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Uí Bairrche (Modern Irish: Uí Bhairrche, pronounced [iː ˈwaːɾˠəçə]) was an Irish kin-based group that originally held lands in the south of the ancient...

the Uí Cheinnselaig (ancestors of the Mac Murchada and Caomhánach), the Uí Dúnlainge (ancestors of the O'Byrnes and the O'Tooles), the Uí Bairrche (ancestors...

emerged in what is today County Waterford. As leaders of the Uí Bairrche, they competed with the Uí Cheinnselaig in the 5th century for the Kingship of Leinster...

was named were a sept allied to the Uí Bairrche who ruled the Wexford region until the 8th century, when the Uí Ceinnselaig pushed them back to the southernmost...

refer to a region or to fosterage and there may be a connection to the Uí Bairrche of Leinster in his byname. The Dál Fiatach had dominated the kingship...

claimed to belong to the Laigin include: Uí Failge, Uí Bairrche, Uí Dúnlainge, Uí Ceinnselaig, Uí Garrchon, and the Uí Máil. In the legendary tales of the...

inflicted on the Uí Méith, including their king, i.e. Goll Bairrche, and some of the men of Fernmag fell by the Uí Bresail and the Uí Echach. 1165.10 -...

including the Uí Cheinnselaig (ancestors of the Mac Murchada and Ó Tuathail), the Uí Bairrche (ancestors of the Mac Gormáin), the Uí Máil (ancestors...

century, they were expelled across the Wicklow Mountains. The Uí Failge and Uí Bairrche belonged to the Laigin but may also be associated with the Iverni...

O'Rahilly proposed that the Irish branch was the origin of the later Uí Bairrche clan, believing that they belonged to the Érainn (Ptolemy's Iverni) who...

of Ui-Bairrche, died."[citation needed] According to historian C. Thomas Cairney, the O'Tracys were one of the chiefly families of the Uí Bairrche who...

chiefly family was the O'Heffermans. The Uí Bairrche. Their chiefly families were the O'Tracys and MacGormans. The Ui Fidgenti. Their chiefly families were...

the Book of Leinster, probably intended to support the claims of the Uí Bairrche to the primacy in Leinster. Charles-Edwards, T. M. (2000). Early Christian...

483 and the Chronicum Scotorum specifies that Eochaid Guinech of the Uí Bairrche and the men of Arad Cliach were responsible. The Annals of the Four Masters...

Bishop and anchorite, fl. late 7th century. Áed was a member of the Uí Bairrche. He was bishop of Sletty, County Laois, and patron of Muirchu Maccu Machteni...

Bacceda drives the Uí Bairrche from their land and gives it to the Déisi. They remain there for three decades. Eventually the Uí Bairrche warrior Eochu Guinech...

included Uí Drona (O'Ryan), Fothairt Feadh (O'Nolan), Uí Ceinnselaig (Kinsella), Dál Coirpri Cliach (Kerwick), Uí Bairrche Magh dá chonn (Kearney), Uí Felmeda...

century), king of Leinster from the Uí Bairrche, who is portrayed in much Leinster hagiography as a rival to the Uí Chennselaig. Abbán is also made a contemporary...

Eochaidh Guinech of the Uí Bairrche sept of Laigin, and, according to the Annals of Tigernach, Muirchertach Mac Ercae, the Ui Neill king of Ailech. Óengus'...

ancestor of the Ó Conchubhair of Uí Failghe Daire Barrach mac Cathair Mór, ancestor of Uí Treasaig and Mac Gormáin of Uí Bairrche Bresal Einechglas mac Cathair...