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List of the 'Kings of Oirialla', (Old Irish: ''Airgíalla'') seventh to sixteenth centuries. Airgíalla was one of the three major kingdoms that formed what is now the province of Ulster. It was a confederacy of nine kingdoms, ruled by one of its three most powerful kings, so its kingship frequently passed between several families.
The O'Carrolls, a noble clan of the race of the Dal Fiatachs, were at the time of St. Patrick, kings of Oriell, or that part of it comprising the county of Louth. The Dal Fiatachs or Dalfiatacians, who founded many powerful families in Ulster, particularly in Dalaradia or Down, were descended from Fiatach Fionn, legendary high king of Ireland at the commencement of the second century, of the race of Eremon. The O'Carrolls continued kings of Oriel, down to the 12th century, when they were dispossessed by the Anglo-Normans under John de Courcy. Donogh O'Carroll, prince of Oriel, the last celebrated head of this dynasty, founded the great Abbey of Mellifont in Louth, in the twelfth century.
The Mac Mahon family styled themselves Princes of Oriel.
==Kings of Airgíalla: c677–c1198==

★ Dunchad mac Ultan, k. 677 ?

★ Mael Fothartaig mac Mael Dubh, alive 697

★ Ua Baoigheallain, killed 1087.

★ Aodh Ua Baoigheallain

Contents

Kings of Airgíalla: c1198–1590

References

See also

Kings of Airgíalla: c1198–1590

★ Niall (mac Donnchada?) fl. 1196x1208–????

★ Donnchad ua Anluain

★ Ardghal Ó hAnluain

★ Gilla–Patraig Ua Anluain

★ Murchadh O'hAnluain

★ Cu–Uladh Ua hAnluain

★ Eachmarcach Ua Anluain

★ Cu–Ulad O'Anluain

★ Niall O'hAnluain

★ Magnus O hAnluain

★ Niall O hAnluain

★ Eochaid mac Mathgahamna meic Neill ????–1273

★ Brian mac Eochada 1283–1311

★ Ralph/Roolb mac Eochada 1311–1314

★ Mael Sechlainn mac Eochada? 1314–????

★ Murchad Mor mac Briain ????–1331

★ Seoan mac Maoilsheachlainn 1331–1342

★ Aodh mac Roolb 1342–1344

★ Murchadh Og mac Murchada 1344–1344

★ Maghnus mac Eochadha 1344–1357

★ Pilib mac Rooilbh 1357–1362

★ Brian Mor mac Aodh 1362–1365

★ Niall mac Murchadha 1365–1368

★ Brian Mor mac Aodh 1368–1371

★ Pilib Ruadh mac Briain 1371–1403

★ Ardghal mac Briain 1403–February 1416

★ Brian mac Ardghail 1416–1442

★ Buaidhri mac Ardghail 1442–1446

★ Aodh Ruadh mac Ruaidhri 1446–31st March 1453

★ Feidhlimidh mac Briain 1453–1466

★ Eochan mac Ruaidhri 1466–1467

★ Reamonn mac Ruaidhri 1467–November 1484

★ Aodh Og mac Aodha Ruaidh 1485–16th September 1496

★ Brian mac Reamoinn 1496–1497

★ Rossa mac Maghnusa 1497–1513

★ Reamonn mac Glaisne 1513–c.1st April 1521

★ Glaisne Og mac Reamoinn 1521–1551?

★ Art Maol mac Reamoinn 1551–1560

★ Aodh mac Briain 1560–1562

★ Art Ruadh mac Briain 1562–1578

★ Sir Rossa Buidhe mac Airt 1579–August 1589

★ Aodh Ruadh mac Airt 1589–September/October 1590.

References

★ "MacMahons of Oriel: Mac Mathghamna, Kings of Oirghialla to 1590", pages 215–216, in "A New History of Ireland", volume IX, ed. Byrne, Martin, Moody, 1984.

See also

★ Kingdom of Oriel

★ Irish kings

★ Irish Royal Families