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Morann mac Cairbre, a son of Maion / Cairbre, who was to become the Chief Judge / Brehon of Ireland had been born with a physical abnormality, which had caused his father, Cairbre "Cat Head" / Ears like a cat - who was to become the leader of the disaffected Aitheach Tuaith Daorchanna, to have him cast into the sea where he was washed over by a wave and then taken to a smith who then reared him and later restored him to his father. Morann mac Cairbre was to be so revered as a judge among the Irish that he was able to leave directives for 76.Feradach "Fionn Feachtnach" the Heremonian Ui Cobhthaigh 102nd King of Tara / Ireland to follow, that they were then to be recorded in the Book of Leinster / Leabhar na Nuachonghbala. It stated, ("Let him magnify the Truth, it will magnify him, Let him strengthen Truth, it will strengthen him. Let him guard Truth it will guard him, For as long as he guards Truth, good shall not fail him and his rule shall not perish, For it is through the ruler's Truth that great Clans are governed, Through the ruler's Truth massive mortalities are averted from men, Through the ruler's Truth mighty armies of invaders are drawn back into enemy territory, Through the ruler's Truth every law is glorious and every vessel full in his lands, Through the ruler's Truth all the land is fruitful and every child born worthy, Through the ruler's Truth there is an abundance of tall corn." Moran mac Cairbre was the first to wear the magical collar "Iodhain Morain" which was supposed to nearly choke him if he should pass a false judgment and would return to normal size if he reversed his decision.

76.Feradach “Fionn Feachtnach” was the Heremonian Ui Cobhthaigh 102nd King of Tara // Ireland who was the son of 75.Criffan / Crimthann "Niadh - Nar" who had been the previous 100th King of Tara / Erinn who had died in 9 BC, and was descended from 60.Coffey / Cobthach "Caol Breagh" / the Slender of Brega the previous 69th King of Tara / Ireland, one of the 2 sons of 59.Ugaine the Great the 66th King of Tara / Erinn descended from 37.Heremon.

Conor mac Nessa, a son of Fachtna "Fathach," became the Irian King of Ulster for 12 months after his mother, Ness, made an agreement to marry Fergus mac Roigh the previous Irian King of Ulster, and then when his time was up he was to be supported by the nobles and then retained the Kingship permanently over Fergus mac Roigh. Conor mac Nessa as the King of Ulster had 3 fortresses at Emain Macha, of which one was of the house of the Red Branch Warriors of Ulster who were led by 68.Conall "Cearnach" / of the Victories. Conor mac Nessa's sword was known as "Gorm Glas."

Setanta / Cuchulainn whose hair was of a golden colour, with 3 coils in the hollow in the nape of his neck that hung over his shoulders in ringlets arrived at Emain Macha the Navan Fort situated to the west of Armagh, belonging to his uncle, Conor mac Nessa the King of Ulster, to be trained. He turned the left side of his chariot towards Emain Macha, which was actually a Tabu, and called out to those inside that unless someone came out to fight him he would shed the blood of everyone in the fort. Conor mac Nessa to diffuse the situation ordered the women in the fort, who were led by the Queen, to go out and meet him bare breasted, which forced him to back off and hide his face n shame.

Conor mac Nessa the King of Ulster was undecided as to who would rear and train his brilliant young nephew, Setanta from the Ui Murtheinne Sept to the south - east of Ulster in Co. Louth in the north - east of Northern Leinster, who was later on to have a name change to Cu Culann / Cuchulainn / The Hound of Culann. He was to turn to Morann mac Cairbre for his advice who was to place him in the capable hands of Sencha, Fergus, and Amergin the warrior, and Cuchulainn was to go on to become the archetype of all Celtic Irish warriors.

mac Datho the King of Leinster owned a hound that was coveted by Conor mac Nessa the King of Ulster and also by Ailill and 73.Maeve / Medb the Heremonian King and Queen of the territory in what is now the Connacht Province and he promised it to them all individually and invited them all to a feast to collect it on the same day. There was a pig on the menu and Briccriu said it should be divided according to their martial accomplishments and Cett challenged anyone present to contest with him for it, or he would be the one to divide it up. 68.Conall "Cearnach" / of the Victories - the leader of the Irian Red Branch Warriors of Ulster arrived and Cett soon submitted to him but bragged that if his brother, Anulan was present he would do so as he was far better then both of them and 68.Conall "Cearnach" then produced the head of Anulan and flung it at Cett who then left the gathering.

Conor mac Nessa the Irian King of Ulster was holding a feast in the house of one of his bards, Felim, whose wife gave birth to a daughter, and Cathbad the Druid prophesied that she would grow up to be the most beautiful woman ever seen and that she would also bring death to many and sorrow to their Irian kingdom in the Ulster Province. The Knights of the Red Branch of Ulster demanded that she be immediately disposed of but Conor mac Nessa instead gave her to Levarcham, a woman, to be reared in a secret place in the mountains until she was to be old enough to become his own wife. Cathbad had named her Deidre and she was eventually reared among the creatures of the forest until she was of age, but she was always wary of her fate of having to be forced to marry the aged Conor mac Nessa, so Levarcham, who was also her teacher, was by this time well and truly committed to her interests instead. She informed her of Naoise / Naisu one of the 3 sons of Usnach, who were by then all heroes of Ulster and also arranged a meeting with Naoise for Deidre who begged him to take her away from the clutches of Conor mac Nessa. Because of her great beauty and innocence he agreed to assist her, along with his 2 brothers Ardan and Ainle, and with their followers they all left Ulster for their safety and went across the Irish Sea to Alba (The Highlands of Scotland.) On discovering what had occurred Conor mac Nessa was beside himself with rage, but he decided to bide his time and later on announced that the 3 sons of Usnach should be encouraged to return to Ulster to assist to defend it against the Septs from the other Provinces. He stated that he would genuinely welcome them back if they ever returned to Ulster. Eventually everyone agreed that this was for the best, and moving things along towards his own agenda Conor mac Nessa firstly called upon 68.Conall "Cearnach" / of the Victories and asked him, "What would you do personally if I sent you to encourage the 3 sons of Usnach to return to Ulster and they were somehow feloniously slain," who then replied, "That there would be no man in Ulster safe from my vengeance if that was to occur." He then called Cuchulainn and asked him the same question who also replied, that, "If that happened, no bribe or blood - fine would deter me from even taking your own head." He then called on Fergus mac Roigh who stated, that if that occurred he too would revenge the foul deed except on Conor mac Nessa himself. This is what he wanted to hear, so he sent Fergus mac Roigh off to persuade them all to come back to Ulster from their exile in Alba, under Conor's personal guarantee of protection and they were then to be sent onto to Emain Macha as soon as they were to land in Ulster. Fergus mac Roigh was accompanied by his 2 sons Illan "Fionn"/ of Fair Complexion and Buinne the Ruthless Red - and they crossed over to Alba and landed at Loch Etive where he persuaded the 3 sons of Usnach to return to Ulster although Deidre was against it. They landed at the fort / dun of Borrach at Fair Head / Ballycastle who had been previously told by Conor mac Nessa to hold a feast for Fergus mac Roigh there to try and hold him back personally from the group, and he also knew that this would also go against one of Fergus mac Roigh's own personal geis / geasa / restrictions. Although Fergus mac Roigh was upset about it he asked Naoise what he should do, as to attending the feis, as if he refused, it would also go against the protocol of the Red Branch Warriors code of hospitality. Naoise told him that although he realised he was under an obligation, if he did this he would be forsaking him and his 2 brothers and Deidre to their fate and to the wily agenda of Conor mac Nessa. Despite this Fergus mac Roigh eventually relented and decided to stay behind, sending the 3 sons of Usnach and Deidre on to Emain Macha instead under the safeguard of his own 2 sons, Buinne the Reckless Red and Aline "Fionn." The 3 sons of Usnach were by now naturally wary while Deidre was absolutely terrified, as she had already had a vision of the 3 sons of Usnach and Illann "Fionn," one of the sons of Fergus mac Roigh, without their heads and she begged them to wait for Fergus mac Roigh but they decided to continue on with their journey. On arriving at Emain Macha they were placed in the house of the Red Branch Warriors and Conor mac Nessa did not meet with them himself personally, but sent Deidre's old teacher, Levarcham, to see if Deidre was still as beautiful as ever. Levarcham went to see the 3 sons of Usnach and Deidre and warned them that Conor mac Nessa was up to no good, and then returned and informed Conor mac Nessa that Deidre's previous hard life in Alba had ruined her good looks, hoping this would dissuade him from acting against them, which it did for a while. Later on when Conor mac Nessa was intoxicated he decided to send a man instead this time to look upon Deidre, who advised him that she was still truly beautiful, and in a frustrated fit of anger he sent some of his Ulster warriors under Eoghan to set fire to the Red Branch Warriors house where they were staying and slay all within except Deidre. Buinne the Ruthless Red, one of the sons of Fergus mac Roigh, put out the fire and drove them off so Conor mac Nessa decided to offer him a bribe of a portion of land for his own personal use to desert the 3 sons of Usnach and he accepted his offer. Illan "Fionn" the other son of Fergus mac Roigh was made from a different mould and instead charged out against the attackers and drove them off, so Conor mac Nessa then sent his own son, Fiacha with his shield known as "The Moaner," which rang out when it was struck, to take on Illan "Fionn." Fiacha was also no match for Illan "Fionn" and was soon cowed beneath the shield, and as Illan "Fionn" struck it with his sword it rang out until 68.Conall "Cearnach" unfortunately came within earshot of the noise it was making and rushed to Fiacha's assistance, not realising what was really going on, and he mortally injured Illan "Fionn" with his spear known as "Blue Green," who while he was dying explained what was occurring and Conall "Cearnach" then also killed Fiacha the son of Conor mac Nessa. The 3 sons of Usnach were then able to continue to defend their own position until the dawn until they decided to try and escape with Deidre placed in the centre of their group, and in further desperation Conor mac Nessa then had Cathbad the Druid intervene promising him also that he would spare their lives, who then put them under a spell. They were then seized and brought before Conor mac Nessa who once again went against his promise and condemned them to death but none of the warriors from the Red Branch of Ulster would carry out his command so he had Maine a Norse Prince from Norway come forward who offered to behead the 3 sons of Usnach. (Naoise had previously killed his father and brothers in battle.) Naoise then handed over his own sword known as "The Retaliator," previously given to him by Manannan, the son of Ler, to carry out the foul deed against himself and his brothers. Deidre with her hands tied behind her back was brought to Conor max Nessa who asked her, "Who do you hate the most" she replied "You and Eoghan," so Conor gave her to Eoghan for a year but she was not to survive the ordeal as when Eoghan took her towards his chariot she dashed her head on a nearby stone and died. (It was also recorded later on that a single pine tree grew out of both of their graves and entwined.) Conor mac Nessa was now in total disgrace with his followers in Ulster and Fergus mac Roigh on returning to Emain Macha and finding out what had occurred gathered together his own followers and slew another of Conor mac Nessa's sons, and together with his own Ulster warriors went into exile into what is now the Connacht Province, to Ailill and Medb / Maeve the Heremonian King and Queen there. Cathbad the Druid also cursed Conor mac Nessa and his kingdom in Ulster, so that none of Conor mac Nessa's people might ever reign in Ulster again, and all of this was to come to pass with the eventual death of Cuchulainn.

Morann mac Cairbre, the highly respected Chief Judge / Brehon of Ireland, died.

36 AD. 76.Feradach "Fionn Feachtnach" / truthful and sincere - the Heremonian Ui Cobhthaigh 102nd King of Tara / Ireland descended from *60.Coffey / Cobhthach "Caol Breagh" the 69th King of Tara / Erinn - *59.Ugaine the Great the 66th King of Tara / Erinn and 37.Heremon, died a natural death.

56 AD. 77.Fiacha "Fionn Ola" the Heremonian Ui Cobhthaigh 104th King of Ireland, a son of 76.Feradach "Fionn Feachtnach" the previous 102nd King of Tara / Ireland was killed by his Irian successor Elim who was a descendant of 37.Ir. 77.Fiacha "Fionn Ola" was married to Eithne the daughter of the Celtic King of Alba / Scottish Highlands. A great revolt then occurred in Ireland, carried out by the many disaffected subordinate Septs, generically known as the Aitheach Tuaith Daorchanna, which included the Celtic Fir Bolg Septs, against the aristocratic Gaelic Milesian leadership. Elim then became the Irian 105th King of Tara / Ireland, who was a son of Conra, descended from 37.Ir.

61AD The Romans kill all of the Druids on Anglesey in Wales to try and end their influence over the Celts in the region.

67 AD This year, St. Peter was crucified in Rome upside down.

74 AD Conor mac Nessa ?

76 AD. Elim, the son of Conra, who was the Irian 105^th King of Tara / Ireland was slain in the Battle of Aichill by 78.Toole / Tuathal "Teachtmhar" / "Techtmhair," a son of 76.Fiachra "Finn Ola" the previous Heremonian Ui Cobhthaigh 104^th King of Tara / Ireland.

78.Toole / Tuathal "Teachtmhar" became the Heremonian Ui Cobhthaigh 106th King of Tara / Ireland and was married to the daughter of Sgaile "Balbh" the Celtic King of Albion / Briton. He had previously been in a long exile since the death of his father, and Ireland had been in constant turmoil since then and the aristocratic Gaelic Milesians had beseeched him to return to Ireland and bring order to the Country and he was then assisted by his grandfather the Celtic King of Alba / Scottish Highlands, and his followers. After fighting 110 battles all over Ireland he restored the original ruling aristocratic Celtic Gaels and their heirs to their provincial kingdoms. He was to construct 4 fortresses in the portions of the territory taken from the other 4 Provinces in what became his own personal kingdom in the Midlands / Mide / Meath. (The south of Northern Leinster now composed of Co. Westmeath and Co. Meath.) One of the fortresses was on the hill of Uisneach / Rathaconradh in what is now Co. Westmeath in the west where the first Druidic fires were lit at Ail na Mirenn / The Stone of Divisions and where the 5 Provinces / Coiced / A Fifth - came together and a major Festival / Oenach was held there. Uisneach was to be the centre of Meath / Mide / Midlands and also contained Brega in the east the province of Tara and was to eventually have 5 free kingdoms and 5 tributary kingdoms. Brega also was to have 6 tributary kingdoms, one of which was to belong to the Heremonian Ui Cobhthaigh Deisi Sept descended also from his son, 79.Felim / Feidlimid "Reachtmar" / the Lawgiver who was to be the 108th King of Tara / Ireland who would also be the father of 80.Conn of the Hundred Battles the 110th King of Tara / Ireland the future direct ancestor of the Heremonian Ui Cobhthaigh Dal Cuinn Septs.

During the reign of 78.Toole "Teachtmhar" and due to the unethical antics of Eochy / Echu, a son of Erc, who was then the Heremonian Ui Laoghaire Cu Corb King of Leinster he was to impose a tremendous fine / eric upon the Heremonian Cu Corb Septs in the Leinster Province, for the death of his only two daughters, 79.Firthir and 79.Darina / Dairine. He decreed that this fine was to be then paid forever to the Kings of Tara / Ireland and it was from then on to be collected each year by the next 40 Kings of Tara mostly under great duress and always naturally with much hostility between them all, which created many internal battles in the future until it was to be finally remitted much later on under the pleading of the highly respected Irian monk, St. Moling.

101 AD - 200 AD

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