600 AD

600 AD 91.Aed "Slaine," the youngest of the 3 sons of 90.Dermait mac Carroll the previous 133rd King of Ireland who was a grandson of 88.Conall "Cremthainne," one of the 8 sons of 87.Niall of the Nine Hostages the 126th King of Tara - Ireland, became involved in a "Southern" Ui Niaill dynasty conflict for overall supremacy in Mide - Meath - Northern Leinster. 91.Aed "Slaine" at this time was the Heremonian Dal Cuinn "Southern" Ui Niaill 1st King of Brega, which was their territory in the south - east of Northern Leinster. During the conflict he was to kill 92.Sweeney - Suibhne the Heremonian Dal Cuinn "Southern" Ui Niaill Clann Cholmain 8th King of Meath who was a son of his deceased older half - brother, 91.Colman "Mor," at Bridamh in the north - east of Northern Leinster. 91.Aed "Slaine" was to become the direct ancestor of the Siol nAedo Slaine Sept whose male line would continue to produce Kings of Ireland up until 956 AD while 92.Sweeney's "Southern" Ui Niaill Clann Cholmain Sept's male line would be the one to persist producing Kings of Ireland up until 1022 AD.

601 AD The Heremonian Dal Cuinn "Southern" Ui Niaill Septs were able impose their overlordship further in the Leinster Province when they defeated 98.Bran "Dubh" - of Dark Complexion - the Heremonian Ui Laoghaire Cu Corb Ui Cheinnselaig 7^th King of Leinster in the Battle of Slaibhre.

Colman the Heremonian Ui Laoghaire Connla King of Ossory in Co. Kilkenny in the south - west of Southern Leinster, died, who was a son of either Feradach or Aed and 99.Ronan "Righfhlaith" became the new Heremonian Connla King of Ossory until 624 AD, who was a son of 98.Colman "Mor."

Pope Gregory established the Catholic See of Canterbury in England and had made the Anglo - Saxon St. Augustine - St. Austin - the first Primate there and gave him the authority over the older Celtic Catholic Churches in Britain and Ireland and he had advised him to demand their obedience and to set aside their Celtic religious customs to which the Irish Celtic Catholics and the Welsh Celtic Catholics had taken exception to and refused to submit.

96.Aodh "Caomh" the Gentle the Heberian Dal gCais King of Munster, died, who was the eldest son of 95.Conall descended from 85.Cormac "Cass" the 2nd King of Munster & 1st King of Northern Munster - Thomond.

601 / 602 AD 94.Uatu mac Aedo the Heremonian Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin Ai 9th King of Connacht, died, whose father was 93.Aed mac Echach the previous 8th King of Connacht who was descended from 90.Muiredach "Mal" the direct ancestor of the Ui Briuin Ai Siol Muiredaig Sept . His son, 95.Reilly - Raghallach would become the future Ui Briuin 12th King of Connacht and the direct ancestor of the Ui Briuin Ai Septs.

602 / 603 AD 93.Mael "Cothaid" aka 93.Donn “Cothaid” became the Heremonian Dal Cuinn "Northern" Ui Fiachrach Fir Chera 10th King of Connacht, who was a son of 92.Mael "Umai," a son of 91.Feradach the previous Ui Fiachrach 7th King of Connacht, a son of 90.Ross, a son of 89.Maine "Munbrecc" the son of 88.Mac Ercae the direct ancestor of the Fir Chera Sept in the Connacht Province. (He was one of 3 sons of 87.Fiachra the direct ancestor of all the Ui Fiachrach Septs.) 93.Mael "Cothaid" was set up at Rath Mulcah under the auspices of the "Northern" Ui Fiachrach Muirse Sept and he was to also die this year also after he was to be defeated by the "Southern" Ui Niaill Cenel Coirpre Sept who were descended from 88.Coirpre another of the 8 sons of 87.Niall of the Nine Hostages during a dispute for control over a route through Co. Sligo in the north - west of Connacht. The Ui Fiachrach Muirse Sept were then to lose their hold on their particular territory there at Moy and go further south in Connacht where they were to become the Ui Fiachrach Fir Chera Sept in mid - western Connacht. (Another of 87.Fiachra's 3 sons had been 88.Amalgaid - Awley - Auley the Ui Fiachrach 1st King of Connacht from Tir nAmalgado (The Land of Awley) in Northern Connacht.) Two other Ui Fiachrach Septs descending from his other son, 88.Nathi aka 88.Dathi who was the previous Ui Fiachrach 127th King of Tara - Ireland who also produced 3 sons were now to take over the Ui Fiachrach Kingship of Connacht and move it forward. One of these 89.Eochy - Echu was to become the direct ancestor of 94.Colman who would become the "Southern" Ui Fiachrach Aidni 11th King of Connacht. His son 95.Guaire "Aidni" was then to become the future 14th King of Connacht and under his rule the Ui Fiachrach Sept were to reach the peak of their influence in Connacht. Another of 88.Nathi's sons, 89.Fiachnae was to become the direct ancestor of 93.Dunchad "Muirisci" the future 16th King of Connacht who would control all of the territory there at Moy. The other son of 88.Nathi, had been 89.Ailill "Molt" the previous 2nd King of Connacht and the Ui Fiachrach 129th King of Tara - Ireland who had followed 88.Leary - Laoghaire the Southern Ui Niall 128th King of Tara - Ireland who had been the only one of the 8 sons of 87.Niall of the Nine Hostages to actually obtain the Kingship after him.

603 AD 92.Mael “Umai,“ a son of 91.Baetan mac Muirchertaig the previous "Northern" Ui Niaill Cenel nEogain 136th King of Ireland, assisted 89.Aedan the Heremonian Muscraige King of Dal Riada at Degastan and killed Eanfrith the brother of the Saxon King Aethelfrith of Northumbria. 95.Fiachnae mac Baetan the 7th King of the Dal nAraidi Sept in the Ulster Province was also an ally of 89.Aedan.

The "Northern" Ui Niaill Cenel nEogain Septs, descended from 88.Eogan another of the 8 sons of 87.Niall of the Nine Hostages, were from now on to expand their territory further during the next two Centuries in the Ulster Province in Co. Derry out from Inishowen - Inis Eogain - until they were to eventually also gain the over - lordship of the Heremonian Dal Cuinn kingdom of their kinsmen the 3 Collas in Orghialla - Airghialla - Oriel also in Southern Ulster & Co. Tyrone.

604 AD 92.Colman "Rimid" who was now the "Northern" Ui Niaill Cenel nEogain 139th joint King of Ireland, who was a son of 91.Baetan mac Muirchertaig the previous 136th King of Ireland, was killed by Lochan "Dilmana" and this was to see the end of his male line to the Kingship from 88.Eogan one of the 8 sons of 87.Niall of the Nine Hostages the Dal Cuinn 126th King of Tara - Ireland. 91.Aed "Slaine" who had reigned with him as the "Southern" Ui Niaill 139th joint King of Ireland, a son of 90.Diarmat mac Carroll - Cerbaill the previous 133rd King of Tara - Ireland, was also killed at Loch Semhedidhe by 93.Conal "Guithbhinn” the "Southern" Ui Niaill Clann Cholmain 11^th King of Meath in the east of Northern Leinster who was a son of 92.Suibne - Sweeney the previous 8^th King of Meath. (Aedh "Gustan" a foster brother of 93.Conall, and Baethghal "Bile" had wounded him during the conflict.) 91.Aed "Slaine" was to become the direct ancestor of the Sil nAedo Slaine Sept who where to produce 9 "Southern" Ui Niaill Kings of Ireland altogether, beginning with himself. 93.Conall “Guithbhinn” also killed Aed "Roin" the Heremonian Cu Corb Ui Failghe King at Faithche mac Mencnain and Aed "Buidhe”- of the Yellow Hair - the Heremonian Dal Cuinn Ui Maine King the same day that 91.Aed "Slaine" was killed.

93.Flann "Fina" died, who was a son of 92.Colman "Rimid" the previous Heremonian Dal Cuinn "Northern" Ui Niaill Cenel nEogain joint 139th King of Ireland whose mother was Fin, and his daughter was to become the mother of Aldfrith the Saxon King of Northumbria. 93.Conall "Cu" also died this year who was one of the sons of 92.Aedh mac Ainmerech the previous "Northern" Ui Niaill Cenel Conaill 138th King of Ireland.

92.Aedh "Uaridnach" the "Northern" Ui Niaill Cenel nEogain 8^th King of Ailech in the north of the Ulster Province claimed the right to to become the 140th Kingship of Ireland, who was a son of 91.Donnell - Domnall "Ilchelgach" the previous 134th joint King of Ireland descended from 88.Eogan. The Kingship was supposed to alternate between the "Northern" & "Southern" Ui Niaill Septs and 92.Aed's claim was not acceptable to the Heberian Eoghanachta Septs, descended from 85.Eoghan "Mor," who by now totally controlled the south in the Munster Province due to the decline of the line of his brother, 85.Cormac "Cass." Despite this the Ui Niaill Septs from now on were to receive no serious challenge to their overall authority in Ireland until the 10th Century AD, which was to then come from the line of 85.Cormac "Cass" the direct ancestor of the Heberian Dal gCais Sept in Thomond - Northern Munster. The Heremonian Ui Niaill Septs dominance over the other Gaelic Milesian Septs was at this time firmly established.

St. Augustine - St. Austin, died, who had been sent by the Pope to pull the Catholic Celtic Churches in the British Isles into line.

605 AD Seachnasach the Cenel Boghaine King, who was a son of Garbhan, was killed by 93.Donnell - Domnall mac Aedo a Prince of the "Northern" Ui Niall Cenel Conaill Sept descended from 88.Conall "Gulban," another of the sons of 87.Niall of the Nine Hostages the previous 126th King of Tara - Ireland. He was a son of 92.Aedh mac Ainmerech the previous 138th King of Ireland, the son of 91.Ainmere the Cenel Conaill 135th King of Ireland.

     Conall of the Red Dart, the son of Daimhin, was killed by the Ui Meath Macha Sept.

606 AD Aedh, the Heremonian Dal Cuinn 3 Colla King of Orghialla - Airghialla - Oriel and the 3 Colla Airtheara Sept, who was the son of Colgan, died on a pilgrimage at Clonmacnoise - Cluain mheic Noise - (The Plain of the Son of Noise) in Co. Offaly in the mid - west of Southern Leinster. Mael "Duin" the Mughdorn Maighean King, the son of Ailen, also died this year.

605 / 608 AD 99.Bran “Dubh” - of Dark Complexion - the Heremonian Cu Corb Ui Cheinnselaig Ui Felmeda 7th King of Leinster, who is the direct ancestor of the Fir Mulach Mide Sept, was killed by the Airchinneach Sept of Senboithe Sine and members of his own Sept, which ended the Ui Felmeda male line to the Leinster Kingship altogether. He was a son of 98.Eochy - Echu the previous 10th Ui Cheinnselaig King, a descendant of 95.Felim - Feidhlimidh the direct ancestor of the Ui Felmeda Sept. 99.Bran “Dubh" was to be the direct descendant of the Fir Thulach Mide Sept who were to have their territory at Carrick in Co. Westmeath in the west of Northern Leinster where they were to rule a kingdom there under the over - lordship of the "Southern" Ui Niaill Clann Cholmain Sept until the 9th Century AD when 100.Malachy 1^st - Mael Sechnaill the "Southern" Ui Niaill Clann Cholmain 26th King of Meath who was to become the first really High King of Ireland was to then secure it from Cu Caille, the son of Dubh "Laidhe," who was by then the Fir Thulach Mide King and gave it over instead to his own queen.

       Confusion now arises as to who was to be the next actual Heremonian Cu Corb 8th King of Leinster - 99.Ronan the son of 98.Colman from the Ui Cheinnselaig Sept ? or 99.Ronan the son of 98.Colman "Mor" from the Ui Dunlainge Sept ? as fate was to have it that they were both to die in the same year also in 624 AD.
608 AD Gorman, from the Mughdhorna Sept, died this year, who is the direct ancestor of the Mac Cuinns, who lived on the water for a year at Tibraid Finghin on a pilgrimage to Clonmacnoise in Co. Offaly in the mid - west of Southern Leinster.
     88.Aedan mac Gabhrain, the Heremonian Muscraige King of Dal Riada in the Scottish Highlands, died, who had previously been ordained by his kinsman 91.St. Columbcille - Columba at Iona - island of Saints.

      95.Fiachra "Caech," died, this year, who was a son of 94.Baetan the 5b Irian Dal nAraidi King, the son of 93.Eochy - Eochaidh the previous 4th Dal nAraidi King & 4th King of Ulaid who was descended from 90.Crond "Ba Drui" & 62.Rory "Mor."
610 AD 100.Mael "Fathartaigh"- Fotharty was the son of, 99.Ronan the 8th King of Leinster ? and Eithne, who when his wife, Eithne died in his old age, married a much younger woman, who was the daughter of Eochy - Eochaidh the King of Dunseverick in Co. Antrim in the north - east of the Ulster Province, who on seeing his younger son fell for him instead and tried to seduce him but he shunned her. She then incited 99.Ronan by accusing 100.Mael "Fathartaigh" of having a desire for her and in his rage his father had Aedan one of his warriors spear him and as he lay dying he was able to convince his father of his innocence and 99.Ronan was grief stricken at what he had done to his own son.
+On to 611 AD - 620 AD

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