two principal and most powerful septs of the Cenél Conaill. The most famous descendant of the Cenél Conaill is Saint Columba, who founded the monastery...
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Northern Uí Néill (redirect from Cenél nEógan)
in Tuaiscirt, of which the Cenél Conaill and Cenél nEógain were the most dominant. By the 13th century, the Cenél Conaill had come to dominance over the...
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County Tyrone. By the 12th century the Cenél Conaill conquered Inishowen; however, it mattered little to the Cenél nEóghain as they had established a powerful...
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Conall Gulban (section Cenél Conaill)
Gulban (died c. 464) was an Irish king and eponymous ancestor of the Cenél Conaill, who founded the kingdom of Tír Chonaill in the 5th century, comprising...
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Tyrconnell (redirect from Tír Conaill)
the 5th century founding of Cenél Conaill, the tuatha was a sub-unit of the larger kingdom of Ailech, along with their Cenél nEógain cousins, fellow descendants...
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Gallchobhair) family of County Donegal, formerly one of the leading clans of Cenél Conaill, and therefore of all Ulster, originated in the 10th century as a derivative...
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Cenél is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Cenél Conaill, the name of the "kindred" or descendants of Conall Gulban, son of Niall Noígiallach...
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List of Irish clans in Ulster (redirect from Cenél Lugdach)
the Cenél Conaill centered in the rich area of Magh Ithe, in the valley of the river Finn. For a time the Cenél Eóghain and Cenél Conaill alternated...
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List of rulers of Tyrconnell (redirect from Kings of Tir Conaill)
by a son of Niall of the Nine Hostages, Conall Gulban, of whom the Cenél Conaill are descended. They ruled the kingdom until the Flight of the Earls...
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Cenél nGabráin (based in Kintyre), the Cenél nÓengusa (based on Islay), the Cenél Loairn (who gave their name to the district of Lorn) and the Cenél Comgaill...
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