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Page 74
... Ulaid once lost their military prestige , their vassal tribes may well have thrown off their yoke and given hostages to Niall in return for local autonomy . The Ulaid then retired eastwards to where their main strength lay : it is ...
... Ulaid once lost their military prestige , their vassal tribes may well have thrown off their yoke and given hostages to Niall in return for local autonomy . The Ulaid then retired eastwards to where their main strength lay : it is ...
Page 107
... Ulaid , Donnsléibe mac Eochada , made a hosting to the Boyne and gave tuarastal ( the royal gifts which were a token of suzerainty ) to Donnchad Ua Ruairc , king of Bréifne . This was clearly an attempt to revive the ancient Fifth of ...
... Ulaid , Donnsléibe mac Eochada , made a hosting to the Boyne and gave tuarastal ( the royal gifts which were a token of suzerainty ) to Donnchad Ua Ruairc , king of Bréifne . This was clearly an attempt to revive the ancient Fifth of ...
Page 108
... Ulaid in the strict tribal sense was borne by the people who dwelt between Dundrum Bay and Belfast Lough . Their centre was at Dún - dá - Lethglass ( Downpatrick ) —originally a secular rather than a religious site and their ruling ...
... Ulaid in the strict tribal sense was borne by the people who dwelt between Dundrum Bay and Belfast Lough . Their centre was at Dún - dá - Lethglass ( Downpatrick ) —originally a secular rather than a religious site and their ruling ...
Contents
List of Illustrations | vii |
Acknowledgements | xiv |
A Note on the Emergence of Irish Surnames | xxxi |
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abbot Adomnán Áed mac Ailill Áine Airgialla Airthir ancestor annalistic Annals of Ulster Armagh battle Brega Bréifne Cellach Cenél Conaill Cenél nEógain church Ciarraige Clann Cholmáin Clonmacnoise Coirpre Colmán Conall Conchobar Corc Corco Cormac mac Crimthann Cruthin Dál Cais Dál Fiatach Dál nAraidi Dál Riata death Déisi descendants Diarmait mac Cerbaill Domnall Donnchad Dublin Dúin dynasty Early Irish Echach eighth century Eochaid Eógan Eóganacht Feidlimid mac Flann genealogical Guaire high-king high-kingship Kildare king of Cashel king of Connacht king of Leinster king of Munster king of Tara king of Uí kingdom kingship Laigin later Lóeguire mac Crimthainn mac Máele Máel Máelsechnaill Mide Mór Muirchertach Muiredach Múscraige Niall Óengus Osraige Patrick pedigree poem province regnal lists royal saga seventh century Síl slain Sláine tenth century tract tradition tribal tribes tuath Ua Briain Uí Briúin Uí Cheinnselaig Uí Dúnlainge Uí Fiachrach Uí Maine Ulaid