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The Delbhna were an ethnic group in Ireland
Ireland

Ireland is the List of islands by area in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islet....
. They had a number of branches in central and western Ireland.

The Delbhna Tir Dha Locha
Delbhna Tir Dha Locha

Dealbhne Th?re Dh? Loch was a tuath of medieval Ireland, located in Iar Connacht in the west of Co. Galway in the province of Connacht, Ireland....
 were the most westerly branch, based in Iar Connacht
Iar Connacht

Iar Chonnachta covers the portion of County Galway west of Lough Corrib and the Gaillimh / Galway River and the portion of County Mayo in the barony of Ross....
.

The Delbhna Nuadat
Delbhna Nuadat

The Delbhna Nuadat were lords of a large section of what is now County Roscommon, situated between the Suca and River Shannon rivers. From the early historic era they were a subject people of the Ui Maine....
 were lords of a large section of what is now County Roscommon
County Roscommon

County Roscommon is a county located in central Ireland. Area: . Roscommon is in the Provinces of Ireland of Connacht. It is the only county in Connacht that does not have a shoreline....
, situated between the Suck and Shannon
River Shannon

The River Shannon is, at 386 km , the longest Rivers of Ireland. It divides the west of Ireland from the east and south . County Clare, being west of the Shannon but part of the province of Munster, is the major exception....
 rivers. From the early historic era they were a subject people of the Ui Maine.

The Delbhna Bethra were located on the east bank of the River Shannon
River Shannon

The River Shannon is, at 386 km , the longest Rivers of Ireland. It divides the west of Ireland from the east and south . County Clare, being west of the Shannon but part of the province of Munster, is the major exception....
, in what is now County Westmeath
County Westmeath

County Westmeath is popularly referred to as the "Lake County". It lies in western part of the province of Leinster in Republic of Ireland. The county was part of the ancient central province of Meath and later of County Meath....
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The Delbhna were an ethnic group in Ireland
Ireland

Ireland is the List of islands by area in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islet....
. They had a number of branches in central and western Ireland.

The Delbhna Tir Dha Locha
Delbhna Tir Dha Locha

Dealbhne Th?re Dh? Loch was a tuath of medieval Ireland, located in Iar Connacht in the west of Co. Galway in the province of Connacht, Ireland....
 were the most westerly branch, based in Iar Connacht
Iar Connacht

Iar Chonnachta covers the portion of County Galway west of Lough Corrib and the Gaillimh / Galway River and the portion of County Mayo in the barony of Ross....
.

The Delbhna Nuadat
Delbhna Nuadat

The Delbhna Nuadat were lords of a large section of what is now County Roscommon, situated between the Suca and River Shannon rivers. From the early historic era they were a subject people of the Ui Maine....
 were lords of a large section of what is now County Roscommon
County Roscommon

County Roscommon is a county located in central Ireland. Area: . Roscommon is in the Provinces of Ireland of Connacht. It is the only county in Connacht that does not have a shoreline....
, situated between the Suck and Shannon
River Shannon

The River Shannon is, at 386 km , the longest Rivers of Ireland. It divides the west of Ireland from the east and south . County Clare, being west of the Shannon but part of the province of Munster, is the major exception....
 rivers. From the early historic era they were a subject people of the Ui Maine.

The Delbhna Bethra were located on the east bank of the River Shannon
River Shannon

The River Shannon is, at 386 km , the longest Rivers of Ireland. It divides the west of Ireland from the east and south . County Clare, being west of the Shannon but part of the province of Munster, is the major exception....
, in what is now County Westmeath
County Westmeath

County Westmeath is popularly referred to as the "Lake County". It lies in western part of the province of Leinster in Republic of Ireland. The county was part of the ancient central province of Meath and later of County Meath....
. They may have once formed a single kingdom with the Delbhna Nuada until subjugated by the Ui Maine. By the late 5th century they had fallen under the control of the Uí Néill
Uí Néill

The U? N?ill were Ireland and Scottish dynasties who claimed descent from Niall Noigiallach , an historical High King of Ireland who died about 405....
.

The Delbhna took their name from Delbáeth
Delbáeth

In Irish mythology Delb?eth was the son of either Aengus or Ogma of the Tuatha D? Danann, and Ethniu of the Fomorians. He succeeded his grandfather Eochaid Ollathair, aka the Dagda, as High King of Ireland....
 who is stated as being a legendary High King of Ireland
High King of Ireland

A High King of Ireland is a historical or legendary figure who claimed lordship over the whole of Ireland. The High-Kingship was never a political reality in Ireland, but has a strong literary and folkore tradition....
 but was more likely a god of the Tuatha Dé Danann
Tuatha Dé Danann

The Tuatha D? Danann are a race of people in Irish mythology. In the invasions tradition which begins with the Lebor Gab?la ?renn, they are the fifth group to settle Ireland, conquering the island from the Fir Bolg....
; he would have been their ancestor-deity in the same way that Woden
Woden

Woden is a god in Anglo-Saxon paganism, together with Norse Odin representing a development of a Proto-Germanic god, *Wodanaz. Other West Germanic forms of the name include Old High German Wuotan, Low German and Dutch language Wodan....
 was to the Anglo-Saxons
Anglo-Saxons

Anglo-Saxons is the term usually used to describe the invading tribes in the south and east of Great Britain starting from the early 5th century AD, and their creation of the English nation, lasting until the Norman conquest of England of 1066....
.