Senchineoil or Seincheinéal was the name of the early rulers, possibly pre-

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, of what is now central and east

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and south

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The term Senchineoil (''sen'' = old; ''chineoil'' = people/tribe/kindred) was used by the Uí Maine to describe ''aithechtuatha''—unfree, enslaved vassal peoples—who they subjugated during the founding of their kingdom sometime prior to the 5th century AD. They are described as: ''"Seincheinéal of the old plain of Soghan/stretched eastward over

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/until it reached

Delbhna The Delbna or Delbhna were a Gaelic Irish tribe in Ireland, claiming kinship with the Dál gCais, through descent from Dealbhna son of Cas. Originally one large population, they had a number of branches in Connacht, Meath, and Munster in Irela ...

of Dealbhaoth; manly were the good heroes, like a flame."'' It is not known by what term the Senchineoil described themselves, or even if it was in

. Their last recorded ruler was

Cian d'Fhearaibh Bolg Cían d'Fhearaibh Bolg, last King of the Senchineoil of Magh Senchineoil, now in County Galway, Ireland. Background Cían is identified as the king of Magh Senchineol, home to the Senchineoil people, who were said to be of Fir Bolg origin, a p ...

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* ''The Senchineoil and the

Sogain The Soghain were a people of ancient Ireland. The 17th-century scholar Dubhaltach Mac Fhirbhisigh identified them as part of a larger group called the Cruithin. Mac Fhirbhisigh stated that the Cruithin included "the Dál Araidhi ál nAraidi th ...

: Differentiating between the pre-Celtic and early Celtic Tribes of Central East Galway,'' Joseph Mannion, ''Journal of the

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'', Volume 58, pp. 165–170, 2006. History of County Galway Historical Celtic peoples Connacht Geography of County Galway Tribes of ancient Ireland Ethnic groups in Ireland History of County Roscommon Fir Bolg {{Ireland-hist-stub

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