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20-652: The Conmhaicne or Conmaicne were a people of early Ireland, perhaps related to the Laigin , dispersed to various parts of Ireland . Settling in Connacht and Longford , they gave their name to several territories. After the sixth century, the Conmaicne Rein came from the south to the region, west of Lough Garadice, and some septs settled at Cenel Luacháin, Cluain Conmaicne , Maigh Rein , and Maigh Nissi , overrunning and absorbing

40-727: A church located on a high hill one kilometre north of present-day Ballinamore . The church, and nearby holy well, were dedicated to Saint Brigid. There was a hospital Irish : teach spidel dedicated to Saint John the Baptist, located at the (Ballinamore) ford over the Yellow River. Both parishes were joined together to form the "Rectory of Cinel Luachain". This is confirmed by the Annates for 1423 (p. 230) which state "rectoria parrochialium ecclesirum de Drumreilly et Oughteragh alias de Kenel Luchan vulgariter nuncupata". The rectory corresponded with

60-608: Is based on the root dumno -, which means both 'deep' and 'the world'. The suffix - on - often occurs in Gaulish and British divine names. The tribal name Dumnonii , found in Britain, would therefore mean 'people of the god of the world'. Old Irish fir means 'men', and so Fir Domnann had the same meaning as the British tribal name, leading to conjecture that these tribes had a common origin. For example, O'Rahilly's historical model proposed that

80-407: Is iarna longis Lóchet Longsech fían flaith Góidel gabsus. Gríb indrid íath n-anéoil aue Luirc Lóiguiri arddu dóinaib acht nóibrí nime. Ór ós gréin gelmair gabais for dóine domnaib sceo déib Día óin as Móin macc Áini óinrig. Móen alone since he was an infant (or "an adult")—a thing which is a custom for a High King—slew kings (with) a splendid shot, Labraid grandson of Lorc. The warriors of

100-468: Is not enslaved, Rules over the heroic Cinel Luchain.". The parish of Drumreilly derives its name from Druim Airbhealaigh, (pronounced 'Drum-ar-va-lay') which means "the ridge of the eastern pass". The parish is centered on the medieval island church in Lough Garadice, whose ruins are extant today. All churches of the parish, and one townland, inherited the parish name. The parish of Oughteragh contained

120-696: The Laigin ( Leinstermen ) are so called. Archaic poems found in medieval genealogical texts distinguish three groups making up the Laigin: the Laigin proper, the Gaileóin , and the Fir Domnann . The latter are suggested to be related to the British Dumnonii . Amongst others, some of the dynasties that claimed to belong to the Laigin include: Uí Failge , Uí Bairrche , Uí Dúnlainge , Uí Ceinnselaig , Uí Garrchon , and

140-740: The Uí Máil . In the legendary tales of the Ulster Cycle , the king of the Connachta , Ailill mac Máta , is said to belong to the Laigin. This is thought by Byrne (2001) to be related to a possible early domination of the province of Connacht by peoples related to the Laigin, the Fir Domnann and the Gamanrad . Fir Domnann The Fir Domnann were a people named in Irish legendary history. The name Fir Domnann

160-664: The 17th century. Their territory, located in south-east Ireland, is thought to have once extended from the River Shannon to the River Boyne . The surnames of those descended from the Laigin are still counted amongst the most numerous in Ireland. Laigin is a plural noun, indicating an ethnonym rather than a geographic term, but the Irish system of naming territories meant that an area tended to be named after an apical ancestor figure even when

180-655: The Domnann were a P-Celtic , pre-Goidelic people who, along with the Galeóin , invaded the south-east coast of Ireland from Britain. O'Rahilly's theory of P-Celtic preceding Goidelic in Ireland is not widely accepted by experts today, but the idea of some connection between the British and Irish tribes of similar names remains. In early Irish literature, the Fir Domnann were located in Cóice Laigean ( Leinster ). A probably 7th-century Irish poem credits their ruler, Mess-Telmann, with

200-584: The Galiáin took spears in their hands, from that the deedful host of the Galián are called Laigin. They won wars as far as the sea of the shore of the lands of Éremón; it is after the taking ship, a lightning flash of warrior bands, that he seized the lordship of the Gaedel Loégaire grandson of Lorc was a griffin overrunning unknown lands, exalted above men, except for the holy King of Heaven Gold more shining than

220-673: The Laigin were a group of invaders from Gaul or Britain, who arrived no later than the 6th century BC, and were later incorporated into the medieval genealogical scheme which made all the ruling groups of early Ireland descend from Míl Espáine . Placenames also suggest they once had a presence in north Munster and in Connacht. One archaic poem, possibly dating from about 600 AD, reads as follows: Móin óin, ó ba nóid, ní bu nós ardríg, oirt ríga, rout án, aue Luirc Labraid. Láithe gaile Galián gabsit inna lámaib laigne Lagin de sin slóg Galián glonnach. Glinnsit coicthe cota lir lerggae íath nÉremóin:

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240-632: The existing inhabitants called the Masraige . Luacháin may be a personal name. Hogan , and Book of Fenagh , say their name derives from a branch of Conmaicne Rein, of the race of Luachan, son of Onchu, 4th in descent from Cumscrah. Cenel Luach is sometimes corrupted "Kinel-Luachain". Centered in Oughteragh parish, barony of Carrigallen, southern county Leitrim, their territory was bounded by native Irish forests on all sides, Sliabh an Iarainn west and north, Tullyhaw north east, and Conmaiche of Maigh Rein to

260-654: The main, in Dind Ríg the host was slain. And 'tis of this that Ferchertne the poet said: " Dind Ríg , which had been Tuaim Tenbath," etc. i.e. Máin Ollam he was at first, Labraid Moen afterwards, but Labraid the Exile , since he went into exile, when he gained a realm as far as the Ictian Sea , and brought the many foreigners with him (to Ireland ), to wit, two thousand and two hundred foreigners with broad lances in their hands, from which

280-528: The name is now Anglicised, derive their descent from Luchain, or Duchain, otherwise Dubhchain, of the race of Fergus M'Roy. According to John O'Dugan and the Four Masters, the M'Dorchys were chief the country denominated Cinel Luachain, which was co-extensive with the parish of Oughteragh in the barony of Carrigallen, and county of Leitrim, containing about 16,000 statue acres, watered by the Oughteragh stream. By O'Dugan they are thus mentioned: M'Dorchy, whose tribe

300-490: The over-kingship of the province and with wielding power from the royal site of Leinster at Dún Áilinne . The place-name Inber Domnann, now Malahide Bay inlet in north County Dublin on the east coast of Ireland, preserves the tribal name. Yet the area with the strongest placename associations with the Fir Domnann is in north-west Mayo: the Iorrais Domnann, from which the historical barony of Erris takes its name, and

320-408: The ruling dynasty had no links to that figure. The origin of their name is uncertain; however, it is traditionally assumed to derive from the Irish word láigen , meaning 'a spear'. Early texts use the names Laigen and Gaileoin interchangeably. The Laigin claimed descent from King Labraid Loingsech . Modern historians suggest, on the basis of Irish traditions and related place names, that

340-510: The south. In the eighth century, when Ua Bruin Breifne claimed large swaths of north Connacht, some Cenel Luachain migrated to Teathbha . Sept or tribal names of the Conmhaícne of Cenel Luacháin, in north east south Leitrim, are listed. The Magc Dorchaids (Mac dorcy, Darcy) were the chief family. Ua Cuaggain and Ua Tormadain are noted as chiefs in 1159. "The MacDarchaids, Dorchys, or Darcys as

360-454: The sun he took, on the lands of men and gods, one god, that is Móen son of Áine, the one king. In the saga, Orgain Denna Ríg ( The Destruction of Dind Ríg ), Labraid Loingsech is exiled when his granduncle Cobhtach Coel usurps the kingship, however, he subsequently returns from abroad with an army of spearmen (Laigin) and takes his kingship by burning the citadel of Dind Ríg to the ground with

380-588: The territory of the Conmaicne of Luachain. Laigin The Laigin , modern spelling Laighin ( Irish pronunciation: [ˈl̪ˠəinʲ] ), were a Gaelic population group of early Ireland . They gave their name to the Kingdom of Leinster , which in the medieval era was known in Irish as Cóiced Laigen , meaning "Fifth/province of the Leinstermen" (Modern Irish Cúige Laighean ), where their descendants ruled till

400-487: The usurper and all his retinue inside. The saga ends with: So then Cobthach Coel is there destroyed, with seven hundred followers and thirty kings around him, on the eve of great Christmas precisely. Hence is said: Three hundred years—victorious reckoning—before Christ's birth, a holy conception, it was not fraternal, it was evil— (Loegaire) Lorc was slain by Cobthach Coel . Cobthach Coel with thirty kings, Labraid ... slew him (Lugaid). Loegaire ' s grandson from

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