigned 10 years, and was buried at Magh Muagh.
1414bc-1404bc irial faidh was the sixth milesian king of ireland irial was a great warrior fought four major battles during ten year reign he was the first of the irish kings to fortify and build embankments around the city of tara and to clear the plains and build forts throughout the land tara was named after him for a period of time city of irial ariel=tara
39. Eithrial: his son; was the 11th Monarch; reigned 20 years; and was slain by Conmaol, the son of Heber Fionn, at the battle of Soirrean, in Leinster, B.C. 1650.
This also was a learned King, he wrote with his own hand the History of the Gaels (or Gadelians); in his reign seven large woods were cleared and much advance made in the practice of agriculture.
40. Foll-Aich: his son; was kept out of the Monarchy by Conmaol, the slayer of his father, who usurped his place.
41. Tigernmas: his son; was the 13th Monarch, and reigned 77 years; according to Keating, he reigned but 50 years; he fought twenty-seven battles with the followers of the family of Heber Fionn, all which he gained. In his reign gold was mined near the Liffey, and skilfully worked by Inchadhan. This King also made a law that each grade of society should be known by the number of colours in its wearing apparel: - the clothes of a slave should be of one colour; those of a soldier of two; the dress of a commanding officer to be of three colours; a gentleman's dress, who kept a table for the free entertainment of strangers, to be of four colours; five colours to be allowed to the nobility (the chiefs); and the King, Queen, and Royal Family, as well as the Druids, historians, and other learned men to wear six colours.
This King died, B.C. 1543, on the Eve of 1st of November, with two-thirds of the people of Ireland, at Magh Sleaght (or Field of Adoration), in the county of Leitrim, as he was adoring the Sun-God, Crom Cruach (a quo Macroom).
Historians say this Monarch was the first who introduced image worship in Ireland.
dinshchus giolla na naomh hua duinn 1160ad topographical poems on erin
6. mag slecht plain of prostrations plain northwest corner of county cavan 19-21
here used to stand a lofty idol that saw many a fight clochar that is a stone of gold whose name was cromm cruaich it caused every tribe to live without peace a stone encased in gold a demon cermand cestach used to speak out of it alas for its secret power the valaint gaedil used to worship it before praying to the idol not without tribute did they ask of it to satisfy them with their share in the hard world for the pleasures of life they propitiated it with tribute he was their god the wizened cromm hidden by many mists as for the folk that believed in him the eternal kingdom beyond every haven shall not be theirs for him ingloriously they slew their hapless first born with much washing and peril to pour their blood round cromm cruach milk and corn they asked of him speedily in return for a third part of all their progeny great was the horror and outcry about him to him the bright gaedil did obeisance from his worship many the crimes the plain bears the name mag slecht thither came tigernmas prince of distant tara one samhan eve with all his host the deed was a source of sorrow to them they stirred evil they beat palms they bruised bodies wailing to the demon who held them thralls they shed showers of tears weeping prostrate dead the men void of sound strength the hosts of banba with land wasting tigernmas in the north through the worship of cromm cruaich hard their hap for well i know save a fourth part of the eager gaedil not a man lasting the snare escaped alive without death on his lips round cromm cruach there the hosts did obeisance though it brought them under mortal shame the name cleaves the mighty plain ranged in ranks stood idols of stone four times three to beguile the hosts grieviously the figure of cromm was formed of gold since the kingship of heremon bounteous chief worship was paid to stones till the coming of noble patrick of ard macha he plied upon the cromm a sledge from top to toe with no paltry prowess he ousted the strengthless goblin that stood there
It seems Cermand Cestach was the name of the Oracle of Clogher, a stone which spoke through the Druids, somewhat like the Oracle of Delphi.
"The Killycluggin Crom Cruach was one of three great oracle-stones in Ireland, the others being the L?a F?il at Tara and the Cloch ?ir at Clogher in County Tyrone."
The reason the L?a F?il was called "The Stone of Destiny" was because it told your destiny. All three stones were modelled on the Navel Stone at the Delphi Oracle in Greece and closely resemble it.
42. Enboath: his son. It was in this prince's lifetime that the Kingdom was divided in two parts by a line drawn from Drogheda to Limerick.
43. Smiomghall: his son; in his lifetime the Picts in Scotland were forced to abide by their oath, and pay homage to the Irish Monarch; seven large woods were also cut down.
44. Fiacha Labhrainn: his son; was the 18th Monarch; reigned 24 years; slew Eochaidh Faobharglas, of the line of Heber, at the battle of Carman. During his reign all the inhabitants of Scotland were brought in subjection to the Irish Monarchy, and the conquest was secured by his son the 20th Monarch. Fiacha at length (B.C. 1448) fell in the battle of Bealgadain, by the hands of Eochaidh Mumho, the son of Moefeibhis, of the race of Heber Fionn.
45. Aongus Olmucach: his son; was the 20th Monarch; in his reign the Picts again refused to pay the tribute imposed on them 250 years before, by Heremon, but this Monarch went with a strong army into Alba and in thirty pitched battles overcame them and forced them to pay the required tribute.
Aongus was at length slain by Eana, in the battle of Carman, B.C. 1409.
46. Main: his son; was kept out of the Monarchy by Eadna, of the line of Heber Fionn. In his time silver shields were given as rewards for bravery to the Irish militia.
47. Rotheachtach: his son; was the 22nd Monarch; slain, B.C. 1357, by Sedne (or Seadhna), of the Line of Ir.
48. Dein: his son; was kept out of the Monarchy by his father's slayer, and his son. In his time gentlemen and noblemen first wore gold chains round their necks, as a sign of their birth; and golden helmets were given to brave soldiers,
49. Siorna "Saoghalach" (long-oevus): his son; was the 34th Monarch; he obtained the name "Saoghalach" on account of his extraordinary long life; slain, B.C 1030, at Aillin, by Rotheachta, of the line of Heber Fionn, who usurped the Monarchy, thereby excluding from the throne -
50. Olioll Aolcheoin: son of Siorna Saoghalach.
51. Gialchadh: his son; was the 37th Monarch; killed by Art Imleach, of the Line of Heber Fionn, at Moighe Muadh, B.C. 1013.
52. Nuadhas Fionnfail: his son; was the 39th Monarch; slain by Breasrioghacta, his successor, B.C. 961.
53. Aedan Glas: his son. In his time the coast was infested with pirates; and there occurred a dreadful plague (Apthach) which swept away most of the inhabitants.
54. Simeon Breac: his son; was the 44th Monarch; he inhumanly caused his predecessor to be torn asunder; but, after a reign of six years, he met with a like death, by order of Duach Fionn, son to the murdered King, B.C. 903.
55. Muredach Bolgach: his son; was the 46th Monarch; killed by Eadhna Dearg, B.C. 892; he had two sons - Duach Teamhrach, and Fiacha.
56. Fiacha Tolgrach: son of Muredach; was the 55th Monarch. His brother Duach had two sons, Eochaidh Framhuine and Conang Beag-eaglach, who were the 51st and 53rd Monarchs of Ireland.
Fiacha's life was ended by the sword of Oilioll Fionn, of the Line of Heber Fionn, B.C. 795.
57. Duach Ladhrach: his son; was the 59th Monarch; killed by Lughaidh Laighe, son of Oilioll Fionn, B.C. 737.
58. Eochaidh Buadhach: his son; was kept out of the Monarchy by his father's slayer. In his time the kingdom was twice visited with a plague.
59. Ugaine M?r: his son. This Ugaine (or Hugony) the Great was the 66th Monarch of Ireland. Was called M?r on account of his extensive dominions, - being sovereign of all the Islands of Western Europe. Was married to C?sair, dau. to the King of France, and by her had issue - twenty-two sons and three daughters. In order to prevent these children encroaching on each other he divided the Kingdom into twenty-five portions, allotting to each his (or her) distinct inheritance. By means of this division the taxes of the country were collected during the succeeding 300 years. All the sons died without issue except two, viz: - Laeghaire Lorc, ancestor of all the Leinster Heremonians; and Cobthach Caolbhreagh, from whom the Heremonians of Leath Cuinn, viz., Meath, Ulster, and Conacht derive their pedigree.
Ugaine was at length, B.C. 593, slain by Badhbhchadh, who failed to secure the fruits of his murder - the Irish Throne, as he was executed by order of Laeghaire Lorc, the murdered Monarch's son, who became the 68th Monarch.
60. Laeghaire Lorc, the 68th Monarch of Ireland: son of Ugaine M?r; began to reign, B.C. 593.
61. Olioll Aine: his son.
62. Labhradh Longseach: his son.
63. Olioll Bracan: his son.
64. ?neas Ollamh: his son; the 73rd Monarch.
65. Breassal: his son.
66. Fergus Fortamhail, the 80th Monarch: his son; slain B.C. 384.
67. Felim Fortuin: his son.
68. Crimthann Coscrach: his son; the 85th Monarch.
69. Mogh-Art: his son.
70. Art: his son.
71. Allod (by some called Olioll): his son.
72. Nuadh Falaid: his son.
73. Fearach Foghlas: his son.
74. Olioll Glas: his son.
75. Fiacha Fobrug: his son.
76. Breassal Breac: his son. Had two sons - 1. Lughaidh, 2. Conla, between whom he divided his country, viz. - to his eldest son Lughaidh [Luy], who was ancestor of the Kings, nobility, and gentry of Leinster, he gave all the territories on the north side of the river Bearbha (now the "Barrow"), from Wicklow to Drogheda; and to his son Conla, who was ancestor of the Kings, nobility, and gentry of Ossory, he gave the south part, from the said river to the sea.
77. Luy: son of Breassal Breac.
78. Sedna: his son; built the royal city of Rath Alinne.
79. Nuadhas Neacht: his son; the 96th Monarch.
80. Fergus Fairg?: his son; had a brother named Baoisgne, who was the father of Cubhall [Coole], who was the father of Fionn, commonly called "Finn MacCoole," the illustrious general in the third century of the ancient Irish Militia known as the Fiana Eirionn, or "Fenians of Ireland."
81. Ros: son of Fergus Fairg?.
82. Fionn Fil? ("fil?:" Irish, a poet): his son.
83. Conchobhar Abhraoidhruaidh: his son; the 99th Monarch of Ireland.
dinshenchus giolla na naomh hua duinn 1160ad topographical poems of erin
9. carn furbaide this monument is placed on top of sliab uillenn same as sliab cairbre in annaly barony of granard co longford 31-33-35
here stands the carn of cathbads grandson against whom a nimble weapon was wielded furbaides heath clad grave martial monument of a glorious soldier huge was forbaide surnamed fer benn son to comely conchobar ethne whom verses extol was his mother river ethne probably the inny flowing from lough sheelin loch silenn southwestwards into lough ree maybe not the sister of medb and clothru eithne came to the pleasant province and made her home with conchobar when they lived together there furbaide was begotten by him presently ethne journeys from the east to be delivered in mag cruachan lugaid came to meet her at the fairy plain of bun sileen lugaid committed a foul crime upon shapely conchobars wife he drew her son forth from her side after drowning her in ripe pregnacy from her is named thenceforth the river that is called ethne from the woman tis no grudging secret the river bears the name of ethne therefore the name fer bend clave to furbaide bright his hue two horns grew on the head of staunch illustrious furbaide seventeen years was his age the fame of his wisdom was spread through erin he broke a breach of three hundred no hidden feat in the battle at llgairech he planned in his proud heart to go and avenge his mother and by his hand fell the mother of lugaid three stripes martial the exploit came lughaid a fasting journey in pursuit from the west and smooth skinned fer bend fell by his hand on the crest of sliab lillen a stone for every man that the axe clove so was the carn built a stone for every man who divided the spoil stones of a cairn number of slain number of survivors the kings son died in revenge for a woman that is the origin of the carn the head was presently brought eastward to bear it to conchobars house and there fell from lugaids fist the tooth of the much lamented youth ullen red blade found it red cloaked find ua bais cnes son he came from a far distance bent on war and on that mountain did expire heavens king maker of all that is nobler is he than all high kings king till doomsday come with loud acclaim high over all is he
84. Mogh Corb: his son.
85. Cu-Corb: his son; King of Leinster.
86. Niadh [nia] Corb: his son.
87. Cormac Gealtach: his son. Had a brother named Ceathramhadh.
88. Felim Fiorurglas: his son.
119ad kings of eire assembled at tara elected cathair mor king of leinster
vision of cathair mor king of leinster and and afterwards monarch of Ireland foreboding the origin of lock garman wexford haven the prose from the book of lecan during the feast of temair tara in the reign of cathair mor ad120-123 while the royal palace resounded with mirth and revelry a certain gentleman named garman garb stole in stealthily and carried away the queens diadem the thief was persued by cathair and his guards who overtook him at the fountain cael rind and drowned him there to mark the dissatisfaction of providence at this gross violation of the laws of hospitality and order the fountain while garman was being plunged into it burst forth and covered the adjoining shores with its waters the supernatural event was foreshown in a vision to cathair mor who beheld in his sleep a beautiful daughter who was pregnant and had been in that condition for eight hundred years he then saw the daughter give birth to a mighty son this son on immediately seeing the light begins to contend against his mother who in order to escape him was obliged to rush right through his centre these are the leading parts in the vision cathairs druid bri mac baircheda was ordered at once into the royal palace to explain this extraordainary vision I shall explain it for you o fierce king says the druid if I am well rewarded he then declares the daughter to be the river slane (2013 slaney) which would give birth to loch garman who would be the mighty son but as the anyone who has information about the rest of this story let me know
89. Cathair [cahir] M?r: his son; the 109th Monarch of Ireland. Had a younger brother named Main Mal, who was the ancestor of O'Kelly, of Cualan (of Wicklow, etc.); and another, Eithne.
cathaeir mor
Cathair mor the great on death of fedlimid rechtmar became high king of Ireland the melody of the house of buchet eithne lives in a hut in the forest in kells co meath Cormac mac airt marries eithne and restores her fortune the cause of the battle of cnucha cathair gives the hill to almu knockaulin co Kildare to the druid nuada a son of aichi the hill later home of nuadas great grandson fionn mac cumhnaill killed by luaigne of tara led by conn cetchathach time of roman emperor Marcus aurelius 161-180ad Geoffrey 113-116ad afm 119-122ad
1. The Leinstennen had a "caldron of hospitality", named Buchet. A guest-house of the men of Erin was the dwelling of that Buchet. From the time he began householding the fire under his caldron was never quenched.
2. A daughter of Cath?ir M?r, son of Feidlimid, king of Ireland, was in his bosom for fosterage, even Ethne Cath?ir's daughter. Twelve sons and twenty had Cath?ir M?r, and they used to come for guesting and to have speech of their sister. In scores and in thirties they would enjoy the guestings. This they deemed little till they got gifts. Frequent, then, was their asking and (great was) their number. Unless they obtained what sufficed them they would grossly misbehave to Buehet's household. One man would take the geldings, another the foals, a third the branches of the kine; so that at last Cath?ir's sons laid Buehct waste, and left him nought save seven cows and a bull in the steading where there had been seven herds of cattle, and seven houses with each herd.
3. So one day he went to complain to Cath?ir, who, at that time, was a decrepit old man. And Buchet said.
"O my just Cath?ir, preserve... law over Eriu's land! l cry out for my wealth (carried off) by thy fair sons, without real faults (on my part).
Manifest (thy) goodness, for my landholding was worth any landholding with its land-dues..,
My loss will be a great blemish to Cath?ir's country.
My landholding (and) cattle, Cath?ir's sons have ruined, namely Ross Red-strilter, Crimtltan First-wounding, D?re Losc?n the splendid, Eochaid the Princely, Bressal Greenface the..., Fiacha Longhair who will cut off (?) every one.
Buchet will not be as he hath been before until he reaches another tribe which the grandsons of Feidlimid the Fair would not reach."
4, Then Cath?ir answered what Buchat said:
"True, O Buchet, thou hast been a nourishing landlholder of mine.
Precious is thy fervour, thy hospitality, thy valour, which would make welcome to every one in thy great midcourt.
But that I should have power over my sons (so that) they should not cause thy heart's torment, strength I cannot exercise, running I cannot run, leaping I cannot leap, (as to) sight, not far do we perceive.
Kingship I have enjoyed for fifty lasting years.
But that I should be able to bring his kine to Buchet I have no power for thee, O Buchet, (nothing) save (the proverb) sharper is every thorn that is younger. Get thee out of the country!".
5. Buchet fled southwards from them out of the country, by stealth, the length ofthe night till morning, so that he was in Kells of the kings. And small was the drove that was taken there, to wit, seven cows and a bull, and he himself, and his old wife, and the damsel, Ethne daughter of Cath?ir.
6. They dwelt in a small cabin there in the forest, with the damsel serving them.
7. Cormac grandson of Conn was then living in Kells before he should take the kingship of Erin, for Maive Redside did not let him into Tara after the death of his father (Art). Now Maive Redside of Leinster had been Art's wife, and after his death she enjoyed the kingship. Kells, then, was the residence of the kings. But after Cormac had gained the kingship Tara was founded by him, and that was the land of Odr?n, a herdsman of the D?ssi of Bregia.
8. Now when the rath of Tara was being dug by Cormac, Odran gave (?) his three groans out of him.
"Why groanest thou?" says Cormac.
"I groan for my oppression", quoth he, "the support of a king of Erin on my land and my soil for ever."
9. Then when they were setting the stakes of the house, he groaned again; and when, on a lucky day, Cormac was entering it, Odr?n set his back against the doorvalve. "What is that?" says Cormac. "Do not outrage me!" a says Odran. "Tis untruth to outrage thee", quoth Cormac; "it is not I that will do it, unless I am not admitted for (this) payment, to wit, thy weight in silver, and rations for nine men every noontide so long as I am alive, and land equal to thy land beside this land, for visiting me and supplying thy tribute"
"Tis well", says Odran: "there are two good banks to the south of us thus", says Odr?n.
"What is their name?" a asks Cormac.
"The Odra of Tara", says Odran.
"Then thou art a, says Cormac, "Odor between Odra". Hence is (the place-name) Odra Temrach.
10. Early one morning, after he had taken kingship, Cormac was in Kells, arising with his rainment of satin about him. He saw the damsel milking the cows. Their first milking (she put) inro a vessel apart; their last milking inro another vessel. Then he sees her cutting rushes, and the middle ofthe tussock of rushes she puts iuro a bundle apart. So the water which she took from the brink of the stream she put into one vessel, and the water from the midst of it into another.
11. Then Cormac asked the girl:
"Who art thou, O damsel?" says Cormac.
"The daughter of a poor herdsman yonder", she answered.
"Why dose thou divide the water and the rushes and the milk?"
"A man" she answers "who was formerly honoured, 'tis to him that the middle of the rushes and the after-milk is given, and the rest to me, so that he may not be without honour from what I shall get. lf I could find a greater honour he should have it."
"'Tis very likely that thou wilt find it", says Cormac. "To whom is this honour given?"
"Buchet is his name", she replied.
"Is that Buchet of Leinster?", says Cormac.
"`Tis he indeed", she answers.
"Art thou Ethe Longside, daughter of Cath?ir Mor?" says Cormac.
"Su it seems", quoth she.
12. Thereafter then a message was sent by Cormac to Buchet to ask her (in marriage). He gave her not, for to give her belonged, not to him, but to her father. So then they say that on the following evening she was brought by force to Cormac, and she staid with him only that night, and then escaped from him. But on that night there entered her womb the son of Cormac, Carbre Lifechair (so called because) he loved Liffey and in Lifechair he was fostered between his mother's tribe and his fathers tribe. And Cormac did not take him (as his son) until the Leinstermen swore that the boy was his.
13. Afterwards Ethne as Cormac's wife became a queen. Howbeit she did not accept him without bestowing her bride-price on Buchet. This is what Cormac gave him: all that his eyesight reached from the rampart of Kells, both cow and man, and gold and silver, and horse and ox, to the end of a week. It was impossible for Buchet to take again over the kingdom southward into the country of Leinster all the herds that he (then) received.
14. The song of Buchet's house to the companies: his laughing cry to the companies: "Welcome to you! It will be well to you with us! Let it then be well to us with you!"
15. The song of the fifty warriors with their purple garments and their armours, to make music when the companies were drunk.
16. The song, too, of the fifty maidens in the midst of the house, in their purple dresses, with their golden-yellow manes over their garments, and their song delighting the host. The song of the fifty harps afterwards till morning, soothing the host with music.
Hence is (the name) "The Songs of Buchet's House."
2nd century cathair mor ard ri na heirinn high king of Ireland
119ad 2nd century cathair mor ard ri na heirinn high king of Ireland 109 monarch of erin of the line of milisean eldest son rossa failgheach ros failghe ros of the rings my fierce ros my vehement ros his father left him in his will ten swords ten shields ornamented with gold and silver and ten golden goblets
122ad cathar mar died in battle buried in balloon hill prehistoric funerary urns found reside in Dublin
Ballon Hill has a uniform convex shape and is remarkably similar in silhouette from whichever direction it is viewed. Although only 450 feet above sea level it provides a marvelous view of the countryside boasting, it is said, sight of nine counties. Geologically the hill is of granite covered by limestone and then a bearing of yellow sand and earth. As most of the surrounding land is flat it must have been its shape and location that attracted early man to it. It has an intriguing history.
Historians believe that Ballon Hill was the burial place of the King of Ireland, Cathair Mor, in 177AD. It is also believed that the ancient games (see appendix for more information) of mid Leinster were celebrated in the area. The discovery of burial urns in the hill endorses the fact that it was used as a cemetery in ancient times.
In the mid 1800's the peasants discovered large numbers of fictile vessels over the surface of the hill. (A fictile vessel is one made of earth or clay). They called them "pans and crocks". At that time trees were being planted and a quarry was being opened so there was a great disturbance of the area.
As a result of these finds Mr. John Lecky of Ballykealey House, the local gentry, commenced a systematic exploration of the hill through his brother in law Mr. Smyth. This covered a period 1852 to 1854.
Work started at the "Stone of the Dead" or Cloghan-na-Marbhan as the locals always knew it. This is located on the hill side facing Ballykealey House and stands eight feet above the ground and extending three feet below. Local children today know it also as the slippery stone as it used to make a great slide.
Mr. Smyth found it to be supported by granite blocks at each end and found three human skeletons there. Further excavation revealed more granite blocks and these covered a bed of charcoal and different broken urns. Further excavations on the hill, particularly around the rath, produced many more urns some of which were discovered in cists (Burial chambers). Some of the urns were beautifully decorated, some more crudely. The cists had the remains of charcoal and bones of animals and birds. It was concluded that the animal bones were associated with some form of pagan sacrifice.
Mr. Lecky had two of the cists re-erected near to his house and most of the urns where they were restored and housed in the library in the house. They remained there until 1928 when they were presented to the National Museum by Colonel Beauchamp Lecky.
They are still with the museum and date from about 500 BC to 1300 AD.
Question from John O'Neill in New Zealand: If St. Patrick who lived from about 388 to 463 AD was successful in converting Ireland to Christianity how come these vessels are still being made 837 years after his death??
For more information see the book Ballon and Rathoe by Peadar Mac Suibhne
These photos clearly show the fine details given in decorating the vessels. Clearly, the burial ceremony had a real significance to the Bronze Age people.
This vessel is a replica of the actual vessel but faithfully duplicates the original
Suitable pebbles or stones were taken from local drift deposits. These might be greywackle sandstone, schists or granite, as in the case of this bowl. The stones were deliberately crushed and added to the clay as a temper or strengthener. This would give the bowl a better chance of surviving the open pit firing (850 C). This was a common practice in the Bronze and Stone age; and what modern potters might do in similar circumstances.
Further details can be obtained from the book "The Funerary Bowls and Vases of the Irish Bronze Age" by Breand?n Riord?in and John Waddell. On sale in the National Museum Bookshop.
Although Ballon Hill was a rich source of these pots there have been similar finds in Liscorran, Co. Armagh; Cumber & Ballydullaghan, Co. Derry; Greenhills, Co. Dublin; and Termon, Co. Cavan.
153ad the will of cathair mor Ros failge ros of the rings my fierce ros my vehement ros left by his father in his will ten swords ten shields ornamented with gold and silver ten golden goblets
[Cathaer Mor]
Cathaer Mar, the ancestor-deity of the Lagin2 under one of his several names, naturally gets a prominent place in the Laginian pedigree. At Cathaer the Ui Fhailge (Aui Fhoilgi) and the Ui Bairrche are made to join the main stem. the affiliation of the Ui Bairrche to the Lagin is a fabrication, as we shall see; but the kinship of the Ui Failge3 to the Lagin is beyond reasonable doubt. On the other hand, the descent of the Ui Fhailge from Rus Failgech, son of Catharer Mar, is a genealogical fiction. Actually they take their name from Failbe Berraide, who lived in the early sixth century.4 In 510 he won a battle at Fremainn Mide (AU). In the tract on the Borama this battle is credited to Falge Rot mac Cathair (LL 300 a 5, = RC xiii, 54.5); and the same Failge rot, 'son of Cathaer', occupies second place in the list of kings of the Ui Fahailge, LL. 40 c 3. In AI, 10 b 4, he is called Rus Failge.
2. He is senathair lagen uile, 'ancestor of all the Lagin', LL. 313 b 4.
3. In Met. D. iv, 260 they are called in dara cluag Laigen, 'one of the two hosts of the Lagin.'. The sept of Ui Thairsig, whom Mael Mura notes as of non-Goidelic origin, are called Ui Thairsig Ua Failge (Ir. Nennius, 268 and n.). and in a poem quoted by Mac Firbis (Gen. Tracts 81) are reckoned among the Galioin.
1.-LAGIN. DOMNAINN. GALIOIN.
THE Lagin, who have left their name on the province of Leinster, preserved the tradition that Lagin, Domnainn and Galioin were three names for the one people1. We may interpret the tradition as meaning that these were the names of closely related tribes. So we find coiced nGalion or the like used in exactly the same sense as coiced Lagen, 'the province of the Lagin'.2 An unidentified place in the territory of Dal Mesi Corb (in Co. Wicklow) was known as Dun nGalion.3 Similarly the name Domnainn4 is some times applied to the early Lagin in fabulous history, as when Crimthann Sciathbel, who is said to have been made king of the Lagin5 by Eremon, is described as 'of the Domnainn'.6 So Inber Domnann, the Irish name of Malahide
LAGIN. DOMNAINN. GALIOIN 93
Bay, Co. Dublin, would appear to preserve the memory of the Donmainn.1
The persistence of the view that Galioin and Domnainn were but other names for the Lagin is especially remarkable because it was in direct conflict with the teaching of the pseudo-historians and the genealogists. According to these, the Galioin and the Domnainn were among the pre-Goidelic invaders of Ireland,2 whereas the Lagin were Goidels, descended from Eremon, son of Mil.3 In the course of time the names Galioin and Domnainn dropped out of use, for names which connoted inferiority of social status could not be expected to retain their popularity, and only the honourable name of Lagin continued in use. In order to account for the obsolescence of the two former names, a convenient legend was invented that the peoples themselves were exterminated.4
1. Compare Galion Ira 7 Domna[i]nd anmand sin do Lagnib, LL 311 a 20 (genealogies of the Lagin), and do gairtis dano 45 Iri hanmannoib, Domna[i]nd, Galeoin, Lagin, O'Mulconry § 781 (and cf. § 779). Similarly,RC xv, 299. Note the use of Domnand (properly genitive) for Domnaind in these texts, owing to the influence of the synonymous Fir Dommann (-nd).
2. e.g. coiced nGaleoin, LU 4079; coiced Galion, LL 116 b 5; cuiged Gailian_ Eriu viii, 12.
3 LL 311 a 27, = Dun nGaileoin, ib, 377 a 45.
4. A later form is Domnannaig (compare Cruthin Cruithnig, Brettain Bretnaig). When Mac Neill asserts that, according to 'Irish tradition' (i.e. Lebor Gabala), 'the Dumnones (Fir Domnonn) were aborigines ' (York~ shire Celtic Studies ii, 41), he distorts the facts, as the reader of Chapter iv and the present chapter will readily perceive. In support of this assertion he invents a purely fanciful explanation of their name : ' I interpret Dumnones to mean the dim or deep folk," and this to mean remote and primitive in origin (ibid.).
5. He is ri os gasraid Galian, Met. D. iii, 164; ri Laighen, Todd's Ir. Nennius, 122.
6. Dorat [sc. Eremon] rige coicid Galian do Chrimthan Sciathbel de Domnannchaib LL 15 a 16-17. Another fabulous king of Lagin, Eochu Aincherm, is similarly described as do Dommandchaib, Gen. Tracts 148. A,
mmediately after the death of Feidlimidh, monarch of Ireland, son of the great Tuathal, the kings of Ireland assembled at Tara, and Cathair Mor, king of Leinster, was elected as the new Monarch of Ireland. To support his election, short as his reign was, we find him engaged in many bloody wars. In the 3rd year of his reign, before he led his troops to the fatal battle of Moigh Acha, in Meath, he made his will, believing he would not survive the days encounter. He divided his possessions amongst his 30 sons, in a Will called "The Will of Cathair More" (153 AD). His posterity formed the principal families in Leinster. His will:
- Ros Failgeach, from who descended the O'Connors (Faley). Given Leinster, 10 shields, swords, cups
- Daire Barrach, ancestor of O'Gorman. Given Tuath Laighean (Fingal and Dublin). 150 spears, 50 swords, 50 gold rings, 150 cloaks, 7 military standards
- Bresal Einechglas. 7 ships, 50 shields, 5 swords, 5 chariots and horses, and lands of River Amergin
- Cetach. Leaves nothing so he won't be separated from his brothers
- Fergus Luasgan. Leaves nothing but his brothers give him ample possessions
- Ailill Cethech. Backgammon table and men for lands were of no use to him since he never attended to any study but gaming
- Aengus Nic. Leaves nothing but his brothers give him ample possessions
- Eochu Timine. Leaves him only his benediction and calls him a weak man
- Comthanan (Crimthann), ancestor of Duff, of Leinster. 50 brass balls, with brass maces to play with; 10 backgammon tables, and 2 chess tables
- Curigh, who was slain by Fionn MacCumhal (Finn MacCoole)
He had the following children:
- Slectaire; had a daughter, Corcraine, who was the mother of Diarmid Ua Duibhne, and of Oscar, son of Oissin
- Uchdelbh, a daughter, who was wife of Fionn Fothart, a son of Conn of the Hundred Battles.
- Landabaria, a daughter who was the 3rd wife of the 110th Monarch, Conn Ceadcathach (Conn of the Hundred Battles), who succeeded Cathair Mor in the Monarchy
- Fiacha Baicheda (the lame), who is described below. Leaves country about Wexford, 50 large vessels of yew, 50 cups, 50 pied horses with brass bits
90. Ros Failgeach: son of Cahir M?r; a quo Hy-Failgeagh ("failgeach:" Irish, abounding with rings), meaning the descendants of this Failgeach, and afterwards the name of the territory itself which they possessed, which has been anglicised Offaley, and which is the origin of the epithet applied to the O'Connors of this territory - namely, the O'Connors "Faley," signifying the O'Connors of Offaley. Ros Failgeach had a brother named Dair?, who was the ancestor of O'Gorman; and a brother Comthanan, who was the ancestor of Duff, of Leinster.
the territory of ui failghe or ophaley kings county offaly comprised the following baronies oheerins 1489ad account of the seven territories in ancient ofalia accurate record ancient ossory The lord of ofalia land of cattle a feat not unknown to poets is oconnor hero of the plain (ofaly is the levellest plain in all Ireland) around the green hill of cruachan (1.) Or over the green hill of cruachan oconnor is lord of the vast plain of ofalia and the hill of cruchan the hill of cruachan is the most remarkable feature of ofalia it gives the title of marquis to the family of moore
1, Barony Geshill in the kings county amergin mergin bergin first cantred 1. tuath geiselle the bright tuath geisell is possessed by a chief on the half border of leinster (5.) half border of leinster keating says that the boundary of ancient meath passed through geishill the tuath of cantred of geishill was then partly in meath originally now it was only on the borders of it whose tairn (troop) goes as a fierce string (tairn) his name is ohamirgin mergin tuath geiselle the name and the extent of the tuath are retained in the present barony of geashill it was a patrimonial inheritance of o’avergin amergin anglicised mergin and bergin now 1837 the name of a numerous and warlike family tribe bergin geashill and the sky over it geashill and mergin and bergin are nearly synonymous here how long tradition preserves those recollection of ancient power they know right well that they are the only aristocratic blood of the district and one should be very diffident in asking one of them if her ever heard that any of the amergins are yearly turned into wolves it is said that geshill has produced more and better british soldiers than any barony in Ireland
1. Barony Upper philipstown in the king co cantred clan maollughra odempsey country viscount clanmaliere what country is faster against incursions clann malura over every tribe noble the doings (step) of their septs their land a smooth plain protection of the harbour (7) he must allude to some small harbour cuan on the barrow a land hereditary to odempsey delicious the land as heard afar (as old)
3. barony lower philipstown ballycommon in kings county cantred 3 cantvilliarium clan colgan lay at the hill of cruachan another chief to me well known ohennesy rules over clar colgan fair his country beyond Irelands territories which borders on the grass (3.) grass of cruachan literally the hair of cruachan hennessy shared with oholahan the lordship of clan cholgain
4. barony of warrenstown and coolestown in kings county cantred 4 tuath maighe tuomoy Edenderry Tethmoy omulkenes keane territory of the two plains omulkenes of cruachan over tuath da moy of the beauteous bulwark reign omulkene of the rich heath delightful his smooth tuath of moy (4.) land of promise ie overflowing with milk and honey old testament its border like the land of promise
5. barony of ophaley or offaly in county kildare omeirraghan omurchain cantred 5 magh aoife murray over moy aoife of the warm plains omirragham is lord of the tuath the man (hero vir) who lives near green fidh gaibhle (6.) fidh gaibhle a famous wood in leinster the mast of a ship taken from which created a dispute which ended in the battle of clontarf the situation of the wood can now be pointed out
6. portnahinch in queens county laois cantred 6. Tuath liege the paradise of okelly the tuath liege of the bright plains (field) okelly of liege on the east of the strand (traigh) by traigh which is generally and properly applied to the strand or seashore he must by his usual mode of amplification mean the trench of the river barrow is the spouse of this plain of the knotty yews (of dells and yews) from ofalia of ancient lands we next approach leix in leinster
Of the people of this wide plain let me treat of the chiefs what host is richer than they over the fair lands of ofalia over the hy-regan of the heavy onslaughts a vigourous band who rout in battle rules odunn chief of demolition (2.) 7. tinnahinch in the queens county laois cantred 7. hy regan dooregan dunnes hy regan now popularly called dooregan and in irish duthaidh ui riagain this territory was erected into the barony of tinnahinch and lies in queens county as can be demonstrated from the old map of leix and ophaly from the tradition in the country Taoiseach na toghla ie able to batter walls and knock down castles and houses a very noble qualification in oheerins time 1489ad hero of golden battle spears lances
dinshenchus 1160ad giolla na naomh hua duinn topographical poems of erin the recension of the dinshenchus to which most of our manuscripts belong seems to have ended originally at this point number 60 in some copies however the legend of lege is added le and s have further the five poems which follow lege 247-249-251 61a. lege lege in uib falge barony of western kings county offaly in kildare a small portion of the northern part of the barony of portnahinch queens county in which the great castle of leighe now ley or lea is situated the legend of lege a name of peculiar import in ballads and in books is clear as ye expound it according as the reader reads it liag was daughter of stout trescat son of long lived troscach son of belach son of booz son of high born agall son of malarn son of licorb son of siabart son of .......clarach son of coltach son of smirdub son of mercell son of fierce lecdub son of lachdub son of liburn son of latharn by whom evil deeds were set afoot son of soalt son of sibort son of succat son of stairn longtooth son of hard groaning flat faced salt son of carr son of fot son of ifit son of filist with a vigour of thirty men son of ham that bore spears without shield son of noah son of lamech this is the pedigree of liag enough for me from trescat to mighty noah according to the kindly keen men of learning no misleading guide is the legend liag was the name of that eager woman sister of morc great son of dele con and high mettled son of faebur was brother to the woman whose praise we noise abroad in full measure ye may believe did liag recieve tribute from her friends there was laid on erin for a time an impost of thrice fifty measures from every hearth they that brought the proper tribute to the imperious woman huge of build were con and son of faebur the feast maker and morc great son of dele from these was the tribute brought from clann nemid in their sore need from semoin from tall fergus from generous right fierce erglam that tribute that was then devised was thrice fifty measures no sparing levy two full thirds of corn and butter the third of milk laig had a liach iaraind measure for the tribute spoon on clann nemid the tribute lay heavy it was ground for strife and they proclaimed war without surrender against morc and conand big head 251-253 those men came to give battle and their march prospered they came upon proud liag and she was struck down by her enemies it was fergus red side that spoiled her and left her lifeless an exploit that freed his home from want before joining battle with her friends she demanded of fair haired fergus as there should be no head over his head that her name might be on the land to call it by it was her glory thereupon battle was joined to the rout of the fomoire very fierce was the challenge on that account because of the womans murder side to side was the battle fought a melee of swords and spears wherein fell morc great his fame and conand of the trophies when conand was slain in the fight and morc too the greater the triumph when they were cut down in the carnage the fomoire were routed here was found the tale as it is today whence lege has its name hide it not perversely from any man for the story of the place is true
dinshenchus 1160ad giolla na naomh hua duinn topographical poems of erin 289
81b glaisse bulga glaiss bulgan bolgain territory of ui tairrsig subdivision of ui falige glaisse bulga whence the name not hard to say glass daughter of derg mac dedad reared oscar son of oisin son of finn cairpre son of cormac ua cuinn slew oscar in the battle of gabair and glass came from luachairs dedad in the west to keen over her nursling at his fathers house when she saw the house at a distance with oscars family and foster brothers round him she fell backward and expired so that all said glass lies here prone like a sack and it is her name that shall cleave to this land till doomsday hence it was said glass-ben daughter of derg son of deda reared oscar as notable honour her heart broke in sooth on the slope of glaisse bul
?i failgi
F2.; ¶ desc. fr. Ross Failge, son of Cathir M?r; ¶ the chief families are O Conor Failgi, O Demsy and O Duinn, Of. 310; ¶ the pl. voc. is Uu Failge! Om. iii. 49; ¶ bb. E. and W. Offaly, c. Kild.; ¶ bb. Portnahinch and Tinnahinch in Queen's Co., and the part of King's Co. which belongs to d. of Kild. and Leighlin, Tp., Cg., Mis. i. 232; ¶ also bb. Upr. and Lr. Philipstown, Geshil, Warrenstown and Coolestown, Fm. iii. 44, Ui.; ¶ ext. fr. Sliabh Bloom to the Hill of Allen, and fr. the Sugar-loaf Hills to the Great Heath of Maryborough, O'D., Fm. iv. 955; ¶ King's Co. is Conntae Ua bhFailghe, Fm. vi. 2264; ¶ in it are—Adarcca Iuchbad, Caisl?n Edain Daire, Cell Achaid Sinchill, Cell Osnad, Cluain Corcaige, Cluain Ferta Mugaine, Cluain Immorruis, Cluain M?r, Cluain M?r Lithgein, Cluain Sosta, Cruachan Brigh Ele, C?il bendchuir, Disert Fulartaig, Druim Ferta, Faithche mac Mecnain, Geisille, Glaisse Bulgan, Mag Fea, Mag Geisille, Mag Reicheat, Mag Smeathrach, Oenach Dairen, R?ith Derthaige, R?ith Scanlaige, Tempall Berch?in, Tuath D? Maige, Ui Bresail, Ui Tairrsig; ¶ v. Mi., Ui., Ci., Cri, F., Fg., Md., Mt., Fep., Mr., Ci., Fia., Lh., Sr. 65 a, Pd. 28, Sil., B. v., Ct., Lis. 5 b, 12 a, Tl., Ll. 300 b, Lec. 30.
ui tairrsich
Ui Tairrsig, Firbolgs of Lein., Bb. 16 b, Lec. 555; ¶ in ?i Failgi, Ll. 378, Nen., Fir. 59, K. 124, Sc. 12 a, Sd. 7 b, Sil. 92, Lis. 210 b, Sas. 6582, Lg. 40, Cf. 76; ¶ Druim Criadh and Glaise Bulgain in it; ¶ of Corcu Oche C?ile Chontuind, Os. iv. 288; ¶ Finn was of ?i T., Cf., Sil.; ¶ of the Galeoin in Lein., v. J. M'Neill's Duanaire Finn, lxxxii.
omolloys country ballincor derrooly newtown rahan demesne meath middle kingdom
dinshenchus 1160ad giolla na naomh hua duinn topographical poems of erin 231 56. tethba
tethba daughter of eochu airem gave to the northern land that she loved her secret name let there be no slighting of her excellence when she came thence with noisiu son of white shouldered nechtan tethba who made populous its houses and her nurse tall eitech eitech daughter of lennglass son of luan parted with lasting beauty of visage her journeys end was eitech the spot where darkness veiled her face their names endure after them the names of the women mighty and strong and we find them to tell their story each chose the land to which she gave her name cenn eitig kinnity ten miles east of birr king county offaly
91. Nathi: son of Ros Failgeach.
92. Eoghan: his son.
dinshenchus 1160ad giolla na naomh hua duinn topographical poems of erin 283-285-287
80b tulach eogain
tulach eogain in kings county offaly whence its name not hard to say eogan of bruiden da choca was buried there now he was called eogan of the bruiden because it was in bruiden da choca that he was born and bred namely eogan of the bruiden son of nathi son of ross failge son of cathair mor and from him tulach eogain has its name wherof was said here is the grave of eogan of bruiden no grave of a stranger unused to hardship but a man without reproach in his eastern land the grand son of cathair son of fedlimid it was cormac ua cuinn that bred up eogan rechet also reared him dians daughter he it was who gave her a fee the plain that is called mag rechet and it would be from her that it got its appellation in that hill too were buried cathair mor and ross failge and naithi and eogan of the bruiden whereof it was said i have a matter of grief for a burden to lay on the tombs of warriors over the bare grave there is none that can tell aright of the passing of the high kings in death here above their beds i stand with loving dirge and endless lamentation while they suffer sorrow for this world without pleasure or happiness here rest a brave quartet in one place in one abode a hard thing a thing intolerable it is to stand over the beds of the fiery warriors four there were as it is well known that did red deeds of valour proud naithi eogans father eogan naithis son ross giver of gifts and the fourth just cathair there were six sons of generous ross failge to whom leinster gave full obedience men untamed on all battlefields until the death sleep fell upon them oengus the fair fierce oengus the black brenainn dalan that flame across the moor eochaid chief of the field and naithi till the sleep of death maclocc fergus stern cetach currech furudran shining white the two ailills modest pair oengus coelan cona mail these are the ten sons of stern cathair and his six grandsons in one tomb a band of lions undaunted were they here round eogan these are the sons and the grandsons of the high king cathair of the new spear at carmun of the kings where i shall go a mighty matter is there sleep eber son of mil doer of brave deeds funga leth liath of the floating mane on the road between the two plains they lie on the causeway sleeping sound seven men seven score seven hundred seven kingly men with sheen of ivory mac heiris after violation of his compacts lies here heavenly asleep the name of the hill good in all regards under which each prince lies hidden did that lion lugs rival win for himself under it lies eogan sleeping many a warrior has there been many a tomb many a grave many a kindred many a gathering whereof inquiry and ..... makes mention the sleep of the kings is no secret cormac ua cuinn nurtured here assiduously eogan of the hostel his nurses name without question was rechet who slept among kings this eogan rechet it was who nursed him daughter of dian captain of the troops he gave his good nurse a portion with no yoke upon it save the high kings i would asseverate without glib falsehood that eogan the fair of colour gave her an estate bright well liking land was granted her so that it is called smooth mag rechet from the day that her nursling set apart for rechet this level plain it belonged to the woman without a burden respecting the plain till it came her time to sleep
93. Cathal (or Cathair): his son.
94. Maolumha: his son.
95. Foranan: his son.
96. Congal: his son.
97. Diomusach: ("diomusach:" Irish, proud, haughty, arrogant): son of Congall; a quo O'Diomasaighe (Dempsey).
1. Barony Upper philipstown in the king co cantred clan maollughra odempsey country viscount clanmaliere what country is faster against incursions clann malura over every tribe noble the doings (step) of their septs their land a smooth plain protection of the harbour (7) he must allude to some small harbour cuan on the barrow a land hereditary to odempsey delicious the land as heard afar (as old)
98. Flann Da Congall: his son; had an elder brother named Aeneas, who was ancestor of O'Connor Faley.
oconnor hero of the plain (ofaly is the levellest plain in all Ireland) around the green hill of cruachan (1.) Or over the green hill of cruachan oconnor is lord of the vast plain of ofalia and the hill of cruchan the hill of cruachan is the most remarkable feature of ofalia it gives the title of marquis to the family of moore
432ad principality of oconnor faly the senior represenatative of rossa failghe who is said to have made an attempt at murdering saint Patrick
99. Cineth (by some called Tumaltach): his son; had a brother Mugron, who was the ancestor of Hoolahan, of "Clann Colgan."
3. barony lower philipstown ballycommon in kings county cantred 3 cantvilliarium clan colgan lay at the hill of cruachan another chief to me well known ohennesy rules over clar colgan fair his country beyond Irelands territories which borders on the grass (3.) grass of cruachan literally the hair of cruachan hennessy shared with oholahan the lordship of clan cholgain
100. Riaghan ("riagh:" Irish, to gibbit): son of Cineth; a quo O'Riaghain, anglicised O'Regan - one of "The Four Tribes of Tara."
meath middle kingdom
Ricain a son of the ui falige overking cinaed a grandson of mugron died 782ad
101. Maolfiona: his son. Maelfinne son of riacain
102. Dubhgall: his son. Duibgilla son of maelfinne
103. Dun ("dun:" Irish, a hill, or fortress): his son; a quo O'Duin; had a brother named Dubhrean, who was ancestor of O'Regan
719-1244ad annals of inis cloghran in lough ribh co Longford
751ad flann lord of ui falighe
777ad mugroin son of flann lord of ui failghe
782ad mugroin son of flann lord of ui failghe was slain in battle of cuirreach by the side of cill dara slain beside Kildare monastery
826ad cinaeda died son of moghron
104. Ficheallach: son of Dun.
105. Amhailgadh O'Duinn: his son; the first who assumed this surname.
Of the people of this wide plain let me treat of the chiefs what host is richer than they over the fair lands of ofalia over the hy-regan of the heavy onslaughts a vigourous band who rout in battle rules odunn chief of demolition (2.) 7. tinnahinch in the queens county laois cantred 7. hy regan dooregan dunnes hy regan now popularly called dooregan and in irish duthaidh ui riagain this territory was erected into the barony of tinnahinch and lies in queens county as can be demonstrated from the old map of leix and ophaly from the tradition in the country Taoiseach na toghla ie able to batter walls and knock down castles and houses a very noble qualification in oheerins time 1489ad hero of golden battle spears lances
Duinn son of duibgilla duinn-brown Naming their territory after their ancestor riacain oduinn dunne sept Their chiefs lords of ui riacain lords of iregan hy-regan tribe name in province of lynagh laigen leinster oregan ui raigain branch of the ui faillghe oconnors odempseys odunnes lords of ui raigain in the principality of ua bhfailghe ui failghe ophaley ofaley ofaily offaley a sept of ros failghe rossa failgheach hy falgai offallia ophaly offaly one of the seven cantreds tinnahinch the most northern barony of queens county co leix laois the oduinn clan spring from descendants of this man mullach abu praise be forever the hills forever the summit forever the summit to victory mullach aboo victory to the chief the dunnes defying chiefs of demolition
on azure blue an eagle displayed or gold , crest in front of a holly bush proper, a lizard passant or gold, blue and yellow rope cord line intertwined duinn originated county leix queens county
106. Congalach: his son; a quo O'Conghaile or O'Congalaigh, anglicised Congaly, O'Conolly, and Conolly.
107. Cublasma: his son.
1005 the four masters give an account of a great hosting made by brian borumha into north of ireland which is stated to have been extracted from the book of clonmacnois and the book of the island 1 of saints page 244 the account of this expedition given by the four masters at ad 1005 purports to be an extract from the book of cluain muc nois and the book of the island the entry is not in mageoghegans translation of the annals of clonmacnoise
viz the carrachan of solomons temple which was given by maelsechlainn son of domhnall carrachan this seems to have been the same as the article mentioned at the 1005 supra under the name of eneclar orilly ir dict in voce explains carrachan as a model in which he is followed by dr donovan four mast ad an 1129 page xli of ua begulain from some office the purchase of the eneclar of the great altar by king maelsechlainn
and the cuidin of donnach son of flann cuidin ie catinus curom (cuidin) a plate = lat catinus ingeritur fumans calido cum farre catinus a pot steaming with hot emmer is poured in
and the three articles which toirdhealbhach ua conchobhair gave viz a silver goblet and a silver cup with a golden cross over it and a drinking horn with gold and the drinking horn of ua riata king of aradh and a silver chalice with a burnishing of gold and an engraving and the silver cup of ceallach comarb of Patrick
108. Caroill: his son.
fidh gaibhle a famous wood in leinster the mast of a ship taken from which created a dispute which ended in the battle of clontarf the situation of the wood can now be pointed out
418. Fidh Gaibhle. - This was the name of a celebrated wood of Leinster, in which St. Berchan erected the Church of Clonsasta. It is now locally called Fee-Goille or Fee-guile, and is situated in the parish of Cloonsast, barony of Coolestown, and King's County. See Leabhar na gCeart, p. 214, note o.
1014ad king brian boromhe boru killed in battle of clontarf brian boru battle of clontarf family slaughtered hand hacked ring taken of royal king line maelseachlann ii called malachy ii the monarch of ireland who was deposed by brian urard or erard mac coise was present among maelsechlainns hosts at clontarf and brought the account of the battle to macling at kincora 1014ad brian boru battle of clontarf family slaughtered hand hacked ring taken off royal king line
109. Conbhach: his son; had a brother named Branan, a quo MacBrannen.
110. Dunsleibh
1063 teige obrien son of brian boru deposed in 1063 he fled to rome with some sources claiming he granted pope urban ii the irish crown this is controversial however
111. Conbhach (2): his son.
112. Amhailgadh (or Awly): his son.
1120 born gilla giolla na naomh odunn ua duinn oduinn becomes chief bard of leinster till 1160 historian and poet to kings of leinster
Giolla na naomh odunn ua duinn chief bard of the king of leinster and wrote many poems of
which the following have come to our hands transactions of the iberno celtic society for 1820
by Edward oreilly esq
- A poem of three hundred and ninety two verses beginning aibhind sin a eiru ard pleasant that oh noble erin upon the tribes that sprang from the sons of milesius and from lughaidh son of ith and the districts possessed by them two copies of this poem are in the hands of the assistant secretary one of them in a very ancient vellum ms the other transcribed in the year 1712 by john mcsolly a native of stickallen in the county of meath Gilla na naemh ua duind in duan mor giolla na naomh ua duinn milesian race tribes aibhind sin a eiru ard 14th 15th vellum G2 dias website 30ra 31ra Edward oreilly stokes in volume 15 & 16 of the revue celtique ends gonadh orro sin dorondu
- a poem beginning coigeal laigean na leacht niog leinster province of the tombs of kings two hundred and eighty verses gives a catalogue of the Christian kings of leinster and the number of years each king reigned copies of this poem are preserved in the books of lecan and ballimote book of leinster ms1339 section 14 ns folio 31a 4175 ms folio 32a 35, 33a 30 38b on the tombs of the kings of leinster Christian kings of leinster coiced laigen na lecht nig in ar chleicht cach dagfar dian cuiced lagen na leicht rig gilla na naem hua duind cecinit lithographic reproduction of olongans facsimile ed Atkinson Dublin 1880
- A poem of one hundred and twenty eight verses beginning airgialla a heim maba oirgiallaus from eamhain of macha giving an account of the chief tribes descended from the three callas sons of cairbre liffeachar monarch of Ireland who was killed at the battle of gabhra aichle a small distance to the north east of tara in meath 296ad after a reign of seventeen years a copy of this poem in the handwriting of james Maguire 1708ad is in the collection of the assistant secretary airgiulla a heamain macha giolla na naomh ua duinn in lec 81 rd 49 and bb 115e46
- A poem of two hundred and ninety six verses beginning fionat scualu ffen ffail the historians of the men of the fail Ireland testify gives a catalogue of the Christian kings of conaght
- A poem beginning a coigeal cain cairpe conuil o beautiful province of hardy carby this poem is by some ascribed to brogan who flourished 526ad
- A poem beginning cnuucu conait niot co nait cruachan of conaght a fortress with prosperity two hundred and ninety six verses on the christain kings of conaught it was written 1150ad this poem is by some perhaps more properly ascribed to toma o’mulconaire who flourished 1310ad copy in the book of ballymote fol 37b col 1
ui briuin genealogies journal of the royal society of antiquities of Ireland volume 11 or 13 2006 page 90 gilla na naomh duind duinns poem on the kings of Connaught a catalogue of the kings of Connaught j l findoc chnuic thuaga j l laidin lecaid rig hua mbruinn other effusion on similar subjects
nollaig omuraile leabhar ua maine ui dhibla-gain
e j gwynn stanza 121 author name cited as gilla na naem oduind 172ro
dinshenchus tara ulster leinster munster placenames
temair tara
brega meath 5-27 stanzas
thethba Westmeath 28-37 stanza
ulaid ulster 14 places 38-52 stanza
laigain leinster 54-68 stanza
mumu munster 69-74 stanza
conna Connaught 85-
eire iarthar talam torthig circa 1166 or earlier
full text of the metrical dindsenchas www.archive .org/metricaldindsenchas 1903 royal irish academy downloaded pdf
eire iathar talam torthig gilla na naem ua duinn inis clothrann in lough ree loch riach giolla na naomh ni duinn eiru 10 1926-28 page 68-91 edited by kuno meyer and rl best journal of celtic studies vol 111 no1 1981 88-131 the three forms of dinnshenchas erenn tomas o’concheanainn the three forms of dinnshenchas green part 1 page 88-101 part ii page 102-131 hermathena 1932-35 number 22-24
macfirbis book of genealogies
1150 nicolas breakspear Denmark given brian borus royal kingship ring by bruadair admiral of the danish fleet 1013
1154ad henry ii 21 royal family monarchy plantagenets thomas beckett john of salisbury individual virtuous divine right married eleanor
1155 john of Sainsbury (Canterbury) meets pope Adrian Nicolas breakspear rumoured handed over a Gold ring with an emerald royal kingship along with royal priesthood and bull henry ii angevin Line authority over Ireland his mother matilda did not want him to implement it
1160 or 5360 since the beginning of time 5360 s.b.o.t. from adam to now december 17th gilla na naemh ua duinn sleibhe fer leiginn inse clothrann fr 60 in loch rich lough ree lector of inis clothrann died inis chlothrainn inis cleraun lough ree clorinas island its history and antiquity by francis joseph bigger mria fellow November 28th 1899 Annals of tigernach t1160.8 gilla na naem h-ua duind fer leighind indsi clothrann agus laghdar erenn resenchus a redan a aen-ollam na hgaedhil do eg aass p200 col2 nehemias ua duinn under the oak irish saints of January scholar or principle of the school of inis chlothrann an excellent antiquarian very famous in poetry and eloquence emigrating to his paternal right country sent forth his spirit among choirs of angels the 17th December in the year of his age 130 giolla na naomh hua duinn died 18th December chief bard of the king of leinster works written book of leinster gilla na name hua duind on the tombs of the kings of leinster book of ui mhaine leabhar hy many kellys from adam since the beginning of time to 5360 or 1160ad gilla na name oduind poems on the kings of Connaught dinshenchus annals of tigernach gilla na naomh h-ua duind inse clothrann in loch rich lough ree clorinas island co Longford dunnes hy regan lords of iregan tinnahinch clonasee and rosenalis hy laoigois hy leig one of the seven cantreds of the territory of ui fhaighe 1160ad gilla na naomh hua duinn bard to the leinster kings is he based at tinnahinch the seat of the dunnes
1173 following the example of dermod maccarthy mor king of south munster he made henry ii king of England a tender of his submission on the banks of the suir
Woe worth that hour woe worth that day that cost the freedom of the gael
And shame to those who broke the trust in them reposed by inis fail
1186ad king Henry the Second of England, Anno Domini one thousand one hundred and eighty-six.
Anno Mundi three thousand five hundred, to their submission to the Crown of England in the person of King Henry the Second; who, being also of the Milesian Race by Maude, his mother, was lineally descended from Fergus M?r MacEarca, first King of Scotland, who was descended from the said Heremon - so that the succession may be truly said to continue in the Milesian Blood from before Christ one thousand six hundred and ninety-nine years down to the present time
113. Teige: his son.
114. Awly (2): his son.
115. Awly (2): his son.
116. Donoch: his son.
117. Roger: his son; was the first who assumed the surname O'Doyne.
118. Leinach: his son.
119. Teige (Thady or Thadeus): his son.
1306 amlaich oduinn chief of ui riacain was slain by ui dimusaig and by the foreigners barony of tinnahinch parish of clonaslee and rosenallis queens county laois leix hy laoghois territory later hy leigh tinnahinch one of the seven cantreds of the principality of ophaley ofaley queens county now offaly queens county is laois not offaly should this not be laois
1329 annals on vigil of saint mary Magdalene the odempseys and oduinns made an incursion into
the territory of deleighlinn oconnor when 200 of the former and 60 of the latter were killed
1365 Odungan topographical poems
let us proceed westwards to ui failghe
to whom the heroic oaks bend
of their rights I speak their tribes I commemorate
the obrogarbhais of towland the clann chionaoith (Kenny)
the clann conchobair oconnors they spend their land on knowledge
the oduinns and the dionnsaighs dempseys
1379 oduinn namely chief of ui reagain ui riagain hy regan lords of iregan queens county laois was killed in treachery by his own kinsmen david odoyne succeeded by rory lord of ui riagain hyregan lord of iregan tinnahinch castle residence of chief barony of tinnahinch parish of clonaslee and rosenallis queens county laois hy regan riagain oregan tinnahinch one of the seven cantreds of the principality of ophaley ofaley queens county now offaly check offaly or laois hy laoighois territory hy leigh and hy breasail
1391 book of ballymote bard of leinster gilla na naomh dunnes poems
1394 by faelan macgaghann book of ui mhaine hy many kellys dinshenchas
1408 annals of clonmacnoise being annals of ireland from the earliest period to ad 1408ad
1420 Ohuidhruns over ui riagain of heavy routs a vigourous tribe who conquers in battle is oduinn chief of demolition hero of the golden battle spears spews
1427 rory odoyne died see 1379
Lenagh odoyne castle of castlebrack or toghsulerhalt abode of tanist
dunne of brittas chief of ui regan
Oduinn of tara branch
Tomb of the oduinn family churchyard of killeigh near tullamore in kings county see coat of arms and heraldic emblem
1475 tadhg oduinn minor gaelic lord fl 1475ad records a diverse collection of apocryphal hagiographic romantic and mythological material assembled cheek by jowl old parish of rearymore east of clonaslee by tadhg macloighnigh ui duinn principal castle baun riaganach of dunnes one mile south of tinnahinch (tigh na innse house of the island) bridge beside river barrow
120. Teige (2): his son; chief of his name; married to Margaret, daughter of Shane O'Neill.
121. Teige (3): his son; had a brother named Brian.
122. Teige O'Doyne, of Castlebrack, Queen's County: his son; prince of Iregon, and chief of his name; was living in 1593; had five sons, and a brother named Tirlogh, who was the ancestor of Dunn of Ards.
1489 oheerins account of the seven territories in ancient ofalia accurate record ancient ossory
The lord of ofalia land of cattle a feat not unknown to poets is oconnor hero of the plain (ofaly is the levellest plain in all Ireland) around the green hill of cruachan (1.) Of the people of this wide plain let me treat of the chiefs what host is richer than they over the fair lands of ofalia over the hy-regan of the heavy onslaughts a vigourous band who rout in battle rules odunn chief of demolition (2.) hero of golden battle spears lances another chief to me well known ohennesy rules over clar colgan fair his country beyond Irelands territories which borders on the grass (3.) of cruachan over tuath da moy of the beauteous bulwark reign omulkene of the rich heath delightful his smooth tuath of moy (4.) its border like the land of promise the bright tuath geisell is possessed by a chief on the half border of leinster (5.) whose tairn (troop) goes as a fierce string (tairn) his name is ohamirgin mergin over moy aoife of the warm plains omirragham is lord of the tuath the man (hero vir) who lives near green fidh gaibhle (6.) what country is faster against incursions clann malura over every tribe noble the doings (step) of their septs their land a smooth plian protection of the harbour (7) a land hereditary to odempsey delicious the land as heard afar (as old) the tuath liege of the bright plains (field) okelly of liege on the east of the strand (traigh) is the spouse of this plain of the knotty yews (of dells and yews) from ofalia of ancient lands we next approach leix in leinster
1547 forces of anthony st leger the lord chief justice built a fortification around baun riaganach in order to oppose the oconnors and omoores
16th mid century official orders dunne sept specially mentioned as hostile and dangerous to the English interest ui failge noted as one of the last review the kings county or offaly –the administrative county 1556 – 1920 established with the lands of the oconnor faly the principal private family
1556 the plantation of leix and offaly offaly-the administrative county
1557 act of parliament set up the kings county in 1557ad only the east part of tullamore was shired
ie the territory of the oconnors and the odempseys the country of the odempseys was
parcelled out into two counties and the river barrow made the border of the kings and queens
county on the southeast philipstown daingean became the county town for kings which
despite the poor land on which it was built made some sense as it was in the centre of the new
county kings county the administrative county
1558 thadhg oduinn oduin lord of ui riagain hy regan laois dooregan oregan orosnolis
1563 Map shows dunne castle baun riaganach near source of the river barrow believed west side of the river as a field on the east side known as the mill field
17th century odoyne oduinn dunne brown
1605 the territory south of birr the land of the ocarroll known as the territory of ely o carroll the
baronies of ballybrit and clonlisk was incorporated in the kings county of offaly in 1605ad ely
carroll was part of ancient munster
1607 thadhg oduinn oduin lord of ui riagan hy regan queens county laois dies two sons Charles and
Thady
1609 january 10th teige logha surrendered his territory to the king fitzgerald country eastern
Glenmalire
the odoyne manuscripts oduinn archbishop marsh library shelf 2 4.2.19
1610 march teige logha obtained a regrant of land considerably less that what he surrendered
Charles was not impressed
1615 liber regalis visitationis of 1615 which states dua sunt rectoriae in patrica vocata oduns county d?tente in possessione doctoris dun ipse recipit decrmas sed mullus comparcut curaties as responded pro servus ecclesiae ideo fructus sequestrantur the two rectories are set down in the margin as oreagan et rosnolis
1617 may 17th Charles doyne died no heirs
1622 the plantation of leix and offaly completed 1556-1622
Barnaby og took part in the confederate wars 1641-1649
1653 baun riaganach castle occupied by Charles dunne possibly the catholic son of Barnaby og was attacked blown up by cromwellian forces under colonel hewson very strong resistance from Charles resulted in colonel hewson using a full part of artillery to level the castle
Another Branch:
121. Brian: son of Teige (120 above)
122. Barnaby: his son.
123. Terence: his son.
124. Edward: his son.
125. Francis: his son.
126. General Edward: his son.
127. Le Colonel Francis Dunn: his son.
Dunn of Ards:
122. Tirlogh: son of Teige (3) (121 above).
123. John, of Kilvavan: his son; next in remainder to the estate of Castlebrack, in case of the extinction of the line of his elder brother Teige (Deed 21st Feb., 1616.)
124. Terence (or Tirlogh), of Kilvavan, afterwards of Ards, in the Queen's Co.: his son; died 1680.
125. John, of Ards: his son; died 1726
126. Terence, of Ards: his son.
127. Lawrence: his second son; whose elder brother Terence died without issue.
128. James, of Ards: son of Lawrence; died in 1841; had two brothers - 1. John, 2. Lawrence.
129. Rev. John Dunn, of Ards: son of James; living in 1847.
130. Terence Dunn: his son.
looking for any information on the above genealogy by giolla na naomh hua duinn either the time lines or the families named
liam hua duinn
Sunday 24th Feb 2013, 11:09AMMessage Board Replies
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Hello,
Is there a source document available for these poems.
The Topographical Poems of John O'Dubhagain and Giolla na Naomh O'Huidhrin, ed. John O'Donovan (Dublin, 1862).
Die f?nfzehn Namen des Boyne [A ?csiu F?il f?gam sein], ed. Kuno Meyer, Zeitschrift f?r celtische Philologie 8 (1912) 105–106.
The Metrical Dindshenchas, Volume 1, 2, 3, 4
I am particularly interested in the quote following the background information on Heremon. Specifically, I am interested in the very last couple of lines which I have bolded below.
Here is the quote from this forum post:
"37. Heremon: his son. He and his eldest brother Heber were, jointly, the first Milesian Monarchs of Ireland; they began to reign, A.M. 3,500, or, Before Christ, 1699.
Tony lee perrigan from 37 on
Heremon his son and his eldest brother heber were jointly the first milesian monarchs of Ireland this is either a written record from this poem or a deduction from varioius gaelic sources
They began to reign am 3500 or before Christ 1699 is conjecture aka ussher calculation of the bible story---this is gaelic calculation of the gaelige story—going back approximately on average 30 years for every generation
dinshenchus
1160ad giolla na naomh hua duinn topographical poems on erin 261-263
65a mag ndumach
the land of ui failge the warriors soil the highway once trodden by an illustrious concorse a region of brave man makers of song home of one of the two peoples of populous leinster life lege prosperous lechet reire rechet level ross mor rairui in ui failge geisille known for brightness of sore battlefields geashill in kings county offaly and level mur da maige plain and moorland moorland and wood wood and moorland moorland and plain fork and blue spear swift wounding blue swift wounding spear and shining fork
eremon and proud eber were stirred by hasty valour ready in arms concerning the division the kings had made it endures with their children after them they essayed together the division of erin by measure of spear shafts including three ridges shining treasures with a cantred to each of the three druim cresaig the fief of mighty maine druim bethach dowered with excellence druim fingin in great munster root cause of sorrow for that reason because it was not just said eber he deemed it too little to have but one of the hills with all their rash resplendent exploits while two went with the northern land said eremon undaunted in the midst of his trusty gaels that it was no cause of an inferior line he would never yield a new division said eber for he was not backward i will brook no denial for i am no craven unless division be made to my advantage battle shall be waged instead battle shalt thou have within a month from now quoth eremon by tax of blood as far as tochar eter da mag and the skirts of bridam no idle errand eber mustered his men from the south with his force of fighters at his back with the host of the fierce southern land from ath cliath to loch lein eremon arose in his wrath in the midst of the shining gaels from srub brain to bri molt right early from cruach aigle to loch cuan so the two kings met in the land where the hosts assembled the battle was broken southward for the northern force was stronger the great causeway between two plains with its dyke east of the road did eber son of mil betray of his grave the tale is told the crowded highway of king lugaid mag dumach of the bands that own it by right after slaughter of armies many are the stony grave mounds therein now turned to ramparts the spot where the noble king was slain before it was known as stony mag dumach bore the name mag tendias place of groans with much noise of voices and shouting in the strife fell palap son of eremon the noble in all lands by the hand of conmael son of mighty eber after coming from water to land
heremon and heber survivors of milesius divided the country between them one took north one took south quarrelled heber slain heremon reigns odba was eremon first wife he left her behind in spain but she followed him with her three sons to ireland
gathelus line of zerah zarah redhand with the scarlett cord thread of the tribe of judah of the four sons of gede the heremon only the line of irial continued to rule from tara"
tony lee perrigan
this is not in the denshenchas poem
it is an addition
off the record –
this attribute is given to the uncles of breoghan the father of milesius who travelled to Ireland and it is said populated the north after heber was slain and the land divided by heremon ---although the sons of odbas line have to be traced also
After reading this poem, I have the following questions:
1)What is the name of this particular poem 65a mag ndumach .
2) Does the last line of this particular poem, which is bolded, suggest that the Milesians were descended from the Israelite tribe of Judah?
Tony lee perrigan no
First the bolded section--it is an add on to the poem –it is not part of the poem
There were 8 sons of mil who came over to conquer Ireland—the first two sons heremon and heber are only mentioned in the text above
When heremon was left with the whole territory of Ireland it was he who subdivided it up and in that subdivision he gave lands to various named individuals and from these it is deduced that there is a line related to the tribe of Judah—but you will have to study it carefully to deduce the link--plus see below
3) Who is Gathelus? Is this another name attributed to Miledh-Golamh-Milesius?
According to an Irish and Scottish medieval tradition, Go?del Glas (Latinised as Gathelus) is the creator of the Goidelic languages and the eponymous ancestor of the Gaels.
The tradition can be traced to the 11th-century Lebor Gab?la ?renn. A Scottish variant is due to John of Fordun (d. 1384).
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Lebor Gab?la ?renn[edit]
The narrative in the Lebor Gab?la ?renn is a fictional account of the origin of the Gaels as the descendants of the Scythian prince F?nius Farsaid, one of seventy-two chieftains who built the Tower of Babel. Go?del Glas was the son of Nel (son of F?nius) and Scota (daughter of a Pharaoh of Egypt).[1] Go?del Glas is credited with the creation of Gaelic (proto-Irish language) from the original seventy-two languages that arose at the time of the confusion of tongues.[2] His descendants, the Gaels, undergo a series of trials and tribulations that are clearly modelled on those of the Israelites in the Old Testament. They flourish in Egypt at the time of Moses and leave during the Exodus; they wander the world for 440 years before eventually settling in the Iberian Peninsula. There, Go?del's descendant Breog?n founds a city called Brigantia, and builds a tower from the top of which his son ?th glimpses Ireland. Brigantia refers to Corunna in Galicia (which was then known as Brigantium)[3] and Breog?n's tower is likely based on the Tower of Hercules (which was built at Corunna by the Romans).[4]
An interesting anecdote in the LGE tells how Gaidel Glas, son of Nel (Keating: Niul), was cured of a serpent's sting when Moses made fervent prayer and touched his rod upon the lad's wound.[5] An inserted verse in an earlier passage says of Gaidel: "green were his arms and his vesture".[6] O'Clery's redaction of the Lebor Gab?la adds that the snake bite left a green ring on the boy, from which he earned his nickname of Gaidel Glas (meaning "Green").[7] Keating also repeats this quoting a glossarial verse, although he prefaces it with an alternate derivation of the nickname from the word for lock (Irish: glas)[8][9]
John of Fordun[edit]
Scota (left) with Go?del Glas (right) voyaging from Egypt, as depicted in a 15th-century manuscript of theScotichronicon of Walter Bower; in this version Scota and Go?del Glas (Latinized as Gaythelos) are wife and husband.
A Scottish version of the tale of Go?del Glas and Scota was recorded by John of Fordun. This is apparently not based on the main Irish Lebor Gab?la account. Fordun refers to multiple sources, and his version is taken to be an attempt to synthesise these multiple accounts into a single history.
In Fordun's version, Gaythelos, as he calls Go?del Glas, is the son of "a certain king of the countries of Greece, Neolus, or Heolaus, by name", who was exiled to Egypt and took service with the Pharaoh, marrying Pharaoh's daughter Scota. Various accounts of how Gaythelos came to be expelled from Egypt—by a revolt following the death of Pharaoh and his army in the Red Sea, pursuing Moses, or in terror from the Plagues of Egypt, or after an invasion by Ethiopians—are given, but the upshot is that Gaythelos and Scota are exiled together with Greek and Egyptian nobles, and they settle in Hispania after wandering for many years. In the Iberian Peninsula they settle in the land's northwest corner, at a place called Brigancia (the city of A Coru?a, that the Romans knew as Brigantium).
I am currently studying the Irish language and history, tony lee perrigan good to hear you are
but, I am still just a beginner. Snap I am in the same boat but I am studying it from an english oral and written context
Therefore, I would really appreciate if anyone could enlighten me on the questions posed. We all would be delighted if we could be enlightened but since nobody is helping you will have to do it yourself
Also, if you could inform me of whether or not there is a source document available from which I can obtain a scanned copy of this particular poem. See above listings and below
The Topographical Poems of John O'Dubhagain and Giolla na Naomh O'Huidhrin, ed. John O'Donovan (Dublin, 1862).
There is an additional text that relates to the duinn territory and it can be found in the marsh library from memory its the oduinn manuscript held by them
Thank you! I really appreciate your time and assistance, delighted to help but on one provisio only that should you get more information on your studies especially on ancient irish history in the english vernacular you let me know post haste
Slan tamall go raibh maith agat
liam hua duinn
Thursday 19th Feb 2015, 09:46AM
