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Mac Naboe - Irish / Mheic Anabadha - anabaidh / premature. A Heremonian Ui Cobhthaigh Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin Breifne Sept / Family branch, who had their territory in Co. Cavan in Southern Ulster and nearby in the adjacent territory in Co. Longford in the north - west of Northern Leinster. Now also known as Victory. Ancestors: *95.Baethine, *94.Criffan / Crimthann, *93.Scandlan, *92.Aed "Finn," *91. Fergnae, *90. Fergus (Ui Briuin Breifne), *89.Eogan "Srem," *88.Daui "Tenga Uma" the 3rd King of Connacht,*87.Brion the original 1st King of Connacht (Ui Briuin), *86.Eochy "Mugmedon" the 124th King of Tara / Ireland.

Mac Naboola - Irish / Mheic Con na Buille (Descended from a son of the hound - warrior of Boyle) A Sept / Family branch, who had their territory in Co. Sligo in the north - west of the Connacht Province. An English name Benbo (archer) was also used as a synonym for it, which see.

Mac Naghten. See - Mac Naughton.

O Naghten or O Naughton - Irish / Ua Neachtain / bright or pure. A Sept / Family branch who were Chiefs in Co. Galway and nearby in Co. Roscommon in the east of the Connacht Province. Variants also used were O Nocton, O Knochton and O Natton, which see. An English name - Norton was also used.

O Naghten or O Naughton - Irish / Ua Neachtain / bright or pure. A Heberian Dal gCais Sept / Family branch, who had their territory in Co. Clare in the north - west of Thomond / Tuaiscert Mhumhain / Northern Province. Variants also used were O Nocton, O Knochton and O Natton, which see. An English name - Norton was also used.

Mac Nagle or Mac Nogly - Irish / Mheic an Oglaich (Descended from a son of the Warrior) A Sept / Family branch, who had their territory in Co. Sligo in the north - west of the Connacht Province.

Nagle / de Nogla. Anglo Norman origins. They were in Southern Leinster. Also used in Co. Cork in Southern Munster for de Angulo. See also - Nangle.

Nahane. A Sept / Family branch, who had their territory in Co. Cork in Desmond / Des Mhumhain / Southern Munster who may have been a Sept from the Ulster Province family of Nawn / Nahane, which see, or a variation of Nihane, which see. See also - Nyhan.

Mac Nair. Highland Scottish origins. A Sept / Family branch of the Mac Naughtons, which see, who were in the Ulster Province.

Mac Nallen - Irish / Mheic Nailin. A Sept / Family branch, who had their territory in Co. Offaly in the north - west of Southern Leinster.

Mac Nally or Mac Anally - Irish / Mheic an Fhailghigh - failgheach / poor man. (Descended from a son of the poor man), a name given to their Chief. They were a Sept / Family branch, who had their territory originally in Co. Roscommon and nearby in Co. Mayo in the mid - west of the Connacht Province where they dropped the Mac.

Mac Nally or Mac Anally - Irish / Mheic Con Ulaidh (Descended from a son of the hound - warrior of Ulidia / Ulster) A Sept / Family branch, who had their original territory in the Heremonian Ui Cobhthaigh Dal Cuinn 3 Colla kingdom of Orghialla / Oriel in the south - east of the Ulster Province. Variants were Mac Anully, Mac Enolly, and Mac Knally also used there and in the surrounding Counties.

Nally. Norman or Welsh origins. They were also in Co. Mayo in the mid - west of the Connacht Province where they became “More Irish than the Irish” after they Gaelicized their name.

Mac Nalty - Irish / Mheic Conallta - cu / hound or warrior - allta / wild. A Sept / Family branch, who had their territory in Northern Connacht and the surrounding regions in the nearby territory in the Ulster Province. Mac Analty also used as a variant.

Mac Nama - Irish / Mheic Connmeadha - con / cu / hound - meadha / place name. A Sept / Family branch, who had their territory in Co. Leitrim in Northern Connacht. Many are now known also as Conway.

Mac Namara - Irish / Mheic Con na Mara (Descended from a son of *107.Con / Cumara / Cu na Mara) (Descended from a son of the Warrior or Hound of the Sea) who was 17th in descent from *91.Cas and he was was the original Heberian Dal gCais Ui Caisin Siol Aodha Chief of Magh Adhair, (The Plain of Adhar) (Adhar was the original Fir Bolg Chief who held the territory there in more ancient times who was a son of Umor, the brother of Angus / Oenghus, who had constructed the fort of Dun Aengus on the Arran Island). Magh Adhair initially passed into the hands of the Heberian Eoghanacht Ui Fidgeinti O Hehirs who were later driven westward to the Barony of the Islands by the Mac Namaras who became the Lord Marshalls for the Heberian Dal gCais Ui Bloid Ui Turlough Ui mBriain. (The surrounding region of Magh Adhair (Moyry Park) is situated near Toonagh in Clooney Parish). *107.Con na Mara's son, *108.Donnell / Domhnaill mac Con na Mara died in 1099 AD / 1142 AD and both were direct descendants of *92.Caisin (Ui Caisin) one of the 12 sons of *91.Cas the King of Tuaisceart Mhumhain / Thomond / Northern Munster (Dal g Cais) (People of 91.Cas). The Mac Namaras were Princes in their territory in Co. Clare in the north - west of Northern Munster who later on became the Dalcassian Clann Caisin Chiefs who had their actual territory in the Barony of Tullagh. They were the second most important Family to the Heberian Dal gCais Ui Bloid Ui Turlough Ui mBriain O Briain Clann, who were descended themselves directly from *92.Caisin's older brother, 92.Blood / Blod (Ui Bloid) through 105.Brian "Boru" the 170th High King of Ireland. (*92.Caisin, was the second eldest son of *91.Cas (Dal gCais)and their original Ui Caisin kinsmen were the O Gradys, the Mac Clancys, the O Deas, the Mac Inerneys, the O Meehans, the O Caisins and many other Dalcassian Septs. The Mac Namara Ui Caisin Sept's territory originally took in Clooney, Doora, Inichicronan, Kilmurray na Gall, Kilraghtis, Quin, Templemaley and Tulla in the beginning of the 5th Century AD and it was to be expanded further until the beginning of the 14th Century. In 1151 AD Cumara "Beg" Mac Namara was slain. He was followed by Niall Mac Namara, Cumeadha "Mor" Mac Namara, and Loghlen Mac Namara who died in 1313 AD. Mac Con na Mara was then followed by Sheeda Mac Namara 1278 AD in the "Wars of Thomond." Cumeadha "Mor" Mac Namara who died in 1306 AD was interred in Ennis Abbey. Maccon Mac Namara was the King of the Clan Culean in 1312 AD during the "Wars of Thomond." Sheeda Maccon was their King in 1318 AD. In 1318 AD Thomas de Clare the Anglo - Norman Baron in Co. Clare was defeated and with the previous reduction in the control of the Ui Bloid Septs, the Mac Namaras then drove many of them out of the Country altogether and gained control over their particular territories in Co. Clare also, including Aglish, Feakle, Iniscaltragh, Kilfinaghty, Killaloe, Killnoe, Killokennedy, Kilseely, Killuran, Moynoe, Tomgraney and Tulla (Upper and Lower Tulla), which were changed by the Mac Namaras to East Cuilean and West Cuilean. These were previously the territories of their Dal GCais kinsmen the Ui Ainmire, the Ui Bloid, the Ui Cearnaigh, the Ui Conghaile, the Ui Donghaile, Tuaith Eachtao, the Ui Floinn, the Gleann Omra, the Ui Ronghaile, the Ui Toirdhealbhaigh / Ui Turlough and the Tradraigh. 1373 AD John Mac Namara died, 1380 AD Cumara "Gear" died, 1416 AD Cumeadha died. In 1571 AD Teague Mac Namara died, followed by John Mac Namara and Cumeadha in 1587 AD. They began to build many castles to attempt to secure this vast region and by 1580 AD had constructed 42 castles in Co. Clare. 2 further Mac na Mara Septs evolved over time descended from Culean (Clann Cuilean) becoming, the Chiefs of West Clann Cuilean at Bunratty, headed by Mac Namara "Fionn" - of Fair Complexion, and the Chief of East Clann Cuilean in Upper and Lower Tulla headed by Mac Namara "Reagh"/ riabach" - of Grey Complexion. The Mac Namaras were the tribal Chiefs of Clann Cuilean - of the Holly Tree (Descending from *Culean who was their Chief in the 8^th Century AD and they were to rule over the east of Co. Clare in their own right for 600 years until the 17th Century AD. (In 1402 AD Mac Miccon Mac Namara "Fionn" received a Papal Bull to install the Friars Minor in the Quinn Abbey.) The Mac Namaras were great castle builders and constructed 42 castles, the most in any County in Ireland. Siodha “Cam” Mac Namara who began the building of the Quinn Abbey was to die in 1414 AD and is buried therein. He was followed by Finnen Mac Namara, Loghlen Mac Namara, Fineen "Mergach" Mac Namara of Rossroe, and Sheeda "Cam" Mac Namara of Rossroe. In 1542 AD Sheeda / Siodha Mac Namara along with the most important Ui mBriain leaders, the O Brians of the Dal gCais took up English titles and were created English knights by Henry V111 the Welsh Norman King of England. All of the ancient Irish Family territories held in common belonging to their Dal gCais people, under the Celtic Irish Brehon Law, were then granted to them personally as subservient individuals by him as "survivors" and overtime they soon found that they also had to become non - Catholics to hold on to it. He was followed by Fineen Mac Namara. This saw the beginning of the end for the Dalcassians as an individual Gaelic Irish Family Clann as the Dal gCais were then basically left leaderless. In 1588 AD Teague / Tadhg Mac Namara who the West Clan Cuilean Chief was hung at Galway, who was the son of Donnell "Reagh" Mac Namara, the son of Cuvea Mac Namara, the son of Donough Mac Namara, the son of Rory Mac Namara. On February 23rd 1592 AD Donnell "Reagh" Mac Namara the West Clann Cuilean Chief died, who was a son of Cuvea Mac Namara, the son of Donough Mac Namara, the son of Rory Mac Namara, the son of Maccon "Cean Mor" Mac Namara, John Mac Namara was the Lieutenant Colonel of Clare's Dragoons, High Sheriff of Clare in 1689 AD and a Member of the County in James 11's Parliament 1689 - 90. "Fireball" Mac Namara of Moyriesk in East Clare (1764 AD - 1836) was famous throughout Ireland for his involvement in many duels (56 in all), in which he was successful. John Mac Namara who died in 1780 AD left no issue and was to be the last member of the main Sept of the Mac Namaras. Denis "Ruadh" - of Red Complexion Mac Namara (1715 - 1810) the poet was interred at Newtown at Kil mac Thomas to the south - west of Wexford in Co. Wexford in the south - east of Southern Leinster. (Daniel Mac Namara was from Cratloe Moyle, Dangan and Knopogue). (Loghlen "Laider" - the Strong Mac Namara was the father of Hugh Mac Namara whose mother (2nd Wife) was the daughter of O Daly of Corcomroe. He also had 2 sons from his first wife who had been the daughter of O Dwyer of Kilnamanagh in Co. Tipperary. See also - Mack. Ancestors: *107.Con na Mara, *108.Donnell mac Con na Mara, *Culean, *92.Caisin (Ui Caisin),*91.Cas (Dal gCais) the King of Thomond, *85.Cormac "Cass" the 2nd King of Munster, *84.Ailll "Oluimm" the 1st King of Munster.

Mac Namee or Mac Conway or Mac Conamy or Mac Meadh or Mac Mee - Irish / Mheic Conmidhe (Descended from a son of the hound or warrior of Meath) A Heremonian Ui Cobhthaigh Dal Cuinn "Northern" Ui Niaill Cenel nEogain Sept / Family branch, who had their territory originally in Co. Derry in the north - west of the Ulster Province and later nearby in *Co. Tyrone in Central Ulster and were poets and Ollavs / Brehon Lawyers to their Tuath / Family region. Ancestors: *104.Flaherty / Flaithbertach Ua Niaill 40th / 42nd King of Aileach, *103.Murtough / Muirchertach, *102.Donnell / Domnaill Ua Niaill the 34 / 37th King of Aileach and 168th King of Ireland, *101.Murtough / Muirchertach the 33rd King of Aileach, *100. Niall "Glun Dubh" - of the Black Knee (O Nialls / O Neills of Ulster) the 29 / 30th King of Aileach and 166th King of Ireland, *99.Aed "Findliath" the 25th King of Aileach and 163rd King of Ireland, *98.Niall "Caille" the 23rd King of Aileach and 161st King of Ireland, *97.Aed "Oirdnide" the 21st King of Aileach and 159th King of Ireland, *96.Niall "Frossach" the 19th King of Aileach and 157th King of Ireland, *95.Fergal the 151st King of Tara / Ireland, *94.Mael "Duin" the 14th King of Aileach, *93.Mael "Fithrich" the 10th King of Aileach, *92. Aed "Uardidnach" the 9th King of Aileach and 140th King of Ireland, *91.Donnell "Ilchegach" the joint 4th King of Aileach and 134th King of Ireland, *90.Murtough / Muirchertach mac Ercae the 3rd King of Aileach and 131st King of Ireland, 89.Murray / Muiredach the 2nd King of Aileach, *88.Eogain the 1st King of Aileach (Cenel nEogain), *87.Niall "Noigiallach" - of the Nine Hostages the 126th King of Tara / Ireland (Ui Niaill).

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