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The Eóganachta (Modern Irish: Eoghanachta, pronounced [ˈoːnˠəxt̪ˠə]) were an Irish dynasty centred on Cashel which dominated southern Ireland (namely the...

such as the Múscraige, switched their alliance and helped to bring the Eóganachta to power in Munster. For the next three centuries, various subgroups such...

their ascendancy in the 2nd century AD to the Deirgtine, ancestors of the Eóganachta. Munster during this period was classified as part of Leath Moga, or the...

ruled by the Eóganachta dynasty. Prior to this, the area was ruled by the Dáirine and Corcu Loígde overlords. Later rulers from the Eóganachta included Cathal...

a regional kingdom, Déisi Muman, and were part of the hegemony of the Eoganachta confederacy. Déisi is an Old Irish term that is derived from the word...

Laigin, Ulaid. Later major groups included the Connachta, Ciannachta, Eóganachta. Smaller groups included the aithechthúatha (see Attacotti), Cálraighe...

sons Éogan Mór, Cormac Cas, and Cían. Éogan founded the dynasty of the Eóganachta. Sadb's son Lugaid Mac Con, who was Ailill's foster-son, became High King...

years. They have been given various origins among both the early or proto-Eóganachta and among the Dáirine by different scholars working in a number of traditions...

Óengus mac Nad Froích (430-489) was an Eoganachta and the first Christian King of Munster. He was the son of Nad Froich mac Cuirc by Faochan, a British...

MacCarthy Mac Cárthaigh Arms of MacCarthy Parent family Eóganachta Country Kingdom of Munster Kingdom of Desmond Founder Cárthach mac Saorbhreathach Final...

Dún Dúchathair ('Black Stone Ringfort"), Dún Eoghanachta ('Fort of the Eóganachta'), and Dún Eochla are similar prehistoric sites on Inis Mór. Dún Chonchúir...

became their first King of Munster, taking the throne from the rival Eóganachta. This influence was greatly extended under Brian who became High King...

Baiscind Corcu Duibne Corcu Loígde Dáirine Dál gCais Deirgtine Déisi Eóganachta Érainn Iarmuman Mairtine Múscraige Uí Fidgenti Uí Liatháin Kingdom of...

partition the realm between themselves and Desmond, ruled by their rivals the Eóganachta. The Kings of Thomond were drawn from the leading kindred of the Dál gCais...

Dego Dergthened" were the proto-historical ancestors of the historical Eóganachta dynasties of Munster. Their origins are unclear but they may have been...

some measure of prestige even after they had become marginalised by the Eóganachta in the 7th or 8th century. It is likely that the sometimes powerful Uí...

the Cenél nEógain and Inis Eógain Éogan Mór, eponymous ancestor of the Eóganachta Éogan of Ardstraw (6th century), Irish saint Eóganan mac Óengusa (died...

number of persons; a warrior (late and rare)'). Using the Munster-based Eóganachta as an example, members of this clann claim patrilineal descent from Éogan...

17th-century Leabhar na nGenealach, the O'Sullivan clan claimed descent from the Eóganachta dynasty of the Kings of Munster (and via them, ultimately, from Milesius...

Cnoc Áine near Teelin, County Donegal. The descendants of Aulom, the Eóganachta, claim Áine as an ancestor. In other tales Áine is the wife of Gerald...