Cenél Áeda na hEchtge (also Cenél Áeda, Kenloth, Kinalethes, Kenealea, Kinelea) was a

trícha cét The , also known as , meaning "thirty hundreds", was a unit of land-holding in eleventh and twelfth century Ireland.cantred A cantred was a subdivision of a county in the Anglo-Norman Lordship of Ireland between the thirteenth and fifteenth centuries, analogous to the cantref of Wales or the hundred of England. In County Dublin the equivalent unit was termed a serjeant ...

, (a branch of the

Uí Fiachrach Aidhne Uí Fhiachrach Aidhne (also known as Hy Fiachrach) was a kingdom located in what is now the south of County Galway. Legendary origins and geography Originally known as Aidhne, it was said to have been settled by the mythical Fir Bolg. Dubhalta ...

) and which was the original formation of the southern part of the

barony Barony may refer to: * Barony, the peerage, office of, or territory held by a baron * Barony, the title and land held in fealty by a feudal baron * Barony (county division), a type of administrative or geographical division in parts of the British ...

of Kiltartan, County Galway. This was the clan name of the O Shaughnessys and O Cahills who both ruled the territory until the O Cahills were forced from the area by the O Shaughnessys. The latter remained chiefs of the area until 1691 and the head family survived in the Gort area till the demise of the senior line in the 18th century. The name was taken after the cenél (kindred) of Aedh, uncle to King

Guaire Aidne mac Colmáin Guaire Aidne mac Colmáin (died 663) was a king of Connacht. A member of the Ui Fiachrach Aidhne and son of king Colmán mac Cobthaig (died 622). Guaire ruled at the height of Ui Fiachrach Aidne power in south Connacht. Early reign Guaire ap ...

of Connacht (died 663). It consisted of what are now the parishes of Beagh, Kilbecanty,

Kilmacduagh Kilmacduagh () is a small village in south County Galway, Ireland, near Gort. The village is in a townland and civil parish of the same name, in Kiltartan barony. It is the site of Kilmacduagh monastery, seat of a diocese of the same name. Th ...

, Kiltartan, Kilthomas (now Peterswell). The

originally kings of all

Connacht Connacht or Connaught ( ; or ), is the smallest of the four provinces of Ireland, situated in the west of Ireland. Until the ninth century it consisted of several independent major Gaelic kingdoms (Uí Fiachrach, Uí Briúin, Uí Maine, C ...

(modern province of Connacht with all of

County Clare County Clare () is a Counties of Ireland, county in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Munster in the Southern Region, Ireland, Southern part of Republic of Ireland, Ireland, bordered on the west by the Atlantic Ocean. Clare County Council ...

and parts of

County Limerick County Limerick () is a western Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Munster and is located in the Mid-West Region, Ireland, Mid-West which comprises part of the Southern Reg ...

- see

Thomond Thomond ( Classical Irish: ; Modern Irish: ), also known as the Kingdom of Limerick, was a kingdom of Gaelic Ireland, associated geographically with present-day County Clare and County Limerick, as well as parts of County Tipperary around Nena ...

) by the late 8th century they were largely reduced to their home territory i.e. the area of the later

diocese. Another trícha in the area was

Cenél Guaire Cenél is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Cenél Conaill, the name of the "kindred" or descendants of Conall Gulban, son of Niall Noígiallach defined by oral and recorded history *Cenél nEógain (in English, Cenel Eogan) is ...

, named after

. The word Echtge refers to the

Slieve Aughty The Slieve Aughty () are a mountain range in the western part of Ireland spread over both County Galway and County Clare. The highest peak in the Slieve Aughty Mountains is Maghera in Clare which rises to 400 m (1,314 ft). The mountai ...

, beside which it was located.

Lords of Cenél Áeda

* Melaghlin Reagh Ua Seachnasaigh, died 1179 *

Gilla na Naemh Crom Ó Seachnasaigh Gilla na Naemh Crom Ó Seachnasaigh (died 1224) was an Irish Chief of the Name. Ó Seachnasaigh was lord of Cenél Áeda na hEchtge, but is only recorded in the Irish annals A number of Irish annals, of which the earliest was the Chronicle of ...

, died 1224 *

Diarmaid Ó Seachnasaigh Diarmaid Ó Seachnasaigh, Irish knight and Chief of the Name, died before 1567. Ó Seachnasaigh was a descendant of Seachnasach mac Donnchadh, himself a descendant of the kings of Uí Fiachrach Aidhne. Successive Ó Seachnasaigh's have rule ...

, before 1533-after 1544 * Ruaidhrí Gilla Dubh Ó Seachnasaigh, before 1567-1569 *

Diarmaid Riabach Ó Seachnasaigh Diarmaid Riabach Ó Seachnasaigh, Chief of the Name The Chief of the Name, or in older English usage Captain of his Nation, is the recognised head of a family or clan ( Irish and Scottish Gaelic: ''fine'') in Ireland and Scotland. Ireland The ...

, 1569–1573 * Liam Ó Seachnasaigh * Dermot Ó Seachnasaigh *

Roger Gilla Dubh Ó Seachnasaigh Sir Ruadhri Gilla Dubh Ó Seachnasaigh (anglicized ''Roger Gilla Duff O'Shaughnessy'') was Chief of the Name during 1583–1650. Biography Ó Seachnasaigh was married to Elis Lynch at the time of his father's death, by whom he had his heir, Sir ...

* Dermott Ó Seachnasaigh * Roger O'Shaughnessey * William O'Shaughnessy, 1673-1744 * Colman O'Shaughnessy * Roebuck O'Shaughnessey * Joseph O'Shaughnessey * Bartholomew O'Shaughnessey

Lords of Cenél Áeda

See also