Uí Fiachrach Aidhne - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Uí Fhiachrach Aidhne was a kingdom located in what is now the south of Co. Galway.

Legendary origins and geography

Originally known as Aidhne

Aidhne

Aidhne also known as, Uí Fhiachrach Aidhne, Maigh Aidhne / Maigh nAidhne was the territory of the Ui Fiachrach Aidhne, a tuath located in the south of what is now County Galway in the south of Connacht, Ireland. Aidhne is coextensive with the present diocese of Kilmacduagh...

, it was said to have been settled by the mythical Fir Bolg

Fir Bolg

In Irish mythology the Fir Bolg were one of the races that inhabited the island of Ireland prior to the arrival of the Tuatha Dé Danann.-Mythology:...

. Dubhaltach Mac Fhirbhisigh's Leabhar na nGenealach

Leabhar na nGenealach

Leabhar na nGenealach is a massive genealogical collection written mainly in the years 1649 to 1650, at the college-house of St. Nicholas's church, Galway, by Dubhaltach MacFhirbhisigh. He continued to add material until at least 1666, five years before he was murdered in 1671...

states that the Tuath mhac nUmhoir were led by leader Conall Caol, son of Aonghus mac Úmhór

Aonghus mac Úmhór

Aengus mac Umor was a mythical Irish king.The Fir Bolg of Connacht were ruled by King Aonghus mac Úmhór. Dubhaltach Mac Fhirbhisigh states that Aonghus led his people, the Tuath mhac nUmhoir, to the coast of Galway Bay and the Aran Islands, after being driven out by warfare with "Clann Chuian and...

. Connall was killed at the Battle of Maigh Mucruimhe

Battle of Maigh Mucruimhe

The Cath Maige Mucrama , is an early Middle Irish language tale which forms part of the Cycles of the Kings.-Content:...

in 195

195

Year 195 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Scrapula and Clemens...

A.D., and his body brought back to Aidhne where it was interred at a leacht called Carn Connell (itself the site of a major battle some centuries later).

Located in the south of what is now County Galway

County Galway

County Galway is a county in Ireland. It is located in the West Region and is also part of the province of Connacht. It is named after the city of Galway. Galway County Council is the local authority for the county. There are several strongly Irish-speaking areas in the west of the county...

, Aidhne was coextensive with the present diocese of Kilmacduagh. It was bounded on the west by Loch Lurgain (Galway Bay) and the district of Burren

Burren

Burren can refer to:*The Burren, a karst landscape in County Clare, Ireland*Burren, County Down, a village in Northern Ireland*Burren College of Art, an art college in Ballyvaughan, County Clare, Ireland*Burrén and Burrena, twin hills in Aragon, Spain...

in County Clare

County Clare

-History:There was a Neolithic civilisation in the Clare area — the name of the peoples is unknown, but the Prehistoric peoples left evidence behind in the form of ancient dolmen; single-chamber megalithic tombs, usually consisting of three or more upright stones...

. County Clare also bounds Aidhne on its south and south-east side. Aidhne is bounded on the east by the low mountains of Slieve Aughty, which separated Uí Fhiachrach Aidhne from Uí Maine.

On the north-east Aidhne is bounded by the plains of Uí Mhaine and on the north by Maigh Mucruimhe (the area around Athenry

Athenry

Athenry is a town in County Galway, Ireland. It lies east of Galway city, and one of the attractions of the town is its medieval castle. The town is also well-known by virtue of the song "The Fields of Athenry".-History:...

). On the north-west it was bounded by the parish of Maree which was in the territory of Uí Bhriúin Seola.

The diocese of Kilmacduagh

Kilmacduagh

Kilmacduagh is a small village in south County Galway, near Gort, in Ireland. It is best known for Kilmacduagh monastery, seat of the Diocese of that name. The diocese is now part of the Diocese of Galway and Kilmacduagh in the Roman Catholic Church and in the Diocese of Limerick and Killaloe in...

contains the civil parishes of Kinvarradoorus, Killinny, Killeenavarra, Drumacoo, Kilcolgan

Kilcolgan

Kilcolgan , is a village on the mouth of the Kilcolgan River at Dunkellin Bay in County Galway, Ireland. The N18 passes through the settlement. There are also two public houses, Donoghue's and Raftery's Rest...

, Ardrahan

Ardrahan

Ardrahan is a village in County Galway, Ireland.-History:Richard de Brugo conquered Galway in 1236, and granted the land to Maurice Fitzgerald who built the castle whose ruins still stand today...

, Stradbally, Killeeneen, Killeely, Killora, Killogilleen, Kilchreest, Isertkelly, Killinan, Kilthomas, Kilbeacanty, Beagh, Kilmacduagh

Kilmacduagh

, Kiltartan

Kiltartan

Kiltartan is a barony in County Galway, Ireland. It was formerly known as Cenél Áeda na hEchtge. It was the home of Lady Gregory, Edward Martyn, and a regular residence of W.B. Yeats.It is alluded to in Yeats's poem An Irish Airman Foresees His Death....

.

The diocese of Kilmacduagh contains the present Catholic parishes of Kinvara

Kinvara

Kinvara is a sea port village located in the south of County Galway in the province of Connacht on the west coast of Ireland. Kinvara is also the name of the parish in which the village is situated. Kinvara is occasionally spelled Kinvarra in English; this may be seen on some maps and road signs,...

, Ballinderreen

Ballinderreen

Ballinderreen is a village located on the N67 route between Kilcolgan and Kinvara in south County Galway, in The Republic of Ireland.- Overview :...

, Gort

Gort

Gort is a town in south County Galway in the west of Ireland. An Gort is the official Irish name for the town, as defined by the Placenames Commission. In spoken Irish, however, the town is known by its traditional name Gort Inse Guaire. It lies just north of the border with County Clare on the...

, Ardrahan

Ardrahan

Ardrahan is a village in County Galway, Ireland.-History:Richard de Brugo conquered Galway in 1236, and granted the land to Maurice Fitzgerald who built the castle whose ruins still stand today...

, Craughwell

Craughwell

Craughwell is a village and townland in County Galway, Republic of Ireland. The name is also used as a surname, properly Ó Creachmhaoil, though often anglicised as Craughwell and Crockwell...

, Beagh, Kilbeacanty, Kilthomas (Peterswell), Clarinbridge

Clarinbridge

Clarinbridge is a small village, approximately 15 minutes drive south of Galway, Ireland in the Diocese of Kilmacduagh. It is on the mouth of the Clarin River at the end of Dunbulcaun Bay, which is the easternmost part of Galway Bay...

, Kilchreest.

Early history

In the early historical era, the Aidhne

Aidhne

branch of the Ui Fiachrach

Uí Fiachrach

The Uí Fiachrach were a dynasty who originated in, and whose descendants later ruled, the coicead or fifth of Connacht at different times from the mid-first millennium onwards. They claimed descent from Fiachrae, an older half-brother of Niall Noigiallach or Niall of the Nine Hostages...

dynasty

Dynasty

A dynasty is a sequence of rulers considered members of the same family. Historians traditionally consider many sovereign states' history within a framework of successive dynasties, e.g., China, Ancient Egypt and the Persian Empire...

emerged as the ruling tuath in this part of Connacht

Connacht

Connacht , formerly anglicised as Connaught, is one of the Provinces of Ireland situated in the west of Ireland. In Ancient Ireland, it was one of the fifths ruled by a "king of over-kings" . Following the Norman invasion of Ireland, the ancient kingdoms were shired into a number of counties for...

. Alternative designations for the territory were Maigh Aidhne (the plain of Aidhne), Maigh nAidhne, eventually becoming Uí Fhiachrach Aidhne after the dynasty. The diocese of Cill Mhic Dhuach Kilmacduagh

Kilmacduagh

is coextensive with the kingdom, covering all of the barony of Kiltartan

Kiltartan

and large parts of the baronies of Loughrea

Loughrea

Loughrea is a town in County Galway, Ireland. The town lies north of a range of wooded hills, the Slieve Aughty Mountains.The town expanded in recent years as it increasingly becomes a commuter town for the city of Galway.- Name :...

and Dunkellin.

By the 8th century the power of its kings were greatly curtailed, and became minor vassals of the Kings of Connacht

Kings of Connacht

The Kings of Connacht were rulers of the cóiced of Connacht, which lies west of the River Shannon, Ireland. However, the name only became applied to it in the early medieval era, being named after The Connachta.The old name for the province was Cóiced Ol nEchmacht . Ptolemy's map of c. 150 AD...

. The Anglo-Norman

Anglo-Norman

The Anglo-Normans were mainly the descendants of the Normans who ruled England following the Norman conquest by William the Conqueror in 1066. A small number of Normans were already settled in England prior to the conquest...

's brought them under the rule of the Clanricarde

Clanricarde

Clanricarde was a term meaning both a territory and a title in Ireland between the 13th and early 20th centuries.-Territory:The territory, in what is now County Galway, Ireland, stretched from the barony of County Clare in the north-west along the borders of County Mayo, to the River Shannon in the...

Burkes.

Principal septs

The important sept

Sept

A sept is an English word for a division of a family, especially a division of a clan. The word might have its origin from Latin saeptum "enclosure, fold", or it can be an alteration of sect.The term is found in both Ireland and Scotland...

s of the Uí Fhiachrach Aidhne were Ó hEidhin

Hynes

-People:* Eidhean mac Cléireach, fl. 800, ancestor of the Ó hEidhin/Hynes family of south County Galway*Andrew Hynes , a founder of Elizabethtown, Kentucky*Charles J...

, Ó Seachnasaigh

O'Shaughnessy

Ó Seachnasaigh, O'Shaughnessy, collectively Uí Sheachnasaigh, clan name Cinél nAedha na hEchtghe, is a family surname of Irish origin.The name is found primarily in County Galway and County Limerick...

, Ó Cléirigh

Cleary

Cleary may refer to:* Cleary , people with the surname Cleary* Cleary University, a private business school* Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, an international law firm...

and Mac Giolla Cheallaigh

Kilkelly

Kilkelly is a village in Kilmovee parish County Mayo, Ireland. It is just south of Knock International Airport, lying between the Airport and the town of Knock itself. The village is along the N17, a national primary road running between Galway and Sligo...

Ó Cléirigh

The O Clearys were kings of the territory before the O Hynes clan but were exiled from the territory probably in the years following the Anglo-Norman

Anglo-Norman

invasion of Connacht. Under the patronage of the O Donnells of Ulster the O Clearys went on to become one of the most famous learned families in Ireland.

Tighearnach Ua Cleirigh
Tighearnach Ua Cleirigh
Tighearnach Ua Cleirigh was King of Uí Fiachrach Aidhne.Sub anno 916, the Annals of the Four Masters states Tighearnach Ua Cleirigh, lord of Aidhne, died. He appears to have been a son of the previous king, Maelfabhaill mac Cleireach....

, King of Ui Fiachrach Aidhne, died 916
916
Year 916 was a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar.- Asia :* Abaoji of the Khitan empire adopts Chinese court rituals....
Mícheál Ó Cléirigh
Mícheál Ó Cléirigh
Mícheál Ó Cléirigh , sometimes known as Michael O'Clery, was an Irish chronicler, scribe and antiquary and chief author of the Annals of the Four Masters, assisted by Cú Choigcríche Ó Cléirigh, Fearfeasa Ó Maol Chonaire, and Peregrinus Ó Duibhgeannain.-Background and early life:Grandson of Tuathal...

(ca. 1590–1643), chief author of the Annals of the Four Masters
Annals of the Four Masters
The Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland or the Annals of the Four Masters are a chronicle of medieval Irish history...

.

Ó Cathail

This family were forcibly expelled as a result of dynastic conflicts. Thereafter the Ó Cathail

Cahill

Cahill is a name of Irish origin. In Irish, It is the anglicized version of the Gaelic "Ó Cathail" meaning "descendant of Cathal." "Cathal" consists of two parts: "cath" means battle; the second could be "val" , so that the name as a whole meant "battle ruler" or "strong in battle", or it could...

family remained a minor sept without any political power.

Cathal mac Ógán
Cathal mac Ógán
Cathal mac Ógán is an ancestor of the Ó Cathail–Cahill family of County Galway.Cathal was a member of the Uí Fiachrach Aidhne, and a thirteen-time great-grandson of Nath Í, King of Connacht...

, ancestor of the Ó Cathail
Cahill
Cahill is a name of Irish origin. In Irish, It is the anglicized version of the Gaelic "Ó Cathail" meaning "descendant of Cathal." "Cathal" consists of two parts: "cath" means battle; the second could be "val" , so that the name as a whole meant "battle ruler" or "strong in battle", or it could...

family, fl. 10th-century.
Gilla Mo Choinni Ua Cathail
Gilla Mo Choinni Ua Cathail
Gilla Mo Choinni Ua Cathail was King of Uí Fiachrach Aidhne.Gilla Mo Choinni was the only member of the Ó Cathail sept to rule Aidhne. He was a descendant of Cathal mac Ógán. They were rulers of Cenél Áeda na hEchtge until expelled by their Ó Seachnasaigh cousions in the 13th century...

, king of Ui Fiachrach Aidhne, died 1147

Ó Seachnasaigh

Up until the late 17th century the O Shaughnessys held the sub district of Uí Fhiachrach Aidhne known as Cenél Áeda na hEchtge

Cenél Áeda na hEchtge

Cenél Áeda na hEchtge was a trícha cét Cenél Áeda na hEchtge (also Cenél Áeda, Kenloth, Kinalethes, Kenealea, Kinelea)was a trícha cét Cenél Áeda na hEchtge (also Cenél Áeda, Kenloth, Kinalethes, Kenealea, Kinelea)was a trícha cét (later a cantred, (a branch of the Uí Fiachrach Aidhne) and which...

, which was also their clan name. Cenél Áeda na hEchtge consisted roughly of the civil parish

Civil parish

In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...

es of Beagh, Kilmacduagh and Kiltartan and also parts of the civil parishes of Kibeacanty and Kilthomas.

In the 1690s the O Shaughnessys had their lands confiscated for supporting the Jacobite

Jacobitism

Jacobitism was the political movement in Britain dedicated to the restoration of the Stuart kings to the thrones of England, Scotland, later the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the Kingdom of Ireland...

cause against William of Orange

William III of England

William III & II was a sovereign Prince of Orange of the House of Orange-Nassau by birth. From 1672 he governed as Stadtholder William III of Orange over Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, and Overijssel of the Dutch Republic. From 1689 he reigned as William III over England and Ireland...

. A legal battle raged on into the first half of the 18th century between the O Shaughnessys and the s, the family who were granted the O Shaughnessy lands, with the O Shaughnessys eventually losing the case.

The senior line of the O Shaughnessys appears have died out in the 1780s.

Seachnasach mac Donnchadh
Seachnasach mac Donnchadh
Seachnasach mac Donnchadh, ancestor to the family of O'Shaughnessy, fl. 10th century.Seachnasach was a member of the Uí Fiachrach Aidhne dynasty, formerly Kings of Connacht. By the tenth century their power had been reduced to Aidhne, a small kingdom in what is now south County Galway...

, namesake O'Shaughnessy, fl. 10th century.
Sir Roger O'Shaughnessy, Knight
Knight
A knight was a member of a class of lower nobility in the High Middle Ages.By the Late Middle Ages, the rank had become associated with the ideals of chivalry, a code of conduct for the perfect courtly Christian warrior....

and Chief of the Name, fl. 1567.
Roger O'Shaughnessy
Roger O'Shaughnessy
Roger O'Shaughnessy, The O'Shaughnessy , was a Captain in the Irish army of James II of England. He was present at the Battle of the Boyne, dying ten days after...

, The Ó Seachnasaigh (d. 1690), knight
Knight
A knight was a member of a class of lower nobility in the High Middle Ages.By the Late Middle Ages, the rank had become associated with the ideals of chivalry, a code of conduct for the perfect courtly Christian warrior....

and jacobite
Jacobitism
Jacobitism was the political movement in Britain dedicated to the restoration of the Stuart kings to the thrones of England, Scotland, later the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the Kingdom of Ireland...
William O'Shaughnessy
William O'Shaughnessy
-Early life:William O'Shaughnessy was a member of the Uí Seachnasaigh of Cenél Áeda na hEchtge in south County Galway. His father was The Ó Seachnasaigh, Roger O'Shaughnessy, while his mother was Helen O'Brien, daughter of Conor mac Donogh O'Brien, a son of Donogh O'Brien, 4th Earl of Thomond...

, The Ó Seachnasaigh, Major-General, 1673-1744.
Arthur William Edgar O'Shaughnessy (1844–1881), poet
Poet
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.

Ó hEidhin

This family were driven to the coast of Galway Bay

Galway Bay

Galway Bay is a large bay on the west coast of Ireland, between County Galway in the province of Connacht to the north and the Burren in County Clare in the province of Munster to the south. Galway city is located on the northeast side of the bay. It is about long and from to in breadth...

and their principal home became Dunguaire Castle

Dunguaire Castle

Dunguaire Castle is a 16th-century tower house on the southeastern shore of Galway Bay in County Galway, Ireland, near Kinvarra. The castle's 75-foot tower and its defensive wall have been restored to excellent condition, and the grounds are open to tourists during the summer...

. The Irish annals

Irish annals

A number of Irish annals were compiled up to and shortly after the end of Gaelic Ireland in the 17th century.Annals were originally a means by which monks determined the yearly chronology of feast days...

contain some few, late, references to the family:

M1578.10. O'Heyne (Rory of the Derry, son of Flan, son of Conor, son of Flan) died. From the beginning of his career until his death he was a man distinguished for hospitality and prowess. His brother's son, Owen Mantagh, son of Edmond, was installed in his place.

Noted bearers of the name include:

Eidhean mac Cléireach
Eidhean mac Cléireach
Eidhean mac Cléireach, ancestor of the Ó hEidhin/Hynes family of County Galway, fl. 800.Eidhean was a member of the dynasty of Uí Fiachrach Aidhne, and a descendant of Guaire Aidne mac Colmáin , Fiachrae mac Eochaid Mugmedon and thus distantly related to the dynasty of Uí Néill...

, fl. 800, ancestor of the Ó hEidhin/Hynes family of south County Galway.
Tairrdelbach Ua Conchobair (1088-1156), King of Connacht and High King of Ireland
High King of Ireland
The High Kings of Ireland were sometimes historical and sometimes legendary figures who had, or who are claimed to have had, lordship over the whole of Ireland. Medieval and early modern Irish literature portrays an almost unbroken sequence of High Kings, ruling from Tara over a hierarchy of...

, son of Mor Ni hEidhin.
Seaán Ó hEidhin
Seaán Ó hEidhin
Seaán Ó hEidhin, Franciscan Bishop of Clonfert, fl. 1437-1459.Ó hEidhin was a descendant of Eidhean mac Cléireach of the Uí Fiachrach Aidhne dynasty. He was a suffragan bishop, first noted as an attendant of King Henry VI in 1437...

, Franciscan
Franciscan
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Bishop of Clonfert, fl. 1437-1459.
John O'Heyne
John O'Heyne
John O'Heyne was an Irish Dominican and historian.O'Heyne was born near Athenry about 1648. His paternal grand-uncle was Dominic Burke, O.P., who infamously opposed the Papal Nuncio, Giovanni Battista Rinuccini. His maternal grand-uncle was John de Burgo, Archbishop of Tuam, and Hugh Burke, Bishop...

, Dominican
Dominican Order
The Order of Preachers , after the 15th century more commonly known as the Dominican Order or Dominicans, is a Catholic religious order founded by Saint Dominic and approved by Pope Honorius III on 22 December 1216 in France...

historian
Historian
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, fl. 1706.
Garry Hynes
Garry Hynes
Garry Hynes is an Irish theatre director. She holds the distinction of being the first female to win the prestigious Tony Award for direction of a play.Hynes was born in Ballaghadereen, Roscommon County and educated at St...

(born June 10, 1953) is an Irish theatre director.
Pat Hynes
Pat Hynes
Pat Hynes, Galway County Councillor and Mayor of County Galway.Hynes is a native of Kylegarriff, Killeenadeema, Loughrea. His family originally lived in Lydican Castle, Kiltartan, before being evicted by Cromwellians in the 17th century. They became tenants of Clanricarde at Carrowsteelagh townland...

, Galway
Galway
Galway or City of Galway is a city in County Galway, Republic of Ireland. It is the sixth largest and the fastest-growing city in Ireland. It is also the third largest city within the Republic and the only city in the Province of Connacht. Located on the west coast of Ireland, it sits on the...

County Councillor and Mayor of County Galway.

Mac Giolla Cheallaigh

Kilkellys held the sub district of Aidhne known as Cinéal nGuaire, which is the area covered by the modern Catholic parish of Ballinderreen. They lost their lands in the Cromwellian confiscations during the middle of the 17th century.

Giolla Ceallaigh mac Comhaltan
Giolla Ceallaigh mac Comhaltan
Giolla Ceallaigh mac Comhaltan, fl. 10th century, ancestry to the MacGiolla Ceallaigh .Giolla Cellaigh - devotee of Saint Ceallaigh - was a member of the Uí Fiachrach Aidhne of south Galway, and was a six-time great-grandson of Guaire Aidne mac Colmáin, King of Connacht...

, fl. 10th century, namesake of Kilkelly.
Padhraic Mac Giolla Chealla
Padhraic Mac Giolla Chealla
Padhraic Mac Giolla Chealla, Irish poet and storyteller, fl. 1798.Mac Giolla Chealla was a local poet who made a well-known prediction, of many years standing, "that the French were to come into Killala on the day of the Fair of Turloughmore."...

, poet
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...

and seanchai, fl. 1798.
Ollie Kilkenny
Ollie Kilkenny
Ollie Kilkenny is a retired Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club Kiltormer and with the Galway senior inter-county team in the 1980s and 1990s. Kilkenny won back-to-back All-Ireland winners' medals with Galway in 1987 and 1988.-See also:* Giolla Ceallaigh mac Comhaltan, fl...

(born 1962), Irish sportsperson.

Kings of Connacht

The following were Kings of Connacht

Kings of Connacht

from the Ui Fiachrach Aidhne line:

Colmán mac Cobthaig
Colmán mac Cobthaig
Colmán mac Cobthaig was a king of Connacht from the Ui Fiachrach branch of the Connachta. He was the first king of Connacht from the Ui Fiachrach Aidhne branch. This branch was descended from Eochu, the brother of Ailill Molt...

(d.622)
Loingsech mac Colmáin
Loingsech mac Colmáin
Loingsech mac Colmáin was a king of Connacht from the Ui Fiachrach branch of the Connachta. He was of the Ui Fiachrach Aidhne sept this branch and was the son of Colmán mac Cobthaig....

(d.655)
Guaire Aidne mac Colmáin
Guaire Aidne mac Colmáin
Guaire Aidne mac Colmáin was a king of Connacht. A member of the Ui Fiachrach Aidhne and son of king Colmán mac Cobthaig . Guiare ruled at the height of Ui Fiachrach Aidne power in south Connacht.-Early reign:...

(d.663)
Muirchertach Nár mac Guairi
Muirchertach Nár mac Guairi
Muirchertach Nár mac Guairi was a possible King of Connacht from the Ui Fiachrach Aidhne branch of the Connachta. He was the son of Guaire Aidne mac Colmáin , famous in Irish sagas....

Aidne(d.668)
Fergal Aidne mac Artgaile
Fergal Aidne mac Artgaile
Fergal Aidne mac Artgaile was a King of Connacht from the Ui Fiachrach Aidhne branch of the Connachta. He was the grandson of Guaire Aidne mac Colmáin , the hero of many Irish sagas, and was the last member of this branch to hold the overlordship of Connacht.The kinglists have misplaced his reign...

mac Guaire(d.696)

Lords of Cenél Áeda na hEchtge

Diarmaid Ó Seachnasaigh
Diarmaid Ó Seachnasaigh
Diarmaid Ó Seachnasaigh, Irish knight and Chief of the Name, died before 1567.Ó Seachnasaigh was a descendant of Seachnasach mac Donnchadh, himself a descendant of the kings of Uí Fiachrach Aidhne. Successive Ó Seachnasaigh's have ruled the district of Cenél Áeda na hEchtge since at least the 13th...

, before 1533-after 1544
Ruaidhrí Gilla Dubh Ó Seachnasaigh, before 1567-1569
Diarmaid Riabach Ó Seachnasaigh
Diarmaid Riabach Ó Seachnasaigh
-Annalistic references:* M1573.6. Murrough, the son of Dermot, son of Murrough O'Brien, was slain by Ulick Burke, the son of Rickard, who was son of Ulick-na-gCeann, and O'Shaughnessy, i.e. Dermot Reagh, the son of Dermot, who was son of William, son of John Boy. O'Shaughnessy was the man who laid...

, 1569–1573
Liam Ó Seachnasaigh
Liam Ó Seachnasaigh
Sir Liam Ó Seachnasaigh, Chief of the Name, died 1579.Ó Seachnasaigh was the eldest legitimate son of Sir Ruaidhrí Gilla Dubh Ó Seachnasaigh by Lady Honora O'Brien, daughter of Murrough O'Brien, 1st Earl of Thomond, but till 1573 had been usurped as Chief by his uncle,Diarmaid Riabach. Diarmaid was...
Dermot Ó Seachnasaigh
Dermot Ó Seachnasaigh
Sir Dermot Ó Seachnasaigh, Chief of the Name, died 1606. He was a son of Sir Ruaidhrí Gilla Dubh Ó Seachnasaigh and Lady Honora O'Brien, daughter of Murrough O'Brien, 1st Earl of Thomond....
Roger Gilla Dubh Ó Seachnasaigh
Roger Gilla Dubh Ó Seachnasaigh
Sir Ruadhri Gilla Dubh Ó Seachnasaigh , Chief of the Name, 1583–1650.-Biography:Ó Seachnasaigh was married to Elis Lynch at the time of his father's death, by whom he had his heir, Sir Dermot, and a daughter, Gyles...
Dermott Ó Seachnasaigh
Dermott Ó Seachnasaigh
Sir Dermott Ó Seachnasaigh, Chief of the Name, died 1673.Ó Seachnasaigh was married to Joan, daughter of Lord Barrymore and had sons Roger and Cormac. A copy of his will survives.-References:...
Roger O'Shaughnessey
Roger O'Shaughnessey
Sir Roger O'Shaughnessey, Chief of the Name, died 1691.Ó Seachnasaigh was married to Helena, daughter of Conor mac Donogh O'Brienn of Ballynue, by whom he had William and Helena. Sir Roger fought at the Battle of the Boyne and though not wounded, died soon after at his castle in Gort...
Cormac O'Shaughnessey
Colman O'Shaughnessey
Roebuck O'Shaughnessey
Roebuck O'Shaughnessey
Robuck O'Shaughnessey, Chief of the Name, died 1762?.Robuck was a younger brother of the previous chief. He continued his brothers lega proceedings against Sir Thomas Prendergast, 2nd Baronet, and his nephew and heir, John Prendergast Smyth, 1st Viscount Gort...
Joseph O'Shaughnessey
Joseph O'Shaughnessey
Joseph O'Shaughnessey, Chief of the Name, died 1783.Joseph was the eldest son of the previous chief, Roebuck, and had siblings William, Mary, Catherine, Ellice, Elleanor, all alive in 1784. He and his family, along with the local gentry, forcibly gained possession of the former family mansion on...
Bartholomew O'Shaughnessey
Bartholomew O'Shaughnessey
Bartholomew O'Shaughnessey, Chief of the Name, born 1789, alive 1843.O'Shaughnessy was a barber living in Galway in the 1840's who was the apparent Chief of the Name to the O'Shaughnessey family. He married and had family, as did his younger brother, Andrew . The succession of the senior line after...

Lords of Coill Ua bhFhiachrach

Conchobhair Crone Ó hEidhin
Eoghan mac Braon Ua Cléirigh
Maolfabhaill Ua hEidhin
Eoghan Ua hEidhin
Flann Ó hEidhin
Eoghan Mantach Ó hEidhin
Aodh Buidhe Ó hEidhin
Eoghan mac Aodh Buidhe Ó hEidhin of Lydican
Eoghan Mantach Ó hEidhin, died 1588
Aedh Buidhe Ó hEidhin
Hugh Boy O'Heyne, died 1594
Eoghan O'Heyne of Lydican, alive 1640's.

Annalistic references

1025. The grandson of Comhaltan Ua Cleirigh
Comhaltan Ua Cleirigh
Mac Comhaltan Ua Cleirigh, King of Uí Fiachrach Aidhne, fl. 964.Mac Comhaltan was an early member of the Ó Cléirigh family.According to the Annals of the Four Masters, sub anno 964:A victory was gained by Comhaltan Ua Cleirigh, i.e...

, lord of Ui-Fiachrach Aidhne, died.

1033. A conflict between the Eli and the Ui-Fiachrach Aidhne, in which Braen Ua Cleirigh and Muireadhach Mac Gillaphadraig, with many others, were slain.

1048. The son of Donnchadh Gott, royal heir of Teamhair, and Ua hEidhin, lord of Ui-Fiachrach-Aidhne, died.

1048. Mael Fabhaill Ua hEidhin
Mael Fabhaill Ua hEidhin
Mael Fabhaill Ua hEidhin, king of Ui Fiachrach Aidhne, died 1048.Mael Fabhaill succeeded Mhic Mac Comhaltan Ua Cleirigh. Events which occurred during his reign included:...

, lord of Ui-Fiachrach-Aidhne, died.

1055. Domhnall Ruadh Ua Briain was slain by Ua h-Eidhin, lord of Ui-Fiachrach Aidhne.

1067. The battle of Turlach Adhnaigh, between Aedh of the Broken Spear Ua Conchobhair, King of Connaught, and Aedh, the son of Art Uallach Ua Ruairc, and the men of Breifne along with him; where fell Aedh Ua Conchobhair, King of the province of Connaught, the helmsman of the valour of Leath-Chuinn; and the chiefs of Connaught fell along with him, and, among the rest, Aedh Ua Concheanainn, lord of Ui-Diarmada, and many others.

1094. A battle was gained by Tadhg, son of Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair, and the Sil-Muireadhaigh, over the people of Thomond and West Connaught, in which three hundred were slain; and they plundered all West Connaught. This was called the battle of Fidhnacha. Of the chieftains who were slain in this battle were Amhlaeibh Ua hAichir, Donnsleibhe Ua Cinnfhaelaidh, and the son of Gillafursa Ua Maelmhuaidh.

1100. Gilla na Naomh Ua hEidhin, lord of West Connaught, died, and was interred at Cluain-mic-Nois.

1125.The two sons of Aineislis Ua hEidhin were slain in treachery at Bun-Gaillimhe. Flann and Gillariabhach, the two sons of Aineislis Ua hEidhin, were slain by Conchobhar Ua Flaithbheartaigh.

1126.Conchobhar Ua Cleirigh, lector of Cill-dara, died.

1147.Gilla Mo Choinni Ua Cathail, lord of Ui-Fiachrach-Aidhne, was killed by the grandson of Domhnall Ua Conchobhair.

1153. Gillacheallaigh Ua hEidhin, lord of Aidhne, and his son, Aedh were killed at the battle of Fordruim in Mide.

1159. Geal Bhuidhe Ua Seachnasaigh; Donnchadh, son of Aedh, son of Ruaidhri; Diarmaid Ua Conceanainn; Athius, son of Mac Cnaimhin; the two sons of Conchobhar Ua Conchobhair; Murchadh, the son of Domhnall Ua Flaithbheartaigh killed at the battle of Ath Fhirdiaidh in Oirghialla.

1166. An army, composed of the men of Breifne and Meath, and of the foreigners of Ath-cliath and the Leinstermen, was led by Tighearnan Ua Ruairc into Ui-Ceinnsealaigh; and Diarmaid Mac Murchadha was banished over sea, and his castle at Fearna was demolished. They set up as king, Murchadh, the grandson of Murchadh, he giving seventeen hostages to Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair, to be sent to Tir-Fiachrach-Aidhne.

1179. Melaghlin Reagh O'Shaughnessy, Lord of half the territory of Kinelea, was killed by the son of Donough O'Cahill.

1180. Muirgheas Ó hEidhin, Lord of Hy-Fiacrach-Aidhne, was killed by the men of Munster.

1187. The rock of Lough Key was burned by lightning. Duvesa, daughter of Ó hEidhin, and wife of Conor Mac Dermot, Lord of Moylurg, with seven hundred (or seven score) others, or more, both men and women, were drowned or burned in it in the course of one hour.

1191. Roderic O'Conor set out from Connaught, and went to Flaherty O'Muldory in Tirconnell, and afterwards passed into Tyrone, to request forces from the north of Ireland, to enable him to recover his kingdom of Connaught; but the Ultonians not consenting to aid in procuring lands for him from the Connacians, he repaired to the English of Meath, and these having also refused to go with him, he passed into Munster, whither the Sil-Murray sent for him, and gave him lands, viz. Tir Fiachrach and Kinelea of Echtge.

1201. Conor, the son of Maurice Ó hEidhin, died.

1203. The son of Gillakelly O'Ruaidhin, Bishop of Kilmacduagh, died.

1203.Murtough the Teffian, son of Conor Moinmoy, who was the son of Roderic O'Conor, was slain by Dermot, the son of Roderic, and Hugh, the son of Roderic, namely, by his own two paternal uncles, on the green of Kilmacduagh.

1206. Hugh, the son of Murrough O'Kelly, Lord of Hy-Many, and Caithniadh O'Caithniadh, Lord of Erris, died.

1211. Cugaela Ó hEidhin died.

1212. Donough Ó hEidhin was deprived of sight by the son of Cathal Crovderg, without the consent of the O'Conor.

1214. O'Kelly, Bishop of Hy-Fiachrach, died.

1216. Giolla Arnain Ó Martan, Chief Ollave (professor) of law in Ireland, died.

1222. Gilla Mo Choinni Ó Cahill, Lord of Kinelea East and West, was slain by Shaughnessy, the son of Gilla na Naemh Crom Ó Seachnasaigh
Gilla na Naemh Crom Ó Seachnasaigh
Gilla na Naemh Crom Ó Seachnasaigh, Chief of the Name, died 1224.Ó Seachnasaigh was lord of Cenél Áeda na hEchtge, but is only recorded in the Irish annals towards the end of his era....

, after having been betrayed by his own people.

1223. Seachnasaigh Ó Seachnasaigh, the son of Gilla na Naemh Ó Seachnasaigh, was slain by the Clann-Cuilen, a deed by which the Bachal mor of St. Colman, of Kilmacduagh was profaned.

1224. Gilla na Naemh Crom Ó Seachnasaigh, Lord of the Western half of Kinelea of Echtge, died.

1225. Owen Ó hEidhin
Owen Ó hEidhin
-Background and succession:The succession to the rule of Aidhne after the death of Muirgheas Ua hEidhin in 1180 is unclear. The death of Muirgheas's son, Conor, is reported in 1201 but he is not referred to as king. In 1211 "Cugaela Ó hEidhin died", again, without context...

, lord. see 1225.

1230. Gilla-Isa O'Clery, Bishop of Leyny Achonry ... died.

1232. Faghtna O'Hallgaith, Coarb of Drumacoo, and official of Hy-Fiachrach Aidhne, who had kept an open house for strangers, the sick, and the indigent, and also for the instruction of the people, died.

1232. Conor, son of Hugh, the son of Roderic, made his escape from the English, and the sons of the chiefs of Connaught assembled around him, and they made an incursion into the Tuathas; but Conor, with Gilla Ceallaigh Ó hEidhin, and Gilchreest, the son of Donough Mac Dermot, and many others along with them, were slain by the people of the Tuathas. This was the day on which the people of the Tuathas whitened all the handles of their battle-axes, because it was rumoured that it was by a man who carried a white handled battle-axe that the son of Hugh had been slain.

1235. Owen Ó hEidhin
Owen Ó hEidhin
-Background and succession:The succession to the rule of Aidhne after the death of Muirgheas Ua hEidhin in 1180 is unclear. The death of Muirgheas's son, Conor, is reported in 1201 but he is not referred to as king. In 1211 "Cugaela Ó hEidhin died", again, without context...

see 1235.

1236. Owen Ó hEidhin
Owen Ó hEidhin
-Background and succession:The succession to the rule of Aidhne after the death of Muirgheas Ua hEidhin in 1180 is unclear. The death of Muirgheas's son, Conor, is reported in 1201 but he is not referred to as king. In 1211 "Cugaela Ó hEidhin died", again, without context...

1240. Hugh, the son of Gilla-na-naev Crom O'Shaughnessy, was slain by Conor, son of Hugh, who was the son of Cathal Crovderg, and by Fiachra O'Flynn.

1248. Opichin Guer was slain by Gilla Mo Choinne O'Cahill.

1251. Gilla Mochoinne, son of Gilla Mochoinne O'Cahill, was slain by Conor, son of Hugh, the son of Cathal Crovderg.

1253.Owen Ó hEidhin
Owen Ó hEidhin
-Background and succession:The succession to the rule of Aidhne after the death of Muirgheas Ua hEidhin in 1180 is unclear. The death of Muirgheas's son, Conor, is reported in 1201 but he is not referred to as king. In 1211 "Cugaela Ó hEidhin died", again, without context...

, Lord of Hy-Fiachrach Aidhne, died.

1263. Mael Fabhill Ó hEidhin was slain by the English.

1326. Nicholas Ó hEidhin died.

1340. Eoghan Ó hEidhin, Lord of Hy-Fiachrach-Aidhne, was slain by his own kinsmen.

1408. John Cam Ó Seachnasaigh was slain by the son of O'Loughlin while playing on the green of Cluain Ramhfhoda.

1434. Dermot, the son of Murtough Garbh Ó Seachnasaigh, was killed by his own horse, as he was being shod.

1578. O'Heyne (Rory of the Derry, son of Flan, son of Conor, son of Flan) died. From the beginning of his career until his death he was a man distinguished for hospitality and prowess. His brother's son, Owen Mantagh, son of Edmond, was installed in his place.

External links

Ui Fiachrach Aidne at Ireland's History in Maps

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Legendary origins and geography

Early history

Principal septs

Ó Cléirigh

Ó Cathail

Ó Seachnasaigh

Ó hEidhin

Mac Giolla Cheallaigh

Kings of Connacht

Lords of Cenél Áeda na hEchtge

Lords of Coill Ua bhFhiachrach

Annalistic references

See also

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