During the 6th Century the Terryglass monastery was to be founded by Columb mac Crimthann who was a Leinster Prince descended from

Ireland was by this period in time basically under the control of the three principal aristocratic warrior ancestors of the Celtic Gaelic / Goidelic Milesians descended from 3 of the sons of 36.Mil the Celtic Hero of Spain, 37.Heremon, 37.Heber and 37.Ir. Of those descended from 37.Heremon, who are known as the Heremonians, the most predominant were the Ui Laoghaire Ui Lughaidh Cu Corb Gailni descended indirectly from 86.Cu "Corb" in part of Northern and mostly Southern Leinster, the Ui Cobhthaigh Dal Cuinn 3 Connachta in the Connacht Province (The Land of Conn), and their Dal Cuinn kinsmen the "Northern" Ui Niaill in the north - west of the Ulster Province and the "Southern" Ui Niaill in the Midlands / Mide / Northern Leinster who were all descended by now indirectly from 80.Conn of the Hundred Battles the 110th King of Tara - Ireland.(Dal Cuinn).

The Cu Corb Gailni Septs: During the 6th Century AD the Heremonian Ui Laoghaire Ui Lughaidh Cu Corb Septs would play a major part in Southern Leinster with the Terryglass monastery being founded by St. Columb / Columb mac Crimthainn who was a Leinster Cu Corb Prince descended from 60.Leary / Laoghaire “Lorc” the 68^th King of Tara / Ireland who was one of the sons of 59.Ugaine the Great / Hugoney "Mor" the 66th King of Tara / Ireland who had ruled for 40 years until 593 BC. St. Columb would also become the ancestor of Aed Mac Crimthann who was to be concerned in composing the Book of Leinster in the future in the 12th Century AD. The monasteries in the north of Southern Leinster across Co. Offaly in the west to the River Shannon and Loch Derg were to be by then still under the control of the Cu Corb Septs in Southern Leinster. In time the Ui Garrchon Sept descended from one of the sons of 86.Cu "Corb" in *87,Mess "Corb through their direct ancestor, 90.Garrchu, and the Ui Enechglais Sept descended from another son,*87.Nia "Corb" through 90.Caher / Cathair "Mor" the 109th King of Tara / Ireland and one of his (9) sons, 91.Bressal "Enechglas," were to be forced to retreat to the Wicklow Mountains in Co. Wicklow in the south - east of Southern Leinster. This would be due to the increasing pressure from their Heremonian kinsmen in Mide / Meath, the ever expanding Ui Cobhthaigh Dal Cuinn "Southern" Ui Niaill, and once there they were to assimilate into the other "Southern" Cu Corb Septs never to be individually heard of again. During the 8th Century AD the same thing was to also happen to another Sept descended from 87.Nia "Corb," the Ui Mail Sept. who were directly descended from his great - grandson 90.Maine “Mal” (who was a brother to 90.Cahir "Mor") who is the direct ancestor also of the Ui Theig Sept, and also the Ui Chellaig / Kelly Cualann Septs who never the less would persist in the Kingships of Leinster until the death of 101.Kelly / Cellach "Cualann" himself who was to become the 13th King of Leinster who was to die in 715 AD, which was to finally end their particular male line altogether to the Kingship of Leinster. Their most predominant surviving Cu Corb Septs would then become the Ui Dunlainge and the Ui Cheinnselaig in Southern Leinster descending from 92.Bressal "Belach" the Cu Corb 1st King of Leinster.

The Dal Cuinn "Southern" Ui Niaill Septs: Descended from 5 of the 8 sons of 87.Niall of the Nine Hostages the 126th King of Tara / Ireland included; 88.Cairpre / Coirpre "Mor," who initially was to have his Family territory in the north - east of Connacht Province and in Co. Longford in the north - west of Northern Leinster where they were to come up against the Heremonian Ui Laoghaire Ui Lughaidh Cu Corb Septs in Northern Leinster while trying to extend there territory there further in Northern Leinster. 88.Cairpre's son, 89.Cormac "Caech" was to be the father of 90.Toole / Tuathal "Mael Garb" who was to become the one and only "Southern" Ui Niaill 7th King of Tara / Ireland from his male line in 536 AD until he was to die in 544 AD, which was to bring to a quick end to their particular male line to the Kingship. Later their territory was also to be at Granard were he shared the territory at Tethbae with another "Southern" Ui Niaill kingdom of his brother, 88.Maine (Cenel Maine) to the south, which was past the River Inny, at it's southern boundary down the eastern side of Loch Ree and the River Shannon into Co. Offaly in mid - western Southern Leinster. 88.Maine was to leave no issue at all towards the "Southern" Ui Niaill Kingship of Ireland. 88.Fiachu became the 2nd King of Meath and the direct ancestor of the Cenel Fiachach Sept who also left no issue towards the Kingship. 88.Leary / Laoghaire had been the "Southern" Ui Niaill 128th King of Tara / Ireland who had died in 461 AD and his son, 89.Lewy / Lughaidh was to be the 130th King of Tara / Ireland who was to die in 507 AD, which also was to bring to an end their particular male line to the Kingship. Of these 5 "Southern" Ui Niaill sons only 88.Conall "Cremthainne's" male line was to persist in the Kingship until 1022 AD.

The Dal Cuinn "Northern" Ui Niaill Septs: From the other 3 sons of 87.Niall of the Nine Hostages were to produce the "Northern" Ui Niaill in north - west of the Ulster Province with 88.Enda / Endae leaving no Kings of Tara / Ireland and whose Septs over time became assimilated into the Septs of his other two "Northern" Ui Niaill brothers. 88.Conall "Gulban" was to produce 10 Cenel Conaill Kings of Ireland up until 96.Flaherty / Flaithbertach the 29th King of Ireland was to abdicate in 734 AD. 88.Eogan was to produce 18 Cenel nEogain Kings of Ireland up until 109.Murtough Mac Lochlainn the 49th King of Ireland was to die in 1166 AD. All of the Septs / Family branches from both the "Northern" and "Southern" Family Tuaths / Regions of the Heremonian Ui Cobhthaigh Dal Cuinn Ui Niaill from this time on were to be as one / fintiu and their territories were to be their hereditary family land from now on producing the majority of the Kings of Ireland.

The Dal Riada Septs: The other individual Heremonian Ui Cobhthaigh kingdom of special interest to develop further in the north - east of the Ulster Province at this time was that of the Dal Riada / riata (People of *70.Riada), which was situated in Co. Antrim. *71.Erc the King of Dal Riada was a son of their direct ancestor, 70.Eochy / Cairbre "Riada" one of the 3 sons of 69.Conaire 11 the 111th King of Tara / Ireland also descended from 60.Coffey / Cobthach (a brother to 60.Laoghaire "Lorc") as both were sons of 59.Ugaine the Great. (N.B: 60.Coffey is also the indirect male line ancestor of the Dal Cuinn Septs.) 70.Cairbre “Riada” / riata was also a son of 81.Saraid another of the daughters of 80.Conn of the Hundred Battles the previous 110th King of Tara / Ireland who is the direct ancestor of the Dal Cuinn Septs. 70.Cairbre "Riada" along with his two brothers, who collectively are known as the 3 Cairbres the direct aristocratic warrior ancestors of the Muscraige, Earna, Corco Duibne, Baschaoin Septs (People of Muskerry) in Southern Munster, and in the Highlands of Scotland through the Dal Riada Septs, the Cenel nGuaire, the Cenel Fionn Chuinc, the Mac Onan - Adhamnain, the Mac Eogain of Eirtre, the Mag Giolla Eogain and the Mag Giolla Laghmain. His son, *71.Erc had secured their territory there in the far north - east of Co. Antrim, from the Irian Dal nAraidi Sept who are descended from 37.Ir. Their original territory was in the Midlands / Mide / Northern Leinster from where they had originally migrated into Southern Munster, then due to extensive Drought occurring there migrated up in to Ulster. Near the end of the 5th Century AD three of 71.Erc’s sons, 72.Fergus, 72.Lorn / Loarn and 72.Aengus took 150 warrior members of the Gaelic Dal Riada Sept 13 mile across the Irish Sea to extend their Irish kingdom of Dal Riada into the territory there, which then later became known as Argyll (The Land of the Gael) in the Scottish Highlands, and this also meant that their collective kingdom in Ireland and Alba / Albany would come to be divided by the North Channel. After they landed on the coast they were to settle their Scottii / Irishmen, named for Scotia the wife of 36.Mil, into the regions now known as Kintyre, Knapdale and Lorn and divided the territory there up between them. Later 72.Fergus’ descendant 88.Gabhran was to actually be the one to set up in Knapdale were he built a fortress on Dunadd Rock and became the male line ancestor of the Gaelic Scottish Highland Kings down to Malcolm 111 "Cean Mor" and his son, Alexander 1st the Fierce who was a son of St. Margaret when Saxon and Norman influence was first introduced into Scotland. 88.Gabhran's son, 89.Aedan was the first to be Inaugurated as a Celtic King by the Catholic Celtic Church, on Iona (The Island of the Saints) by his Heremonian Ui Cobhthaigh kinsmen, 91.St. Columbcille. Within 50 years the Heremonian Ui Cobhthaigh Ui Conaire Scottii Septs of Dal Riada were to come into conflict with the Scythian Cruthin Gaelic Picts in the east of the Highlands who were also under attack from the Celtic Romano - Britons and the Teutonic Angles in the south. The Brythonic Kings of Strathclyde who had their fortress on Dunbarton Rock also were to come up against the Picts and the Dal Riada Scottii from then on, until finally *88.Gabhran's descendant 96.Kenneth mac Alpine would combine the Scythian Gaelic Milesians and the Scythian Gaelic Picts in Albany into the Scythian Gaelic Highland Kings of Scotland.

Prior to all this occurring, previously in 396 AD, St. Ninian had also introduced Christianity into Alba / Albany / Scottish Highlands, but in the very early 5th Century AD the Romans had pulled out leaving the Romano - Celtic Britons to their own fate. Under Roman rule they had not been allowed to have an military support of their own and along came the Germanic Teutons - the Jutes, the Angles and the Saxons to help them out. The Romano - Britons were to be soon driven from Briton into Strathclyde with the Attacotti Septs eventually settling into Galloway in Alba / Scottish Highlands while the Gasconi Septs were in the south - east with the Teutonic Saxons.

The Heremonian Scottii Clans from the Dal Riada Septs eventually were also to evolve into four different Tuaths / Family regions in the Scottish Highlands with the the Cenel Gabhrain and Cenel Comhghaill Septs descended from *72.Fergus, and the Cenel Lorn and Cenel Aengus Septs descended from *72.Lorn and *72.Aengus, respectively. *72.Fergus mac Erc as the 2nd King of Dal Riada along with his brothers, *72.Lorn and *72.Angus were to eventually gain control of a vast area in the west of Alba in the Scottish Highlands. Previously in Co. Antrim in the far north - east of Ulster Province they had been separated from the rest of their inland Gaelic Heremonian kinsman by the Ulaid kingdom also in the north - east based on the Irian Dal nAraide Septs, descended from 37.Ir, which they could not triumph over. Later on it was *72.Erc's descendant, *88.Gabhran who was to set up at Knapdale where he built a fortress on Dunadd Rock and became the direct ancestor of the Gaelic Scottii Kings through his son, *89.Aedan and later still especially through *94.Kenneth mac Alpine who was to be able by that period in time to combine the Scythian Cruthin Gaelic Picts and the Scythian Gaelic Scottii because of their individual aristocratic protocols as to who should inherit their respective Kingships. 37.Heremon had previously given over the Gaelic wives of those who had perished in the initial Gaelic expedition into Ireland to the Scythian Cruthin who had assisted him later on in the south of Ireland in a battle against Britons who had infiltrated there who were using poisoned spears, on condition they selected their future Kings from the female line. The Gaels selected theirs from the male line and as *96.Kenneth mac Alpine's grand - mother was from the female line of the Cruthin Kings it was only natural that he could readily assume both positions as the accepted heir to both Tuaths / Family regions. There were 7 original Cruthin territories, Caithness / Caith, Sunderland, Ross - Fidach - Moray, Athol - Fodhla, West Perthshire - Fortremn, Mar - Ce - Buchan, Mearns - Ciric and Fife / Fibh besides the 4 territories of the Dal Riada in the Scottish Highlands.

The Gaelic Milesian Irian Ulaid Septs in Ulster descended from 37.Ir, later on during the 6th and 7th Century AD were to form a loose confederation of their own in the north - east with the Dal nAraidi Sept producing 14 Kings of Ulaid and Ireland until 104.Aed their 44th King was to die in 972 AD and the Dal Fiatach Sept producing 58 Kings of Ulaid until 113.Rory / Ruaidri the 69th King of Ulaid was to die in 1201 AD after the Anglo - Norman Invasion.

The two Heberian Septs descended from 37.Heber, the Eoghanachta and Dal gCais were to continue to control the territories in the south in Munster Province, while always trying to re - gain over - lordship once again into their original territory also in Mogha's Half in Southern Leinster. The Eoghanachta would become predominant in producing the Kings of Cashel / Munster until 109.Molloy / Maelmuad the 40th King of Munster was to meet his end in 978 AD and the Dal gCais Ui Turlough Sept would then emerge due to the continuing Viking incursions and disruption to the Brehon Law and produce Kings of Munster and Ireland then until 110.Donnell "Mor" the 47th King of Munster was to die in 1194 AD also after the Anglo - Norman Invasion.

Throughout this Century, and up until the year 800 AD after the arrival of the first Viking incursions, there were still to be placed throughout Ireland nearly 300 Ogham Stones, which basically are a form of religious inscribed tombstones containing their inscriptions written in the Ogham Alphabet. (Ogma, a son of the Daghda "Mor" the King of the Tuatha De Danann, has been credited with inventing this type of writing).

The "Golden Age in Ireland" was to begin during the 6th Century AD with the advent of the monastic schools and would continue to last until the violent incursions carried out by the Vikings. Ireland would become known as the "Island of Saints and Scholars" as the Irish missionaries would travel throughout Europe during and after the Dark Ages establishing religious centres everywhere they went.

The personal desire of the Irish monks at this time was to "exile" themselves from their Families and their territories, and this religious "sacrifice" would lead onto an increase in monasteries in Ireland, Albion / Briton and Europe. They considered that the "greatest sacrifice" they could make was to leave Ireland altogether and go on a pilgrimage / peregrinatio. Although originally hermits these "Saints of Ireland" due to their piety and way of life were to attract many followers from whom they could not escape as their reputations for piety and learning grew. They were forbidden to baptise or receive alms and as the land in Ireland was held by the individual Tuatha / Family regions this led to many of the monasteries being endowed by the individual Irish Septs / Families themselves. This also meant that the Bishops / supervisors held no sway outside of their own Family territory and that their dioceses / paruchia were restricted to their own Family kin / fine. It would be also up to these monks to write down their individual Families' Celtic past history, their myths and legends. Due to the Celtic territorial boundaries of the Tuaths / Family regions no church "hierarchy" was able to develop in Ireland until later on, which was then due to the expansion of the monasteries. This would also create "mother houses," which were to then prevail over the smaller Family monasteries in the other territories that belonged to the individual Families such as those of 91.St. Columbcille / Columba, and St. Columbanus who later greatly expanded his mission further into Europe.

St. Finnian who in reality was the foster - father of the "Saints of Ireland" initially was to set up his own monastery and he was to be the first Catholic Celtic Bishop of Clonard in Co. Meath in the north - east of Northern Leinster. His was a model for the many monasteries that followed on, with his self - discipline and especially so his promotion of the intellectual life. Unfortunately the remains of his college, churches, round tower and the chapels were to be among those destroyed in the future by the Viking incursions and English repression and oppression. He had 12 disciples or Apostles including St. Brendan at Clonfert and Ardfert who was of the Altraige Sept who had been educated by St. Erc at Tralee in Co. Kerry in the south - west of Munster, St. Brendan of Birr whose monastery was also in Munster who was from the Corco Auloimm Sept, St. Kenneth / Cairnech / Canice who founded the monastery in Aghaboe were he was to die and be interred in Co. Laois in the mid - north - west of Southern Leinster and who was also venerated in the Highlands of Scotland where several churches in Argyle are named after him. St. Comhghall who was at the monastery at Bangor in the north - east of Ulster Province, which eventually was to have 3,000 monks and teachers studying there. Lugh "Bran" a Druid who served under Crimthann foretold the birth of St. Kieran / Ciaran mac in tSair (Descended from a son of the carpenter) who founded the monastery at Clonmacnoise in the sub kingdom of Delbna Bethra in Co. Offaly in the north - west of Southern Leinster, which drew Abbots from Tuatha - Aithech all over Ireland. Another St. Kieran / Ciaran was of Saighir / Seirkieran who was from the Ithian Corco Loigde Sept in Southern Munster. St. Columb of Tir na nGlass, 91.St. Columbcille was also at Durrow Abbey, which is now only a ruin situated 4 mile south - east of Clara in Co. Offaly in the north - west of Southern Leinster also, who was also set up at Derry in Northern Ulster, and on the island of Iona situated between Ireland and Scotland were many of the Gaelic Scottish Kings are interred. St. Finnbarr who was a son of a metal worker to Prince Tierney / Tigernach founded a monastery, which became a great learning centre on the Marshy Place / Inis Corcaighe, which became the City of Cork in Co. Cork in Southern Munster. St. Garlath was in Tuam, St. Kevin / Caoimhin, who also studied under St. Petroc from Cornwall, was to set up at Glendalough in Co. Wicklow in the south - east of Southern Leinster were he is buried in the Church of Our Lady there. St. Mobhi was at Glasnevin near Dublin, St. Molaisse was from Leighlin / Devenish in Co. Carlow in Southern Leinster and studied in Rome for 14 years, St. Ninnidh was from Inish Mac Saint, St. Ruadan of Lorrha and St. Sinell of Cleenish, St. Finnan "Cam" of Kinitty who was from the Muscraige Corco Duibne Sept in the west of Southern Munster, St. Mochuda / Mo - Chutu of Rahan was from the Cirraige Luachra Sept in Southern Munster, St. Lachtnan of Achad Ur was in Ossory in Co. Kilkenny in the south - west of Southern Leinster who was of the Muscraige Sept also from Belach Febrat in the hills between Co. Limerick and Co. Cork in Munster. St. Molua / Mo - Lua of Clonfert was from the Corco Ochae Sept who were situated in the west of Co. Limerick dominated by the Eoghanacht Ui Fidgeinte Sept. Others also active during this period were St. Moninni who set up Killeavy monastery near Newry in Co. Down in the south - east of Ulster for women, St. Ita who was at Kilkeady in Co. Limerick. St. Brigid / Brigit / Bride (Before she was born, a Druid had foretold that she would rise to great heights and she went on to found a monastery for both men and women in Co. Kildare in Central Southern Leinster, St. Fridolin the Traveller who crossed the Rhine and established himself at Seckingen, St. Kilian who converted Gozbert the Duke of Wurzberg, St. Fursa the son of a Southern Munster Prince who went to Albion / Briton then to Gaul were he founded a monastery at Lagy near Paris, St. Buite / Boice who founded Monasterboice Abbey and went to Italy, St. Virgilius the Abbot of Aghaboe who travelled throughout France and became the Bishop of Salzburg, St. Cataldus from Lismore in Co. Waterford in south - east Munster who became the Bishop of Tarentum / Taranto in Italy, St. Breacan who was the grandson of the first Christian Prince of Thomond / Northern Munster. St. Senan from Scattery Island / Inis Cathaig in Co. Clare in the north - west of Munster could trace his genealogy back 1600 years.

+On to 501 AD - 520 AD

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