Table of Contents
38 relations: Annals of the Four Masters, Érimón, Óengus Ollom, Cathair Mór, Conchobar Abradruad, Conn of the Hundred Battles, Cormac mac Airt, County Kildare, Crimthann Coscrach, Diarmuid Ua Duibhne, Druid, Eithne Tháebfhota, Fedlimid Rechtmar, Fenian Cycle, Fergus Fortamail, Fionn mac Cumhaill, Foras Feasa ar Éirinn, Fosterage, Geoffrey Keating, High King of Ireland, Hill of Tara, Kells, County Meath, Kingdom of Uí Failghe, Labhraidh Loingseach, Lebor Gabála Érenn, Leinster, List of High Kings of Ireland, MacGorman, MacMurrough, Marcus Aurelius, Nuadu Necht, Oscar (Irish mythology), R. A. Stewart Macalister, Roman emperor, Rus Failge, Sadb ingen Chuinn, Uí Bairrche, Uí Ceinnselaig.
Annals of the Four Masters
The Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland (Annála Ríoghachta Éireann) or the Annals of the Four Masters (Annála na gCeithre Máistrí) are chronicles of medieval Irish history.
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Érimón
Érimón (Modern Éireamhón), commonly Anglicised as Heremon, son of Míl Espáine (and great-grandson of Breoghan, king of Celtic Galicia), according to medieval Irish legends and historical traditions, was one of the chieftains who took part in the Milesian invasion of Ireland, which conquered the island from the Tuatha Dé Danann, and one of the first Milesian High Kings. Cathair Mór and Érimón are legendary High Kings of Ireland.
Óengus Ollom
Óengus Ollom (the scholar), according to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition, was a High King of Ireland who was the son of Ailill, the son of Labraid Loingsech. Cathair Mór and Óengus Ollom are legendary High Kings of Ireland.
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Cathair Mór
Cathair Mór ("the great"), son of Feidhlimidh Fiorurghlas, a descendant of Conchobar Abradruad, was, according to Lebor Gabála Érenn, a High King of Ireland. Cathair Mór and Cathair Mór are legendary High Kings of Ireland.
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Conchobar Abradruad
Conchobar Abradruad ("red eyelashes"), son of Find File, son of Ros Ruad, son of Fergus Fairgge, son of Nuadu Necht, of the Laigin, was, according to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition, a High King of Ireland. Cathair Mór and Conchobar Abradruad are legendary High Kings of Ireland.
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Conn of the Hundred Battles
Conn Cétchathach, or Conn of the Hundred Battles, son of Fedlimid Rechtmar, was a legendary High King of Ireland who is claimed to be the ancestor of the Connachta, and through his descendant Niall Noígiallach, the Uí Néill dynasties, which dominated Ireland in the early Middle Ages. Cathair Mór and Conn of the Hundred Battles are legendary High Kings of Ireland.
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Cormac mac Airt
Cormac mac Airt, also known as Cormac ua Cuinn (grandson of Conn) or Cormac Ulfada (long beard), was, according to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition, a High King of Ireland. Cathair Mór and Cormac mac Airt are legendary High Kings of Ireland.
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County Kildare
County Kildare (Contae Chill Dara) is a county in Ireland.
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Crimthann Coscrach
Crimthann Coscrach ("the victorious"), son of Fedlimid Fortrén, son of Fergus Fortamail, was, according to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition, a High King of Ireland. Cathair Mór and Crimthann Coscrach are legendary High Kings of Ireland.
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Diarmuid Ua Duibhne
Diarmuid Ua Duibhne, also known as Diarmuid of the Love Spot, is a hero and demigod in the Fenian Cycle of Irish mythology, traditionally thought to be set in the 2nd to 4th century.
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Druid
A druid was a member of the high-ranking priestly class in ancient Celtic cultures.
Eithne Tháebfhota
Eithne Tháebfhota ("of the Long Side") was one of the daughters of the king Cathaír Mór.
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Fedlimid Rechtmar
Fedlimid Rechtmar ("the lawful, legitimate" or "the passionate, furious") or Rechtaid ("the judge, lawgiver"), son of Tuathal Techtmar, was, according to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition, a High King of Ireland. Cathair Mór and Fedlimid Rechtmar are legendary High Kings of Ireland.
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Fenian Cycle
The Fenian Cycle, Fianna Cycle or Finn Cycle (an Fhiannaíocht) is a body of early Irish literature focusing on the exploits of the mythical hero Finn or Fionn mac Cumhaill and his warrior band the Fianna.
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Fergus Fortamail
Fergus Fortamail ("strong, prevailing"), son of Bresal Brecc, son of Óengus Ollom, son of Ailill Bracan, son of Labraid Loingsech, was, according to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition, a High King of Ireland. Cathair Mór and Fergus Fortamail are legendary High Kings of Ireland.
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Fionn mac Cumhaill
Fionn mac Cumhaill (Scottish Gaelic:; Old and Find or Finn mac Cumail or mac Umaill), often anglicized Finn McCool or MacCool, is a hero in Irish mythology, as well as in later Scottish and Manx folklore.
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Foras Feasa ar Éirinn
Foras Feasa ar Éirinn – literally 'Foundation of Knowledge on Ireland', but most often known in English as 'The History of Ireland' – is a narrative history of Ireland by Geoffrey Keating, written in Irish and completed.
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Fosterage
Fosterage, the practice of a family bringing up a child not their own, differs from adoption in that the child's parents, not the foster-parents, remain the acknowledged parents.
Geoffrey Keating
Geoffrey Keating (Seathrún Céitinn; –) was an Irish historian.
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High King of Ireland
High King of Ireland (Ardrí na hÉireann) was a royal title in Gaelic Ireland held by those who had, or who are claimed to have had, lordship over all of Ireland.
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Hill of Tara
The Hill of Tara (Teamhair or Cnoc na Teamhrach) is a hill and ancient ceremonial and burial site near Skryne in County Meath, Ireland.
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Kells, County Meath
Kells is a town in County Meath, Ireland.
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Kingdom of Uí Failghe
The kingdom of Uí Fháilghe, Uí Failge (early spelling) or Uíbh Fhailí (modern spelling), was a Gaelic-Irish kingdom which existed to 1550, the name of which (though not the territory) is preserved in the name of County Offaly (Contae Uíbh Fhailí), Ireland.
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Labhraidh Loingseach
Labraid Loingsech (the exile, mariner), also known as Labraid Lorc, son of Ailill Áine, son of Lóegaire Lorc, was, according to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition, a High King of Ireland. Cathair Mór and Labhraidh Loingseach are legendary High Kings of Ireland.
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Lebor Gabála Érenn
Lebor Gabála Érenn (literally "The Book of the Taking of Ireland"; Modern Irish spelling: Leabhar Gabhála Éireann, known in English as The Book of Invasions) is a collection of poems and prose narratives in the Irish language intended to be a history of Ireland and the Irish from the creation of the world to the Middle Ages.
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Leinster
Leinster (Laighin or Cúige Laighean) is one of the four provinces of Ireland, in the southeast of Ireland.
List of High Kings of Ireland
Medieval Irish historical tradition held that Ireland had a High King (Ard Rí) based at Tara since ancient times, and compilations like the 11th-century Lebor Gabála Érenn, followed by Early Modern works like the Annals of the Four Masters and Foras Feasa ar Éirinn, purported to trace the line of High Kings.
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MacGorman
MacGorman (Irish: Mac Gormáin), also known as McGorman, Gorman, or O'Gorman (Irish: Ó Gormáin), is an Irish Gaelic clan based most prominently in what is today County Clare.
MacMurrough
MacMurrough is a townland in the parish of New Ross, County Wexford, Ireland.
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Marcus Aurelius
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (English:; 26 April 121 – 17 March 180) was Roman emperor from 161 to 180 and a Stoic philosopher.
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Nuadu Necht
Nuadu Necht ("the pure"), son of Sétna Sithbac, a descendant of Crimthann Coscrach, of the Laigin, was, according to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition, a High King of Ireland. Cathair Mór and Nuadu Necht are legendary High Kings of Ireland.
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Oscar (Irish mythology)
Oscar (oscara.
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R. A. Stewart Macalister
Robert Alexander Stewart Macalister (8 July 1870 – 26 April 1950) was an Irish archaeologist.
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Roman emperor
The Roman emperor was the ruler and monarchical head of state of the Roman Empire, starting with the granting of the title augustus to Octavian in 27 BC.
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Rus Failge
Rus Failge (fl. AD 507–514), also known as Ros Failgeach, was the King of the Uí Failge of what became County Offaly.
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Sadb ingen Chuinn
Sadb ingen Chuinn was a daughter of Conn of the Hundred Battles, a High King of Ireland.
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Uí Bairrche
Uí Bairrche (Uí Bhairrche) was an Irish kin-based group that originally held lands in the south of the ancient province of Leinster (or Cóiced Laigen "the Fifth of the Laigin").
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Uí Ceinnselaig
The Uí Ceinselaig (also Uí Ceinselaig, Anglicized as Kinsella), from the Old Irish "grandsons of Cennsalach", are an Irish dynasty of Leinster who trace their descent from Énnae Cennsalach, a supposed contemporary of Niall of the Nine Hostages.
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References
Also known as Cahir More, Dáire Barrach mac Cathair Mór, Fiacha Baicheda mac Cathair Mór.