- The
Eóganachta (Modern Irish: Eoghanachta,
pronounced [ˈoːnˠəxt̪ˠə]) were an
Irish dynasty centred on
Cashel which dominated southern Ireland (namely the...
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ruled by the
Eóganachta dynasty.
Prior to this, the area was
ruled by the Dáirine and
Corcu Loígde overlords.
Later rulers from the
Eóganachta included Cathal...
- such as the Múscraige,
switched their alliance and
helped to
bring the
Eóganachta to
power in Munster. For the next
three centuries,
various subgroups such...
- a
regional kingdom, Déisi Muman, and were part of the
hegemony of the
Eoganachta confederacy. Déisi is an Old
Irish term that is
derived from the word...
- Óengus mac Nad Froích (430-489) was an
Eoganachta and the
first Christian King of Munster. He was the son of Nad
Froich mac
Cuirc by Faochan, a British...
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their ascendancy in the 2nd
century AD to the Deirgtine,
ancestors of the
Eóganachta.
Munster during this
period was
classified as part of
Leath Moga, or the...
- people,
although there were
other Gaels in the area such as the Éile and
Eóganachta, and even the
Norse of Limerick. It
existed from the
collapse of the Kingdom...
- are
sometimes said to
belong to an
early or
peripheral branch of the
Eóganachta. However, this is unlikely, as the
evidence suggests that, if historical...
- sons Éogan Mór,
Cormac Cas, and Cían. Éogan
founded the
dynasty of the
Eóganachta. Sadb's son
Lugaid Mac Con, who was Ailill's foster-son,
became High King...
- the 6th century. They were
outmanoeuvred and
replaced by the
related Eóganachta, who
established the
Kingship of Cashel, soon to
periodically rival Tara...
