Brión mac Echach King of Connaught

• Preferred Name: Brión mac Echach King of Connaught^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]}
  
• Alternate Name: Brion MacEochaid
  
• Gender: M
  
• Death: 428 in Damchluain, near Tuam, County Galway, Ireland at LATI: N3 LONG: E8 with note: Brión defeated Fiachrae at the Battle of Damchluain (near Tuam, County Galway) who was taken captive to Tara. However, Fiachrae's son Nath Í rallied forces and defeated Brión who was slain at a second Battle of Damchluain. Brión was buried at Ross Camm. Fiachrae was released and became the new king of Connacht.[3]
  
• FSID: 9CQ5-2JL
  
• Clan Name: with note: Description: Founder of the Uí Briúin
  
• Birth: 345 in Leinster, Ireland at LATI: N3.0833 LONG: E7
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: King of Connaught
  
• Burial: 428 in Ross Camm, County Cork, Ireland at LATI: N1.5884 LONG: E9.0486
  
• Cause+of+Death: 428 with note: Description: 2nd Battle of Damchluain
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Prince of Leinster
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Brión (or Brían), son of Eochaid Mugmedón, was a legendary and possibly historical Irish king, fl. 4th/5th century.
  
  The older half-brother of Niall of the Nine Hostages and one of the three brothers whose descendants were known as the Connachta, Brión is said to have been king of Connacht. According to the traditional Irish chronology, his father died in 365. Brión's descendants, the Uí Briúin, gave rise to many Kings of Connacht and its ruling families over the next thousand years. A descendant of his via the Uí Briúin Ai was Tairrdelbach Ua Conchobair, who became High King of Ireland in 1166.
  
  "The Violent Death of Crimthann mac Fidaig and of the Three Sons of Eochaid Muigmedón" gives the story of the sons of Eochaid Mugmedón. According to this saga, Brión was the favorite son of his mother Mongfind, sister of Crimthann mac Fidaig (d. 367), the king of Munster. She wanted Brión to succeed Eochaid but upon his death, war broke out with her stepson Niall Noígíallach (d. 405). When she realized the war was not going in her favor she arranged for Crimthann to become high king and sent Brión away to learn soldiering. On Brión's return after seven years, Mongfind poisoned her brother in order to get the throne for Brión.
  
  However, Niall acquired the throne and made Brión his champion and levier of his rents and hostages. Brión took the throne of Connacht leading to war with his brother Fiachrae. Brión defeated Fiachrae at the Battle of Damchluain (near Tuam, County Galway) who was taken captive to Tara. However, Fiachrae's son Nath Í rallied forces and defeated Brión who was slain at a second Battle of Damchluain. Brión was buried at Ross Camm. Fiachrae was released and became the new king of Connacht.
  
  According to Tirechan, Patrick visited the "halls of the sons of Brión" at Duma Selchae in Mag nAí, but does not give their names. An equivalent passage in the Vita Tripartita, possibly of 9th-century origin, names six sons. "A series of later sources dating from the eleventh century onward, meanwhile, enumerates Brión's progeny as no less than twenty-four. No doubt the increasing power of the Ui Briúin was responsible for this dramatic swelling of the ranks, as tribes and dynasties newly coming under Ui Briúin sway were furnished with ancestries that would link them genealogically to their overlords. Into this category fall the Ui Briúin Umaill, and likely also the Ui Briúin Ratha and Ui Briúin Sinna." (p. 485, "Ui Briúin", Anne Connon, in "Medieval Ireland: An Encyclopedia").
  
  Children :
  Dauí Tenga Uma
  
  Biography of Brión mac Echach Muigmedóin 0355.
  Brión mac Echach Muigmedóin was a son of Eochaid Mugmedón and Mong Finn Fiodhaig (whose brother was king of Munster); and was an older half-brother of Niall Eochaid (Niall of the Nine Hostages). Their
  
  Life
  The Life Summary of Brión
  
  When Brión mac Echach King of Connaught was born about 0352, in Leinster, Ireland, his father, King Eochaid Muighmheadloin "the slave owner" mac Muireadhach, was 65 and his
  
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  Name - Description: Brion MacEochaid
  
  === !Weis. 170-3. Brion was half-brother o ===
  !Weis. 170-3. Brion was half-brother of Niall of the Nine Hostages. I do not know whether they had the same father or the same mother. Nial is said to have died about 542 A.D.
  
  === ! Source is from "Our Plafs Roots Are Tr ===
  ! Source is from "Our Plafs Roots Are True" A Genealogy of Kochert and Nieb Families, by Ethel Clift Philips, "Neuhart Nobility" by Rev Kransten, published 1983. The information in the book is derived from church records of Rumbach and Family records. Page 199. 1. He was King of Ireland. He was the half-brother to Niall of the "nine hostages".

1. Brion Muighmedon Ii Of Connacht, b. 397 in Europe     d. 502

1. Title: Genealogies of the Celts
   Publication: Name: https://celt.ucc.ie/published/T105010/text003.html;
   Note: It has been, however, remarked by ancient and modern Irish writers that this execrable act of Mongfinn had not the desired effect, for that neither her son Brian, nor any of her posterity, was ever monarch of Ireland, except Turlogh O'Conor and his son Roderic. According to all our ancient authorities King Eochaidh had a second wife, Carinna, who is said to have been of old Saxon descent, and who was the mother of the youngest, though by far the most celebrated, of his sons, namely, Niall of the Nine Hostages, the ancestor of O'Neill of Ulster, and all the other families of the Hy-Niall race. It is stated in the Book of Ballymote, fol. 145, b, a, that the poisoning of her brother Crimthann was of no avail to Queen Mongfinn, for that Niall of the Nine Hostages, the son of King Eochaidh by his second wife, and who had been the general of King Crimthann's forces, succeeded as monarch of Ireland immediately after the poisoning of Crimthann. This clearly shows either that Carinna was Eochaidh's first wife, or that he had the two together, for Mongfinn survived him thirteen years, and Niall of the Nine Hostages, the son, as we are told, of the second wife, was of age to succeed as monarch immediately after Mongfinn had poisoned her brother and herself. However this may have been, we read that in the life-time of Niall of the Nine Hostages, Brian, his brother of the half blood, became King of Connaught, and his second eldest brother of the half blood, Fiachra, the ancestor of the O'Dowds and of all the Hy-Fiachrach tribes, became chief of the district extending from Carn Fearadhaigh, near Limerick, to Magh Mucroimhe, near Athenry. But dissensions soon arose between Brian and his brother Fiachra, and the result was that a battle was fought between them, in which the latter was defeated, captured, and delivered as a hostage into the hands of his half brother, Niall of the Nine Hostages. After this, however, Dathi, the son of Fiachra, a very warlike youth, waged war on his uncle Brian, and challenged him to a pitched battle, at a place called Damh-chluain, situated not far from Knockmaa hill, near Tuam, in the now county of Galway. In this battle, in which Dathi was assisted by Crimthann, son of Enna Cennselach, King of Leinster, Brian and his forces were routed, and pursued from the field of battle to Tulcha Domhnaill, where he was overtaken and slain by Crimthann, son of Enna Cennselach. The body of Brian was buried at the place where he fell, but after a long lapse of years St Beo Aedli, or Aidus vivax, of Roscam, near Galway, removed his bones from that place, and buried them at Roscam; and the writer of the tract on the battle of Damh-cluain, preserved in the Book of Ballymote, adds, ‘the burial-place of Brian is to be seen there at this day.’
   
2. Title: Daniel P. McCarthy, The Chronology of the Irish Annals, 1998
   
3. Title: Wikipedia - Bruin Mac Echdach, King of Connaught
   Author: Notes ^ Francis J. Byrne, Irish Kings and High-Kings, Second edition, 2001, Appendix 2, Table 1 ^ All dates per Daniel P. McCarthy, The Chronology of the Irish Annals, 1998 ^ "The Death of Crimthann son of Fidach" (translator unknown) ^ Comparison of the two Dau; Galach and Tengae Umai, Michael Rowley, 2022 [1]
   Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brión_mac_Echach_Muigmedóin;
   Note: Brión (or Brían), son of Eochaid Mugmedón, was a legendary and possibly historical Irish king, fl. 4th/5th century. Biography The older half-brother of Niall Noígíallach (Niall of the Nine Hostages) and one of the three brothers whose descendants were known as the Connachta,[1] Brión is said to have been king of Connacht. According to the traditional Irish chronology, his father died in 362.[2] Brión's descendants, the Uí Briúin, gave rise to many Kings of Connacht and its ruling families over the next thousand years. A descendant of his via the Uí Briúin Ai was Tairrdelbach Ua Conchobair, who became High King of Ireland in 1166. "The Violent Death of Crimthann mac Fidaig and of the Three Sons of Eochaid Muigmedón" gives the story of the sons of Eochaid Mugmedón. According to this saga, Brión was the favorite son of his mother Mongfind, sister of Crimthann mac Fidaig (d. 367), the king of Munster. She wanted Brión to succeed Eochaid but upon his death, war broke out with her stepson Niall Noígíallach (d. 405). When she realized the war was not going in her favor she arranged for Crimthann to become high king and sent Brión away to learn soldiering. On Brión's return after seven years, Mongfind poisoned her brother in order to get the throne for Brión. However, Niall acquired the throne and made Brión his champion and levier of his rents and hostages. Brión took the throne of Connacht leading to war with his brother Fiachrae. Brión defeated Fiachrae at the Battle of Damchluain (near Tuam, County Galway) who was taken captive to Tara. However, Fiachrae's son Nath Í rallied forces and defeated Brión who was slain at a second Battle of Damchluain. Brión was buried at Ross Camm. Fiachrae was released and became the new king of Connacht.[3] Descendants According to Tirechan, Patrick visited the "halls of the sons of Brión" at Duma Selchae in Mag nAí, but does not give their names. An equivalent passage in the Vita Tripartita, possibly of 9th-century origin, names six sons. "A series of later sources dating from the eleventh century onward, meanwhile, enumerates Brión's progeny as no less than twenty-four. No doubt the increasing power of the Ui Briúin was responsible for this dramatic swelling of the ranks, as tribes and dynasties newly coming under Ui Briúin sway were furnished with ancestries that would link them genealogically to their overlords. Into this category fall the Ui Briúin Umaill, and likely also the Ui Briúin Ratha and Ui Briúin Sinna." (p. 485, "Ui Briúin", Anne Connon, in "Medieval Ireland: An Encyclopedia"). Children Duach Galach [4]
   
4. Title: Wikipedia -The Ui Bruinn
   Author: References ^ Anne Connon, "Uí Briúin" in Medieval Ireland: An Encyclopedia, p. 485. ^ Roderic O'Flaherty, Ogygia, Vol. II, Part III, p. 293. ^ John Colgan, Acta Sanctorum Hiberniae, p. 788. ^ K. W. Nicholls, "Some Patrician Sites of Eastern Connacht", Dinnseanchas 5:4 (1973), p. 118. ^ Paul MacCotter, Medieval Ireland: Territorial, Political and Economic Divisions, p. 209. ^ Standish Hayes O'Grady, Silva Gadelica, "Death of Crimthann son of Fidach, and of Eochaidh Muighmedóin's three sons: Brian, Ailill, Fiachra," p. 375. ^ John O'Donovan in The Genealogies, Tribes and Customs of Hy-Fiachrach, Addendum A, p. 344. ^ Hubert Thomas Knox, The History of the County of Mayo to the Close of the Sixteenth Century, pp. 19-20. ^ Book of Ballymote, RIA MS 23 P 12, f. 37r. ^ Annals of Inisfallen, 578.2. ^ Byrne, Francis J., Irish Kings and High-Kings, p. 245. ^ Annals of Tigernach, 682.1 ^ "A dáine fén romarb" MS Laud 610. Bodleian Library, Oxford University. p. 116r. ^ Annals of the Four Masters
   Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U%C3%AD_Briúin;
   Note: Early peoples and kingdoms of Ireland, c.800 The Uí Briúin were a royal dynasty of Connacht. Their eponymous apical ancestor was Brión, son of Eochaid Mugmedon and Mongfind, and an elder half brother of Niall of the Nine Hostages. They formed part of the Connachta, along with the Uí Fiachrach and Uí Ailello, putative descendants of Eochaid Mugmedon's sons Fiachra and Ailill. The Uí Ailello were later replaced as the third of the Three Connachta, through genealogical sleight of hand, by the Uí Maine. Connacht was ruled in early times by the Uí Fiachrach, the Uí Briúin only becoming the dominant force in Connacht in the 7th and 8th centuries. The Uí Briúin divided into multiple septs, the three major ones being: The Uí Briúin Aí, named for the region they controlled—Mag nAí, the lands around the ancient centre of Connacht, Cruachan in modern County Roscommon. The most notable sept of the Uí Briúin Ai was the Síol Muireadaigh, from whom the ruling families of Ó Conchubhair (O'Connor) and MacDermots, descended. The Uí Briúin Bréifne, whose high medieval kingdom of Bréifne lay in modern County Cavan and County Leitrim. The Ó Ruairc (O'Rourkes) dynasty was the senior sept of the Uí Briúin Bréifne. Other septs included The Ó Raghallaigh (O'Reilly), Mág Tighearnán (McKiernan) and Mág Samhradháin (McGovern). The Uí Briúin Seóla, who were centred on Maigh Seóla in modern County Galway. The Ó Flaithbheartaigh kings of Iar Connacht and their kin, the Clann Cosgraigh, belong to this branch. The Uí Briúin kings of Connacht were drawn exclusively from these three branches. According to Tírechán, Saint Patrick visited the "halls of the sons of Brión" at Duma Selchae (located by John O'Donovan in Mag nAí and alternatively by Roderic O'Flaherty near Loch Cime), but does not give their names. An equivalent passage in the Vita Tripartita, possibly of 9th-century origin, names six sons. "A series of later sources dating from the eleventh century onward, meanwhile, enumerates Brion's progeny as no less than twenty-four. No doubt the increasing power of the Uí Briúin was responsible for this dramatic swelling of the ranks, as tribes and dynasties newly coming under Uí Briúin sway were furnished with ancestries that would link them genealogically to their overlords. Into this category fall the Uí Briúin Umaill and likely also the Uí Briúin Ratha and Uí Briúin Sinna."[1] Geographic Origins While Francis Byrne and John O'Donovan believed the dynasty originated in Mag nAí, Roderic O'Flaherty and John Colgan related traditions of Saints Patrick[2] and Felartus[3] visiting the sons of Brión in Maigh Seóla. This confusion surrounding the location of Mag Selce as mentioned in the Tripartite caused Nicholls to suggest that the geographical origin of the Uí Briúin was moved for political reasons to near Cruachan by the time of Tírechán.[4] MacCotter also points out that when the Uí Briúin were purportedly beginning their ascent, given the distributions of surrounding population groups, "the area originally available to Uí Briúin [in Mag nAí] cannot have consisted of more than the area of a few civil parishes",[5] which may lend support to Nicholls' theory. A story in the Silva Gadelica[6] notes that during the legendary war between Brión and Fiachra, Fiachra's encampment was situated in Aidhne and Brión's lay in Damh-Chluain, which is stated to be in Uí Briúin Seóla and not far from Knockma Hill, west of Tuam.[7] Although this is a legend, it may be an indication of the Uí Briúin's original homeland, as is Aidhne for the Uí Fiachrach. In addition, Hubert Knox, citing the Conmaicne's distribution and early status as subjects of the Uí Briúin, posited that the Uí Briúin originated in the barony of Clare in County Galway as the leading lineage of that people.[8] Intriguingly, the Book of Ballymote calls Cellach mac Rogallaig "King of Conmaicne",[9] a title also commonly taken by members of the Uí Briúin Bréifne branch in later centuries. The Maigh Seóla origin scenario is more consistent with the fact that early Uí Briúin kings (e.g. Cenn Fáelad mac Colgan and Cellach mac Rogallaig) had their residence on Loch Cime, as well as Áed mac Echach's donation of Annaghdown in the 6th century,[10] which Byrne thought unlikely given Annaghdown's distance from Mag nAí.[11] Furthermore, Cenn Fáelad mac Colgan is stated in the annals as having been killed by the Conmaicne Cuile,[12] and the king-list in Laud 610 states that the same king died at the hands of "his own people".[13] If both of these accounts are accurate, it would indicate that the Uí Briúin originated among the Conmaicne. With the inclusion of Máenach mac Báethíne,[14] ancestors of all three major branches of the dynasty are mentioned in the annals as residing or fighting in the Maigh Seóla region in the 7th century. The district to the east of Lough Corrib and the River Corrib is referred to as "Magh Ua mBriuin" at least as late as 1149.[15] This likely denotes the domain of the "king of Uí Briúin", a title borne primarily by men of the Uí Briúin Seóla.[16] As Knox points out, these kings were distinguished at an early date from the Síol Muireadaigh of central Roscommon in the Book of Rights, suggesting that the lands of the Uí Briúin Seóla were the original "Hy Briuin".[17]
   
5. Title: Wikipedia -Brian mac Echach
   Author: Francis J. Byrne, Irish Kings and High-Kings, Second edition, 2001, Appendix 2, Table 1 All dates per Daniel P. McCarthy, The Chronology of the Irish Annals, 1998 "The Death of Crimthann son of Fidach" (translator unknown)
   Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bri%C3%B3n_mac_Echach_Muigmed%C3%B3in;
   Note: Brión (or Brían), son of Eochaid Mugmedón, was a legendary and possibly historical Irish king, fl. 4th/5th century. Biography The older half-brother of Niall Noígíallach (Niall of the Nine Hostages) and one of the three brothers whose descendants were known as the Connachta,[1] Brión is said to have been king of Connacht. According to the traditional Irish chronology, his father died in 362.[2] Brión's descendants, the Uí Briúin, gave rise to many Kings of Connacht and its ruling families over the next thousand years. A descendant of his via the Uí Briúin Ai was Tairrdelbach Ua Conchobair, who became High King of Ireland in 1166. "The Violent Death of Crimthann mac Fidaig and of the Three Sons of Eochaid Muigmedón" gives the story of the sons of Eochaid Mugmedón. According to this saga, Brión was the favorite son of his mother Mongfind, sister of Crimthann mac Fidaig (d. 367), the king of Munster. She wanted Brión to succeed Eochaid but upon his death, war broke out with her stepson Niall Noígíallach (d. 405). When she realized the war was not going in her favor she arranged for Crimthann to become high king and sent Brión away to learn soldiering. On Brión's return after seven years, Mongfind poisoned her brother in order to get the throne for Brión. However, Niall acquired the throne and made Brión his champion and levier of his rents and hostages. Brión took the throne of Connacht leading to war with his brother Fiachrae. Brión defeated Fiachrae at the Battle of Damchluain (near Tuam, County Galway) who was taken captive to Tara. However, Fiachrae's son Nath Í rallied forces and defeated Brión who was slain at a second Battle of Damchluain. Brión was buried at Ross Camm. Fiachrae was released and became the new king of Connacht.[3] Descendants According to Tirechan, Patrick visited the "halls of the sons of Brión" at Duma Selchae in Mag nAí, but does not give their names. An equivalent passage in the Vita Tripartita, possibly of 9th-century origin, names six sons. "A series of later sources dating from the eleventh century onward, meanwhile, enumerates Brión's progeny as no less than twenty-four. No doubt the increasing power of the Ui Briúin was responsible for this dramatic swelling of the ranks, as tribes and dynasties newly coming under Ui Briúin sway were furnished with ancestries that would link them genealogically to their overlords. Into this category fall the Ui Briúin Umaill, and likely also the Ui Briúin Ratha and Ui Briúin Sinna." (p. 485, "Ui Briúin", Anne Connon, in "Medieval Ireland: An Encyclopedia"). Children Dauí Tenga Uma (aka Duach Galaich - this was his supposed great great grandfather - probably not an aka)
   
6. Title: Appendix to the Annals of the Four Masters, edited by John O'Donovan
   Author: Various libraries
   Publication: Name: http://books.google.com/books?id=sDlNAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA2477&dq=Appendix+to+the+Annals+of+the+Four+Masters+edited+by+JOhn+O'Donovan&hl=en&sa=X&ei=iHRnUveEA6mLjALPrIGICA&ved=0CDMQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=Appendix%20to%20the%20Annals%20of%20the%20Four%20Masters%20edited%20by%20JOhn%20O'Donovan&f=false;
   Note: Comprehensive history of Ireland from the various annals
   Page: Source material for person. See Appendix, and notes on page 2434
   
7. Title: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, Weiss: Brian a quo mac Ui Briuin Eochaid -
   Author: Ancestral Roots of Certain Americian Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr, Page number: 170-3
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8. Title: Irish Pedigrees or the Origin and Stem of the Irish Nations; John o'Hart 1923: Brion -
   Author: Irish Pedigrees or the Origin and Stem of the Irish Nation; John O'Hart {1923}, Page number: Pt III:iv:446
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9. Title: Rootsweb - Ui Bruin Ai
   Publication: Name: https://sites.rootsweb.com/~irlkik/ihm/connacht.htm#ai;
   Note: (excerpt) The terms Uí Briúin and Uí Fiachrach refer to dynasts of the sons of Eochu Mugmedón, a fourth century 'high king' of Ireland. Eochu's son Bríon was the ancestor of the Uí Briúin, who along with the descendants of Eochu's son Fiachra Foltsnaithech, ancestor of the Uí Fiachrach, were to rule the province of Connacht for seven centuries. The Uí Briúin split into three main groups, the Uí Briúin Ai (O'Conor, ...) of east-central Connacht, the Uí Briúin Seola (O'Flaherty, ...) of southwest Connacht, and the Uí Briúin Bréifne (O'Rourke, O'Reilly, ...) of northeast Connacht. The Uí Fiachrach divided into two main branches, the Uí Fiachrach Aidne (O'Cleary, O'Heyne, O'Shaughnessy, ...) of southern Connacht, and the Uí Fiachrach Muaidhe (O'Dowd, ...) of northwest Connacht. One of Eochu Mugmedón's other sons was Niall [of the Nine Hostages], ancestor of the Uí Neill, whose descendants were to dominate the Irish high kingship over a similar extended period. In the 9th-10th century, other noted territories in Connacht included Uí Maine (O'Kelly), Uí Maille (O'Malley), Luigne and Gailenga (O'Hara and O'Gara), Conmaicne Mara , Delbna , Uí Ailella , Cairbre (Sligo), Dartraige , Calraige , Sogaine , Conmaicne Réin (e.g. MacRannall), Conmaicne Cúile Tolad, and the Tri Tuathas . Other groups and territories in the Connacht region included the Fir Chera, Ciarraige, Partraige, Corca Fhir Tri, Grecraige, Masraige, Corco Moga, Gamanraide, Fir Domnann, and Medraige. The traditional boundaries of Connacht in this era included the Uí Fiachrach Aidne in the south, the river Shannon in the southeast, the Conmaicne Réin and Uí Briúin Bréifne in the northeast. Click here for a Physical Map of the Connacht region. Uí Briúin Ai - or "Teora Connacht" of Co. Roscommon. Noted chiefs of the Uí Briúin Ai in Roscommon, and kings of Connacht included the O'Conor sept, of the Sil Murray. The main branches of this sept were O'Conor Don, O'Conor Roe and O'Conor Sligo, these being descended from Conchobhar, King of Connacht (d. 970). In early medieval times, the four families ranking as royal lords under O'Conor [Don] included: Ó Maoilbreannain (Mulrennan) of Clan Cathail , chief of Clanconnor (in Castlereagh barony) Ó Roduibh (Mac Geraghty) of Clan Tomaltaigh and Siol Murray, chief of Muintir Roduiv (in Roscommon barony). Ó Fionnachta (O'Finaghty or Finnerty) of Clan Murchadha , in the territory of Clanconway lying on both sides of the River Suck, in both Co. Roscommon and Galway. Ó Flannagain (O'Flanagan), chief of the race of Cathal, the son of Muireadhach Muilleathan, seated between Mantua and Elphin. Other principal septs subject to O'Conor in early times included those with military duties: MacBranan, MacDermot, MacDockry, O'Flinn and O'Hanly -- those with naval responsibility: O'Flaherty and O'Malley -- those with administrative function: O'Beirne and O'Teighe. The chief poets included O'Mulconry and the chief stewards included O'Flanagan and O'Kelly. Of the same stock as O'Connor included the MacDermots of Moylurg, MacDonaghs of Corran (Tireril), MacManus of north Roscommon (Tír Tuathail, Kilronan parish) , Ó Roduibh (Mac Geraghty) of central Roscommon, Ó Fionnachta (O'Finaghty) of Sil Murray, Ó Flannagain (O'Flanagan), Mac Dail-re-Deachair (MacDockery) of Sil Murray, O'Beirne, ... An early O'Conor genealogy of Uí Briúin Ai (and Síl Muredaich) of Connacht: (Rawlinson) Ruaidri m. Toirrdelbaig m. Aeda m. Eogain m. Ruaidhri m. Aedha m. Cathail croibderg m. Tairdelbach m. Ruaidrí na saigi buidhi m. Áeda in ga bernaigh m. Thaidgc in eich gil m. Cathail m. Conchobuir (a quo O'Conor) m. Taidgc m. Cathail m. Conchobair m. Taidgcc [Mor] m. Muirgiusa m. Tomaltaig m. Murgaile m. Inrechtaich m. Muiredaich (a quo Síol Muiredhaigh) m. Muirgiusa [aka Fearghus] m. Rogallaich m. Fhuatach m. Áeda Abrat m. Echdach Tírmchárna m. Fergusa m. Muredaich Máil m. Éogain Srein m. Duach Galaich m. Briain (i.e. Brión, a quo Uí Briúin) m. Eochaid Mugmedón m. Muiredaich Thírig m. Fiachach Sraiptine m. Cairpri Liphechair m. Cormac macAirt m. Artt Óenfer m. Conn Cétchathach (of the Hundred Battles).
   
10. Title: Academia.edu - Medieval Ireland Encyclopedia - Bruin Mac Echach
    Author: page 485 as referenced in life sketch
    Publication: Name: https://www.academia.edu/40895609/Contributions_to_Medieval_Ireland_An_Encyclopedia;
    Note: UÍ BRIÚIN485 MacShamhráin, Ailbhe. “The Emergence of the MetropolitanSee: Dublin 1111–1216.” In History of the Catholic Dioceseof Dublin , edited by J. Kelly and D. Keogh, pp. 58–62.Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2000.Martin, F. X. “St. Bernard, St. Malachy, St. Laurence O’Toole.” Seanchas Ardmhacha 15, no. 1 (1992): 19, 25, 28, 30–32. See also Church Reform, Twelfth Century; Hagiography UÍ BRIÚIN Origins From the late eighth century until the Anglo-Normaninvasion, the Uí Briúin were the most powerful dynastyin Connacht. Their eponym—Brión son of EochuMugmedón, king of Ireland, by Mongfhind, daughterof the Munster king Feradach son of Dáre Cerbba—is depicted by the genealogies and saga literature asthe elder brother of Fiachrach and Ailill, ancestors of the early Connacht dynasties of Uí Fiachrach and Uí Ailella. Their half-brother, the son of Eochu by theBritish slave girl Cairenn Casdub, was said to be NiallNoígiallach (“of the Nine Hostages”), ancestor of theUí Néill. It is uncertain whether the depiction of theeponyms as brothers reflects actual bonds of kinshipor was simply a biological metaphor for political rela-tionships between the dynasties concerned.Dynasts alleged by the genealogists to have beenmembers of the Uí Briúin appear in the annals by theearly sixth century. The earliest references to Uí Briúinspecifically as a dynasty, however, are mid-seventhcentury, occurring both within a series of annal entriesand in Tírechán’s life of Patrick. Tírechán relates thatthe saint traveled to Duma Selchae in Mag nAí, wherethe “halls of the sons of Brión” were located. Tírechánneither enumerates nor names these sons, but theequivalent passage in the Vita Tripartita, a possibly ninth-century life of Patrick, names six sons of Brión.A series of later sources dating from the eleventh century onward, meanwhile, enumerates Brión’s progeny as no less than twenty-four. No doubt the increasing power of the Uí Briúin was responsible for this dramatic swelling of the ranks, as tribes and dynasties newly coming under Uí Briúin sway were furnished with ancestries that would link them genealogically to their overlords. Into this category fall the Uí Briúin Umaill and likely also the Uí Briúin Ratha and Uí Briúin Sinna.
    
11. Title: Francis J. Byrne, Irish Kings and High-Kings, Second edition, Appendix 2, Table 1
    
12. Title: Dictionary of Irish Biography
    Author: Sources Bk Leinster, vi, 1470, 1472; O'Brien, Corpus geneal. Hib., 131, 132 133, 147, 153, 172, 249, 426; M. C. Dobbs, ‘The Ban-Shenchus’, Rev. Celt., xlviii (1931), 179, 215; Mac Niocaill, Vikings, 9, 21; McCone, Pagan past, 249; Byrne, Ir. kings, 75, 80, 232, 245; idem, ‘Dercu: the feminine of Mocu’, Éigse, xxviii (1994–5), 57; Bhreathnach, Tara bibliog., 9
    Publication: Name: https://www.dib.ie/biography/brion-a0963;
    Note: Full name: Brión Gender: Male Career: Gaelic and Norse Lords Born Died Floruit: 1 January 0350 - 1 January 0475 Brión (5th cent.?), son of Eochaid (Eochu) Mugmedóin, an early figure of the Connachta and eponymous ancestor of the Uí Briúin dynasty, is represented in genealogical tradition as the eldest son of the king of Connacht and Mongfhind, his queen (Rawl. B 502, 138a; Lec. 389a; RIA, D.2.1 96r). Brión was supposedly a brother of Fiachra and Ailill, ancestors of other Connachta dynasties, and half-brother to Niall Noígiallach (qv). In the story of Niall's accession to the kingship, it is Brión who rescues the chariot from the burning smithy (Rawl. B 502, 138a) while his half-brother secures the anvil and smith's tools, thus proving his greater worth. The Middle Irish tale ‘Echtra mac nEchdach Mugmedóin’ is even more emphatic in claiming the supremacy of Niall over Brión and the other brothers. Whatever the historicity of Brión himself, the principal lineage of the dynastic group claiming descent from him, that of Uí Briúin Aí, produced the royal line of Ua Conchobair. Through his alleged son Duí Galach, whose death is placed at 502 and who is credited with having held the kingship of Connacht, Brión is claimed as ancestor by three separate lineages of Uí Briúin kings, occasioning a considerable degree of genealogical contrivance. Besides the ruling lines of Connacht, the obscure segment of Corco Tene and a line of Uí Dercu Chéin is also traced to Brión (Rawl. B 502, 154a; LL 336a), which may reflect the absorption of these petty lordships by an expanding Uí Briúin dynasty at a later date. In addition, the genealogists represent Brión as the father of Feidelm Fholtchaín, wife of Domangort and mother of Gabrán and Comgall of the dynasty of Dál Riata (LL 336b 50). https://www.dib.ie/contributor/mac-shamhrain-ailbhe
    
13. Title: The Annals of the Four Masters
    Author: page 124
    Publication: Name: https://archive.org/details/annalsofkingdomo01ocleuoft/page/124/mode/2up;