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O'Higgins Clan
O'Higgins (Irish: ''Ó hUiginn'') is an Irish noble family. Its Ballynary line is descended from Shean Duff O'Higgins (floruit, fl. 1600 C.E.), Gaelic Baron of Ballynary, who was married to a daughter of the O'Conor Don, royal family of O'Conor at Ballintuber Castle in Connacht. Shean Duff O'Higgins himself claimed descent from King Niall of Hill of Tara, Tara (d. 450 C.E.). Historically, many of their ancestors were poets and scholars who enjoyed the patronage of several chiefly families including O'Conor Don, MacDermott (other), MacDermott, O'Doherty, O'Gara, and MacDonagh. O'Higgins are counted among the Gaelic nobility as a sept of the O'Neill dynasty, royal house of O'Neill. Members of this family were further ennobled in 1724 by James Francis Edward Stuart (Jacobitism, Jacobite pretender to the throne of Kingdom of England, England and Kingdom of Ireland, Ireland) during his exile in France. A branch that emigrated to Spanish America was ennobled in the Spanish no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingdom Of Connacht
The Kings of Connacht were rulers of the ''cóiced'' (variously translated as portion, fifth, province) of Connacht, which lies west of the River Shannon, Ireland. However, the name only became applied to it in the early medieval era, being named after the Connachta. The old name for the province was Cóiced Ol nEchmacht (the fifth of the Ol nEchmacht). Ptolemy's map of c. 150 AD does in fact list a people called the Nagnatae as living in the west of Ireland. Some are of the opinion that Ptolemy's Map of Ireland may be based on cartography carried out as much as five hundred years before his time. The Connachta were a group of dynasties who claimed descent from the three eldest sons of Eochaid Mugmedon: Brion (Irish), Brion, Ailill and Fiachrae. They took their collective name from their alleged descent from Conn of the Hundred Battles, Conn Cétchathach. Their younger brother, Niall Noigiallach was ancestor to the Uí Néill. The following is a list of kings of Connacht from th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |