Uí Dúnlainge
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The Uí Dúnlainge, from the Old Irish "grandsons (or descendants) of Dúnlaing", were an Irish dynasty of
Uí Chennselaig
.
Their claims to the kingship of
Uí Faelain kings (from whom descend the O'Byrne family) were based at Naas/Nás na Ríogh and ten Uí Dúnchada kings (later known as the MacGillaMo-Cholmoc and, after the Norman invasion, renamed the FitzDermots) were based at Lyons Hill
/ Líamhain nearest to Dublin city. By the end of this remarkable run, the kingship of Leinster was being rotated between 7th cousins.
The Fitzdermots later gave their names to the placenames Dolphin's Barn and Ballyfermot.[3]
The influence of the Uí Dúnlainge family helped secure place-myths for prominent Kildare landmarks in the heroic and romantic literature such as the
Dindseanchas, Dinnshenchas Érenn
as one of the "assemblies and noted places in Ireland".
After the death of the last Kildare-based
Uí Cheinnselaig
kindred based in the south east of Leinster.
See also
References
- ^ "History Of Hortland Co Kildare, The Hort And Aylmer Families, Donadea Castle, St Peters Church, Donadea, The Pale And Kilcock". thestewartsinireland.com. Archived from the original on 25 March 2012.
- ^ "Dublin,Kildare,Kings Counties--Chiefs and Clans". Archived from the original on 2 February 2012. [dead link]
- ^ Eoghan Corry and Jim Tancred; Annals of Ardclough (2004).
Further reading
- O'Brien, Michael A., ed. (1962). Corpus Genealogiarum Hiberniae. Vol. 1. Kelleher, John V. (intro. in the reprints of 1976 and 2005). Dublin: OCLC 56540733. Genealogies for the Uí Dúnlainge of Leinster
- O'Brien, Michael A. "A Middle Irish poem on the Christian kings of Leinster." Ériu 17 (1955). pp. 35–51.
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