Síol Muireadaigh, Gaelic

Gaels

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-Irish

Irish people

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 dynasty

Dynasty

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 and territory, located in north County Roscommon

County Roscommon

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Overview

The Síol Muireadaigh were a dynasty of related clans, all descendants of King Muiredach Muillethan

Muiredach Muillethan

Muiredach Muillethan mac Fergusso was a King of Connacht from the Uí Briúin branch of the Connachta. He was the grandson of Rogallach mac Uatach , a previous king. He belonged to the Uí Briúin Ai sept...

 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...

 (died 702), all of whom lived in north-central Connaught. The term Síol denotes the seed, or descendants, of Muiredach.

Septs

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 Síol Muireadaigh included

• Ó Tighe/Tighe
• Ó Flannagain/O'Flanagan
• Ó Maoilbhreanainn/O'Mulrennan/Brennan
• Ó Birn/O'Beirne
• Ó Concheanainn/Concannon
  Uí Díarmata
  Uí Díarmata was a local kingdom located in what is now north County Galway.-Origins:The ruling dynasty took its name from King Diarmait Finn of Connacht , and the territory in turn was named after them. It seems to have been created by the Uí Briúin in the ninth century during a wave of expansion...
  
  
• Mag Oireachtaigh|Geraghty
• Mac Diarmada/MacDermot
• Mac Maghnusa/MacManus
• Ó Conchubhair/O'Conor
  O'Conor Don
  The Ó Conchubhair Donn is the hereditary Prince and Chief of the Name of the Royal Family of Connacht, the Clan Ó Conchubhair.-Overview:...
  
  

Family tree

Muiredach Muillethan of the Connachta
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Indrechtaig, died 723. Cathal
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Áed Balb (died 742) Muiredach (died 732) Tadg Murgal Medb Dub Indrecht Artgal Dub Díbeirg Forgartach
= ? = Áed Oirdnide d. 768. d. 792. d. 787. fl. 789.
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Tipraiti Niall Caille
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Síol Muireadaigh Áed Findliath

See also

• 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...
  
  
• O'Conor Don
  O'Conor Don
  The Ó Conchubhair Donn is the hereditary Prince and Chief of the Name of the Royal Family of Connacht, the Clan Ó Conchubhair.-Overview:...
  
  
• MacDermot family
• MacDermot Roe
  MacDermot Roe
  MacDermot Roe is the name of a sept of the MacDermot Kings of Moylurg.Tracing their origin to 1266, the MacDermots Roe of Ireland served as Biatachs General of the Kingdom of Connacht and were the principal patrons of the Irish composer Turlough Carolan, 1670-1738...
  
  
• Ollamh Síol Muireadaigh

External links

• http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlkik/ihm/connacht.htm