The Southern Uí Néill (, ) were a branch of the

Uí Néill The Uí Néill (; meaning "descendants of Niall") are Irish dynasties that claim descent from Niall Noígíallach (Niall of the Nine Hostages), a historical King of Tara who is believed to have died around c. 405. They are generally divided ...

dynasty that invaded and settled in the Kingdom of Mide and its associated kingdoms. Two sons of Niall Noigiallach, Lóegaire () and Coirpre (), initially led the dynasty. As did their immediate descendants. However, after the murder of Túathal Máelgarb in about 544, it was left to another branch of the family descended from another of Niall's sons – Conall Cremthainne – to continue Uí Néill expansion and consolidate their position. No descendants of either

Lugaid mac Lóegairi Lugaid mac Lóegairi (died ) was a High King of Ireland. He was a grandson of Niall of the Nine Hostages. One of the supposed twelve sons of Lóegaire mac Néill, his mother was Angias, a daughter of (Ailill) Tassach of the Uí Liatháin. Compare ...

or Túathal Máelgarb are recorded. Just as their kinsmen the

Northern Uí Néill The Northern Uí Néill was any of several dynasties in north-western medieval Ireland that claimed descent from a common ancestor, Niall of the Nine Hostages. Other dynasties in central and eastern Ireland who also claimed descent from Niall ar ...

split into two main branches, so too did the Southern Uí Néill, both being descended from sons of Diarmait mac Cerbaill, Colmán Már and Áed Sláine. The former was the progenitor of the Clann Cholmáin, while the latter was the eponymous ancestor of the Síl nÁedo Sláine. Clann Cholmáin ruled the kingdom of Mide, while Síl nÁedo Sláine were

Kings of Brega The Kings of Brega were rulers of Brega, a petty kingdom north of Dublin in medieval Ireland. Overview Brega took its name from ' ('), meaning "fine plain", in modern County Meath, County Louth and County Dublin, Ireland. They formed part of th ...

. According to ''A Dictionary of British and Irish History'' (2020), the "last effective high‐king of the Southern Uí Néill" was Conchobar Ua Máel Sechlainn. A member of the "Clann Cholmáin dynasty of the Uí Néill", he died .

Southern Uí Néill family tree

Niall Noigíallach, d. 450/455? , , _________________________________________________________ , , , , , , Coirpre Lóegaire Conall Cremthainne , , , , , , Cormac Cáech Lugaid Fergus Cerball , d. 507 , , , Túathal Máelgarb Diarmait mac Cerbaill, died 565. died 544/549. , ________________________________________, ______________________ , , , , , , Colmán Már, d.555/8 Colmán Bec, d. 587. Áed Sláine, d.604. , , , , Clann Cholmáin dynasty Síl nÁedo Sláine dynasty

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Southern Uí Néill family tree

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