The Kings of Uí Fiachrach Aidhne were rulers of a Trícha cét

Trícha cét

A Trícha cét or triocha cét was a a territorial unit ... to the eleventh and twelfth centuries [1] in medieval Ireland. It was succeeded by the cantred.Paul MacCotter describes it as:...

 located in the cóiced 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...

, Ireland

Ireland

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Early Kings

• Goibnenn mac Conaill
  Goibnenn mac Conaill
  Goibnenn mac Conaill was the first king of the Ui Fiachrach Aidhne mentioned in the annals. He was the great-grandson of the high king Nath Í ....
  
  , fl. 538
  538
  Year 538 was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Iohannes without colleague...
  
  
• Cobthach mac Gabran
  Cobthach mac Gabran
  Cobthach mac Gabran, King of Ui Fiachrach Aidhne.Cobthach's place among the early kings is uncertain. He is listed in the genealogies but there is no explicit reference to him in the annals. His reign lies somewhere between the years after 538 and 601....
  
  
• 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...
  
  , died 622
  622
  Year 622 was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 622 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.- Religion :* July 16 – Year one of the Islamic...
  
  
• 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....
  
  , died 655
  655
  Year 655 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 655 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.- Europe :* November 15 – Northumbrian king...
  
  
• 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:...
  
  , died 663
  663
  Year 663 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 663 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.- Byzantine Empire :* Byzantine Emperor Constans II...
  
  
• Ceallach mac Guaire
  Ceallach mac Guaire
  Ceallach mac Guaire was King of Uí Fiachrach Aidhne.Ceallach was a son of the previous king, but reigned for only two years. In 664 "A great mortality prevailed in Ireland ... called the Buidhe Connail" and in 666 "A great plague raged" which killed hundreds in Connacht...
  
  , died 666
  666
  Year 666 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 666 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.- Europe :* Chertsey Abbey is founded.* Barking Abbey...
  
  
• 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....
  
  , died 668
  668
  Year 668 was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 668 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.- Europe :* Childeric II succeeds Clotaire III as King...
  
  
• 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...
  
  , died 696
  696
  Year 696 was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 696 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years....
  
  
• Conchubhar mac Cumasgach
  Conchubhar mac Cumasgach
  Conchubhar mac Cumasgach, King of Uí Fiachrach Aidhne, fl. 763.With the death of Fergal Aidne mac Artgaile, died 696, the kingdom of Aidhne entered an era of political insignificance, its rulers been confined to their immediate homeland and reduced to the status of mere lords...
  
  , died 763
  763
  Year 763 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 763 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.- Europe :* Ciniod succeeds Bridei V as king of the...
  
  
• Art mac Flaitnia
  Art mac Flaitnia
  Art mac Flaitnia, King of Uí Fiachrach Aidhne, fl. 767.The succession to the kingship is uncertain the death of Fergal Aidne mac Artgaile in 696, a reflection of Aidhne's drastic reduction in status...
  
  , died 767
  767
  Year 767 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 767 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.-Africa:* The Kharijite Berbers of Tlemcen and Tiaret...
  
  
• Anluan mac Conchobhar
  Anluan mac Conchobhar
  Anluan mac Conchobhar was King of Uí Fiachrach Aidhne.Following a long era of obscurity in the aftermath of the death of Fergal Aidne mac Artgaile in 696, the Uí Fiachrach Aidhne dynasty enter the historical record in the early ninth century....
  
  , died 805
  805
  Year 805 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar.- Byzantine Empire :* Emperor Nicephorus I of Byzantium suffers a major defeat against the Saracens at Crasus.- Asia :...
  
  
• Cathal Aidhne mac Ailell
  Cathal Aidhne mac Ailell
  Cathal Aidhne mac Ailell was King of Uí Fiachrach Aidhne.-References:* Irish Kings and High-Kings, Francis John Byrne , Dublin: Four Courts Press, ISBN 978-1-85182-196-9* at...
  
  , died 812
  812
  Year 812 was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar.- Europe :* The second Battle of Roncevaux Pass is fought between the Basques and the Franks....
  
  
• Cleireach mac Ceadach
  Cleireach mac Ceadach
  Cleireach mac Ceadach was King of Uí Fiachrach Aidhne.-References:* Irish Kings and High-Kings, Francis John Byrne , Dublin: Four Courts Press, ISBN 978-1-85182-196-9* at...
  
  , died 820
  820
  Year 820 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar.- Asia :* Tahir, the son of a slave, is rewarded with the governorship of Khurasan for supporting the caliphate...
  
  
• Tighearnach mac Cathmogha
  Tighearnach mac Cathmogha
  Tighearnach mac Cathmogha was King of Uí Fiachrach Aidhne.-References:* Irish Kings and High-Kings, Francis John Byrne , Dublin: Four Courts Press, ISBN 978-1-85182-196-9* at...
  
  , died 822
  822
  Year 822 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar.- Byzantine Empire :* The civil war between Byzantine Emperor Michael II and the general Thomas the Slav continues...
  
  
• Uathmharan mac Brocan
  Uathmharan mac Brocan
  Uathmharan mac Brocan was King of Uí Fiachrach Aidhne.-References:* Irish Kings and High-Kings, Francis John Byrne , Dublin: Four Courts Press, ISBN 978-1-85182-196-9* at...
  
  , died 871
  871
  Year 871 was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar.- Europe :* Nine battles are fought between the Danes and Wessex...
  
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• Maelfabhaill mac Cleireach, died 887
  887
  Year 887 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar.- Europe :* The city of Toledo rises against the Umayyad leader....
  
  

High Medieval kings

• 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. 908
  908
  Year 908 was a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar.- Asia :* The Battle of Belach Mugna is fought.* Zhu Wen kills the last Tang Dynasty emperor.- Deaths :* Al-Muktafi, Abbasid caliph...
  
  
• 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....
  
  , 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....
  
  
• Mael Macduach
  Mael Macduach
  Mael Macduach was King of Uí Fiachrach Aidhne.Sub anno 937, the Annals of the Four Masters states Mael-micduach, lord of Aidhne, was slain by the foreigners...
  
  , died 920
  920
  Year 920 was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar.- Europe :* The Icelandic volcano Katla erupts.* The Saxons retake East Anglia from the Danes....
  
  
• Domhnall mac Lorcan
  Domhnall mac Lorcan
  Domhnall mac Lorcan was King of Uí Fiachrach Aidhne.Sub anno 937, the Annals of the Four Masters states Domhnall, son of Lorcan, lord of Aidhne, died at Cluain mic Nois.-References:...
  
  , died 937
  937
  Year 937 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar.- Europe :* Battle of Brunanburh: King Athelstan of England defeats the Viking king of Dublin, the Scots, and Strathclyde....
  
  
• Flann Ua Clerigh
  Flann Ua Clerigh
  Flann Ua Clerigh, King of Uí Fiachrach Aidhne, fl. 952.-References:* Irish Kings and High-Kings, Francis John Byrne , Dublin: Four Courts Press, ISBN 978-1-85182-196-9* at...
  
  , fl. 952
  952
  Year 952 was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar....
  
  
• Comhaltan Ua Clerigh
  Comhaltan Ua Clerigh
  Comhaltan Ua Clerigh, King of Uí Fiachrach Aidhne, fl. 964/966-978.Sub anno 966, the Chronicon Scotorum states:A defeat was inflicted on ua Ruairc in Boirenn of Corcu Mruad by Comaltán grandson of Cléirech and by Mael Sechnaill son of Argda, in which 4000 fell, including Taichlech ua Gadra, i.e...
  
  , fl. 964
  964
  Year 964 was a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar.- Religion :* May 22 – Pope Benedict V begins his pontificate as the 132nd pope, chosen by the people of Rome over Pope Leo VIII....
  
  
• Ruaidhrí mac Coscraigh
  Ruaidhrí mac Coscraigh
  Ruaidhrí mac Coscraigh, King of Uí Fiachrach Aidhne, fl. 993.-References:* Irish Kings and High-Kings, Francis John Byrne , Dublin: Four Courts Press, ISBN 978-1-85182-196-9* at...
  
  , fl. 993
  993
  Year 993 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar.- In fiction :* The fantasy role-playing game Dragon Warriors is set in a fantasy world called "Legend" modeled on medieval Europe in an era approximate to this year.* In the Harry Potter series, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft...
  
  
• Mac Comhaltan Ua Cleirigh
  Mac Comhaltan Ua Cleirigh
  Mac Comhaltan Ua Cleirigh, King of Uí Fiachrach Aidhne, fl. 998.According to the Annals of the Four Masters, sub anno 998:Diarmaid, son of Dunadhach, lord of Sil-Anmchadha, was slain by Mac Comhaltan Ua Cleirigh, lord of Aidhne....
  
  , fl. 998
  998
  Year 998 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar.- Europe :* Otto III retakes the city of Rome and reinstates his cousin, Pope Gregory V, after mutilating and blinding his rival, Antipope John XVI.* St...
  
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• Gilla Ceallaigh Ua Cleirigh
  Gilla Ceallaigh Ua Cleirigh
  Gilla Ceallaigh Ua Cleirigh, king of Ui Fiachrach Aidhne, died 1003.Gilla Ceallaigh was the next-to-last of the Ua Cleirigh kings of Aidhne. From this time on, the family lost power and eventually became an eccleiastical family...
  
  , died 1003
• Mael Ruanaidh na Paidre Ua hEidhin
  Mael Ruanaidh na Paidre Ua hEidhin
  Mael Ruanaidh na Paidre Ua hEidhin, king of Ui Fiachrach Aidhne, died 1014.Mael Ruanaidh was the first of the Ua hEidhin kings to rule Aidhne, the last of whom, Eoghan Ó hEidhin, died in 1340....
  
  , died 1014
• Mhic Mac Comhaltan Ua Cleirigh
  Mhic Mac Comhaltan Ua Cleirigh
  Mhic Mac Comhaltan Ua Cleirigh, king of Ui Fiachrach Aidhne, died 1025.An unnamed grandson of Comhaltan Ua Cleirigh was the last Ua Cleirigh ruler of Aidhne. Henceforth the family were dispirsed entirely form Aidhne into north Connacht; one Gilla Isa Ó Cléirigh would be Bishop of Leyny before his...
  
  , died 1025, alias Comhaltan?
• 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:...
  
  , died 1048
• Gilla na Naomh Ua hEidhin
  Gilla na Naomh Ua hEidhin
  Gilla na Naomh Ua hEidhin, King of Uí Fiachrach Aidhne until his death in 1100.Gilla na Naomh was the third Ua hEidhin king to rule Aidhne, and was king for sixty-two years, one of the longest in attested Irish history....
  
  , died 1100
• Aodh Ua hEidhin
  Aodh Ua hEidhin
  Aodh Ua hEidhin was King of Uí Fiachrach Aidhne.According to the Annals of the Four Masters, sub anno 1121: A hosting by Toirdhealbhach son of Ruaidhrí into Munster, and he burned Ciarraighe Luachra and went from there eastwards through Munster, and burned Ua Caoimh's house on the bank of the Abha...
  
  , died 1121
• 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...
  
  , died 1147
• Gilla Cheallaigh Ua hEidhin
  Gilla Cheallaigh Ua hEidhin
  Gilla Cheallaigh Ua hEidhin was King of Uí Fiachrach Aidhne.-References:* Irish Kings and High-Kings, Francis John Byrne , Dublin: Four Courts Press, ISBN 978-1-85182-196-9* at...
  
  , died 1153
• Muirgheas Ua hEidhin
  Muirgheas Ua hEidhin
  Muirgheas Ua hEidhin was King of Uí Fiachrach Aidhne.-References:* Irish Kings and High-Kings, Francis John Byrne , Dublin: Four Courts Press, ISBN 978-1-85182-196-9* at...
  
  , died 1180
• 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...
  
  , died 1253
• Eoghan Ó hEidhin
  Eoghan Ó hEidhin
  Eoghan Ó hEidhin, King of Uí Fiachrach Aidhne, died 1340.Eoghan is the last person named as ruler of all Uí Fiachrach Aidhne in the annals. The previous person so named was Owen Ó hEidhin who died in 1253. The Irish annals list two possible rulers in the interim:* 1263. Mael Fabhill Ó hEidhin was...
  
  , died 1340

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Eochaid Mugmedon

Eochaid Mugmedon

-Biography:According to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition, Eochaid was a High King of Ireland, best known as the father of Niall of the Nine Hostages and ancestor of the Uí Néill and Connachta dynasties...

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Brion Fiachrae

Fiachrae

Fiachrae was an Irish prince, the son of the high king Eochaid Mugmedón by his wife Mongfind, sister of Crimthann mac Fidaig. He was ancestor of the Uí Fiachrach dynasties of Connacht. He lived in the late 4th century....

  Ailill Niall Noígíallach died c.450

450

Year 450 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Valentinianus and Avienus...

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Echu Ailill Molt

Ailill Molt

Ailill mac Nath Í , called Ailill Molt, is included in most lists of the High Kings of Ireland and is also called King of Connacht. His cognomen, molt, means "ram" but its origin is unknown....

, d.482

482

Year 482 was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Severinus and Illus...

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Gabran Goibnenn mac Conaill

Goibnenn mac Conaill

Goibnenn mac Conaill was the first king of the Ui Fiachrach Aidhne mentioned in the annals. He was the great-grandson of the high king Nath Í ....

, fl. 538

538

Year 538 was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Iohannes without colleague...

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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

622

Year 622 was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 622 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.- Religion :* July 16 – Year one of the Islamic...

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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

655

Year 655 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 655 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.- Europe :* November 15 – Northumbrian king...

  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

663

Year 663 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 663 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.- Byzantine Empire :* Byzantine Emperor Constans II...

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Muirchertach Nar, d.668. Artgal
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