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O'Clery's Book of Genealogies—Meic Eochada by Hugh McGough

John D. McLaughlin of St. Louis is the editor of the McLaughlin of Donegal website . He has published a cornucopia of Irish genealogies, including the first part of The O'Clery Book of Genealogies (with more coming), the Laud 610 Genealogies and Tribal Histories, the Keating Genealogies, and O'Dugan's Topographical Poems (The Topographical Poems of John O'Dubhagain and Giolla Na Naomh O'Duidhrin, edited by John O'Donovan, 1862). McLaughlin was kind enough to send me a copy of a "Mac Geogh" genealogy (Genelach Meic Eochada) from The O'Clery Book of Genealogies and some related genealogies. His material is the basis of this web page.

The Genelach Meic Eochadha, which O'Clery calls MacGeogh, is the genealogy of the Mac Keough or Keogh family of the Hy-Many or Ui Maine, whose territory was primarily Magh Finn in the southern part of county Roscommon. They are descendants of Eochaidh O'Kelly—from whom they derived their surname. I do not believe that they are directly related to our sept of McGoughs, but the process by which the name was formed is instructive.

McLaughlin says that there isn't an Airgialla section of O'Clery per se, but all the Airgialla pedigrees are grouped together in the manuscript, beginning with Maguire, and that the following names appear to be linked in general with the same stem:

O Ceallaigh

Meic Eochada

.H. Mhadadhain

.H. Neachtain

.H. Corpmaic Maenmhuighe .

.H. Lomain Fhinnabrach

.H. cloinne Aedhagain

Most pedigrees show these families to be descendants of Colla da Chrioch. See Muiredach - Colla da Chrioch. On this page, I publish the O'Clery pedigrees of these families as sent to me by McLaughlin.

McLaughlin also sent me Genelach .H. Dhuinn Shlebhe, which includes many of the kings of Ulidia, and which helped me tie together many of the genealogies already set out on my web pages. That genealogy is included in my web page Kings of Ulidia.

Genelach Meic Eochada [Mac Geogh]

John McLaughlin was kind enough to send me a copy of a "Mac Geogh" genealogy from The O'Clery Book of Genealogies, and his rough translation:

1675. Emann, Donnchad, Tadg, Maghnus .i. prioir Atha luain, Tomas, Eogan, Uilliam, Donnchadh: clann Nicoil m Niocoil m Tomais m Eochada m Diermada m Domhnaill m Taidhg taillten m Concobair m Diermada mic Taidhg m Concobair m Conchobair m Taidhg catha briain.

[A rough translation would be: Edmund, Donogh, Teige, Manus, i.e., the prior of Atha Luain, Thomas, Owen, William, Donogh, were children of Nicole son of Nicole son of Thomas son of Eochada son of Dermot son of Domnall son of Teige of Tailten son of Conor son of Dermot son of Teirge son of Conor son of Conor son of Teige of the battle of Brian.]

McLaughlin believes, and I agree, that this Meic Eochadha genealogy is that of the MacKeoghs of the Ui Maine.

McLaughlin points out that the last name in this genealogy, Taidgh (or Teige) catha Briain, is the first name in the related pedigree of O Ceallaigh, which he also sent along. See the next section entitled Genelach .H. Ceallaigh [O'Kelly].

A genealogical table accompanying the special edition of John O'Donovan's The Tribes and Customs of Hy-Many, Commonly Called O'Kelly's Country, published in 1991 by the Irish Genealogical Foundation, lists the pedigree as follows. (Numbers 18 through 31 of this pedigree are the duplicate the pedigree from O'Clery, above. Numbers 32 through 37 are added from the table in O'Donovan's book. Years are shown in bold. O'Donovan notes that the years in his table are taken principally from the Annals of the Four Masters.

O'Donovan notes at page 167 of his edition of The Tribes and Customs of Hy-Many, published in the year 1843, that:

"There are several respectable gentlemen of this family still in the original territory of Magh Finn, as R. Keogh, Esq., of Fighill in the parish of Taghmaconnell, and Ross Keogh, Esq., of Keoghville, in the same parish; and there are also several gentlemen of the same family in Dublin, but the editor does not know who is the present head of the same. The Keoghs of Roscommon are to be distinguished from the Keoghs, or Kehoes, of the counties of Wicklow, Carlow, and Wexford, who are of a totally different race."

 

Genelach .H. Ceallaigh [O'Kelly]

O'Clery's genealogy of the O'Kellys carries the preceding genealogy of the McKeoghs backward in time.

1630 Taidhg catha briain m Murchada m Aedha m Ceallaigh (o tait i Ceallaigh) m Finnachda m Oilella m Innrechtaigh m Diuthaigh m Fithchellaigh m Dicolla m Eoghain fhinn m Cormac m Cairpre cruim m Feradhaigh m Luighdheach m Dallain m Breasail m Maine moir m Echach fir da ghiall m Domnaill m Iomchadha m Colla fo crioth [one of the three Collas].

Taidgh catha brian is called Tadgh Ua Ceallaigh, lord of Ui Maine, in the Annals of the Four Masters. Taidgh died a hero in the famous Irish victory over the Danes in the Battle of Clontarf on Good Friday, 1013, and, in a poem quoted by O'Donovan, is "stated to have been the principal hero in the battle, next after Brian; and it adds that he did more to break down the power of the Danes than did Brian himself." In the same battle, Brian Boroimhe (or Boru), Irish Kings #175, was killed. Brian was the only O'Brien ever to rule over all of Ireland. John O'Donovan, in his notes to the year 1013 of the Annals of the Four Master, translates the name Tadg Ua Ceallaigh as Thaddeus or Timothy O'Kelly, and says: "From him all the septs of the O'Kellys of Hy-Many are descended." O'Donovan says that, according to tradition, the Connaughtmen were "dreadfully slaughtered" in the battle "and very few of the O'Kellys, or O'Heynes, survived it."

Ui Maine or Hy Many

McLaughlin's emails say:

"According to the editor of the O'Clery pedigrees, these were a branch of the Airgiallaigh known as the Ui Maine (not the same as the Cenel Maine, from Maine, a son of Neill 'of the Nine Hostages.') The common ancestor to all of these was a Maine Mor m. Echach fir da ghiall.

"Of these families, the pedigrees of O Ceallaigh and O Aedhagain are traced in great detail, giving many of the various branches of the family.

O Aedhagain = O'Hedigan or possibly MacGettigan, a Tyrone name. [MacEgan?]

O Ceallaigh = O'Kelly"

For a general refrence, see: Uí Maine—Connacht Series in Ireland's History in Maps.

The Mac Geogh and O'Kelly genealogies are of tribes that were part of the Ui Maine or Hy Many:

"Another powerful federation of tribes was the Ui Maine (O'Kelly) whose extensive territory embraced large areas of what is now south Roscommon, Galway and north Clare. According to O'Rahilly, the Ui Maine were pre-Milesian Celts who were later given a fictitious Milesian pedigree showing them descended from Maine Mor, son of Eochu, etc. Notwithstanding their importance, O'Rahilly points out that they were vassals who paid tribute to the Milesian kings of Connacht. ... The Ui Maine was reportedly founded by the brother of Fiacha Straivetine, King of Ireland, A.D. 285 [Fiacha Sraibhtine, Irish Kings #120], whose original territory comprised parts of what are now the counties of Galway, Roscommon, Clare, and Offaly. Irish annals tell us that the Ui Maine kingdom gained its name when its 4th century leader, Maine Mor, conquered a territory of southeastern Connaught from the Firbolgs and settled there in 357 A.D." From Old Irish Kingdoms and Clans, a supplement to Ireland's History in Maps.

The brother of Fiacha Sraibhtine, Irish Kings #120, who, in the above paragraph, is credited with founding the Ui Maine, was Eochaidh Doimhlen (Dubhlen), son of Cairbre Liffeachair, Irish Kings #117, and father of the three Collas.

"The Territory of Ui Maine. About the 5th century (357AD), a northern tribe moved into East Galway; they are said to be descended from Colla dá Críoch (one of the Three Collas ), as stated in O'Kelly genealogy. They occupied an area around Ballinasloe and Creagh takes its name from them. One of their chieftains was called Máine Mór and, thence the territory became known as Uí Máine, (Maine's territory) or Hy-Many. The inhabitants were also known as Ui Maine (the people of Maine's territory)."

The Annals of the Four Masters note the battle of Claenloch in the year 531 [M531.2] in Cinel Aedh, by Goibhneann, chief of Ui Fiachrach Aidhne, where Maine, son of Cearbhall, was killed, in defending the hostages of Ui Maine of Connaught. John O'Donovan notes that Cinel Aedh, anglicized Kinnelea, lies around the town of Gort, in the barony of Kiltartan, county of Galway and says:

"Ui-Maine of Connaught.—The people of Hy-Many, seated in the present counties of Galway and Roscommon. These were an offset of the Oirghialla or Clann-Cola, and are here called 'of Connaught,' to distinguish them from the Ui-Maine of Teffia, in Westmeath, who were descended from Maine, son of Niall of the Nine Hostages [IrishKings #126]. After the establishment of surnames O'Kelly was chief of Ui-Maine, in Connaught, and O'Catharnaigh, now Fox, chief of Tir-Many, or Teffia."

There was yet another Maine:

94 Maine, son of
93 Gofraidh, son of
92 Fearghus, son of
91 Earc, son of
90 Colla Uais. Brother to this colla Uais was Colla da Chrioch from whom sprang the following families with their offshoots, namely Mag Mathghamhna, Mag Uidhir, O Hannluain, O Ceallaigh, O Neachtain, O Madagain.

Here is material from Dynasties & Territories—Connacht Series, which is part of Ireland's History in Maps:

"Uí Máine - or Hy Many, in east Co. Galway and south Roscommon. Father Keating in his history of Ireland states that Hi-Maine comprised the baronies of Ballymoe, Ballintober, South Athlone, and Moycarn in County Roscommon, and also Ballymoe, Traquin, Killian, Kilconnell, Cluainmacnowen, Longford, Leitrim, Loughrea and portions of Upper Tulla in County Clare.

"About the 5th century (357AD), a northern tribe moved into East Galway; they are said to be descended from Colla dá Críoch (one of the Three Collas), as stated in O'Kelly genealogy. They occupied an area around Ballinasloe and Creagh takes its name from them. One of their chieftains was called Máine Mór and, from then on, they became known as Uí Máine, or Hy-Many. A different 'Úa Maine' genealogy is descended from Conn of the Hundred Battles, e.g. Maine, a quo Úi Maine, m. Echdach m. Domnaill m. Fiachach Sraiptine m. Carpri Lifechair. Another separate Uí Maine genealogy descends from Óengus Dub, grandson of Cathaír Mór, of the Ua Failge sept of Leintser. Still another genealogy is cited as Maine, son of Niall [of the Nine Hostages], a quo Úi Maine & Fir Thethba.

"The O'Kellys, O'Donnellans and O'Maddens were prominent septs of the Uí Máine. The O'Kellys (Ó Ceallaigh) were over-lords in the territory of Hy Many. The O'Donnellans claim descent from Domhállan, lord of Clan Breasail. The O'Maddens (Ó Madadháin) held territory in Co. Galway next to the Shannon and extending over the river in Offaly. Other Uí Máine septs included Ó Concheanainn (O'Concannon), lords of Uí Diarmada near Kilkerrin, Co. Galway; Ó Cobhthaigh (O'Coffey), a branch of the O'Maddens; Ó Neachtain (O'Naghten), chiefs near Loughrea and later of the Fews (Athlone); Ó Maolalaidh (O'Mulally or Lally), of the same stock as the O'Naghtens; Mac Eochaidh (MacKeogh), lords of Magh Finn (Moyfinn, Athlone); Ó Roduibh (Mac Geraghty), one of the four royal chiefs under O'Conor; Ó Fathaigh (O'Fahy), whose territory came to be known Pobal Mhuintir ui Fhathaigh; Ó Dúnadhaigh (O'Downey), chiefs of Sil Anmchada prior to the O'Maddens; Ó Dubhagain (O'Dugan), though not of the same stock as the O'Kellys; Ó Cionnaoith (O'Kenny), of the same stock as O'Madden; Ó Muireadhaigh (O'Murry) of the barony of Athlone; Ó Treasaigh (O'Tracy), akin to the O'Maddens; Ua Braonain of Sil Anmchadha, closely related to the O'Maddens were located in the barony of Longford in County Galway; Ó Conghalaigh (O'Connolly), of the same stock as O'Madden; Ó Conraoi (O'Conry) of Hy Many; Mic Uallacháin (Mac Cuolahan) of Garrycastle, Co. Offaly, and noted as chiefs of Muintir Cionaetha and on at least one occasion as chief of neighboring Sil Anmchadha; O'Draighneain (O'Drennan) of the Sil Anmchadha group in the barony of Longford, O Dobhailen (Dolan) of Clommacowen, Co. Galway and Athlone, Co. Rosscommon."

Genealogy of O'Kellys

"O'Ceallaigh or O'Kelly. This name is derived from Ceallach, a celebrated chief of the ninth century, who is the ancestor of the O'Kellys, princes of Hy-Maine. These O'Kellys are a branch of the Clan Colla of Orgiall in Ulster, and of the same descent as the MacMahons, lords of Monaghan; Maguires, lords of Fermanagh; O'Hanlons, lords of Orior in Armagh, etc. In the fourth century. Main M¢r or Main the Great, chief of the Clan Colla, conquered a colony of the Firbolgs in Connaught; and the territory so conquered, which was possessed by his posterity, was after him called Hy-Maine (signifying the territory possessed by the descendants of Main), which has been Latinized 'Hy-Mania' and 'I-Mania.' This extensive territory comprised, according to O'Flaherty and others, a great part of South Connaught in the present County Galway, and was afterwards extended beyond the river Suck to the Shannon, in the south of Roscommon. It included the baronies of Ballymoe, Tiaquin, Killian, and Kilcollan, with part of Clonmacnoon, in Galway; and the barony of Athlone in Roscommon. The O'Kellys were styled princes of Hy-Maine, and their territory was called 'O'Kelly's Country.' According to the 'Dissertations' of Charles O'Connor, the O'Kellys held the office of high treasurers of Connaught, and the MacDermotts that of marshals. Tadhg or Teige O'Kelly, one of the commanders of the Connaught contingent of Brian Boru's army at the battle of Clontarf, was of this ancient family. The O'Kellys had castles at Aughrim, Garbally, Gallagh, Monivea, Moylough, Mullaghmore, and Aghrane (now Castlekelly), in the County Galway; and at Athlone, Athleague, Corbeg, Galy, and Skrine, in the County Roscommon. The chiefs of the O'Kellys, according to some accounts, were inaugurated at Clontuskert, about five miles from Eyrecourt in the County Galway, and held their rank as princes of Hy-Maine down to the reign of Queen Elizabeth." The Ancient Kingdom of Connaught (under 2.-- Roscommon and Galway).

For more information and links, see Joseph Kelly's essay: Kelly Places and People; and Kelly, O'Kelly, and Kelley/Kelly Surname Web.

Genealogy of O Ceallaigh [O'Kelly] from The Keating Genealogies

120 Tadhg, son of
119 Tadhg, son of
118 Domhnall, son of
117 Conchubhar, son of
116 Domhnall, son of
115 Tadhg, son of
114 Conchubhar, son of
113 Diarmuid, son of
112 Tadhg, son of
111 Conchubhar, son of
110 Conchubhar, son of
109 Tadhg of Cath Bhriain, son of
108 Murchadh, son of
107 Aodh, son of
106 Cealach a quo Siol gCeallaigh, son of
105 Fionachta, son of
104 Oilill, son of
103 Innreachtach, son of
102 Fithcheallach. Of the progeny of Coscrach son of Fithcheallach are Clann Aodhagain; son of
101 Dluthach, son of
100 Diocholla, son of
99 Eoghan Fionn. Brother to this Eoghan was Eoghan Buach whence O Madagain, son of
98 Corbmac, son of
97 Fearadhach, son of
96 Fearadhach, son of
95 Lughaidh, son of
94 Dallan, son of [Dallan was the second son of Breasal. He had a brother, Conail, a third son, who was chief of the Hy-Many for 22 years, from whom comes a branch of the O'Connells. The Annals of the Four Masters for the year 622 notes: "The battle of Carn Fearadhaigh [a mountain in south Limerick] by Failbhe Flann over the Conaughtmen, wherein were slain Conall, chief of Ui Maine ..." O'Donovan notes that the Annals of Ulster enter this battle under the year 626, and the Annals of Clonmacnois under the year 624.]
93 Breasal, son of [Chief of the Hy-Many for 30 years.]
92 Maine Mor, son of [The "great ancestor" of the Hy-Many according to a "Genealogical Table showing the descent of the principal families of the Hy-Many, from their great ancestor Maine More to the present day" which accompanied my copy of.The Tribes and Customs of Hy-Many -- O'Kelly's Counry" from the Book of Lecan with a translation and notes, and map, by John O'Donovan (Special Edition published in 1992 by the Irish Genealogical Foundation of Kansas City, Missouri.)]
91 Eochaidh Fear da Ghiall, son of [Achy Ferdaghiall]
90 Domhnall, son of
89 Iomchadh. This Iomchadh had three brothers namely Deaghaidh Duirn, Eochaidh and Fiachaidh. From Deaghaidh Duirn sprang Mag Mathghamhna; from Eochaidh sprang Mag Uidhir and Mag Tighearnain of clann Feaghaile; from Fiachaidh is sprung O Hanluain. But O hInnreachtaigh is of the progeny of Iomchadh son of colla da Chrioch himself; son of
88 Colla Da Chrioch, son of
87 Eochaidh Doimhlen, son of
86 Cairbre Lifiochair, son of
85 Cormac Ulfhada, son of
84 Art Aoinfhear, son of
83 Conn Ceadchathach. Brothers to this Conn were Eochaidh, from whom are sprung O Nuallain in Leinster, and Fiachaidh Suighdhe from whom are sprung O Faolain and O Bric in Munster; son of
82 Feidhlimidh Reachtmhar, son of
81 Tuathal Teachtmhar, son of
80 Fiachaidh Fionnolaidh, son of
79 Fearachach Fionn Feachtnach, son of
78 Criomthann Niadh Nar, son of
77 Lughaidh Sriabh nDearg, son of
76 The three FInneamhnas, sons of
75 Eochaidh Feidhleach, son of
74 Fionn, son of
73 Fionnlogh, son of
72 Roighen Ruadh, son of
71 Easoman of Eamhain, son of
70 Blathachtach, son of
69 Beothachtach, son of
68 Labhraidh Lorc, son of
67 Eanna Aighneach. Brother to this Eanna Aighneach was Fiachaidh Fear Mara whence sprang Conaire son of Mogh Lamha son-in-law to Conn Ceadchathach. This Conaire was father to the three Cairbres, namely Cairbre Riada, Cairbre Musc and Cairbre Baschaoin. It was these and their posterity who were called the Earna of Munster. From Cairbre Riada sprang Dal Riada of Scotland and the Dal Riada of Ulster from whom the Ruta is named. From Cairbre Musc is named every Muscruighe in Munster and of his progeny are O Failbhe of Desmond and O Cuirc of Muscruighe. From Cairbre Baschoin is named Corca Baiscinn and we have not found out his progeny.

Genealogies from Rawlinson.

The Genealogies from Rawlinson 502B give a different line of descent of Maine, the founder of the UiMaine. Rawlinson is an older and more reliable source. O'Clery and Rawlinson both say Maine was the son of Echdach (or Echach) who was the son of Domnaill. While O'Clery's genealogy of the O'Kelly's makes Domnaill a son of Iomchadha, son of Colla da Chrioch, son of Eochaidh Doimhlen, son of Cormac, the Rawlinson Genealogies make Domnaill a son of Fiacha Sraibhtine, son of Cormac, and uncle of the three Collas. (The brother of Fiacha Sraibhtine, Eochaidh Doimhlen (Dublein), was the father of the three Collas. See Irish Kings #117.) Here are some excerpts from the Genealogies of Rawlinson:

"¶760] Dá mc Fiachach Sraiptene: Muiredach Tírech ocus Domnall a quo Úi Maine Connacht secundum quosdam."

"¶932] Maine m. Echdach m. Domnaill m. Fiachach Sraiptine m. Carpri Lifechair in tres Connacht."

"ITEM ÚI MAINE. ¶1008] Áed mc Diarmata m. Taidgcc m. Murchada m. Áeda m. Cellaich m. Fínnachta m. Ailella{facsimile page & column 145f} m. Indrechtaich m. Dlúthaich m. Fidchellaich m. Dícolla m. Coirpre m. Cormaicc m. Feradaich m. Lugdach m. Dalláin m. Bressail m. Maine a quo Úi Maine m. Echdach m. Domnaill m. Fiachach Sraiptine."

For those who would like to become totally immersed in this subject, more detail on the genealogies in Rawlinson will be found below under Later Commentary by John McLaughlin.

Comparison of O'Kelly Genealogies

Annals of Four Masters Entries Relating to O'Kelly

M960.7 Inis-mor in Loch-Ribh was taken by Murchadh Ua Ceallaigh

M963.6 A change of kings by the Ui-Ceinnsealaigh; namely, Domhnall, son of Ceallaigh, in the place of Donnchadh, son of Tadhg.

M1003.13 A battle between Tadhg Ua Ceallaigh with the Ui-Maine, and the men of West Meath assisting the Ui-Maine on the one side, and the Ui-Fiachrach Aidhne aided by West Connaught on the other

M1013.8 Tadhg Ua Ceallaigh, lord of Ui Maine [slain in battle]

M1014.22 Aedh, son of Tadhg, son of Murchadh Ua Ceallaigh, lord of Ui-Maine, was slain at Cluain-mic-Nois.

M1030.17 Conchobhar, son of Tadhg Ua Ceallaigh, lord of Ui-Maine, was slain by the men of Teathbha.

M1074.5 Donnchadh Ua Ceallaigh, lord of Ui-Maine, was killed by his brother, Tadhg, grandson of Conchobhar Ua Ceallaigh, on the island of Loch-Caelain.

M1113.3 Diarmaid Ua Ceallaigh, successor of Ua Suanaigh, died.

M1135.19 The fleet of Murchadh Ua Maeleachlainn on the Sinainn and on Loch Ribh; the Sil-Muireadhaigh, with their king, i.e. Conchobhar, son of Toirdhealbhach, and the Ui-Maine, with their lord, i.e. Tadhg Ua Ceallaigh, came, and both left hostages with Murchadh.

M1140.1 Eochaidh Ua Ceallaigh, chief head of the men of Meath, the most distinguished bishop of all Ireland, died at an advanced age at Dearmhach Choluim Chille.

M1144.13 Domhnall Ua Ceallaigh was killed by the three sons of the grandson of Conchobhar Ua Ceallaigh, namely, Donnchadh, Amhlaeibh, and Lochlainn

M1145.17 The men of Munster proceeded with an army into Connaught; and they carried off Ua Ceallaigh, i.e. Tadhg, son of Conchobhar, lord of Ui-Maine, and slew Ruaidhri Ua Flaithbheartaigh.

M1163.5 A royal heir's feasting visitation was made by Niall, son of Muircheartach Ua Lochlainn, the son of the King of Ireland, through Leath-Chuinn. He proceeded to Ulidia, and first to Cill-sleibhe; afterwards into Airghialla, Tir-Briuin, and Meath; and he committed various acts of violence in territories and churches, and particularly at Ceanannus, Ard-Breacain, Fobhar-Fechin, Eacharadh-Lobrain, and Cluain-mic-Nois. He afterwards proceeded across Ath-Luain, into Connaught, with a force of twelve score men; and they feasted upon the Ui-Maine, but they were all killed by Conchobhar Ua Ceallaigh, Conchobhar Maenhaighe, and the Ui-Maine, through treachery and guile, except some deserters and fugitives; and Niall, son of Muircheartach Ua Lochlainn, was taken prisoner, and conducted in safety to his house, by advice of their meeting.

M1167.14 A church was erected at Cluain-mic-Nois, in the place of the Dearthach, by Conchobhar Ua Ceallaigh and the Ui-Maine.

M1180.6 A battle, called the battle of the Conors, was fought between Connor Moinmoy, the son of Roderic O'Conor, and Connor O'Kelly, Lord of Ely-Many, in which were slain Conor O'Kelly, his son Teige, his brother Dermot, Melaghlin, the son of Dermot O'Kelly, and Teige, the son of Teige O'Conor

M1368.16 William, son of Donough Muimhneach O'Kelly, Lord of Hy-Many, was taken prisoner by O'Madden and the Clann-mic-n-Eoghain. On the same day Donnell, son of Conor O'Kelly, and Ardgal Oge O'Concannon, were slain by O'Maden.

M1372.5 William, the son of Ulick, the most distinguished man of the Burkes for gaiety and polite manners, and William Oge O'Kelly, heir to the lordship of Hy-Many, died.

M1381.2 William, the son of Donough Muimhneach O'Kelly, Lord of Hy-Many, a man of the greatest character, worth, and renown, of his own tribe; the man who had given a general invitation of hospitality to the schools of Ireland, and had given them all their own demands, died a very old man, after the victory of penance; and his son Melaghlin assumed his place.

M1383.10 Owen, the son of Donough, son of Rory O'Kelly; ... died.

M1385.6 O'Conor Roe, Mac Dermot, the sons of Murtough O'Conor of Sligo, and the chieftains of Connaught, proceeded with a very great army into Hy-Many, and burned the town of the son of Edmond O'Kelly. On this occasion William Boy O'Naghtan was slain.

M1393.10 Edwina, daughter of Cathal Oge O'Conor, and wife of Brian, son of Melaghlin O'Kelly; Donnell and Edmond, two sons of Melaghlin O'Kelly; and Dermot O'Flanagan, heir apparent to the chieftainry of Tuath-ratha in Fermanagh, died.

M1419.13 Teige, the son of Donnell O'Kelly, Lord of Clann-mac-Eoghain died.

 

MacKeogh

"Keogh, including Kehoe and Mac Keogh, almost equally common forms of the same Irish surname - Mac Eochaidh - just misses a place in the hundred most numerous names in Ireland. It is chiefly found in the province of Leinster, the spelling Kehoe being usual in Co. Wexford. The present Irish spelling of this name is MacEochaidh. Formerly in Munster it was MacCeoch or Mac Ceoch which was retained while Gaelic survived there as the vernacular. Outside Leinster Mac Keoghs are mainly located in the neighborhood of Limerick; the place name Ballmackeogh is in Co. Tipperary a few miles from that city. This was the homeland of one of the three distinct septs of Mac Keoghs. The second was in the Ui Maine group. Their eponymous ancestor was Eochaidh O'Kelly; they were lords of Magh Finn and their territory of Moyfinn in the barony of Athlone, Co. Roscommon, long known as Keogh's Country, was popularly so-called even in quite recent times. The place Keoghville in the parish of Taghmaconnell took its name from them. The third and historically the most important sept were the Mac Keoghs of Leinster. These are of the same stock as the O'Byrnes and were hereditary bards to that great family. With them they migrated in early mediaeval times from north Kildare to Co. Wicklow, whence they spread later to Co. Wexford. The Four Masters describe Maolmuire Mac Keogh as chief professor of poetry in Leinster in 1534, and several fine poets of the name are cited by Douglas Hyde in his Literary History of Ireland." The Keough Mailing List

Excerpt from Tribes and Customs of Hy Many by John O'Donovan (1843), page 165:

"Pedigree of Mac Eoachadha or Makeogh or Keogh. There were several families of the name in Ireland, but those of Magh Finn, in Hy Many, were by far the most distinguished. They are a branch of the O'Kellys who took a separate surname after their ancestor Eochaidh O'Kelly. ... The pedigree of Dr. William Makeogh has already been given. ... and there is a short notice of the family preserved in a paper ... in Trinity College ... which is worth publishing, as it preserves some curious notices of the family not given in the Book of Lecan, or in any other authority known to the editor ..."

 

Genelach .H. Mhadadhain [O'Madden]

McLaughlin sent along the other related pedigrees, which are in this and the following sections:

Genelach .H. Mhadadhain [O'Madden]

1676. Murchadh, Cathal, Domhnall, Fearadach, Bresal, Calbhach: clann Eoghain m Murchada m Cathail m Madadhain moir.

1677. Murchadh, Eogan, Seaan, Cathal: clann Murcaidh m Eoghain m Murchaidh m Eoghain m Murchuidh m Cathail m Madadhain mhoir m Diermada m Madadhain remair m Gadra m Dunadaigh m Diermada \m Aeda m Oilella m Dunadhaigh m Gadra m Loinsigh m Dunadhaigh m Cobthaig m Maile duinn m Dungaile m Anmchadha m Eoghain buac m Corpmaic m Cairpre cruim m Feradaigh m Luighdheach m Dallain m Bresail m Maine moir m Echach fir daq ghiall m Domnaill m Iomchadhae m Colla fo crith.

See (O)Madden, (MacAvaddy, Madigan) on goireland.com. There is no certainty that this is the same Madden family that acquired Hilton Park near Clones, county Monaghan, in 1734. This was land owned at one time by Art oge MacMahon, and was conveyed by members of the MacMahon sept to Sir Edward Blayney about 1610. When the Reverend Doctor Samuel Madden purchased the property in 1734, he borrowed most of the purchase price from Trinity College in Dublin. See The Madden Papers in PRONI.

Here are quotations from an internet article on Historic Accommodations in Ireland on the history of the Maddens. The link is to a cached version on Google.com. The quotations are more extensive than usual because the original URL, http://www.hiltonpark.ie/history.htm, is not available at this writing:

"The family is descended from the princes of Oriel and in particular from Maine, who left Clogher in the 5th Century to find less populous lands, for they were a quarrelsome breed and were always warring and fighting among themselves. Maine settled a large area astride the Shannon and became the progenitor of the tribes of Hy-Many. From Anmchadh, son of Eoghan Buac, fourteenth in descent from Maine, sprang the tribe of O’Madden, who were the chiefs of Siol Anmchadha. Our line almost certainly comes from John O’Madden, great grandson of Eoghan O’Madden, the celebrated Lion of Birra and Chief of Siol Anmchadha, (1323-47). Two of John’s elder brothers were Chiefs of the clan from 1411 to 1451 and one of their sons, Cobthach, killed his two elder brothers, Brasil and Diarmuid, to claim their birthright, but the third brother, Eoghan Carregh, killed him first to claim the chieftainship. From this constant quarrelling and frequent fratricide, John appears to have fled to England, where he settled at Bloxham Beauchamp in Oxfordshire. From parish records we know that he was in humble circumstances, but each generation seems to have improved their lot until four generations later, in 1599, Thomas marries Elizabeth Pettifer of a well established local family: it must be presumed that the family became Protestant during the Reformation. Thomas Madden, the name having become anglicised, then becomes Comptroller to Sir Thomas Wentworth, later Earl of Strafford, the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, returns to Ireland and takes up residence at Baggotsrath.

"In 1635 his son John, attorney to HM Court of Castle Chambers, General Solicitor for Parliamentary Sequestrations, of Maddenton in Co. Kildare, married Elizabeth Waterhouse, heiress of Manor Waterhouse in Co. Fermanagh, thus contracting the second advantageous marriage in successive generations.

"His son John, who was three times President of the Irish College of Physicians and clearly a most cultured man as he had a very valuable collection of early Irish and English historical manuscripts, married Mary Molyneux, sister of William Molyneux, who in 1684 founded the Dublin Philosophical Society to ‘the design of the Royal Society in London’.

"It is not surprising that the next generation produced a remarkable philanthropist in the Rev. Samuel Madden DD. His brother John and his uncle, Sir Thomas Molyneux of Castle Dillon, in Co. Armagh, were founders of the Dublin Society and Samuel joined them within the first year and he set the agenda for encouragement of improvements in the Arts, Agriculture and Manufacturing by guaranteeing an annual sum for premiums from his own pocket, provided they were matched by the society; for this, as well as for giving premiums to Trinity College, Dublin, he earned the soubriquet ‘Premium’. Such was his generosity, Mrs. Delaney recalls in one of her contemporary letters, that his wife, who was something of a shrew, would not let him go out with any money on his person as he would give anything he had to any poor that he met. It was through Madden’s friendship with the Earl of Chesterfield that the Dublin Society received its Royal Charter. He was a collector of works of art and left Trinity 20 of his best paintings at their choice to hang in the Provost’s House for ever.

"Madden wrote a number of books and plays, not always putting his name to them. The most interesting are ‘Reflections and Resolutions proper to the Gentlemen of Ireland’, which amongst many exhortations states that raw materials should not be exported to England, but rather that ‘value should be added at home’, and ‘A Memoir of the Twentieth Century’. A thousand copies of the latter were printed in 1735, but were destroyed prior to publication on the order of the government; only a half dozen copies survive. Two of his books, ‘Memoirs’ and ‘Boulter’s Monument’, published 1745, were dedicated to Frederick, Prince of Wales, to whom he had been tutor. It is interesting to speculate what influence this literary, cultured man may have had on the young prince, who contrary to the martial and philistine Hanoverians that spawned him, became the greatest royal patron of the arts and architecture since Charles the Second and who was left at home in Hanover for the first 20 years of his life, whilst his grandfather and his father ruled Britain.

"A member of Swift’s circle and a kinsman of Oliver Goldsmith, Madden was particularly admired by Dr. Johnson, who said of him, ‘his is a name Ireland ought to honour’.

"On the home front, Samuel was rector of Newtownbutler and kept a fine garden at Manor Waterhouse; in particular he was an expert in growing fruit and his manuscript catalogue and plan for ‘fruit trees planted in espalier hedges at Manor Waterhouse’ in 1740 is in the Hilton library. Tragically, all his manuscripts were left to his son, John of Hilton and they were lost in the fire 40 years later.

"In 1734 he purchased the Hilton Estate, then comprising some 4000 acres, for his third son and around the same time bought an estate at Spring Grove, Rosslea, for his youngest son. As both his elder sons failed to bring children to majority, the Manor Waterhouse estate fell to John Madden of Hilton., but it appears to have been largely uninhabited after Premium Madden died in 1765 and the house hardly seems to have existed by the start of the 19th century. The old castle had been sacked in the Jacobite wars and it may be that the new one had not been well built.

"The next generation, Colonel Samuel Madden of the Monaghan Militia, nearly finished the Maddens at Hilton, for this man was nothing like his namesake grandfather. He turned out to be a gambler and bon viveur and there is a vivid account of his excesses throughout the 1790s , culminating in the fire of 1803, the arrival of his creditors in 1812 and his expiry in 1814. His son, Colonel John of the Monaghan Militia was left to pick up the pieces, about £5 million in today’s terms.

This lively article, less than half of which is reproduced here, was apparently written by Johnny & Lucy Madden who occupy Hilton Park today.

Genelach .H. Neachtain [O Naghten, O Naughton]

Genelach .H. Neachtain [O Naghten, O Naughton]

1678. Donchad m Aedha m Uilliam m Ruaidri m Giolla crist m Amlaibh m Cathail m Con creachmaill m Amlaibh m Mael sechlainn m Concobhair catha brian+ m Aedha m Taidhgh locho riach m Amlaibh m Mail sechloinn (.i oide Floinn m Mail sechlainn) m Amalgaid m Concobair m Ferghusa finn m flaithbertaigh m Fintain m Aedha m Neachtain (a quo .h. Neachtain) m Mail cheirr m Ferghusa (ag a comraicit et .h. Mail faladh) m Oilealla m Tnuthgaile m Morlaoich m Con dalaigh m Amhalgadha m Fiachra Finn m Bresail m Maine mhoir* m Echach fir da giall m Domhnaill m Ionchadhae m Colla fo crith.

*"About 457 A.D., Colla de Chrioch's great-great-grandson and a direct ancestor of the Naughton line, Maine Mor (Maine the Great), decided to establish his own kingdom by seizing an extensive area in southwestern Connaught Province held by the pre-Celtic tribe of Firbolgs. Specifically, the region extended on the north to the River Shannon above Lough (Lake) Ree in County Roscommon, on the south into County Offaly, westward to Lough Graney in County Clare, back north to include all of eastern County Galway to the River Suck at Ballymoe and east across County Roscommon to the River Shannon.

"The area and kingdom became known as Ui Maine or Hy-Many, meaning the land possessed by the descendants of Maine. Maine Mor ruled his kingdom for some fifty years, and his eldest son, Bresal, ruled for another thirty years.

+"14. Connor Catha Brian (also known as Connor), his son, who fought with King Brian Boru at the Battle of Clontarf in 1014 and was the first to assume the surname O'Neachtain."

See: The Naughtons in Ireland by William Naughton, from which the quotes are taken.

Genelach .H. Corpmaic Maenmhuighe [O'Cormach, MacCormach]

Genelach .H. Corpmaic Maenmhuighe [O'Cormach, MacCormach]

1679. Niall m Cerbhaill m Mail cobha m Ruadhghusa m Folachtaigh m Con caisil m Fachtnain m Lachtnain m Finntain uallaigh m Slithe m corpmaic m Cremhthainn m Bresail m Maine mhoir.

Genelach .H. Lomain Fhinnabrach

Genelach .H. Lomain Fhinnabrach

1680. Fland m Cionaedha m Dunghaile m Eachach m Airmedaigh m Fadhallaigh m Doichnertaigh m Curnain m Ferghna m Aedha m Senaigh m Echach m Aenghusa m Lomain m Dallain m Bresail m Maine mhoir.

[Here is an expression of the same pedigree from an English translation of The Tribes and Customs of Hy-Many, commonly called O'Kelly's Country, page 37 (on CELT: The Corpus of Electronic Texts). This pedigree is omits severalgenerations and is probably less accurate. [Names in brackets have been added; names in parenthesese but not in brackets are added from the O'Clery genealogy, above.]

"Pedigree of O'Lomain of Finnabhair here

"Flann, son of Cinaeth, son of Donnghal, son of Eochaidh, son of Airmedhach, son of Congalach, son of Inndelbhaidh, son of Daithnennaigh, son of Crundan, son of Fergna, son of Aedh Senach, [son of Senaigh], son of Eochaidh, son of Ainmire, son of Aengus Loman* [son of Lomain, son of Dallain, son of Bresail, son of Maine mhoir]."

[*Aengus Loman, the grandson (or son) of Dallan, had five sons, viz., two Eochaidhs, Ainmire, Carrthach, and Fathach; ut poeta dixit:

"Aengus Loman [Aengus the son of Loman?], the son of Dallan, had five sons, viz., two Eoch-aidhs, Ainmire, Carrthach, and Fathach; ut poeta dixit:

"1. Eochaidh, Eochaidh, Ainmire,
Carrthach, the beautiful, fair branch,
A race of brothers I have enumerated
And Fathach Finn were the sons of Aengus."

Several Lomain pedigrees through sons other than Echach [Eochaidh] are set out in The Tribes and Customs of Hy-Many. John O'Donovan's notes on the terms O'Lomain and Finnabhair are as follows:

O'Lomain.— "This seems to be the name now anglicised Lomond, but the Editor is not aware that it is at present extant in Hy-Many, where a family or tribe of the name were no doubt formerly powerful, for we learn from the Annals of the Four Masters, at the year 949, that O'Lomain, of Gaela, defeated the inhabitants of Ormond in that year. There was another branch of the family settled at Finnabhair, now Finnure, in the barony of Leitrim, and the county of Galway.—See Map."

Finnebhair.— "Finnabhair is now called Finnure, and is a townland containing the ruins of an old church, situated in the parish of Abbeygormigan, close to the bounday between the baronies of Loughrea and Longford, in the county of Galway.—See Ordnance Map of the county of Galway, sheet 98. The last of this tribe mentioned above in the text was the fifteenth in descent from Maine Mor, the common ancestor of the Hy-Many, and was therefore contemporary with the celebrated Cathal Mac Ailella, chief of Hy-Many, who died in 844, who was the fifteenth from the same Maine; and we must therefore suppose that O'Lomain was then a tribe name, and not a hereditary surname."

At page 89 of his Tribes and Customs of Hy Many, O'Donovan says with reference to O'Connor, the king of Connaught:

"The superintendence of his banquets belongs to O'Lomain."

[The Annals of the Four Masters reports:

M949.12

"A victory was gained over the men of Muscraighe-thire by Ua-Lomain-Gaela."

The Gaelic form of Ua-Lomain-Gaela is hUa Lomáin Gaela. John O'Donovan's annotation to this entry reads:

"Ua-Lomain Gaela.—This was the name of a sept of the Hy-Many of Connaught, seated at Finnabhair†, now Finnure [Abbeygormacan Civil Parish, Poor Law Union of Loughrea], in the barony of Leitrim, and county of Galway. Muscraighe-thire* was the ancient name of the baronies of Upper and Lower Ormond, in the county of Tipperary.—See Tribes and Customs of Hy-Many, p.35, note c; and Leabhar-na-gCeart, p. 29." See: Lebor na gCert—The Book of Rights, translated by Myles Dillon, in the Celtic Literature Collective (A. K. A. Mary Jones) (word search for Múscraige).

†The Annals of Ulster report that Muircertach Ua Lochlainn, in the year 1167, gave a townland "at Drochait-atha (Drogheda) to the clergy, namely, Finnabhair-na-ningen, to the lord in connection with the consecreation of Mellifont Abbey. U1157.4, quoted on my page: Airghialla. The Annals of the Four Master reports, M794.14:

"The battle of Finnabhair, in Teathbha, by Muireadhach, son of Domhnall, in which many chiefs were slain along with Fearghus, son of Ailghil, lord of Cinel Cairbre, with Duibhinnreacht, son of Artghal, with Muireadhach, son of Connmhach, and with Cosgrach, son of Ceithearnach."

Donovan notes: "Finnabhair.—Now Fennor in the county of Westmeath." He describes Teathba as "a large territory in Westmeath."

*"Ormond (Lower) - Ormond comes from 'East Munster'. The pre-Norman territory in both the Ormond baronies was known as Muscraige Thire, held by the O'Kennedy clan. O'Hogan was seated here at Ardcony. An O'Donnelly sept is also cited as originating here. The O'Lonergans were driven south (toward Caher) by the Butlers in the 14th century. The Butlers became the powerful Earls of Ormonde." Ireland's History in Maps—The Baronies of Ireland (under County Tipperary).]

Genelach cloinne Aedhagain [Hedigan or MacGettigan?]

Genelach cloinne Aedhagain [Hedigan or MacGettigan?]

1681. Aedh, Giolla na naomh, Domhnall, Donnchadh: clann Giolla NA naomh m Conchobair m Giolla NA naomh m Duinn slebhe m Giolla NA ndom m Soeirbrethaigh m Muircertaicch m Floind m Aedhagain (o raiter an sloinned) m Goistine m Flaithemhain m anluain m Flaithgile m coscraigh m Fithcheallaigh m Dluthaigh m Dicolla m Eogain Finn m corpmaic m Cairpre cruim m Feradhaigh m Luighdech m Dallain m Bresail m Maine mhoir.

Other Airgialla Pedigrees

John McLaughlin says that O'Clery's O'Kelly pedigree follows that of the UI Meith Macha (O'Heggarty), the O mBresail Oirther (O Lorcan) and the Ui mBresail Macha. "These later territories were in Louth and Armagh, as far as I can tell. But some sources say at least some of these families settled in Monaghan after the Norman invasion. If you search the Annals for Ui Meith Macha and Ui Breasail you'll find all kind of references to these families in the Annals. I'm not sure if this is the same Ua Eochadha family in the annals who were Kings of Ulaid."

According to O'Donovan, O hEochadha is now Haughey, Haugh, Hoey, without the O. Of the same race as the O Duinnsleibhes. [aO hEochagain = O'Haughian (annals, 1281). A family of this name, who came from county Down, is living in Ballymena.]

The Topographical Poems of John O'Dubhagain and Giolla Na Naomh O'Huidhrin (Topographical Poems of John O'Dugan edited by John O'Donovan in 1862), under The Part of the Crabh Ruadh, says:

"Let us enumerate the chief kings of Uladh,159
The lands of hospitality, with spears,
The O'Duinnsleibhes,160 the O hEachadhas.161

Of their nobles are men of long slaughters"

"160. O'Duinnsleibhe, otherwise called MacDuinnsleibhe, and now anglicised Donlevy, without either prefix. This family lost its ancient rank shortly after the English invasion, and a branch of them removed to Tirconnell, where they became physicians to O'Donnell. Some of them passed into Scotland, where they made the name Dunlief and Dunlap, and others have changed it to Livingston. See Annals of Four Masters, A.D. 1149, 1178, 1227, 1395, 1586.

"161. O'h-Eochadha.- This family was of the same race as O'Duinnsleibhe, and also lost its ancient dignity about the same time. It is now anglicised Haughey, Haugh, and Hoey, without the O'. See Annals of Four Masters, 1114, 1164, 1172, 1194."

Genelach Mheg Eochacan [MacGeoghegan]

There is another pedigree in O'Clery for Mheg Eochacan. I'm sure this is the MacGeoghegan family of Meath, who claim to be descended from Fiacha, son of Niall of the Nine Hostages, Irish Kings #126. "Niall's first wife was Inné, mother of his son Fiacha, from who the Geoghegans are descended." The MacGeoghegan Family Society Family History Website. This is consistent with the genealogy below. See also The Clan MacGeoghegan and History of the Gahagan Name.

Genelach Mheg Eochacan

890. Cu coiccriche m Neill m Diermada m Donnchadha m Muircertaigh m Congalaigh m Muirchertaigh m Con calma m Con coiccriche m Congalaigh m Muircertaigh m Mail t-sechlainn m Cosccraigh m Anluain m Congalach m Donnchada m Murchada m Amhlaibh m Ruaidri m Inneirghe m Eochagan (a quo clann Eochagan) m Coscraigh m Amhalgaidh oirdnide m Tuathail an tuaiscirt re raiter Daimin m Fiacha m Neill.

 

Later Commentary by John McLaughlin

After I had published the above material, John D. McLaughlin sent me a follow-up email on September 29, 2001. The material offers valuable insights on the problems of tracing Irish pedigrees. I have set out his material below in its entirety, although there is some repetition of what is above. I have made a few changes in style to improve the fit of this material into my format.

McLaughlin's Email

I recently revisited your web page again and noticed that you have the Ui Maine pedigrees prominently displayed on one of your pages. I've just found some new material on the Ui Maine which casts a lot of doubt on the descent given from the Airgiallaigh in O Clery and other relatively late genealogical collections.

There is a Ui Maine pedigree in the Rawlinson B.502 MS. which links the Ui Maine in the form of a pedigree for O Ceallaigh to Fiachu Straiptine, the ancestor of Nial 'of the Nine Hostages'. This is in direct opposition to the later pedigrees linking the O Kellys to the Airgiallaigh and Colla da chrioch.

This is quite an interesting pedigree, since the Rawlinson manuscript (ca. 1120 A.D.) is much earlier and probably more authentic than any of the later genealogical compilations in Ireland.

I've sent this material to a few O Kelly of Ui Maine sites but thought I'd send it to you as well since you devoted so much space to the family on your website. For all I know they may just ignore the pedigrees anyway, since they disagree with the modern published sources.

I'm not sure what these pedigrees make the family. They are not exactly Ui Neill, since they split off the royal stock prior to the birth of Nial 'of the Nine Hostages.' The Rawlinson paragraphs just called them 'Connachta."

Let me know what you think of the pedigrees.

O Rahilly and most other Irish scholars believe the line of the Airgiallaigh is simply grafted to the Milesian stock. I suspect this line is grafted to the stock as well—but I haven't had a chance to check O Rahilly to see if he has any references to the Ui Maine. They may well have been an indigenous Celtic clan settled in Connacht long before the so-called Milesians took power.

I attached the pedigrees in a text file to this email.

John D. McLaughlin

The Attachment

The O Clery Book of Genealogies

The O Clery Book of Genealogies and O Hart's Irish Pedigrees (probably derived from the earlier "Linea Antiqua" by O Farrell) link the families of the Ui Maine in Connacht to the Airgiallaigh (descendants of Colla da chrioch).

Genelach .H. Cellaigh Annso (O Kelly)

1630. Aedh, Feradhach: clann Briain m Mail sechlainn m Uilliam buide m Donnchada muimhnigh m Concobhair m Domhnaill m Taidhg tailten m Concobair m Diarmada m Taidhg m Concobhair m Concobair m Taidhg catha briain m Murchada m Aedha m Ceallaigh (o tat i Ceallaigh) m Finnachda m Oilella m Innrechtaigh m Diuthaigh m Fithchellaigh m icolla m Eoghain fhinn m Corpmaic m Cairpre cruim m Feradhaigh m Luighdheach m Dallain m Breasail m Maine moir m Echach fir da ghiall m Domnaill m Iomchadha m Colla fo crioth.

Genelach .H. Neachtain (O Naghten)

1678. Donchad m Aedha m Uilliam m Ruaidri m Giolla crist m Amlaibh m Cathail m Con creachmaill m Amlaibh m Mael sechlainn m Concobhair catha briain m Aedha m Taidhg locho riach m Amlaibh m Mail sechloinn (.i. oide Floinn m Mail sechlainn) m Amalgaid m Concobair m Ferghusa finn m Flaithbertaigh m Fintain m Aedha m Neachtain (a quo .h. Neachtain) m Mail chierr m Ferghusa (ag comraqicit et .h. Mail faladh) m Oilealla m Tnuthgaile m Morlaqoich m Con dalaigh m Amhalgadha m Fiachra finn m Bresail m Maine mhoir m Echach fir da giall m Domhnaill m Iomchadhhae m Colla fo crith.

O Hart's Irish Pedigrees

O Kelly of Ui Maine

IOMCHADH, the second son of Colla-da-Chrioch, who is No. 85 on the (No. 1) "O'Hart" (Princes of Tara) pedigree, was the ancestor of O'Ceallaigh, Princes of Hy-Maine (in the counties of Galway and Roscommon); anglicised O'Kelly, Kalloch, Kellogg, and Kelly. In the Macarioe Exidium* (or "The Destruction of Cyprus"), published in 1850, by the Irish Archeological Society, in small quarto, of about 520 pages, this family is traced down to our times.

Pedigree:
86. Iomchadh: son of Colla-da-Chrioch.
87. Domhnall: his son.
88. Eochaidh: his son.
89. Main Mór ("mor:" Irish, great, large; "main," riches. "Main" also means the hand. Lat. "manus"): his son; a quo the territory of Hy-Maine.

"The descendants of Main Mór," says O'Clery, "had many privileges and immunities from the Kings of Connaught and their successors; viz. - they were hereditary marshals or generals of the Connaught armies; they possessed and enjoyed the third part of all the strongholds, and sea-port towns in the province; also a third part of all prizes and wrecks of the sea, and of all hidden treasures found under ground, and of all silver and gold mines and other metals, belonged to them, together with a third part of all Eric or Reprisals gained and recovered by the Kings of Connaught from other provinces for wrongs received; with many other the like enumerated in the ancient Chronicles."

90. Breasal: son of Main Mór.
91. Dallan: his son.
92. Lughach: his son; had a brother Fiachra.
93. Fearach: son of Lughach.
94. Cairbre Crom Ris: his son.
95. Cormac: his son.
96. Eoghan Fionn: his son. Had a younger brother named Eoghan [Owen] Buac, who was ancestor of Madden, Clancy, Tracey, Hannan, Kenny, Hoolachan, etc.
97. Dithchiollach: son of Eoghan Fionn.
98. Dluitheach: his son.
99. Fiacalach: his son.
100. Inreachtach: his son; had a brother Coscrach.
101. Olioll: his son.
102. Fionnachtach: his son.
103. Ceallach ("ceallach:" Irish, war, strife): his son; a quo O'Cealliagh, of Hy-Maine, A.D. 874.
104. Aodh (or Hugh): his son.
105. Moroch: his son.
106. Teige: his son; the first of the family that assumed this surname.

This Teige, as King of Hy-Maine, was slain at the Battle of Clontarf, A.D. 1014, fighting on the side of the Irish Monarch, Brian Boroimhe [boru], and is called "Teige Catha Briuin," meaning Teige who fell in Brian's Battle (of Clontarf). This Teige O'Kelly, Brian Boru, and Brian Boru's son Moroch - all three slain at the Battle of Clontarf - were buried at Kilmainham, near Dublin.

107. Conchobhar (or Connor): his son; whose brother Taidhg was ancestor of MacTague - modernized Montague.
108. Dermod: son of Connor.
109. Connor: his son. This Connor O'Kelly "built twelves churches in Monvoy" (now "Monivea"), in the county Galway; and bought 365 chalices of gold and silver, and as many copes and other necessaries for the Altar, of the richest stuffs that could be had, and distributed them among the clergy, to pray for his soul." He was King of Hy-Maine, and the seventh "O'Kelly."
110. Teige, of Talten: his son; the last King of Hy-Maine. In his time took place the English Invasion of Ireland.
111. Donal: his son. Had five sons, from the fifth of whom, who was named Dermod, is descended Keogh. This Donal's younger dau. who was named Amy or Mary, was the mother of Richard (or Rickard) de Burgo, the younger, a quo (see No. 18 on the "Bourke Genealogy) Clanrickard.
112. Connor: son of Donal.
113. Donoch: his son; was the thirteenth "O'Kelly." Was twice married: by his first wife. He had three sons - 1. Main, from whom descended the eldest branch of the O'Kelly family, of Hy-Maine; 2. Melaghlin; 3. Edmond. By his second wife he had one son, named William Buidhe [boy], who (although the youngest son) held, himself and his posterity, the power, chief rule, and government from the three elder brothers and their issue.
114. Main: eldest son of Donoch.
115. Philip: his son.
116. Murtagh: his son. After this Murtagh O'Kelly became a widower, he entered into Holy Orders; and was, by Pope Boniface IX., made Archbishop of Tuam.
117. Melaghlin: his son. Had a brother named Donal, who was father of Thomas, the father of William, the father of Edmond, the father of William, the father of Ferdorach, the father of Hugh, the father of William Kelly.
118. Donoch: son of Melaghlin.
119. Connor: his son.
120. William: his son.
121. William (2): his son.
122. Edmond: his son. Had a brother named Donoch Granna, who was father of Ferdorach, the father of Conor Kelly.
123. William (3): son of William.
124. William Oge: his son. Had a brother named Edmond, who was the father of Edmond, who was the father of Edmond Oge Kelly.
125. Edmond O'Kelly, of Coillavoy (or Coillaboggy): son of William Oge.

But there are conflicting pedigrees in a much earlier genealogical manuscript, the Rawlinson B.502 genealogies, written ca. 1120 A.D. In this manuscript is a pedigree of the Ui Maine, demonstrably the pedigree of the O Ceallaighs, but instead of a descent from the Airgiallaigh and Colla da chrioch, a descent from the same stock as the MacDermots and the O Rourkes is given.

The pedigree links the O Ceallaighs to Fiachach Sraiptine, the grandfather of Eochaidh Mughmeadoin, ancestor of the MacDermots and O Rourkes of Connacht.

[I have put McLaughlin's genealogical chart into two tables. In the first chart, in the left column, the sons name appears below his father's. In the columns to the right are names of brothers. In the second chart, in the second likne is the name of Domnall, second son of Fiachach Straptene. In the rows below, in the second column, the name of a son appears below his fathers. The names of brothers appear to the right.]

Cairpre Lifeachair
Fiachach Sraptene	Eochaid Dublein (father of 3 Collas)
Muiredaich Tireach	Domnall
Eochaidh Mugmedoin
Brain	Niall	Fiachra	Ailill	Fergus
(MacDermots & O Rourkes of Connacht)

 

Fiachach Sraptene
	Domnall
	Echach
	Maine a quo Ui Maine
	Bressail
	Dallain	Fiachrach Find
	(O Ceallaigh)	(O Neachtain and Ui Fiachrach Find)

 

Rawlinson B.502

ITEM ÚI MAINE. (O Kelly)
¶1008] Áed mc Diarmata m. Taidgcc m. Murchada m. Áeda m. Cellaich m. Fínnachta m. Ailella m. Indrechtaich m. Dlúthaich m. Fidchellaich m. Dícolla m. Coirpre m. Cormaicc m. Feradaich m. Lugdach m. Dalláin m. Bressail m. Maine a quo Úi Maine m. Echdach m. Domnaill m. Fiachach Sraiptine.

ITEM ÚI MAINE. (unknown)
¶1009] Bruatur m. Fergaile m. Cathail m. Éogain m. Sechnassaich m. Congaile m. Éogain m. Colmáin m. Brénaind m. Cairpre m. Fiachra m. Feradaich m. Lugdach m. Dalláin.

Also in Rawlinson B.502 is a pedigree for the Ui Fiachrach Find, which contains the early names in the later pedigrees for the O Neachtains.

ÚI FIACHRACH FIND. (same stock as O Naghten)
¶1011] Flannacán m. Néill m. Ferchair m. Maclaích m. Condálaich m. Amalgada m. Deinmedaig m. Dímmae m. Laidgneáin m. Máelhuidir m. Áeda m. Fínáin m. Amalgada m. Fiachrach Find m. Bresail m. Maine M.

But this is not an exact pedigree for the O Neachtains - they simply share some of the same ancestors (Amalgada - Fiachrach Find - Bresail - Maine Mor) with whatever family is being traced in this paragraph. The family traced in this paragraph is unknown.

O Nechtain	O Ceallaigh	Rawlinson B.502 Ui Maine (O Ceallaigh)
86 Colla fo Crith	86 Colla fo crioth
87 Iomchadhae	87 Iomchadha
88 Domhnaill	88 Domnaill
89 Echach fir da giall	89 Echach fir da ghiall	90 Fiachach Straiptine
90 Maine mhoir	90 Maine moir	91 Maine a quo Ui maine
91 Bresail	91 Breasail	92 Bressail
92 Fiachra finn	92 Dallain	93 Dallain
93 Amhalgadha	93 Luighdheach	94 Lugdach
94 Con dalaigh	94 Feradhaigh	95 Feradaich
95 Morlaoich	95 Cairpre cruim
96 Tnuthgaile	96 Corpmaic	96 Cormaicc
97 Oilealla	97 Eoghain fhinn	97 Coirpre
98 Fergusa	98 Dicolla	98 Dicolla
99 Mail chierr	99 Fithchellaigh	99 Fidchellaich
100 Neachtain	100 Dluthaigh	100 Dluthaich
101 Aedha	101 Innrechtaigh	101 Indrechtaich
102 Fintain	102 Oilella	102 Ailella
103 Flaithbertaigh	103 Finnachda	103 Finnachta
104 Fergus finn	104 Ceallaigh	104 Cellaich
105 Concobair	105 Aedha	105 Aeda
106 Amalgaid	106 Murchada	106 Murchada
107 Mail sechloinn	107 Taidhg catha briain 1014	107 Taiodgc
108 Amlaibh	108 Concobair	108 Diarmata
109 Taidhg locho riach	109 Concobhair	109 Aedh
110 Aedha	110 Taidhg
111 Concobhair catha briain	111 Diarmada

The Rawlinson B.502 manuscript is the earliest comprehensive genealogical collection in Ireland (ca. 1120 A.D.; The Laud 610 manuscript is earlier (ca. 1050 A.D.) but much less comprehensive. There are no pedigrees tracing the descent of the Ui Maine in Laud.

The Book of Leinster was written slightly later, ca. 1170 A.D., but this work is largely inaccessible and it is unknown if any pedigrees for the Ui Maine are contained in the manuscript.

The next series of genealogical manuscripts, the Books of Lecan and Ballymote, were both written much later, ca. 1400 A.D. These two have not yet been consulted.

The O Clery Book of Genealogies and O Farrell's Linea Antiqua (from which O Hart derived most of his "Irish Pedigrees") are both much later works (ca. 1630 and ca. 1710 respectively).

Based on the pedigrees of the Rawlinson B.502 manuscript, it appears that the Ui Maine of Connacht were not Airgiallaigh as the later genealogies state; that they were in fact descended from the same stock as the MacDermots and O Rourkes. For unknown reasons, but probably a mistake by the copyists, the pedigrees of the Ui Maine were at some point erroneously transferred to the line of the Airgiallaigh and Colla da chrioch.

Rawlinson B.502

Early references to the Ui Maine Line

¶812] Cairpre Liphechair trá mac Cormaic trí mc leis .i. Eochaid & Eochu Domplén & Fiachu Sraiptene senathair Néill & is fair do-rónsat mc a bráthari n fingail .i. na trí Collae. Colla h- Uais a quo Úi Meich h-Uais, Colla Mend a quo Mugdorna, Colla Fochríth a quo Úi Chremthaind eter dá loch.

Cairpre Lifeachair had three good sons, i.e., Eochaid and Eochu Domplen and Fiachu Sraiptine

¶908] Connachta trá it h-é ata nesom do Úib Néill do mórchlannaib h-Érenn. Oc Eochaid Mugmedón con-drecat Úi Néill & Connachta .i. Niall & Brian & Fiachra & Ailill & Fergus cóic m. Echach insin ut supra diximus. Na h-Airgialla trá at é as nessom do Úib Néill aithliu Connacht. Oc Cairpriu Liphechair con-drecat Airgialla fri Ú Néill & Connachtu .i. Fiachu Sraiptene m. Carpri Liphechair m. Cormaic Ulfhota m. Airtt Óenfhir m. Cuind Cétchathaich is é senathair Echach Mugmedóin. Is uad-side atát Úi Néill & Connachta."

"At Cairpre Lifeachair congregate the Airgiallaigh with the Ui Neill, i.e., Fiachu Sraiptene son of Cairpre Lifeachair son of Cormac Ulfada son of Art Oenfhir son of Conn' of the thousand battles."

In an email of October 6, 2004, Richard Finnerty of Honolulu, Hawaii, points out that this last sentence may contain a mistake:

"I believe your site may have a slight error in the Additional Comments on the conflicting Genealogy of the Hy Maine: Clan Colla vs. Ui Neill [Connachta].

"From your site:

'At Cairpre Lifeachair congregate the Airgiallaigh with the Ui Neill, i.e., Fiachu Sraiptene son of Cairpre Lifeachair son of Cormac Ulfada son of Art Oenfhir son of Conn' of the thousand battles.'

"I believe the congregation [descent] of the Ui Neill, Ui Bruin, and Ui Fiachra [etc] is at Eochy Moyvaine, and the Airgiallaigh and Connachta [not UiNeill] congregate or descend from Fiach Sraiptene mic Cairpre Lifeachair.

"I believe you said that in another part.

" Again, thanks for your website—great job!"

¶909] Eochu Domplén m. Cairpri Liphechair úi Cuind Chétchathaich bátar trí mco ca .i. na trí Collai ó tát Úi Meic Cuais & Úi Crimthaind & Mugdorna. Fiachu Sraptene didiu & Eocho Domplén dá mc Carprí Liphechair. Is forin Fiachaich-se trá fo-ruirmiset trí m. a bráthar na trí Collai in fingail, conid h-í ind fhingal-sin trá ro ro scar flaithius n- Érenn fri clainn Echach Dompliúin .i. frisna Collaib. Is amlaid seo for-cóemnacair ind fhingal.

Fiachu Sraptene and Eocho Domlein, two sons of Cairpre Lifeachair.

¶932] Maine m. Echdach m. Domnaill m. Fiachach Sraiptine m. Carpri Lifechair in tres Connacht

Laud 610

25 Cond, tri maic laiss .i. Condla Coem, Crinna, Art Oenfer. Oenmac Airt .i. Cormac. Cethri maic Cormiac .i. Carpri, Muiredach, Cellach, Dare. Tri maic Corpri .i. Fiacho Sroptine, Eochaid, Eocho Domlen, a quo Airgailla. Da mac Fiachach Sroptine i. Muredach Tirech, Domnall, sen O Maine. Oenmac Muredaig Eocho Mugmedon.

Conn, three good sons, i.e., Condla Coem, Crinna, Art Oenfer. One son of Art, i.e., Cormac. Four sons of Cormac, i.e., Cairpre, Muiredach, Cellach, Dare. Three sons of Cairpre [Lifeachair], Fiacho Sroptine, Eochaid, Eocho Domlen, from whom are called the Airgiallaigh. Two sons of Fiachach Sroptine, i.e., Muredach Tirech, Domnall, from whom Ui Maine. One son of Muredaig [Muredach Tirech] Eocho Mugmedon.

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