The Anglo-Norman Families, and the
Modern Nobility in Louth ACCOORDING to Connellan, the Chief Anglo-Norman or
British families settled in Louth were; Earls of Carlingford
(in the peerage of the United Kingdom, Mr. Chichester Fortescue, late M.P. for
the county Louth, was A.D. 1874, created "baron Carlingford")
- Ball
- Bellew of Barmeath, who
had formerly the title of barons of Duleek
- Brabazon
- Clinton
- Darcy
- De
Lacy
- De Verdon
- De Gernon
- De Pepard
- De
Flemming, Barons of Slane
- De
Bermingham Earls of Louth, a title afterwards possessed by the Plunket
- Dowdal
- Fortescue, Now earls of Claremont; and, in more modern
times, the family of Gorge, barons of Dundalk
- Foster,
Viscounts Ferard, and barons of Oriel.
- Taaffe,
Viscounts Ferard, and barons of Oriel.
Conaille Muirtheimhne - the
Síl Conaill Glaiss centered about the barony of Dundalk in County Louth.
The Irish Nennius cites their lands extending to Mag Fothaid, Mag Uisnig,
and Mag Mogna, Mag Sulide, Fernmag, Mag Mache, Inber Buasse, and Iath Aiche. Their
early genealogy is closely tied to that of Úí Eathach Cobha, their neighbors
to the north. Cuailgne- or Cuailnge
According to the Leabhar
na gCeart the kings of Ulaid at one time paid stipends to the kings of Cuailgne,
Araide, Coba and Muirthemne. Cuailgne is remembered in the parish of Cooley in
county Louth according to the Lebor na hUidre, an area around and between
Carlingford lough and Dundalk. O'Donovan places the mountains of Cuailgne
near Carlingford, and in his notes mentions the Uí -Meath-Mara, seated
in Cualigne. Muirthemne, Cuailgne and Cobra (leg. Coba) were "the three provinces
of which Eogain Mac Conaill was King" ( Codex Salmanticensis).
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