- The Cenél
nÓengusa were a kin
group who
ruled the
island of Islay, and
perhaps nearby Colonsay, off the
western coast of
Scotland in the
early Middle Ages...
- nGabráin of
Kintyre and the Cenél
Comgaill of Cowal, thus
excluding the Cenél
nÓengusa of
Islay and the Cenél
Loairn of
middle and
northern Argyll.
Origins of...
- with
their own chief: the Cenél nGabráin (based in Kintyre), the Cenél
nÓengusa (based on Islay), the Cenél
Loairn (who gave
their name to the district...
-
handful of regions,
controlled by
particular kin groups, of
which the Cenél
nÓengusa controlled Jura and Islay.[citation needed] The
kingdom thrived for a few...
-
initially of
three main kindreds: Cenél
Loairn in
north and mid-Argyll, Cenél
nÓengusa based on
Islay and Cenél nGabráin
based in Kintyre. By the end of the 7th...
-
divisions of Dál Riata—the Cenél nGabráin, the Cenél Loairn, and the Cenél
nÓengusa—and
their obligations for
military service,
apparently at a time when the...
-
Senchus fer n-Alban ("The
History of the Men of Scotland"), it was the Cenél
nÓengusa for
Islay and Jura. In 627, the son of a king of the
Irish Uí Chóelbad...
-
Loairn House of
Moray Mormaers of
Moray Óengus Mór mac Eirc, a quo Cenél
nÓengusa Cairpre Músc, a quo Múscraige Corc Duibne, a quo
Corcu Duibne Cairpre Baschaín...
-
leading Gaelic kindreds including Cenél
Comgaill in Strathearn, Cenél
nÓengusa in
Angus and Cenél nGabráin in Gowrie. A
series of
campaigns under Onuist...
- mac
Fiachnai (died 647) king of
Ulaid and this
branch (called the Cenél
nÓengusa)
threatened to be
excluded from the throne.
Tommaltach was
defeated and...
