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Gaelic nobility of Ireland. This article concerns the Gaelic nobility of Ireland from ancient to modern times. It only partly overlaps with Chiefs of the Name because it excludes Scotland and other discussion. It is one of three groups of Irish nobility, the others being those nobles descended from the Hiberno-Normans and those granted titles ...
According to Hugo O'Donnell, 7th Duke of Tetuan, de Valera raised the idea of an Irish monarchy with his great-grandfather Juan O'Donnell. [31] Raymond Moulton O'Brien, the self-styled "Prince of Thomond", and the United Christian Nationalist Party, of which O'Brien was the leader, wanted to reestablish the monarchy with O'Brien as king. [32]
O'NeillÓ Néill. The O'Neill dynasty (Irish: Ó Néill) are a lineage of Irish Gaelic origin that held prominent positions and titles in Ireland and elsewhere. As kings of Cenél nEógain, they were historically one of the most prominent family of the Northern Uí Néill, along with the O'Donnell dynasty.
Niall Noígíallach (pronounced [ˈn͈ʲiːal͈ n͈oiˈɣʲiːal͈əx]; Old Irish "having nine hostages "), [1] or Niall of the Nine Hostages, was a legendary, semi-historical Irish king who was the ancestor of the Uí Néill dynasties that dominated Ireland from the 6th to the 10th centuries. [2] Historical Irish annalistic and chronicle ...
William FitzGerald, 2nd Duke of Leinster. A modest number of titles in the peerage of Ireland date from the Middle Ages.Before 1801, Irish peers had the right to sit in the Irish House of Lords, on the abolition of which by the Union effective in 1801 by an Act of 1800 they elected a small proportion – twenty-eight Irish representative peers – of their number (and elected replacements as ...
Delbáeth - king of the Tuatha Dé Danann. Ecne - god of wisdom and knowledge. Egobail - foster son of Manannan mac Lir and father of Aine. Elcmar - chief steward to the Dagda. Ernmas - mother goddess. Fand - sea goddess and lover of Cú Chulainn. Fiacha mac Delbaíth - legendary High King of Ireland.
Ancient and legendary Kings of Munster. Bodb Derg, king of the Sid Mumu, and later king of the Tuatha Dé Danann, succeeding The Dagda. Conmáel, first Milesian king based in Munster, and also High King of Ireland. Eochaid Faebar Glas, his son and High King of Ireland, possibly based in Munster also. Eochu Mumu, his grandson and High King of ...
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