The Kings of Uisnech were of the Uí Néill

Uí Néill

The Uí Néill are Irish and Scottish dynasties who claim descent from Niall Noigiallach , an historical King of Tara who died about 405....

 and one of its major southern branches, the Clann Cholmáin

Clann Cholmáin

Clann Cholmáin is the name of the dynasty descended from Colmán Mór , son of Diarmait mac Cerbaill. Part of the Southern Uí Néill — they were the kings of Mide — they traced their descent to Niall Noígiallach and his son Conall Cremthainne.Related dynasties descended through Conall...

. The Hill of Uisnech

Uisnech

The Hill of Uisneach, or Ushnagh, also Uisnech , formerly regarded as the centre of Ireland, is a historical site in County Westmeath . The 182 metre hill lies on the north side of the R390 road, 8 km east of the village of Ballymore, beside the village of Loughanavally...

 is located in what is now County Westmeath

County Westmeath

-Economy:Westmeath has a strong agricultural economy. Initially, development occurred around the major market centres of Mullingar, Moate, and Kinnegad. Athlone developed due to its military significance, and its strategic location on the main Dublin–Galway route across the River Shannon. Mullingar...

, and was in early historic Ireland considered as the area where all five provinces met.

A list of the kings of Uisnech is found amongst the regnal lists in The Book of Leinster. The earliest kings of Uisnech were:

• Conall Cremthainne
  Conall Cremthainne
  Conall Cremthainne , also called Conall Err Breg, was an Irish king. He was the son of Niall of the Nine Hostages, and one of the progenitors of the Uí Néill dynasty....
  
   mac Néill, d.480
• Fiachu mac Néill
  Fiachu mac Néill
  Fiachu mac Néill was a king of Uisnech in Mide of the Ui Neill dynasty. He was the son of the high king Niall Noígíallach. According to the king list in the Book of Leinster, he succeeded his brother Conall Cremthainne as king of Uisnech.According to the Tripartite Life of Saint Patrick, Saint...
  
  
• Ardgal mac Conaill
  Ardgal mac Conaill
  Ardgal mac Conaill was a King of Uisnech in Mide of the Ui Neill dynasty. He was the son of Conall Cremthainne and grandson of Niall Noígíallach...
  
  , d.520
• Maine mac Cerbaill
  Maine mac Cerbaill
  Maine mac Cerbaill was a king of Uisnech in Mide of the Ui Neill. He was the son of Fergus Cerrbél, grandson of Conall Cremthainne and brother of the high king Diarmait mac Cerbaill . He ruled from 520 to 538....
  
  , d. 538
  538
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• Diarmait mac Cerbaill
  Diarmait mac Cerbaill
  Diarmait mac Cerbaill was King of Tara or High King of Ireland. According to traditions, he was the last High King to follow the pagan rituals of inauguration, the ban-feis or marriage to goddess of the land....
  
  , d. 565
  565
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• Colmán Már mac Diarmato meic Cerbaill, d. 555
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• Colmán Bec
  Colmán Bec
  Colmán mac Diarmato was an Irish king, son of Diarmait mac Cerbaill. Early sources and older scholarship distinguish two sons of Diarmait, Colmán Bec and Colmán Már , although it is now supposed that only Colmán Bec was a historical figure, Colmán Már being a later genealogical invention...
  
   mac Diarmato, d. 587
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• Suibne mac Colmáin, d. 600
  600
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• Fergus mac Colmáin, d. 618
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• Óengus mac Colmáin
  Óengus mac Colmáin
  Óengus mac Colmáin Bec was an Irish king. He was the King of Uisnech in Mide from 618 to 621.He belonged to the southern Uí Néill. According to the genealogies, he was a son of Colmán Bec , son of Diarmait mac Cerbaill...
  
  , d. 621
  621
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• Conall Guthbinn
  Conall Guthbinn
  Conall mac Suibni , called Conall Guthbinn, was a King of Uisnech in Mide of the Clann Cholmáin. He was the son Suibne mac Colmáin , a previous king. He ruled from 621 to 635. His byname Guthbinn meant "sweet voiced"....
  
   mac Suibni, d. 635
  635
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• Máel Dóid mac Suibni
  Máel Dóid mac Suibni
  Máel Dóid mac Suibni was a King of Uisnech in Mide of the Clann Cholmáin. He was the son Suibne mac Colmáin and brother of Conall Guthbinn mac Suibni , previous kings. He ruled from 635 to 653....
  
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• Diarmait Dian
  Diarmait Dian
  Diarmait Dian mac Airmetaig was a King of Uisnech in Mide of the Clann Cholmáin. He was the grandson of Conall Guthbinn mac Suibni , a previous king. His father Airmetach Cáech was slain at the Battle of Mag Rath in 637...
  
   mac Airmetaig Cáech, d. 689
  689
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• Murchad Midi
  Murchad Midi
  Murchad mac Diarmato , called Murchad Midi , was an Irish king. One of four or more sons of Diarmait Dian, he succeeded his father as King of Uisnech at the latter's death in 689....
  
  , d. 715
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Kings of Uisnech family tree

Diarmait mac Cerbaill (Fergus), d. 565

565

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Colmán Már, d. 555

555

Year 555 was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 555 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.- Asia :* The Nan Liang Dynasty begins; the first ruler...

/558

558

Year 558 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 558 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.- Byzantine Empire :* May 7 – In Constantinople,...

. Colmán Bec, d. 589

589

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Suibhne, d. 600

600

Year 600 was a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 600 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.- Europe :* Smallpox arrives in Europe for the first...

. Fergus, d. 618

618

Year 618 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 618 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.- Asia :* The Sui Dynasty ends and the Tang Dynasty...

. Óengus, d. 621

621

Year 621 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 621 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.- Asia :* May 28 – Battle of Hulao: Li Shimin...

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Conall Guthbinn, d. 635

635

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. Colcu, d. 618

618

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. Máel Dóid, d. 654

654

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Airmedach Cáech, d. 637

637

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Sechnasach, d. 681

681

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. Diarmait Dian, d. 689

689

Year 689 was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 689 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.- Europe :* Battle of Coronate: The army of Cunincpert,...

  Fáelchú, d. 637

637

Year 637 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 637 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.- Europe :* Battle of Mag Rath: Dál Riata influence...

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Bodbchad Áed Colcu Murchad Midi, d. 715

715

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d. 704

704

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  d. 704

704

Year 704 was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 704 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.- Asia :* Armenia: Abdallah ibn Abd al-Malik invades...

  d.714

714

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  also King of the Uí Néill

Uí Néill

The Uí Néill are Irish and Scottish dynasties who claim descent from Niall Noigiallach , an historical King of Tara who died about 405....

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Domnall Midi

Domnall Midi

Domhnall Mac Murchada , called Domnall Midi , was High King of Ireland. He belonged to the Clann Cholmáin branch of the Uí Néill...

, d. 763

763

Year 763 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 763 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.- Europe :* Ciniod succeeds Bridei V as king of the...

King of Tara

Later kings of Uisnech included:

• Domnall Midi
  Domnall Midi
  Domhnall Mac Murchada , called Domnall Midi , was High King of Ireland. He belonged to the Clann Cholmáin branch of the Uí Néill...
  
   mac Murchada (d. 763; also king of Tara)
• Niall mac Diarmata meic Airmedaig (?d. c. 768 or 826)
• Muiredach mac Domnaill Midi
  Muiredach mac Domnaill Midi
  Muiredach mac Domnaill Midi was a King of Uisnech in Mide of the Clann Cholmáin. He was the son of the High King of Ireland, Domnall Midi and brother of the high king Donnchad Midi...
  
   (d. 802)
• Donnchad Midi mac Domnaill
  Donnchad Midi mac Domnaill
  Donnchad mac Domnaill , called Donnchad Midi, was High King of Ireland. His father, Domnall Midi, had been the first Uí Néill High King from the south-central Clann Cholmáin based in modern County Westmeath and western County Meath, Ireland...
  
   Midi (d. 797; also king of Tara)
• Conchobar mac Donnchada
  Conchobar mac Donnchada
  Conchobar mac Donnchada was High-King of Ireland with opposition between 819 and 833. Conchobar was the son of Donnchad Midi, high-king of Ireland ; his mother was Fuirseach, a noblewoman of the Dál nAraidi. Conchobar married Land, daughter of the former High-King Áed Oirdnide...
  
   (d. 833)
• Máel Ruanaid mac Donnchada Midi
  Máel Ruanaid mac Donnchada Midi
  Máel Ruanaid mac Donnchada Midi was a King of Uisnech in Mide of the Clann Cholmáin. He was the son of the High King of Ireland, Donnchad Midi and brother of the high king Conchobar mac Donnchada...
  
   (d. 843)
• Máel Sechnaill mac Maíl Ruanaid
  Máel Sechnaill mac Maíl Ruanaid
  Máel Sechnaill mac Máele Ruanaid was High King of Ireland. The Annals of Ulster use the Old Irish title rí hÉrenn uile, that is "king of all Ireland", when reporting his death, distinguishing Máel Sechnaill from the usual Kings of Tara who are only called High Kings of Ireland in late sources such...
  
   (d. 862; also king of Tara)
• Lorcán mac Cathail
  Lorcán mac Cathail
  Lorcán mac Cathail was a King of Uisnech and Mide of the Clann Cholmáin. Lorcán ruled in as King of Mide from 862-864.His exact dynastic affiliations are unknown. The death of a certain Cathal mac Conchobair is mentioned in the annals in 843. If this was his father he may have been the grandson...
  
   (blinded 864)
• Donnchad mac Aedacain
  Donnchad mac Aedacain
  Donnchad mac Aedacain was a King of Uisnech and Mide of the Clann Cholmáin. He was the grandson of the High King Conchobar mac Donnchada . He ruled as King of Mide from 864 to 877....
  
   meic Conchobair (d. 877)
• Flann Sinna
  Flann Sinna
  Flann Sinna was the son of Máel Sechnaill mac Máele Ruanaid of Clann Cholmáin, a branch of the southern Uí Néill. He was King of Mide from 877 onwards and is counted as a High King of Ireland...
  
   mac Máel Sechlainn (d. 916; also king of Tara)
• Conchobar mac Flainn Sinna (d. 919)
• Domnall mac Flainn Sinna (d. 921)
• Donnchad Donn
  Donnchad Donn
  Donnchadh Donn mac Flainn was High King of Ireland. He belonged to Clann Cholmáin, a branch of the southern Uí Néill.-Origins:...
  
   mac Flainn Sinna (d. 944; also king of Tara)
• Óengus mac Donnchada Duinn (d. 945)
• Donnchad mac Domnaill meic Flainn Sinna (d. 950)
• Fergal mac Óengusa (d. c. 950)
• Áed mac Máele Ruanaid meic Flainn Sinna (d. 951)
• Domnall mac Donnchada Duinn (d. 952)
• Carlus mac Cuinn meicc Donnchada Duinn (d. 960)
• Muirchertach [likely son of Congalach Cnogba
  Congalach Cnogba
  Conghalach Cnoghbha was High King of Ireland, according to the lists in the Annals of the Four Masters, from around 944 to 956...
  
   mac Máele Mithig of Brega (d. 964)]
• Máel Sechnaill Mór mac Domnaill meic Donnchada Duinn
  Máel Sechnaill mac Domnaill
  Máel Sechnaill mac Domnaill , also called Máel Sechnaill Mór, Máel Sechnaill II, anglicized Malachy II, was King of Mide and High King of Ireland...
  
  (d. 1022; also king of Tara)
• Máel Sechnaill Got mac Máel Sechlainn meic Cináeda meic Domnaill meic Flainn Sinna (d. 1025)
• Róen mac Muirchertaig meic Máel Sechlainn meic Máele Ruanaid meic Conchobair meic Flainn Sinna (d. 1027)
• Domnall Got (d. 1030)
• Conchobar mac Flainn [? or should be Conchobar mac Domnaill meic Máel Sechlainn Móir(d. 1073)]
• Murchad mac Flainn mac Domnaill meic Máel Sechlainn Móir (d. 1076)
• Máel Sechnaill Bán mac Conchobair meic Domnaill (d. 1087)
• Domnall mac Flainn mac Domnaill meic Máel Sechlainn Móir (d. 1094)
• Conchobar mac Máel Sechlainn Báin (d. 1105)
• Donnchad mac Murchada mac Flainn (deposed 1105; d. 1106)
• Máel Sechnaill mac Donnchada meic Murchada (d. 1115?) and Murchad mac Donnchada meic Murchada