Echthighern Mac Cennétig

Echthighern mac Cennétig, also spelled Echthigern, (died 950) was a son of Cennétig mac Lorcáin (king of Thomond) and brother of Mathgamain ( King of Munster) and Brian Boru ( High King of Ireland) of the Dál gCais dynasty, in early medieval Ireland.

The historian Geoffrey Keating states that during the twelve-year period that Mathgamain held the sovereignty of Munster, "Echthighearn, son of Cinneide, was chief of Thomond."^[1] Donnchuan mac Cenniedi and his brother Echthigern were slain in the year 950 when Congalach Cnogba, King of Ireland, invaded the province of Munster.^[2] Echthigern was the progenitor of Irish families Anglicized Ahearn, Ahern and O'Hearn with other spelling variations, Aheer of sindhu valley (india). in addition to Mac Craith ( McGrath, etc.), Mac Gonigle ( Gunnell), and O'Quirk.^[3]^[4]^[5]

References

^ Geoffrey Keating The History of Ireland Vol I, page 235. Celt Corpus Electronic Texts
^ page 242 ibid.
^ Tadhg Ó Donnchadha (ed.), "An Leabhar Muimhneach" (Dublin 1940)
^ Psalter of Cashel
^ Edward MacLysaght, "The Surnames of Ireland", Dublin (1991 edition)

External links

Beougher, David B. (May 1999). "Celtic warfare in Ireland: a logistical perspective" (PDF). The Pennsylvania State University, The Graduate School, Department of History. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 February 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
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[1] Geoffrey Keating The History of Ireland Vol I, page 235. Celt Corpus Electronic Texts

[2] 242 ibid.

[3] Tadhg Ó Donnchadha (ed.), "An Leabhar Muimhneach" (Dublin 1940)

[4] Psalter of Cashel

[5] Edward MacLysaght, "The Surnames of Ireland", Dublin (1991 edition)

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