The Uí Garrchon were the principal sub-sept of the
Dál Messin Corb, who were the ruling dynasty of
Leinster
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,
Ireland
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for much of the fifth century. Their main opponents outside of
Leinster
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were the
nascent Uí Néill
The Uí Néill (Irish pronunciation: ; meaning "descendants of Niall") are Irish dynasties who claim descent from Niall Noígíallach (Niall of the Nine Hostages), a historical King of Tara who died c. 405. They are generally divided into t ...
. Their known kings include:
*
Driccriu
*
Cilline mac Rónain
*
Marcán mac Cilline
*
Fincath mac Garrchu, died 485
*
Fráech mac Finchada, died 495
See also
*
Uí Enechglaiss
The Ui Enechglaiss were a dynasty attested in 5th-century Ireland, who provided some of the early kings of Laigin.
Background
The dynasty were initially based on the plains of Kildare around Naas, (Devane, 2005, believes that they were based ...
References
* Byrne, Francis John, ''Irish Kings and High-Kings'' Batsford, London, 1973.
* ''Ireland, 400-800'', pp. 188, by
Dáibhí Ó Cróinín
Dáibhí Iarla Ó Cróinín (born 29 August 1954) is an Irish historian and authority on Hiberno-Latin texts, noted for his significant mid-1980s discovery in a manuscript in Padua of the "lost" Irish 84-year Easter table. Ó Cróinín was Prof ...
''A New History of Ireland'', Vol.I, (edited Ó Cróinín).
* ''Carbury, Co. Kildare - topographical and onomastic hypotheses'', Caitriona Devane, in ''Above and beyond:Essays in memory of
Leo Swan'', pp. 187–122, edited by
Tom Condit and
Christiaan Corlett, Wordwell, 2005. .
External links
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University College Cork
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The university was founded in 1845 as one ...
includes
Gein Branduib(original & translation), Annals of Ulster, Annals of Tigernach, Annals of Innisfallen and others.
Gaelic-Irish nations and dynasties
5th-century Irish monarchs
Dál Messin Corb
Kings of Leinster
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