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The Eóganachta (or Eoghanachta), by tradition founded by Eógan
Eogan

E?gan mac N?ill...
, king of Munster
Munster

Munster is the southernmost of the four provinces of Ireland. The largest city in Munster is Cork ....
, the firstborn son of the semi-mythological third-century king Oilill Ollum
Ailill Aulom

In Irish traditional history Ailill Ollamh , son of Mug Nuadat, was a king of the southern half of Ireland. Sabia the daughter of Conn of the Hundred Battles was his wife....
, was an Irish dynasty centred around Cashel which dominated southern 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....
 from the 5th to the 16th century. Eógan
Eogan

E?gan mac N?ill...
 had a younger brother, Cas
CAS

CAS can mean:...
, who is said to have originated the rival Dál gCais
Dál gCais

The D?l gCais were a dynastic group of related septs located in north Munster who rose to political prominence in the early medieval era in Ireland....
 dynasty of Ireland. The Dál gCais displaced the increasingly divided Eóganachta during the course of the 10th century.

Ó Scannail of Munster must have been a sept of some significance, for it is recorded that in 1014, Eocha, son of Dunadbach, Chief of Clann Scannail, and Scannail son of Cathal, Lord of Eoghanacht Locha Léin (the most powerful clan grouping in Munster at the time), were killed at the battle of Clontarf.

Eóganachta surnames include MacCarthy, O'Sullivan, O'Mahony, O'Donoghue, O'Moriarty, O'Keefe, O'Callaghan and Scannell.






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The Eóganachta (or Eoghanachta), by tradition founded by Eógan
Eogan

E?gan mac N?ill...
, king of Munster
Munster

Munster is the southernmost of the four provinces of Ireland. The largest city in Munster is Cork ....
, the firstborn son of the semi-mythological third-century king Oilill Ollum
Ailill Aulom

In Irish traditional history Ailill Ollamh , son of Mug Nuadat, was a king of the southern half of Ireland. Sabia the daughter of Conn of the Hundred Battles was his wife....
, was an Irish dynasty centred around Cashel which dominated southern 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....
 from the 5th to the 16th century. Eógan
Eogan

E?gan mac N?ill...
 had a younger brother, Cas
CAS

CAS can mean:...
, who is said to have originated the rival Dál gCais
Dál gCais

The D?l gCais were a dynastic group of related septs located in north Munster who rose to political prominence in the early medieval era in Ireland....
 dynasty of Ireland. The Dál gCais displaced the increasingly divided Eóganachta during the course of the 10th century.

Ó Scannail of Munster must have been a sept of some significance, for it is recorded that in 1014, Eocha, son of Dunadbach, Chief of Clann Scannail, and Scannail son of Cathal, Lord of Eoghanacht Locha Léin (the most powerful clan grouping in Munster at the time), were killed at the battle of Clontarf.

Eóganachta surnames include MacCarthy, O'Sullivan, O'Mahony, O'Donoghue, O'Moriarty, O'Keefe, O'Callaghan and Scannell. Also included are the Ui Fidgeinte (e.g. the O'Donovans), non-subject allies of the Eoganachta (Cashel) who may have originally belonged to the Erainn as some claim, although it is just as likely the Uí Fidgeinti were a more senior branch of the Eoganachta excluded from the innovative politics at Cashel.

The septs or branches of the Eóganachta and some of their more notable members include:
  • Eóganacht Chaisil
    Eóganacht Chaisil

    E?ganacht Chaisil were a branch of the E?ganachta, the ruling dynasty of Munster during the 5th-10th centuries. They took their name from Cashel, County Tipperary which was the capital of the early Christian kingdom of Munster....
     of Cashel
    • Feidlimid mac Cremthanin
      Feidlimid mac Cremthanin

      Feidlimid mac Cremthanin was the Kings of Munster between 820 and 846. He was numbered as a member of the Culdee, an abbot of Cork Abbey and Clonfert, and possibly a bishop....
       (died 847)
    • Cormac mac Cuilennáin
      Cormac mac Cuilennáin

      Cormac mac Cuilenn?in was an Ireland bishop and was king of Munster from 902 until his death. He was killed fighting in Leinster, probably attempting to restore the fortunes of the kings of Munster by reimposing authority over that province....
       (died 908)
  • Eóganacht Áine
    Eóganacht Áine

    E?ganacht ?ine or E?ganacht ?ine Cliach were a branch of the E?ganachta, the ruling dynasty of Munster during the 5th-10th centuries. They took their name from Cnoc ?ine in the region of Cli? not far from Emly, the main ecclesiastical center of Munster....
  • Eóganacht Airthir Cliach
    Eóganacht Airthir Cliach

    E?ganacht Airthir Cliach were a branch of the E?ganachta, the ruling dynasty of Munster during the 5th-10th centuries. They took their name from Cli?, a territory in eastern Co.Limerick and parts of Tipperary....
    • Fergus Scandal mac Crimthainn
      Fergus Scandal mac Crimthainn

      Fergus Scandal mac Crimthainn was a king of Munster from the E?ganacht Airthir Cliach branch of the Eoganachta, the ruling dynasty of Munster. He was the son of Crimthann Dearcon mac Eochaid and great-grandson of ?engus mac Nad Fro?ch the first christian king of Munster....
       (died 582)
  • Dál gCais
    • Brian Boru
      Brian Boru

      Brian mac Cenn?tig, called Brian B?ruma, Brian Boru, Emperor of the Irish , , was an Ireland king who ended the centuries-long domination of the High King of Ireland by the U? N?ill....
       (died 1014)
  • Uí Fidgeinti
  • Eóganacht Glendamnach
    Eóganacht Glendamnach

    E?ganacht Glendamnach were a branch of the E?ganachta, the ruling dynasty of Munster during the 5th-10th centuries. They took their name from Glendamnach ....
    • Cathal Cú-cen-máthair
      Cathal Cú-cen-máthair

      Cathal C?-cen-m?thair mac Catha?l , often known as C?-cen-m?thair, was an Ireland King of Munster from around 661 until his death. He was a son of Cathal mac ?edo Flaind Chathrach and belonged to the Glendamnach sept of the E?ganachta dynasty....
       mac Cathaíl (died 665 or 666)
  • Eóganacht Locha Léin
    Eóganacht Locha Léin

    E?ganacht Locha L?in or Ui Caipre Luachra were a branch of the ruling Eoganachta of Munster. Their territory was in Iarmuman or West Munster. Luachair is the old name of a large district on the borders of Co Cork, Kerry and Limerick....
    • Áed Bennán mac Crimthainn (died between 619 and 621)
  • Eóganacht Maige Geirginn. The plain of Circinn is thought to be the area of Angus
    Angus

    Angus is one of the 32 Local government in Scotland council areas of Scotland, and a Lieutenancy areas of Scotland. The council area borders onto Aberdeenshire, Perth and Kinross and the Dundee City....
     and the Mearns in Scotland
    Scotland

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    .
    • Óengus I of the Picts
      Óengus I of the Picts

      ?engus son of Fergus , was king of the Picts from 732 until his death in 761. His reign can be reconstructed in some detail from a variety of sources....
       (died 761)
  • Eóganacht Raithlind
    Eóganacht Raithlind

    E?ganacht Raithlind or U? Echach Muman were a branch of the E?ganachta, the ruling dynasty of Munster during the 5th-10th centuries. They took their name from Raithlinn or Raithleann described around the area of Bandon, in the same area....