Clann Cholmáin is the dynasty descended from
Colmán Már mac Diarmato, son of
Diarmait mac Cerbaill
Diarmait mac Cerbaill (died ) was King of Tara or High King of Ireland. According to traditions, he was the last High King to follow the pagan rituals of inauguration, the ''ban-feis'' or marriage to goddess of the land. The last High King to ...
. Part of the
Southern Uí Néill — they were the
kings of Mide (Meath) — they traced their descent to
Niall Noígiallach and his son
Conall Cremthainne.
Related dynasties descended through Conall Cremthainne and Diarmait mac Cerbaill included the
Síl nÁedo Sláine, the
kings of Brega
The Kings of Brega were rulers of Brega, a petty kingdom north of Dublin in medieval Ireland.
Overview
Brega took its name from ' ('), meaning "fine plain", in modern County Meath, County Louth and County Dublin, Ireland. They formed part of th ...
, descended from Colmán Már's youngest brother
Áed Sláine, and the less important Clann Cholmáin Bicc (or the Caílle Follamain), descendants of the middle brother, Colmán Bec. The
Kings of Uisnech, among others, belonged to Clann Cholmáin.
Important kings of Clann Cholmáin include:
*
Domnall Midi (died
763),
*
Donnchad Midi mac Domnaill (died
797),
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Máel Sechnaill mac Maíl Ruanaid (died
862),
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Flann Sinna (died
916),
*
Máel Sechnaill mac Domnaill
Máel Sechnaill mac Domnaill (), also called Máel Sechnaill Mór or Máel Sechnaill II (949 – 2 September 1022), was a King of Mide and High King of Ireland. His great victory at the Battle of Tara against Olaf Cuaran in 980 resulted i ...
(died
1022).
Bibliography
* Byrne, Francis John, ''Irish Kings and High-Kings.'' Batsford, London, 1973.
* ''Nebulae discutiuntur? The emergencer of Clann Cholmain, sixth-eighth centuries'',
Ailbhe Mac Shamhrain, in ''Seanchas: Studies in Early and Medieval Irish Archaeology'', History and Literature in Honour of
Francis John Byrne
Francis John Byrne (1934 – 30 December 2017) was an Irish historian.
Born in Shanghai where his father, a Dundalk man, captained a ship on the Yellow River, Byrne was evacuated with his mother to Australia on the outbreak of World War II. A ...
, ed. Alfred P. Smyth, pp. 83–97,
Four Courts Press
Four Courts Press is an independent Irish academic publishing house, with its office at Malpas Street, Dublin 8, Ireland.
Founded in 1970 by Michael Adams, who died in February 2009, its early publications were primarily theological, notably ...
,
Dublin
Dublin is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Situated on Dublin Bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, and is bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, pa ...
, 2000.
Further reading
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External links
O'Melaghlin family pedigreeat Library Ireland
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