|
Finshnechta Mac Maele Corcrai
The Kings of Luighne Connacht were rulers of the people and kingdom of Luighne Connacht, located in what is now County Mayo and County Sligo, Ireland. The southern area was originally known as Gailenga but by the 12th-century called Sliabh Lugha. After the Anglo-Norman conquest of Connacht, it was known as the barony of Gallen, and ruled by the clan Mac Siúrtáin until the early 17th century. The northern area, lying in south-west County Sligo, retained the name Luighne. The families of Ó hEaghra, Ó Gadhra and Devlin of Connacht descend from rulers of the kingdoms. King list * Taichleach mac Cenn Faeladh, d. 728/734. * Dunghalach mac Taithleach, d. 771. * Tuathchar mac Cobhthach, d. 846. * Finshnechta mac Maele Corcrai, d. 879. * Dobhailen mac Gormghus, eponym of the Ó Dobhailen clan, d. 885. * Uathmarán mac Dobhailéin, d. 920. * Eaghra Poprigh mac Saorghus, d. 926. * Maol Da Bhonna mac Dobhailen and Muirchertach mac Eaghra, d. 928. * Domhnall mac Gadhra, ''slain'' 93 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luighne Connacht
Luighne Connacht was a territory located in north-central Connacht, on the borders of what is now County Mayo and County Sligo, Ireland. Origin The Luighne were a people, originally found in Brega, south of Kells in what is now County Meath. The baronies of Lune in Meath, and Leyney in Sligo, were called after them. According to Lambert McKenna (pp.xvi-xvii): ''"heyprobably acquired their land in Connacht as a reward for military service rendered to the tribes which had victoriously invaded that part of the country. Their migration ... and their settlement in Connacht are constantly referred to in the poems of this book" (see The Book of O'Hara) "and are the chief subject of the story of the Battle of Crionna; it evidently remained a very lively tradition among them even down to late times."'' According to this story, the Luighne accompanied Tadhg mac Cian, who ''"The genealogists brought Tadc and his descendants from Éli in northern Munster, but since we find the Luign ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
O'Hara (surname)
O'Hara is the Anglicized form of the Irish name ''Ó hEaghra''. The death of the eponym – Eaghra Poprigh mac Saorghus, lord of Luighne, in Connaught – is mentioned in the ''Annals of the Four Masters'' in 926. Notable people with the surname: * Aidan O'Hara (born 1964), Irish diplomat *Barratt O'Hara (1882–1969), American politician * Bernard O'Hara (born 1945), Irish historian *Catherine O'Hara (born 1954), Canadian actress *Charles O'Hara (1740–1802), British military officer *Charles O'Hara, 1st Baron Tyrawley (1650–1724), Irish soldier *Dane O'Hara, New Zealand rugby league footballer *David O'Hara (born 1965), British actor * Dorothea Warren O'Hara (1873–1972), American ceramic artist *Eddie O'Hara (politician) (1937–2016), British politician *Edwin Vincent O'Hara (1881–1956), American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church * Éilis Ni Dhuibhne (Elisabeth O'Hara; born 1954), Irish novelist *Frank O'Hara (1926–1966), American poet *Gerald Patrick Aloysius O' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lists Of Irish Monarchs
A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby union club Other uses * Angle of list, the leaning to either port or starboard of a ship * List (information), an ordered collection of pieces of information ** List (abstract data type), a method to organize data in computer science * List on Sylt, previously called List, the northernmost village in Germany, on the island of Sylt * ''List'', an alternative term for ''roll'' in flight dynamics * To ''list'' a building, etc., in the UK it means to designate it a listed building that may not be altered without permission * Lists (jousting), the barriers used to designate the tournament area where medieval knights jousted * ''The Book of Lists'', an American series of books with unusual lists See also * The List (other) * Listing (di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis John Byrne
Francis John Byrne (1934 – 30 December 2017) was an Irish historian. Born in Shanghai where his father, a Dundalk man, captained a ship on the Yellow River, Byrne was evacuated with his mother to Australia on the outbreak of World War II. After the war, his mother returned to Ireland, where his father, who had survived internment in Japanese hands, returned to take up work as a harbour master. Byrne attended Blackrock College in County Dublin where he learned Latin and Greek, to add to the Chinese he had learned in his Shanghai childhood. He studied Early Irish History at University College Dublin where he excelled, graduating with first class honours. He studied Paleography and Medieval Latin in Germany, and then lectured on Celtic languages in Sweden, before returning to University College in 1964 to take up a professorship. Byrne's best known work is his ''Irish Kings and High-Kings'' (1973). He was joint editor of the Royal Irish Academy's ''New History of Ireland'' (9 v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ó HEaghra Chief Of The Name
Ó, ó ( o-acute) is a letter in the Czech, Emilian-Romagnol, Faroese, Hungarian, Icelandic, Kashubian, Polish, Slovak, and Sorbian languages. This letter also appears in the Afrikaans, Catalan, Dutch, Irish, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Occitan, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian and Galician languages as a variant of letter "o". In some cases, The Letter "ó" is used in some languages as in a high rising tone (e.g. Vietnamese) It is sometimes also used in English for loanwords. Usage in various languages Chinese In Chinese pinyin ó is the ''yángpíng'' tone (阳平, high-rising tone) of "o". Czech and Slovak Ó is the 24th letter of the Czech alphabet and the 28th letter of the Slovak alphabet. It represents . Dutch In Dutch, the acute Ó accent is used to mark different meanings for words, for example and ("for" / "before"), or and ("to occur" / "to prevent"). Emilian-Romagnol In Emilian, ó is used to represent e.g. ''sótt'' otː"dry". In Romagnol, ó is used to repres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eaghra Poprigh Mac Saorghus
Eaghra Poprigh mac Saorghus (died 926) was eponym and ancestor of the clan Ó hEaghra, King of Luighne Connacht. Ancestry Eaghra Poprigh mac Saorghus was a member of the Gailenga people of north Connacht. They were originally from the kingdom of Brega on the east coast of Ireland. Dubhaltach Mac Fhirbhisigh (665.5., pp. 654–665) gives his pedigree as: * ''Eaghra Paiprigh, from whom are Ui Eaghra, s. Saorghus s. Béac s. Flaithgheas, from whom are Clann Flaithgheasa, s. Taichleach (aforementioned) s. Ceann Faoladh s. Diarmuid s. Fionnbharr s. Bréanainn s. Nad Fraoich s. Fidhsheang (or Finnéan, or Idhéan, or Fidhean, or Iodhan) s. Fiodhchuire, from whom are Ui Fhiodhchuire, s. Airtchearb s. Nia Corb s. Loí, from whom are Luighne, s. Cormac Gaileang s. Tadhg.'' The last name is that of Tadhg mac Cian, described at 660.6 (pp. 646–647) as the son of Cian, son of Ailill Aulom. Cian is given as the son of Sadhbh inion Conn Cétchathach (661.1, pp. 646–647). A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eponym
An eponym is a person, a place, or a thing after whom or which someone or something is, or is believed to be, named. The adjectives which are derived from the word eponym include ''eponymous'' and ''eponymic''. Usage of the word The term ''eponym'' functions in multiple related ways, all based on an explicit relationship between two named things. A person, place, or thing named after a particular person share an eponymous relationship. In this way, Elizabeth I of England is the eponym of the Elizabethan era. When Henry Ford is referred to as "the ''eponymous'' founder of the Ford Motor Company", his surname "Ford" serves as the eponym. The term also refers to the title character of a fictional work (such as Rocky Balboa of the Rocky film series, ''Rocky'' film series), as well as to ''self-titled'' works named after their creators (such as the album The Doors (album), ''The Doors'' by the band the Doors). Walt Disney created the eponymous The Walt Disney Company, Walt Disney Com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devlin (surname)
O'Devlin ( ga, Ó Doibhlin) is the surname of a Gaelic Irish family of the Uí Néill who were chiefs in the far northeastern of the present-day County of Tyrone, bordering on Lough Neagh and the Ballinderry River. The O'Develins claimed a common descent from Develin (in Irish: ''Dobhuilen'' or "Raging Valour", an Irish noble of the royal blood of Aileach who flourished in or about the eighth century AD and was eighth in descent from Owen, the founder of the clan). Develin was a scion of that branch of the clan Owen known as the Sons of Erca (''Cenel Mic Erca'') because of their descent from Muirchertach Mac Erca, grandson of Owen. Origins variants (Anglicized form of Irish Ó Dobhailéin 'descendant of Dobhailéan') A personal name probably from a diminutive of dobhail "unlucky" or "unfortunate". Alternative spellings of the name are Develon, Develin, Devolin, Devlin, Deveyn, Devellen, Dobhilen, Dobhailen, Dobhailean, Dobhalen, Doibhilen, Doibhelen, Doibhilein, Dhoibhilein, D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ó Gadhra
Ó Gadhra or O'Gara is an Ireland, Irish surname which originated in the kingdom of Luighne Connacht. Variants include Garry (surname), Garry, Geary (surname), Geary, Gerry, and Guiry (other), Guiry. Irish Names and Surnames', pp. 100. Patrick Woulfe, Dublin : M. H. Gill, 1922 Background The first O'Garas were descendants of the Gailenga people. Their descendants were located in Sliabh Lugha (later known as the Barony (Ireland), barony of Gallen (barony), Gallen), the southern part of the territory ruled by the Kings of Luighne Connacht. In the 13th century they were expelled from the area (by the Clan Mac Siúrtáin) and moved to Cul Ui Fionn, later known as the barony of Coolavin, County Sligo. Notable bearers of the name * Domhnall mac Gadhra, King of Luighne Connacht, died 931. * Toichleach Ua Gadhra, King of Gailenga, died 964. * Donn Sléibhe Ua Gadhra, King of Sliabh Lugha, died 1181. * Ruaidrí Ó Gadhra, last King of Sliabh Lugha, died 1256. * Ruaidri Ó Gadhr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mac Siúrtáin
Mac Siúrtáin, aka Mac Jordan and ''Jordan'', is the name of a Connacht family of Hiberno-Norman, Norman-Irish origins. Ancestry The family take their name from the Norman knight, Jordan de Exeter, whose descendants became known as Mac Siúrtáin - the Irish language, Gaelic form of Jordan - and were based in County Mayo. The de Exeter's were originally from the town of Exeter, Devon, and are recorded in Dublin and County Meath, Meath from the 1230s onwards. They included Henry de Exeter, Mayor of Dublin c.1240-41; Michael d'Exeter, Bishop of Ossory 1289-1302; Richard de Exeter, killed 1287; Sir Richard de Exeter, died 1327; and Sir Stephen de Exeter, fl. 1280-1316. Mac Jordan of Gallen The descendants of Jordan de Exeter settled in Connacht, mainly in what is now County Mayo. The territory they conquered, Barony of Gallen, Gailenga (later known as the Barony (Ireland), barony of Gallen (barony), Gallen), was the southern part of Luighne (also known as Barony of Costello, Sli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County Mayo
County Mayo (; ga, Contae Mhaigh Eo, meaning "Plain of the Taxus baccata, yew trees") is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. In the West Region, Ireland, West of Ireland, in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Connacht, it is named after the village of Mayo, County Mayo, Mayo, now generally known as Mayo Abbey. Mayo County Council is the Local government in the Republic of Ireland, local authority. The population was 137,231 at the 2022 census of Ireland, 2022 census. The boundaries of the county, which was formed in 1585, reflect the Mac William Íochtar lordship at that time. Geography It is bounded on the north and west by the Atlantic Ocean; on the south by County Galway; on the east by County Roscommon; and on the northeast by County Sligo. Mayo is the third-largest of Ireland's 32 counties in area and 18th largest in terms of population. It is the second-largest of Connacht's five counties in both size and population. Mayo has of coastline, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clan
A clan is a group of people united by actual or perceived kinship and descent. Even if lineage details are unknown, clans may claim descent from founding member or apical ancestor. Clans, in indigenous societies, tend to be endogamous, meaning that their members can marry one another. Clans preceded more centralized forms of community organization and government, and exist in every country. Members may identify with a coat of arms or other symbol to show that they are an . Kinship-based groups may also have a symbolic ancestor, whereby the clan shares a "stipulated" common ancestor who serves as a symbol of the clan's unity. Etymology The English word "clan" is derived from old Irish meaning "children", "offspring", "progeny" or "descendants"; it is not from the word for "family" or "clan" in either Irish or Scottish Gaelic. According to the ''Oxford English Dictionary'', the word "clan" was introduced into English in around 1425, as a descriptive label for the organization ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
