Kings Of Tír Chonaill
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Tyrconnell Tyrconnell (), also spelled Tirconnell and Tirconaill, was a kingdom of Gaelic Ireland. It is associated geographically with present-day County Donegal, which was officially named ''County Tirconaill'' between 1922 and 1927. At times it also i ...
( Irish: ''Tír Ċonaıll''), a medieval Irish kingdom which covered much of what is now
County Donegal County Donegal ( ; ) is a Counties of Ireland, county of the Republic of Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Ulster and is the northernmost county of Ireland. The county mostly borders Northern Ireland, sharing only a small b ...
.


Oral history

It was founded in the fifth century by a son of
Niall of the Nine Hostages Niall Noígíallach (; Old Irish "having nine hostages"), or Niall of the Nine Hostages, was a legendary, semi-historical Irish king who was the ancestor of the Uí Néill dynasties that dominated Ireland from the 6th to the 10th centuries. ...
, Conall Gulban, of whom the
Cenél Conaill 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 ...
are descended. They ruled the kingdom until the
Flight of the Earls On 14 September ld Style and New Style dates, O.S. 4 September1607, Irish earls Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, and Rory O'Donnell, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell, permanently departed Rathmullan in Ireland for mainland Europe, accompanied by their fa ...
in September 1607, which marked the end of the kingdom.


Early Chiefs of Cenél Conaill

* Conall Gulban mac Néill (died 464) *....... * Ninnid mac Dauach (flourished 544-563) * Ainmuire mac Sétnai (died 569) * Báetán mac Ninneda (died 586). *
Áed mac Ainmuirech Áed mac Ainmuirech (born c.530 – died 598) was High King of the Northern Uí Néill. He belonged to the Cenél Conaill and was a distant cousin of Columba of Iona. He was the son of Ainmuire mac Sétnai (died 569), a previous possible high k ...
(died 598) * Conall Cú mac Áedo (died 604) * Máel Coba mac Áedo (died 615) *
Domnall mac Áedo Domnall mac Áedo (died 642), also known as Domnall II, was an Irish king and son of Áed mac Ainmuirech and his consort Land, the daughter of Áed Guaire mac Amalgada of Airgíalla. Domnall was High King of Ireland from 628 until his death. He ...
(died 642) * Conall Cóel mac Máele Coba (died 654) * Cellach mac Máele Coba (died 658) * ...... *
Loingsech mac Óengusso Loingsech, an Irish language male name meaning ''exile'' or ''sailor'', might refer to: * Labhraidh Loingseach, a legendary high king of Ireland and ancestor of the Laigin * Loingsech mac Colmáin (died 655), king of Leinster * Loingsech mac Flaithb ...
(died 703) * Congal Cennmagair mac Fergusa (died 710) * Flaithbertach mac Loingsig (died 765) * Áed Muinderg mac Flaithbertaig (died 747) *
Loingsech mac Flaithbertaig Loingsech mac Flaithbertaig (died 754) was a chief of the Cenél Conaill of the northern Uí Néill in modern County Donegal. He was the son of the high king Flaithbertach mac Loingsig (died 765) who abdicated in 734 and retired to the monastery ...
(died 754) * Murchad mac Flaithbertaig (died 767) * Domnall mac Áeda Muindeirg (died 804) * Máel Bresail mac Murchada (died 819) * Ruaidrí ua Canannáin (died 950)


Kings of Tyrconnell (''Rí Thír Chonaill'') from c. 1201 to 1608


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Further reading

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''Annals of Ulster''
University College Cork

University College Cork * Byrne, Francis John (2001), ''Irish Kings and High-Kings'', Dublin: Four Courts Press, * Charles-Edwards, T. M. (2000), ''Early Christian Ireland'', Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, * Mac Niocaill, Gearoid (1972), ''Ireland before the Vikings'', Dublin: Gill and Macmillan * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kings Of Tir Chonaill O'Donnell dynasty Tir Connaill