The Dál Riata, presumably settling in far northeastern Ulster in the prehistoric period, would famously go on to contribute to the founding of the Kingdom of Alba or Scotland and be responsible for the Gaelicisation of that country. The most celebrated Royal Family of Scotland, the House of Dunkeld, described themselves as the "seed of Conaire Mór" as late as the twelfth century.[3] Conaire Mór is thus an ancestor of the modern British royal family through the House of Dunkeld. According to tradition, the last king in the 'direct' male line from the Clanna Dedad and Síl Conairi was Alexander III of Scotland (d. 19 March 1286).
Although an earlier, prehistoric Gaelic presence in Scotland has long been noted by scholars, two early Kings of the Picts suggested to be from the Dál Riata, and who may have been instrumental in the (further) Gaelicisation of Pictland, were Bridei IV of the Picts and his brother Nechtan mac Der-Ilei.
The remaining Síl Conairi would settle and/or remain in Munster, where, although retaining their distinctive identity, they would be overshadowed at first by their Corcu Loígde / Dáirine kinsmen, but later reject them in favour of the Eóganachta and be instrumental in the rise to power of that dynasty. The Múscraige became the chief vassals and facilitators for the Eóganachta and their mesne king was regarded as more or less equal in status to the three or four regional kings under the Cashel overlordship.[4] A late and unexpected king of Munster from the Múscraige was Flaithbertach mac Inmainén (d. 944).[5]
The Corcu Duibne are renowned for their ogham inscriptions, with over one third of all Irish inscriptions found in their region.[6] Both they and the Corcu Baiscinn were renowned as sailors. The latter were eventually absorbed into the Kingdom of Thomond under the O'Brien dynasty.
The birth, life, and fall of Conaire Mór are recounted in the epic tale Togail Bruidne Dá Derga.[7] Two distantly related tales of more interest to genealogists are De Síl Chonairi Móir[8] and De Maccaib Conaire.[9] In these he is confused with his descendant or double Conaire Cóem, father of Na Trí Coirpri "The Three Cairbres", namely Coirpre Músc, a quo the Múscraige and Corcu Duibne, Coirpre Baschaín, a quo the Corcu Baiscinn, and Coirpre Rígfhota (Riata), a quo the Dál Riata.
Eoin MacNeill, "Early Irish Population Groups: their nomenclature, classification and chronology", in Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy (C) 29 (1911): 59–114
Michael A. O'Brien (ed.) with intro. by John V. Kelleher, Corpus genealogiarum Hiberniae. DIAS. 1976. / partial digital edition: Donnchadh Ó Corráin (ed.), Genealogies from Rawlinson B 502. University College Cork: Corpus of Electronic Texts. 1997.
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The Sil Conairi Sil Chonairi Conaire or Seed of Conaire were those Erainn septs of the legendary Clanna Dedad descended from the monarch Conaire Mor 1 son of Eterscel Mor a descendant of Deda mac Sin namely the Dal Riata Muscraige Corcu Duibne and Corcu Baiscinn 2 Sil ConairiParent houseClanna Dedad ErainnCountryIreland ScotlandFounderConaire MorTitlesKings of Tara High Kings of Ireland Kings of Dal Riata Kings of the Picts Kings of Alba Kings of Scotland King of MunsterThe Dal Riata presumably settling in far northeastern Ulster in the prehistoric period would famously go on to contribute to the founding of the Kingdom of Alba or Scotland and be responsible for the Gaelicisation of that country The most celebrated Royal Family of Scotland the House of Dunkeld described themselves as the seed of Conaire Mor as late as the twelfth century 3 Conaire Mor is thus an ancestor of the modern British royal family through the House of Dunkeld According to tradition the last king in the direct male line from the Clanna Dedad and Sil Conairi was Alexander III of Scotland d 19 March 1286 Although an earlier prehistoric Gaelic presence in Scotland has long been noted by scholars two early Kings of the Picts suggested to be from the Dal Riata and who may have been instrumental in the further Gaelicisation of Pictland were Bridei IV of the Picts and his brother Nechtan mac Der Ilei The remaining Sil Conairi would settle and or remain in Munster where although retaining their distinctive identity they would be overshadowed at first by their Corcu Loigde Dairine kinsmen but later reject them in favour of the Eoganachta and be instrumental in the rise to power of that dynasty The Muscraige became the chief vassals and facilitators for the Eoganachta and their mesne king was regarded as more or less equal in status to the three or four regional kings under the Cashel overlordship 4 A late and unexpected king of Munster from the Muscraige was Flaithbertach mac Inmainen d 944 5 The Corcu Duibne are renowned for their ogham inscriptions with over one third of all Irish inscriptions found in their region 6 Both they and the Corcu Baiscinn were renowned as sailors The latter were eventually absorbed into the Kingdom of Thomond under the O Brien dynasty The birth life and fall of Conaire Mor are recounted in the epic tale Togail Bruidne Da Derga 7 Two distantly related tales of more interest to genealogists are De Sil Chonairi Moir 8 and De Maccaib Conaire 9 In these he is confused with his descendant or double Conaire Coem father of Na Tri Coirpri The Three Cairbres namely Coirpre Musc a quo the Muscraige and Corcu Duibne Coirpre Baschain a quo the Corcu Baiscinn and Coirpre Rigfhota Riata a quo the Dal Riata Contents 1 The Three Cairbres 2 See also 3 Notes 4 ReferencesThe Three Cairbres EditThis section is empty You can help by adding to it July 2010 See also EditSenchus fer n Alban Kings of TaraNotes Edit Dobbs 1917 p 9 Byrne p 63 Chadwick p 121 Charles Edwards pp 542 ff Byrne pp 204 214 MacNeill 1909 p 334 for editions translations commentary etc see Togail Bruidne Da Derga Lucius Gwynn De Sil Chonairi Moir in Eriu 6 1912 130 43 Summary by Dan M Wiley Archived 7 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine Lucius Gwynn De Maccaib Conaire in Eriu 6 1912 144 53 Summary by Dan M WileyReferences EditJohn Bannerman Studies in the History of Dalriada Edinburgh Scottish Academic Press 1974 Edel Bhreathnach ed The Kingship and Landscape of Tara Dublin Four Courts Press for The Discovery Programme 2005 Francis John Byrne Irish Kings and High Kings Four Courts Press 2nd revised edition 2001 Hector Munro Chadwick Early Scotland the Picts the Scots and the Welsh of southern Scotland Cambridge University Press 1949 Margaret E Dobbs Side lights on the Tain age and other studies Dundalk WM Tempest 1917 Thomas Charles Edwards Early Christian Ireland Cambridge University Press 2000 Eoin MacNeill Early Irish Population Groups their nomenclature classification and chronology in Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy C 29 1911 59 114 Eoin MacNeill Notes on Irish Ogham Inscriptions in Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 1909 pp 329 70 Kuno Meyer ed The Laud Genealogies and Tribal Histories in Zeitschrift fur celtische Philologie 8 1912 291 338 Michael A O Brien ed with intro by John V Kelleher Corpus genealogiarum Hiberniae DIAS 1976 partial digital edition Donnchadh o Corrain ed Genealogies from Rawlinson B 502 University College Cork Corpus of Electronic Texts 1997 T F O Rahilly Early Irish History and Mythology Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies 1946 Julius Pokorny Beitrage zur altesten Geschichte Irlands 3 Erainn Dari n ne und die Iverni und Darini des Ptolomaus in Zeitschrift fur celtische Philologie 12 1918 323 57 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sil Conairi amp oldid 1070270695, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
