The Dal Fiachrach Suighe ( en, Seed of Fiachra Suighe) were an

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lineage claiming descent from Fiachra Suighe (also spelled Fiacha Suidhe), the youngest of six sons of

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. His oldest brother was the legendary High King

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. They are the ancestors of the

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and the

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(later known as the Dál gCais). Fiachra's great-great-great-great grandsons, the four sons of Art Corb, were expelled from Tara, a story told in ''

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''. One group, led by Eochaid Allmhuir, settled in

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c. 270,, ''The Expulsion of the Dessi'' while the second group eventually settled among the

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of south Munster. These events have been tied to Irish pirate raids all over the west coast of

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in the 4th and 5th centuries and to the foundation of the Irish kingdoms of

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and

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around 400.

Citations

References

* "The Déisi and Dyfed", T. Ó Cathasigh, Eigse, vol. XX, 1984, p. 1-33. * "The Vita tripartita of St. Patrick", Eoin MacNeill, Eriu 11, 1932, p. 1-41. * *Miller, Molly, 1977/8 'Date-Guessing and Dyfed', ''Studia Celtica'' 12/13, pp. 33–61. * * * "The Dual Nature of Irish Colonization of Dyfed in the Dark Ages", Bruce Coplestone-Crow, Studia Celtica, vols. 16/17, 1981/82, pages 1–24. * "The Irish Settlements in Wales", Myles Dillon, Celtica, Vol. XII, 1977, pages 1–11. {{Connachta Irish families