The Laigainian
colonization is believed to have taken place sometime about 300 B.C. The ancient
Laigin or Dumnonii group moved from
the western region of Normandy as the Roman built up pressure on Gaul about 100
B.C. The Laigin settled first in southern Britain and then in Ireland. The Uí
Neachtain (Naughton) are said to belong to the Laigain group, later living
in the territory of the Ui Maine.
Two great tribal nations of Gaels
emerged in the light of the historical period: The
North Gaels and the South Gaels
or Eoghanacht. Between
about A.D. 1 and 400 the North Gaels
expanded their foothold in the northwest of Ireland, and established themselves
as Sacral (sacred) High-Kings at the ancient site of Tara near Dublin
and Kerry with the aid of their allies, the Laiginian tribe of Oirghialla
or Oriel.
In the Gaelic language,
offspring of the race of Diarmid are called Siol Diarmid- of Inishowen.
After the Saxon Conquest, no hereditary surnames were in use among the Celts of
Scotland, nor by the chiefs of Norwegian descent who governed in Argyll
and the Isles. There were also the rules of tanistry. The first of the race
of Campbell Sir Nigel de Campo Bello, acquired the lordship of Lochow,
by marriage with Eva, daughter and heiress of Paul O'Duin, Lord of Lochow. This
territory comprised part of the Eugenian
counties of Tipperary and Limerick,
now the baronies of Owney and Owneybeg
where the Gaelic Desis from Tara conquered Tipperary-Waterford,
came under a branch of the Fitzgeralds before its name became Ormond.
Originally referred to as Deise Muman,
the area between the River Blackwater
and the River Suir is still today called "The Decies" The
Eóghanacht Dynasties include the sept- Uí Echach Muman of Antrim
, Armagh, Cork
and Clan Cian in Fermanagh and Clan
Nechtan. Not until 1101 at a Council at Cashel,
convened by the High King Muirechertach Ua Bríain
(d. 1119), who was not only High King but King
of Munster (Muman).
This included Ryan/Mulryan (Ó Riain or Ó
Maoilriain) name meaning adminstrator or water. They separated into two main
branches- of Idrone in Carlow chiefs in Owney around Limerick in Munster from
Leinster. The Barony of Owney was held
by Mac-I-Brien, a branch of the O'Briens
of Thomond. Oromond was supported by Dalcassian
Lords, by the Four Masters, they are patrilineal Laigin
tribes. South Munster signifying
Desmond continued to draw support from
Connacht. Gaelic Desmond extended over the modern County Kerry south of the River
Maine and over the modern County Cork west and north of the city of Cork. Domnon
and Domnann are place names in west and northwest Co.
Mayo (Breifne) as referenced in a
7th century work by Tírechán. The Domnonee came from the Bretons relative
to Conmore I of Poher 490. Many given names for the Donnonee is Rivallon- one
is son of High King Constantine or grandson of Solomon I of Britain from Sillurian
Brittany and Gaul. The Uladh and Mumhains
continued by the time Deman 514-565 (Dunchadh,
son of Fiachna of Dal
Fiatach and Clan Cian, son of Deman,
King of Ulidia) was born from the Laigin
O' Nell who earlier in Mumhain Tara, departed the High Kingdom from the Mumhain
for Connacht and Mercia together. 627 - In Antrim, Prince Connad Cerr, sub-King
of Irish Dalriada, leads a revenge attack, on behalf of his Cenél
Cruithen allies, against Fichna mac Deman at the Battle of Ard Corann and
is victorious.
Angus
oge MacDonnell married an O'Cathain,
and according to the Book of Clanranald,
brought with her twenty and four sons of chieftains, who married and became twenty
and four families of Scotland. Giolla Oghamhnan descended the Clann Domhnaill
of Ros Laogh, from a brother of Giolla Bride, son of Giolla Oghamhnan. Giolla
Oghamhnan, father of Giolla Brigde, and grandfather of Somerled, the ancestor
of the MacDonalds and MacDougals. Ros Laogh means promontory of the cow
or calf. The MacDonalds descend from Colla Uais- one of the three. And from three
tribal territories known by Ptolemy when four provinces were within Ulster. Fergal
mac Mael Duin, King of Tara (d. 772 A.D.), ancestor of the Ó
Neill Royal dynasty were the warrior clan from which branched off by Fergal's
son, Conchobar as under-kings of Limavady. 1014, April 23- Brian Boru wins the
battle of Clontarf, defeating Viking
Sitric and completing the (long) nexus begun with Pilate. Boru and Tadgh Mor
O'Kelly create a new royal line of Meathe
from Cormac O'Malachy of Leinster and Catherine O'Niall of Ulster.
Godwin,
the son of the K. Harold II Godwinson
introduced thegnhood among Devon villages
and appear to divide manors within any of the same parish. Distant grandfathers
of Godwin came from West Saxon Wessex families called Merica and they spent years
at the court of Charlemagne as overlords.
Harold II was an uncle of the Confessor
whose parents were from Somerset and Normandy. He married Godwin's daughter Edith
1051. Godwin took refuge in Flanders
and returned with a fleet that yeare Edward named the Archbishop
of Canterbury. Godwin, out from Bruges with his ships to Ysendyck;
and sailed forth one day before midsummer-eve, till he came to the Ness that is
to the south of Romney and some to the
Portland, London, and Isle of Wight. 1051 Godwin
(Wessex), Earl of Essex, and his sons, formidable rivals of King
Edward the Confessor, were banished from England and sought the aid of Diarmait
mac Máel na mBó, king of Úí
Chennselaig and of Leinster (1042-1072),
who was grandfather of Diarmat Mac Murchada.
The next yeare they raised a fleet to launch attacks on the Devonshire, Somersetshire
and Kentish coasts probably after Canute's invasion of England. Canute granted
Godwin St. Osyth's priory- the foundation for Augustine's Canons near the coast
of Mersey Isle to Godwin. Diarmait's daughter Eve married Richard "Strongbow"
de Clare in Waterford.
Dinan’s historic
commercial center, place des Merciers, is lined with picturesque half-timbered
and arcaded buildings. The sprawling town square, place du Guesclin (pron. gek-lahn),
is named after a 14th-century military leader famous for victories over England.
For 700 years, merchants have filled the square to sell their produce and crafts
— these days, vendors are out in force on Thursday mornings. For the best town
view, walk past Dinan’s basilica (of little sightseeing importance), through a
pleasant English Garden to St. Catherine’s tower, on view of the old port and
the River Rance. Nearby is the best stretch of Dinan’s impressive fortified wall,
starting at the Jerzual gate. While the old port town below was destroyed repeatedly,
these ramparts were never taken by force, only by seige. Today the ramparts guard
only the town’s residential charm — gardens, wells, and homey backyards. |
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Its history revolves around its feuds with England. Notably,
the Duke of Lancaster’s invasion of 1357
when the local hero was Bertrand Du
Guesclin whose brother Oliver, having been kidnapped, was held to ransom,
by his captor an English Knight, one Cambridge. Bernard challenged Cambridge in
a one to one combat and won. He continued campaigning for the King of France until
he died some 23 years later. His bronze statue commemorates him on that very battleground,
the Place du Champs. In the recent past, a child would lose her French citizenship
if christened with a Celtic name. The animosity started in 1491, when Brittany’s
Duchess Anne was forced to marry the French king and feisty Brittany was forced
to become part of France. Dinan about four hours west of Paris by train and one
from Mont St. Michel. In medieval times,
shopkeepers would sell their goods in front of their homes under the shelter of
their leaning walls. After a disastrous 18th-century fire, a law required that
the traditional thatch be replaced by safer slate. [Dol-de-Bretagne] |