Muiredach macEógain O'Néill^[1]

- Abt 489

• Name	Muiredach macEógain O'Néill
  Gender	Male
  Death	Abt 489
  Notes	«b»http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal09598 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muiredach_mac_E%C3%B3gain Muiredach mac Eógain«/b» (died circa 489) was a King of «u»Ailech «/u» and head of the «u»Cenél nEógain «/u» branch of the northern «u»Uí Néill «/u». He was the son of the founder of this dynasty «u»Eógan mac Néill «/u» (died 465).«u»[1]«/u» There is no mention of him in the Irish annals but the «i»Laud Synchronisms«/i» give him a reign of 24 years as King of Ailech giving him an approximate reign of 465-489. He married Erca, daughter of «u»Loarn mac Eirc «/u» of «u»Dál Riata «/u» who was mother of his son «u»Muirchertach mac Muiredaig «/u» (died 532), high king of Ireland, also known as Muirchertach mac Ercae and founder of the Cenél maic Ercae branch.«u»[2]«/u» Other sons included: Feradach, founder of the Cenél Feradaig branch; Moen, founder of the Cenél Moen branch; and Tigernach, founder of the Cenel Tigernaig branch. «b»Notes «u»1, ^«/u»«/b» T.M. Charles-Edwards, «i»Early Christian Ireland«/i», Appendix V «u»«b»2. ^«/u»«/b» Geoffrey Keating, «i»History of Ireland«/i», Book II, pg.49 «b»References «tab»«/b»Charles-Edwards, T. M. (2000), «i»Early Christian Ireland«/i», Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, «u»ISBN 0-521-36395-0 «/u» «i»«tab»Laud Synchronisms«/i» at «u»CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts <http://celt.ucc.ie/index.html>«/u» at «u»University College Cork <http://www.ucc.ie/>«/u» «tab»Geoffrey Keating, «i»History of Ireland«/i» at «u»CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts <http://celt.ucc.ie/index.html>«/u» at «u»University College Cork <http://www.ucc.ie/>«/u»
  Person ID	I9931	Glenn Cook Family
  Last Modified	22 Nov 2009

  
  

  Father	Eógan MacNéill   d. 465
  Family ID	F4327	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family
  Children	1. Feredach macMuiredach O'Néill   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Muirchertach macErcae O'Néill, King of Ireland   d. 536
  Family ID	F4328	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Nov 2006

  
  

• Sources

  [S36] Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull, England(B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk), Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (This work is Copyright b 1994-2002 Brian C Tompsett).