Cennétig mac Lorcáin of Tuadmumu

• Preferred Name: Cennétig mac Lorcáin of Tuadmumu^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]}
  
• Gender: M
  
• NFS ID: with note: Description: LHJC-7VK NFS
  
• Clan Name: with note: Description: Uí Thairdhealbhach Clan was a cadet branch of the Uí Bhloid ruling dynasty of the Dál gCais, the Uí Oengusso
  
• Birth: ABT 896 in Kincora, Munster, Ireland at LATI: N2.3527 LONG: E8.687
  
• Christening: in Munster Province, Ireland at LATI: N2.3527 LONG: E8.687
  
• Death: 951 in Limerick, County Limerick, Ireland at LATI: N2.6632 LONG: E8.6249 with note: Slain fighting the Norse
  
• FSID: LTZK-Z7P
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Wikipedia
  
  Cennétig mac Lorcáin (died 951), was a prominent king of the Dál gCais (or "Dalcassians") and king of Tuadmumu. He raised the dynasty in power, from regional vassals of the kings of Munster, to challenging for the kingship himself. He was the father of Brian Boru, who would continue Cennétig's war-like rise to power, by becoming High King of Ireland in 1002.
  
  Reign
  Cennétig took over after his father Lorcáin mac Lachtna, who is noted as a king of the Dál gCais. They belonged to the Uí Thairdhealbhach, a cadet branch of the Uí Bhloid ruling dynasty of the Dál gCais, the Uí Oengusso. After the death of Rebeachan Mac Mothla, who died as King of the Dál gCais and Abbot of Tuam Greine in 934, Cennetig's father Lorcáin is said to succeed him, being the first of the Uí Thairdhealbhach rulers. Cennétig married Beibhinn, daughter of Urchadh mac Murchadh, king of Iar Connacht (a political marriage typical of the time). Though he also had several other wives, unnamed in the historical sources.[2]
  
  He was the first King of the Dál gCais to lead an army outside his own territory (approximately modern day County Clare) and lead raids along the Shannon, reaching as far north as Athlone. Through the 940s, Cennétig engaged in an ongoing series of wars against the Eóganachta, the then ruling dynasties of Munster, with the aim of becoming king of Munster himself. His daughter Orlaith married the High King Donnchad Donn as part of an alliance between the Dál gCais and the Uí Neill against the King of Munster, Cellachán Caisil. He lost the Battle of Gort Rotacháin at Mag Dúin in 944 to Cellachán, where two of his sons are said to have died. An Leabhar Muimhneach ("The Book of Munster") reports that he won a battle against Cellachán at Inis Locha Saingleann (Singland, Limerick).
  
  Cennétig seems to have fought against the new High King, Congalach Cnogba, in the later's attack on Munster in 950. Two of Cennétig sons, Donncuan and Echthighern, were killed in the fighting. Congalach returned again in 951, this time with the combined fleet of "Leth Cuinn" (the northern half of Ireland) and plundered along the Shannon (some of which would have been Cennétig's territory).[2]
  
  Death
  On his death in 951, the Chronicon Scotorum remembers him simply as "king of Dál Cais", but the Annals of Ulster describe him as "rí Tuathmumam" (King of Thomund). Whereas the Annals of Inisfallen give him the title "rídamna Cassil", or a candidate to the Munster kingship.[3] He was succeeded by his son Lachtna.[4]
  
  Both the Cogad Gáedel re Gallaib ("The War of the Irish with the Foreigners") and the Book of Leinster (both later sources) say that Cennétig was "slain", but do not specify by whom. Though the Cogad may be implying that the Vikings of Limerick played a part.[2]
  
  Children
  Cennétig had many children (by several wives), perhaps 11 or 12 sons, including Brian Boru. Of these only five produced heirs for themselves (Brian, Mathgamain, Donncuan, Echthighern and Anlón), seven did not (Lachtna, Finn, Dub, Marcán, Flann, Conchobar and another son whose name is not recorded).[2]
  
  His daughter Órlaith was the wife of the High King Donnchad Donn (she is Cennétig's only daughter recorded in sources, though he may have had others). Órlaith was executed in 941 by Donnchad, supposedly for adultery with her stepson Óengus. The fact that Órlaith was killed rather than simply repudiated by her husband, suggests that her family was regarded as significantly lower ranking than that of the High King. However, the fact that this marriage had been made in the first place suggests that Cennétig and his family were moving up the social hierarchy.[2]
  
  Two of his sons—Dub and Finn—are said to have died at Gort Rotacháin in 944, two—Donncuan and Echthighern—died in 950 during the invasion of Munster by Donnchad Donn's successor Congalach Cnogba. Lachtna apparently succeeded his father, but was killed in 953 by the Uí Chearnaigh and Uí Floinn septs of the Dál gCais, he was followed by his brother Mathgamain.[citation needed]
  
  When Mathgamain was killed in 976, Cennétig's last remaining son, Brian, took over leadership of the Dál gCais. He would go on to defeat the Eóganacht and become High King of Ireland. Another son, Marcán, was Abbot of Tuamgraney and later Inis Cealtra until his death in 1003.[5] The Banshenchas says that only Flann and Conchobar were full brothers of Brian (sons of Beibhinn).[2]
  
  Descendants
  Since several of his sons founded their own dynasties, Cennétig is the fore-father of many Irish surnames today. The Ó Cinnéide family (O'Kennedy or Kennedy) take their name directly from him.
  
  Fiangalach mac Flainn Rodba Ui Briuin Seola (0750 – )
  Fiangalach mac Flainn Rodba Uí Briúin Seóla1,2
  
  Father: Flann Rodba mac Amalgada Uí Briúin Seóla3,1
  
  Fiangalach mac Flainn Rodba Uí Briúin Seóla was the son of Flann Rodba mac Amalgada Uí Briúin Seóla
  
  History
  
  Description
  The Dalcassians are a Gaelic Irish clan, generally accepted by contemporary scholarship as being a branch of the Déisi Muman, that became very powerful in Ireland during the 10th century.
  
  === !SOURCE: Weis 175-1. !NOTE: Prince of ===
  !SOURCE: Weis 175-1. !NOTE: Prince of Dalcassians.
  
  === https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cenn%C3%A9tig_mac_Lorc%C3%A1in ===
  "Annals of Ulster AD 431-1201". CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts. Retrieved 24 October 2007."Genealogies from Rawlinson B 502 -- De genelogia Dál Chais ut inuenitur in psalterio Caissil". CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts. Retrieved 26 October 2007.Duffy, Seán (2004). "Brian Bóruma (Brian Boru) (c.941–1014)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 22 October 2007.(subscription required)
  
  === King of Thomond ===
  King of Thomond
  
  === Cennétig mac Lorcáin ===
  Cennétig mac Lorcáin
  Birthdate:
  circa 896 (55)
  Birthplace:
  Kincora, Munster, Ireland
  Death:
  951 (51-59)
  Thomond, Connaught, Clare, Ireland
  Immediate Family:
  Son of Lorcan mac Lachtnai, King of Munster and N.N.
  Husband of N.N.
  Father of Brian Boru, High king of Ireland; Marcán macCennétig, abbot of Imlech Ibuir; Lachtna mac Cennétig; Órlaith íngen Cinnétig; Donnchuan mac Cennétig and 2 others
  Occupation:
  King of the Dal gCais, one of the Deisi tribes, King of Ireland
  
  === Source: Young. Young: Cennetig of Cashel ===
  Source: Young. Young: Cennetig of Cashel, died 951, married BeBind. Think Cennetig isthe man and BeBind the woman.
  
  === Information Source: Royal Genealogical I ===
  Information Source: Royal Genealogical Inf- Brian Tompsett. Some say he died 938
  
  === From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 5 J ===
  From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 5 JAN 1998.
  
  === *son of Beavionn & ? Prince of Dalcassia ===
  *son of Beavionn & ? Prince of Dalcassians, "Kennedy" was King of Ireland 1002-14. His (legendary) ancestry is given by Collins, "Royal Ancestors...," pp. 148-51.
  
  === !DEATH: from www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/cgi-bin/ ===
  !DEATH: from www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/cgi-bin/gedlkup/n=royal
  
  === macLorcain, Cennétig of Thomond, King of ===
  macLorcain, Cennétig of Thomond, King of Thomond Died: 951 Notes: Some say died 938. Father: macLachtnae, Lorcan Child 1: macCennétig, Donncuan Child 2: macCennétig, Mathgamain, King of Munster Child 3: macCennétig, Marcán, Abbot of Terryglas Married to Urchada, Be Bind ingen Child 4: macCennétig, Brian Bóruma, King of Munster & Ireland, b. ABT 926
  
  === igi father is lorcan king of thomond
  
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  igi father is lorcan king of thomond
  
  igi Cennedi of /Thomond/
  
  My Lines #12441
  
  === [G675.ged] Some say died 938. ===
  [G675.ged] Some say died 938.
  
  === THE PLANTAGENET ANCESTRY (GS NUMBER Q940 ===
  THE PLANTAGENET ANCESTRY (GS NUMBER Q940 D2T) P.144; ANCESTRAL FILE, LDS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY;

• m. ABT 920 in Clare, Ireland

1. Brian Bóruma mac Cennetig , b. 941 in Killaloe, County Clare, Ireland     d. 23 APR 1014 in Clontarf, Dublin North, County Dublin, Ireland

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3. Title: Dictionary of Irish Biography
   Author: Contributed by Mac Shamhráin, Ailbhe Sources AU; Ann. Inisf.; AFM; Bk Leinster, vi, 1473; O'Brien, Corpus geneal. Hib., 237, 251, 427; M. C. Dobbs, ‘The Ban-Shenchus’, Rev. Celt., xlviii (1931), 18–9; Todd, Cog. Gáedhel, 44; Hughes, Sources, 114, 299; J. V. Kelleher, ‘The rise of the Dál Cais’, Rynne, N. Munster studies, 236, 237–8; Ó Corráin, Ire. before Normans, 114, 115; NHI, ix, 137
   Publication: Name: https://www.dib.ie/biography/cennetig-a1592;
   Note: Cennétig (d. 951), son of Lorcán and overking of north Munster, was the first representative of the Dál Cais dynasty to achieve prominence at national level. He belonged to the lineage of Uí Thairdelbaig, which in the early tenth century was contesting the kingship of Dál Cais (east Co. Clare) with the rival segment of Uí Óengusso. It appears that Cennétig's father, Lorcán son of Lachtna, earlier reigned as king, although his exact chronology remains uncertain. Cennétig's immediate predecessor, however, was probably the obscure Rebachán son of Mothla, who died (934) as abbot of Tuamgraney and king of Dál Cais. Cennétig was married to Bébinn, daughter of Aurchad son of Murchad, king of Iar-Chonnachta (western Connacht). He may well have had more than one wife, as he is credited with twelve sons, ten of whom are named; these included Echtigern, Donn-cuan, Lachtna, the more distinguished Mathgamain (qv), Brian Bórama (qv), and Marcán, abbot of Tuamgraney (d. 1010); in addition, he had at least one daughter, Órlaith. The years from c.934 onwards witnessed the consolidation of Cennétig's lineage not only within the local kingship of Dál Cais but within Tuathmumu (Thomond; north Munster). While it remains possible that the still powerful Uí Néill lineage of Clann Cholmáin played some part in promoting Cennétig and his dynasty as a counter-balance to the Éoganachta, it is important not to overstate this connection. Other factors in the equation would include political fragmentation within the Éoganacht dynasties in the tenth century, and the potential to exploit the multiplicity of minor ruling lines in the basin of the lower Shannon. Nonetheless, Cennétig's daughter Órlaith was married to the king of Tara, Donnchad Donn (qv) son of Flann Sinna (qv). The latter's apparent willingness to execute her for adultery (941) may point to a marriage of convenience with a minor dynasty, the continued support of which was not crucial to Donnchad. The capture of Cellachán Caisil (qv), Éoganacht overking of Munster, that same year opened up an opportunity for Cennétig. Notwithstanding an admission by the twelfth-century tract ‘Caithréim Cellacháin’ that a share in the provincial kingship had been conceded to Cennétig, the probability is that the latter revolted against his overlords. In that event, Cennétig's aspirations were overturned by Cellachán at the battle of Gort Rottacháin (944); references to an encounter at Mag Dúin may relate to the same defeat. Cennétig lost two of his sons in this revolt, although the personal names assigned to them in the record, Dub and Finn, appear contrived. In spite of this defeat, it seems that Cennétig continued to strengthen his position. When Congalach Cnogba (qv) son of Máel-mithig became established as king of Tara he invaded north Munster, probably because he considered that Cennétig posed a threat. As a result two more of Cennétig's sons, Echtigern and Donn-cuan, were slain. Cennétig himself, significantly styled rígdamna Caisil (eligible for the kingship of Munster) in the Annals of Ulster, died in 951; according to the ‘Cogadh Gáedhel re Gallaibh’ (§37) he was slain. His son Lachtna followed him in the kingship. The latter was slain two years later in an internal conflict, but two more of Cennétig's sons, Mathgamain and his even more illustrious brother Brian Bórama, in turn enjoyed distinguished reigns.
   
4. Title: Wikipedia - Cennétig Mac Lorcáin
   Author: "Annals of Ulster AD 431-1201". CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts. Retrieved 24 October 2007. "Genealogies from Rawlinson B 502 -- De genelogia Dál Chais ut inuenitur in psalterio Caissil". CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts. Retrieved 26 October 2007. Duffy, Seán (2004). "Brian Bóruma (Brian Boru) (c.941–1014)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 22 October 2007.(subscription required)
   Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cennétig_mac_Lorcáin;
   Note: Cennétig mac Lorcáin (died 951), was a prominent king of the Dál gCais (or "Dalcassians") and king of Tuadmumu. He raised the dynasty in power, from regional vassals of the kings of Munster, to challenging for the kingship himself. He was the father of Brian Boru, who would continue Cennétig's war-like rise to power, by becoming High King of Ireland in 1002. Reign Cennétig took over after his father Lorcáin mac Lachtna, who is noted as a king of the Dál gCais. They belonged to the Uí Thairdhealbhach, a cadet branch of the Uí Bhloid ruling dynasty of the Dál gCais, the Uí Oengusso. After the death of Rebeachan Mac Mothla, who died as King of the Dál gCais and Abbot of Tuam Greine in 934, Cennetig's father Lorcáin is said to succeed him, being the first of the Uí Thairdhealbhach rulers. Cennétig married Beibhinn, daughter of Urchadh mac Murchadh, king of Iar Connacht (a political marriage typical of the time). Though he also had several other wives, unnamed in the historical sources.[2] He was the first King of the Dál gCais to lead an army outside his own territory (approximately modern day County Clare) and lead raids along the Shannon, reaching as far north as Athlone. Through the 940s, Cennétig engaged in an ongoing series of wars against the Eóganachta, the then ruling dynasties of Munster, with the aim of becoming king of Munster himself. His daughter Orlaith married the High King Donnchad Donn as part of an alliance between the Dál gCais and the Uí Neill against the King of Munster, Cellachán Caisil. He lost the Battle of Gort Rotacháin at Mag Dúin in 944 to Cellachán, where two of his sons are said to have died. An Leabhar Muimhneach ("The Book of Munster") reports that he won a battle against Cellachán at Inis Locha Saingleann (Singland, Limerick). Cennétig seems to have fought against the new High King, Congalach Cnogba, in the later's attack on Munster in 950. Two of Cennétig sons, Donncuan and Echthighern, were killed in the fighting. Congalach returned again in 951, this time with the combined fleet of "Leth Cuinn" (the northern half of Ireland) and plundered along the Shannon (some of which would have been Cennétig's territory).[2] Death On his death in 951, the Chronicon Scotorum remembers him simply as "king of Dál Cais", but the Annals of Ulster describe him as "rí Tuathmumam" (King of Thomund). Whereas the Annals of Inisfallen give him the title "rídamna Cassil", or a candidate to the Munster kingship.[3] He was succeeded by his son Lachtna.[4] Both the Cogad Gáedel re Gallaib ("The War of the Irish with the Foreigners") and the Book of Leinster (both later sources) say that Cennétig was "slain", but do not specify by whom. Though the Cogad may be implying that the Vikings of Limerick played a part.[2] Children Cennétig had many children (by several wives), perhaps 11 or 12 sons, including Brian Boru. Of these only five produced heirs for themselves (Brian, Mathgamain, Donncuan, Echthighern and Anlón), seven did not (Lachtna, Finn, Dub, Marcán, Flann, Conchobar and another son whose name is not recorded).[2] His daughter Órlaith was the wife of the High King Donnchad Donn (she is Cennétig's only daughter recorded in sources, though he may have had others). Órlaith was executed in 941 by Donnchad, supposedly for adultery with her stepson Óengus. The fact that Órlaith was killed rather than simply repudiated by her husband, suggests that her family was regarded as significantly lower ranking than that of the High King. However, the fact that this marriage had been made in the first place suggests that Cennétig and his family were moving up the social hierarchy.[2] Two of his sons—Dub and Finn—are said to have died at Gort Rotacháin in 944, two—Donncuan and Echthighern—died in 950 during the invasion of Munster by Donnchad Donn's successor Congalach Cnogba. Lachtna apparently succeeded his father, but was killed in 953 by the Uí Chearnaigh and Uí Floinn septs of the Dál gCais, he was followed by his brother Mathgamain.[citation needed] When Mathgamain was killed in 976, Cennétig's last remaining son, Brian, took over leadership of the Dál gCais. He would go on to defeat the Eóganacht and become High King of Ireland. Another son, Marcán, was Abbot of Tuamgraney and later Inis Cealtra until his death in 1003.[5] The Banshenchas says that only Flann and Conchobar were full brothers of Brian (sons of Beibhinn).[2] Descendants Since several of his sons founded their own dynasties, Cennétig is the fore-father of many Irish surnames today. The Ó Cinnéide family (O'Kennedy or Kennedy) take their name directly from him.
   
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