- Conaill.
After the Cenél nEógain's rise to dominance, it
became known as
Ailech. It is
claimed in
medieval Irish texts that
around 425,
three sons of Niall...
- The
Kings of
Ailech were the over-kings of the
medieval Irish province of
Ailech in north-western Ireland. It encomp****ed the
territories of the Cenél...
-
after the
Ulaid folk. The
other overkingdoms in
Ulster were Airgíalla and
Ailech.
After the
Norman invasion of
Ireland in the
twelfth century,
eastern Ulster...
- Dagda, who gave him
Ailech Neit (Neit's Stonehouse),
which is
elsewhere described as the
grave of Ahd, son of the Dagda.
Ailech Imc****,
described as...
- O'Donnell dynasty. Some O'Neills
state that
their ancestors were
kings of
Ailech during the
Early Middle Ages, as
descendants of
Niall of the Nine Hostages...
- Hostages.
Originally their power-base was in Inishowen, with
their capital at
Ailech, in modern-day
County Donegal in what is now the west of Ulster.
Under pressure...
- Dindsenchas, "
Ailech" "Dindgnai in Broga" "áed - Wiktionary". en.wiktionary.org.
Retrieved 23 June 2021. The
Metrical Dindsenchas, poem 24 "
Ailech III" "The...
-
Ireland of the
Early Medieval period. List of High
Kings of
Ireland Kings of
Ailech Kings of Airgíalla
Kings of
Brega Kings of
Breifne Kings of
Connacht Kings...
- this, the
ruling dynasty – the Cenél nEógain – were most of the
kings of
Ailech.
During the
tenth and
eleventh centuries, two main
septs within the dynasty...
-
founding of Cenél nEógain, the
tuatha was a sub-unit of the
larger kingdom of
Ailech (which they
typically held the
kingship to),
along with
their Cenél Conaill...
