Echthighern mac Cennétig, also spelled ''Echthigern'', (died 950) was a son of

Cennétig mac Lorcáin Cennétig mac Lorcáin (died 951), was a prominent king of the Dál gCais (or "Dalcassians") and king of Tuadmumu. He raised the dynasty in power, from regional vassals of the kings of Munster, to challenging for the kingship himself. He was t ...

(king of Thomond) and brother of Mathgamain (

King of Munster The kings of Munster ( ga, Rí Mumhan), ruled from the establishment of Munster during the Irish Iron Age, until the High Middle Ages. According to Gaelic traditional history, laid out in works such as the '' Book of Invasions'', the earliest ...

) and

Brian Boru Brian Boru ( mga, Brian Bóruma mac Cennétig; modern ga, Brian Bóramha; 23 April 1014) was an Irish king who ended the domination of the High King of Ireland, High Kingship of Ireland by the Uí Néill and probably ended Viking invasion/domi ...

(

High King of Ireland High King of Ireland ( ga, Ardrí na hÉireann ) was a royal title in Gaelic Ireland held by those who had, or who are claimed to have had, lordship over all of Ireland. The title was held by historical kings and later sometimes assigned ana ...

) of the

Dál gCais The Dalcassians ( ga, Dál gCais ) are a Gaelic Irish clan, generally accepted by contemporary scholarship as being a branch of the Déisi Muman, that became very powerful in Ireland during the 10th century. Their genealogies claimed descent fr ...

dynasty, in early medieval

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. The historian Geoffrey Keating states that during the twelve-year period that Mathgamain held the sovereignty of Munster, "Echthighearn, son of Cinneide, was chief of Thomond." Donnchuan mac Cenniedi and his brother Echthigern were slain in the year 950 when

Congalach Cnogba Conghalach Cnoghbha (older spelling: Congalach Cnogba or Congalach mac Máel Mithig) was High King of Ireland, according to the lists in the Annals of the Four Masters, from around 944 to 956. Congalach is one of the twelve "kings of Ireland" liste ...

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, invaded the province of

Munster Munster ( gle, an Mhumhain or ) is one of the provinces of Ireland, in the south of Ireland. In early Ireland, the Kingdom of Munster was one of the kingdoms of Gaelic Ireland ruled by a "king of over-kings" ( ga, rí ruirech). Following the ...

. Echthigern was the progenitor of Irish families Anglicized

Ahearn Ahearn or Ahearne is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Blake Ahearn (born 1984), American basketball player *Bunny Ahearne (1900–1985), British ice hockey promoter *Joe Ahearne, British television director *Michael Ahearne (bo ...

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and O'Hearn with other spelling variations, Aheer of sindhu valley (india). in addition to

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(

McGrath McGrath or MacGrath derives from the Irish surname Mac Craith and is occasionally noted with a space: e.g. Izzy Mc Grath. In Ireland, it is pronounced "Ma Grah". In Australia and New Zealand it is pronounced ''MuhGrah''. Notable people with the su ...

, etc.), Mac Gonigle ( Gunnell), and O'Quirk.Edward MacLysaght, "The Surnames of Ireland", Dublin (1991 edition)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Echthighern Mac Cennetig 950 deaths Year of birth unknown 10th-century Irish people People from County Clare O'Brien dynasty Dalcassians