- ('valour'). O'Donnelly was
historically of the
Northern Uí Néill's Cenél
nEoghain,
descended from Donnghal, the great-grandson of Domhnall, King of Ailech...
-
Conaill conquered Inishowen; however, it
mattered little to the Cenél
nEóghain as they had
established a
powerful over-kingdom in the east that had become...
- 677, when he was
killed by the Cenél
nEóghain king, Mael Fithrich. It was
around this
period that the Cenél
nEóghain were
attempting to
expand eastwards...
-
before the
expansion south of Uí Néill
branches Cenél
Fearadhaigh and Cenél
nEoghain into Airgíalla and the rise of The
Maguires in Fermanagh. They
became allies...
- Firnacreeve. The Fir Li
would eventually fall
under the
domination of the Cenél
nEóghain by the 9th century, with many
being driven east
across the
River Bann....
- by
Saint Patrick. The
Annals of
Ulster say that the seat of the Cenél
nEoghain was at Ráth
Luraig in Maghera.
Standing upon the site of the monastery...
- The
Northern Uí Néill was any of
several dynasties in north-western
medieval Ireland that
claimed descent from a
common ancestor,
Niall of the Nine Hostages...
-
abbacy was a
troublesome one. In 817, Áed mac Néill the king of the Cenél
nEóghain killed the
prior of
Raphoe monastery,
which compelled the
Ionan monks to...
- Down. He
settled Airghialla v****al
groups under pressure from the Cenél
nEoghain in the
north and west onto his conquests; the Uí Méith on the Conaille...
- Cana, were
known as
lords of Clanbr****il. They were a
branch of the
Cenel nEoghain, the
large group of
Northern Uí Néill
septs claiming descent from King...
