List kings de Brega

The origin of the name of the kingdom of Brega is Mag Breg , the plain of Brega, in current the Comté of Meath and Dublin. Annexed at the VI century by Uí Néill descendants of Conall Criamthain a son of Niall Noigiallach the kingdom of Brega included/understood the Hill of Tared site where laughed Ard Érenn étaent traditionally proclaimed

Kings de Brega belonged to the Uí Néill by the means of the Síl nÁedo Sláine connects of Ui Neill of the South. The kingdom was divided at the VIII century into two parts, Southern Brega, or kingdom of Lagore (Irish Loch Gabhair), and Northern Brega, or kingdom of Knowth (Irish Cnogba).

This weakening east can be related to the hostility of the kingdom close to Mide or Uisnech control by the other kingdom connects Ui Neill South the Cholmáin Clan. After the death of Cinaed mac Irgalaig in 728 none the membresdu Síl nÁedo Sláine reached the dignity of laughed Ard Érenn except for Conghalach Cnogba mac Mael Mithig died in 956.

The Yearly of Ulster and the Annales of the four Masters raise the names of many kings de Brega sometimes joint in particular in the kingdom of Southern Brega, however several kings reigned on the two parts of the kingdom of Brega which seems to be absorbed by that of Mide in XIIe century before the Anglo-Norman conquest.

Kings de Brega

Áed Sláine (death in 604) wire of Diarmait mac Cerbaill ancestor of Síl nÁedo Sláine
Congal (death in 634) wire of Áed Sláine
Ailill (death in 634) wire dÁed Sláine of which Fir Chúl Breg
Blathmac (death in 665) and Diarmait Ruanaid (death in 665), wire of Áed Sláine
Conaing Cuirre (death 662) wire of Congal mac Áed Sláine of which Uí Chonaing
Sechnasach (death in 671) wire of Blathmac mac Áed Sláine
Cenn Fáelad (death in 675) wire of Blathmac mac Áed Sláine
Fínnachta Fledach (death in 695) wire of Dúnchad mac Áed Sláine (death in 659)
Congalach (death in 696) wire of Conaing Cuirre
Irgalach (death in 702) wire of Conaing Cuirre
Amalgaid (death in 718) wire of Congalach mac Conaing
Fógartach (death in 724) wire of Niall mac Cernach Sotal mac Diarmait Ruanaid mac Áed Sláine
Cinaed (death in 728) wire of Irgalach
Conaing (death in 742) wire of Amalgaid
Congalach (death in 778) wire of Conaing

Kings de Nord Brega or kings de Cnogba (Knowth)

Congal mac Áed Sláine, dead 634
Conaig Cuirre mac Congal (of which Uí Chonaing), died in 662
Congalach mac Conaing, +. 696
Amalgaid mac Congalach, +. 718
Conaing mac Amalgaid, +. 742
Congalach mac Conaing, +. 778
Cernach mac Congalach +. 818
Cináed mac Coinaing, +. 851
Cellach mac Congalach
Flannacan mac Cellach, +. 896

Congalach mac Flannacán died in 893 " Rigdoma Bregh" (designated heir)
Cellach mac Flannacán died in 895 " Rigdoma Bregh" (designated heir)
Cinaed mac Flannacán died in 896 " Rigdoma Bregh" (designated heir)

Máel Finnia mac Flannacán, +. 903
Máel Mithig mac Flannacán, +. 919
Lorcan mac Dunchad died in 925
Blank mac Mael Finna killed in 932
Congalach mac Mael Mithig (rí Cnogba), killed in 956
Muichertach mac Congalach killed in 964
Domnall mac Congalach died in 976
Congalach mac Domnall killed in 977
Donnchad mac Domnall Ua Congalach killed in 991
Donnchad mac Donnchad killed in 1017
Donnchad Ua Duin died in 1027
Mathgamain Ua Riacain dead 1032
Flannacan Ua Cellaigh king about 1028 died in 1060
Gairbeith Ua Cathasaigh died in 1061
Mael Morda Ua Cathasaigh killed 1073
Trénair Ua Cellaigh killed in 1093
1146 Cellach Ua Cellaigh killed by Flaithbetach Ua Cathasaigh

Kings de Sud Brega /Deiscert Breg or Log Gabhair (Lagore)

Cernach Sotal mac Diarmait Ruanaid (of which Uí Chernaig) died into 664/667.
Niall mac Cernach dead 701
Fógartach mac Niall dead 724
Fergus mac Fogartach mac Niall mac Cernach Sotal, dead 751
Caipre mac Fogartach exiled 769 dead 771
Máel Duin mac Fergus, +. 785
Fogartach mac Cumuscach dead 786
Cumuscach mac Fogartach dead 797 withdrawn in a monastery
Ailill mac Fergus, (rí Deiscert Breg), +. 800
does Cernach mac Fergus dead 805
Conall mac Niall king unite dead 815
Focarta mac Cernach king unites dead 815
Aengus mac Mael Duin died in 825
Diarmaid mac Niall dead 826
Caipre mac Male Duin dead 836
Tigernach mac Fogartach king unites dead 865
Mael Sechnaill mac Niall king unites dead 870
Tolarg mac Fogartach king unites dead 888
Mael Ograi mac Congalach dead 908
Fogartach mac Tolarg dead 916
Cellach mac Fogartach dead 919
Beollan mac Ciarmac (descendant of Máel Duin?), +. 969
Gilla Mo Chonna mac Fogartach mac Ciarmac (rí Deiscert Breg), +. 1013
Ruaidri mac Fogartach mac Ciarmac dead 1027
Giolla Seachnaill mac Giolla Mo Chonna 1033
Giolla Colaim Ua Riacain 1034
Maol Cron mac Cathal killed 1053
Cu Gailleang mac Giolla Seachnaill killed in 1121
Mac Giolla Fhularthaigh killed in 1130
Domnall mac Giolla Sechnaill killed 1160
Maol Cron mac Giolla Sechnaill dead 1171

See too

King d' Irlande
List of the supreme kings of Ireland
laughed Ard Érenn
History of Ireland

Sources

The kingship and landscape off Tared Edel Bhreatnach Editor Four Courts Close for The Discovery Programme Dublin (2005) Table 4 pages 346/347 Síl nÁedo Sláine.

Irish Kings and High Kings Francis J.Byrne, Furnace Courts Close History Classics Dublin (2001) ISBN 1 851182196 1 Appendix II page 281.

Yearly of Ulster http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100001A/

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