Cenél nEógain and the Donegal kingdoms, AD 800-1200
Lacey, Brian, 1949-2025
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Aimsigh é!
Cenél nEógain, a royal dynasty from Inishowen in Donegal, defeated its previously more successful opponent, Cenél Conaill at the battle of Clóitech in AD 789. From then on, the Cenél nEógain kingdom spread across Counties Derry, Tyrone (giving that territory its name), into Armagh, and dominated the whole territory of Ulster. It also attained, alternately, the higher kingship of Tara. After surnames appeared c.1000, the Mac Lochlainns and O'Neills became Cenél Eógain's leading families. Meanwhile, the defeated Cenél Conaill struggled to maintain some degree of prestige following the emergence of a previously minor, upstart kingdom, originally from west Donegal, the Síl Lugdach. By c.1200 the O'Neills and the leading Síl Lugdach family, the O'Donnells, were in position to rule the whole of Ulster until the English conquest c.1600. This book outlines how that situation came about.
Príomhtheideal:
Cenél nEógain and the Donegal kingdoms, AD 800-1200 / Brian Lacey.
Údar:
Lacey, Brian, 1949-, author
Inphrionta:
Dublin : Four Courts Press, 2025.
Leathanaigh in ord:
352 pages : illustrations
Lucht:
Specialized.
ISBN:
9781801511711 (hbk)
Rangúchán Dewey:
941.501
I dteanga:
English
Réimse:
BRN:
3643225