As these genealogies move backward in time they naturally slip into the mists of grand Irish mythology and folklore with the inclusion of Oisin the poet and Fionn MacCumhal the hero. But that fact does not invalidate their historical reality or their value to our Irish heritage.
LINE of HEBER
O'DEA
Chiefs of Dysart O' Dea, County Clare
Arms: Ar. a dexter hand lying fessways, couped at the wrist, cuffed indented az. holding a sword in pale, all ppr. in chief two snakes embowed vert. Crest: A hind statant ppr.
Dermod O'Roughan: Son of Murtogh; No. 122 of the "O'Dea" pedigree, (pg.260).
Murtogh: Son of Muireadhagh; No. 121 of the "O'Dea" pedigree, (pg. 260).
Muireadhagh: Son of Eoghan (or Owen); No. 120 of the "O'Dea" pedigree, (pg.260).
Eoghan (or Owen): Son of Morogh; No. 119 of the "O'Dea" pedigree, (pg. 260).
Morogh: Son of Ceallach; No. 118 of the "O'Dea" pedigree, (pg. 260).
Ceallach: Son of Ainbhleithe; No. 117 of the "O'Dea" pedigree, (pg.260).
Ainbhleithe: Son of Donogh Claragh; No. 116 of the "O'Dea" pedigree, (pg.260).
Donogh Claragh: Son of Foalusa; No. 115 of the "O'Dea" pedigree, (pg.260).
Foalusa: Son of Feareadhach; No. 114 of the "O'Dea" pedigree, (pg.260).
Feareadhach: Son of Criomthann; No. 113 of the "O'Dea" pedigree, (pg.260).
Criomthann: Son of Eanna; No. 112 of the "O'Dea" pedigree, (pg.260).
Eanna: Son of Olioll; No. 111 of the "O'Dea" pedigree, (pg.260).
Olioll: Son of Feach; No. 110 of the "O'Dea" pedigree, (pg.260).
Feach: Son of Faolan; No. 109 of the "O'Dea" pedigree, (pg.260).
Faolan: Son of Searragh Roghan; No. 108 of the "O'Dea" pedigree, (pg.260).
Searragh Roghan ("seairriach": Irish, a foal, and rogha" a choice): a quo (form) of O'Roghain: Son of Flahertach; No. 107 of the "O'Dea" pedigree, (pg. 260).
Flahertach: The third son of Deadha No. 106 of the "O'Dea" pedigree, (Pg. 260).
Deadha: ("deadhachd:" Irish, godliness: Son of Donal; No. 105 of the "O'Dea" pedigree, (pg.192).
Donal: Son of Donn; No. 104 of the "O'Dea" pedigree, (pg. 192).
Donn:Son of Dubhsalach; No. 103 of the "O'Dea" pedigree, (pg. 192).
Dubhsalach;:Son of Flancha; No. 102 of the "O'Dea" pedigree, (pg. 192).
Flancha: Son of Flann Scrupuil; No. 101 of the "O'Dea" pedigree, (pg. 192).
Flann Scrupuil: Son of Fercionn; No. 100 of the "O'Dea" pedigree, (pg. 192).
Fercionn ("cionn," gen. "cinn:" Irish, a head, a cause): Son of Fermac; No. 99 of the "O'Dea" pedigree, (pg. 191).
Fermac: Son of Cuallta; No. 98 of the "O'Dea" pedigree, (pg. 191).
Cuallta ("cuallta:" Irish, a wolf: Son of Dunsleibh; No. 97 of the "O'Dea" pedigree, (pg. 191).
Dunsleibh : Son of Diomma; No. 96 of the "O'Dea" pedigree, (pg. 191).
Diomma : Son of Seanach; No. 95 of the "O'Dea" pedigree, (pg. 191).
Seanach : Son of Retach; No. 94 of the "O'Dea" pedigree, (pg. 191).
Retach : Son of Æneas (or Aongus) Ceannathrach; No. 93 of the "O'Dea" pedigree, (pg. 191).
Æneas (or Aongus) Ceannathrach, a brother of Blad who is No. 92 on the "O'Brien" (of Thomond [Co. Clare 'roughly']) pedigree, was the ancestor of O'Deadhaichd; anglicized Day, O'Day, O'Dea, Dee, and Deady, (pg. 155). Æneas (or Aongus) Ceannathrach is the son of Cas; No. 92 of the "O'Dea" pedigree, (pg. 191).
Cas (born 347 A.D.; a quo the Dal Cais or "Dalcassians"): Son of Conall Each-luath; No. 91 on the line of the line of Heber, (pg.154).
Conall Each-luath (born 312 A.D.; "each:" Irish, Lat. "eq-uus," Gr. "ik-kos" a horse; "luath:" Irish, agile, Welsh "lludw," nimble, or Conall of The Swift Steeds): Son of Lughaidh Meann; No. 90 on the line of Heber, (pg.154).
Lughaidh Meann (born 286 A.D.; dispossed the Firbolgs of the tract now known as the county Clare, which had in his time formed part Connaught, and attached it to Munster. Son of Æneas Titeach; No. 89 on the line of Heber, (pg.154).
Æneas Titeach (born 232 A.D.; was distinguished for his patriotism and courage, particularly in the battle of Cliodhna, near Clonakilty; and was remarkable for the strictness of his laws, as well as for his impartial judgments. Son of Fear Corb; No. 88 on the line of Heber, (pg.154).
Fear Corb (born 198 A.D.: governed Munster for seven years; fought the battles of Tlachtga and Teltown against the Lagenians, in the latter of which he saw Tinne, the son of Triun, a distinguished warrior; and defeated the Connacians in the battles of Ceara, Corann, and Rathcruaghan, with great slaughter. Son of Mogha Corb; No. 87 on the line of Heber, (pg.154).
Mogha Corb, or Mogha of the Chariots (born 167 A.D. and attained a very old age. This prince, who became King of Munster, which he governed for the space of twenty years, fought the memorable battle of Gabhra or Garristown near Dublin, against the Monarch Cairbre Liffechar, A.D. 284. Son of b>Cormac Cas; No. 86 on the line of Heber, (pg.154).
Cormac Cas was the second son of Olioll Olum, King of Munster, by has wife Sabh or Sabina, daughter of Conn of the Hundred Battles, and relict of MacNiadh; he was one of the most distinguished champions of his time, and "remarkable for strength of body, and dexterity, and courage." He defeated the Lagenians (or Leinster men) in the battle of Iorras Damhsa, Carmen (or Wexford), Liamhan (or Dunlaven), Tara, Teltown, and Samhna Hill; and the Conacians in the famous battle of Cruachan, in the county Roscommon. Cormac d. Dun-tri-Liag, or the Fort of the Stone Slabs), now "Duntrileague," in the county Limerick, of wounds received in the battle of Samhna Hill, from the spear of Eochy of the Red Eyebrows, King of Leinster. He was married to Samer, daughter of Fionn MacCumhal (Fionn MacCoole), sister of the poet Oisin. Son of Olioll Olum; No. 85 on the line of Heber, (pg.154).
Olioll Olum was the first of this line named in the Regal Roll to be King of both Munsters; for, before him, there were two septs that were alternately kings of Munster, until this Olioll married Sabina, daughter fo the Monarch Conn of the Hundred Battles, and widow of Mac Niadh, chief of the other sept of Darin, descended from Ithe, and by whom she had one son named Lughaidh, commonly called "Luy Maccon;" who, when he came to man's age, demanded from Olioll, his stepfather, the benefit of the agreement formerly made between their ancestors; which Olioll not only refused to grant, but he also banished Maccon out of Ireland; who retired into Scotland, where, among his many friends and relations, he soon collected a strong party, returned with them to Ireland, and with the help and assistance of the rest of his sept who joined with them, he made war upon Olioll; to whose assistance his (Olioll's) brother-in-law, Art-Ean-Fhear, then Monarch of Ireland, came with a good army; between who and Maccon was fought the great and memorable battle of Magh Mucromha (or Muckrove), near Athenry where the Monarch Art, together with seven of Olioll's nine sons, by Sabina, lost their lives, and their army was totally defeated and routed. By this great victory Maccon not only recovered his right to the Kingdom of Munster, but the Monarchy also, wherein he maintained himself for thirty years; leaving the Kingdom of Munster to his stepfather Olioll Olum, undisturbed.
After the battle, Olioll, having but two sons left alive, namely Cormac Cas and Cian, and being very old, settled his kingdom upon Cormac, the elder son of the two, and his posterity; but soon after being informed that Owen Mór, his eldest son (who was slain in the battle of Magh Mucromha, above mentioned), had by a Druid's daughter issue named Feach (Fiacha Maolleathan as he was called), born after his father's death, Olioll ordained that Cormac should be king during his life, and Feach to succeed him, and after him Cormac's son, and their posterity to continue so by turns; which (arrangement) was observed between them for many generations, sometimes dividing the kingdom between them, by the name of South, or North Munster, or Desmond, and Thomond.
From these three sons of Olioll Olum are descended the Hiberian nobility and gentry of Munster and other parts of Ireland; viz., from Owen Mór are descended McCarthy, O'Sullivan, O'Keefe, and the rest of the ancient nobility of Desmond; from Cormac Cas are descended O'Brien, MacMahon, O'Kennedy, and the rest of the nobility and gentry of Thomond [county Clare].
Olioll Olum was the son of Eoghan Mor; No. 84 on the line of Heber, (pg.154).
Eoghan Mor (Owen Mor), or Eugene the Great. This Eugene was commonly called "Mogha Nuadhad," and was a wise and politic prince and great warrior. From him Magh-Nuadhad (now "Maynooth") is so called; where a great battle was fought between him and Conn of the Hundred Battles, the 110th Monarch of Ireland, A.D. 122, with whom he was in continental wars, until at last, after many bloody battles, he forced him to divide the kingdom with him in two equal parts by the boundary of Esker Riada- a long ridge of hills from Dublin to Galway; determining the south part to himself, which he called after his own name Leath Mogha or Mogha's Half (of Ireland), as the north part was called Leath Cuinn or Conn's half; and requiring Conn to give his daughter Sadhbh (or Sabina) in marriage to his eldest son Olioll Olum. Beara, daughter fo Heber, the great King of Castile (in Spain), was his wife, and the mother of Olioll Olum and of two daughters (who were named respectively), Caomheall and Scothniamh; after all, he was slain in battle by the said Conn of the Hundred Battles. Eoghan Mor was the son of Magha Neid and No. 83 on the line of Heber, (pg.154).
Magha Neid was the son of Dearg (2), No. 82 on the line of Heber, (pg.154).
Dearg (2) was the son of Dearg Theine, No. 81 on the line of Heber, (pg.154).
Dearg Theine. This Dearg had a competitor in the Kingdom of Munster, named Darin, of the sept of Lugaidh, son of Ithe, the first (Milesian) discoverer of Ireland; between whom it was agreed that their prosperity should reign by turns, and when (one of) either of the septs was King, (one of) the other should govern in the civil affairs of the Kingdom; which agreement continued so, alternately, for some generations. Dearg Theine was the son of Eanna Muncain, No. 80 on the line of Heber, (pg.154).
Eanna Muncain was the son of Loich Mor; No. 79 on the line of Heber, (pg.154).
Loich Mor was the son of Muireadach Muchna and his wife: Mofebhisand [she mistakenly received a No. rank on the Irish Regal Roll and therefore given the No. 77]. Loich Mor is No. 78 on the line of Heber, (pg.154).
Muireadach Muchna was the son of Eochaidh Garbh, and is No. 76 on the line of Heber, (pg.154).
Eochaidh Garbh was the son of Duach Dalladh Deadha and is No. 75 on the line of Heber, (pg.154).
Duach Dalladh Deadha was the 91st Monarch, and (except Crimthann, the 125th Monarch) was the last of the thirty-three Monarchs of the line of Heber that ruled the Kingdom; and but one more of them came to the Monarchy-namely, Brian Boroimhe [Brian Boru], the thirty-first generation down from this Duach, who pulled out his younger brother Deadha's eyes (hence the epithet Dalladh, "blindness," applied to Deadha) for daring to come between him and the throne. Duach Dalladh Deadha was the son of Cairbre Lusgleathan and is No. 74 on the line of Heber, (pg.154).
Cairbre Lusgleathan was the son of Lughaidh Luaighne, and is No. 73 on the line of Heber, (pg.154).
Lughaidh Luaighne, the 89th Monarch and was the son of Ionadmaor, and is No. 72 on the line of Heber, (pg.154).
Ionadmaor was the 87th Monarch and was the son of Niadhsedhaman, and is No. 71 on the line of Heber, (pg.154).
Niadhsedhaman was the 83rd Monarch. In his time the wild deer were, through the sorcery and witchcraft of his mother, usually driven home with the cows, and tamely suffered themselves to be milked every day. Niadhsedhaman was the son of Adhamhra Foltcain, and is No. 70 on the line of Heber, (pg.65).
Adhamhra Foltcain, who died in 412 B.C., was the son of Fearcorb, and is No. 69 on the line of Heber, (pg. 65).
Fearcorb was the son of Moghcorb, and is No. 68 on the line of Heber, (pg. 65).
Moghcorb, was the son of Cobthach Caomh, and is No. 67 on the line of Heber, (pg.65).
Cobthach Caomh was the son of Reacht Righ-dearg, and is No. 66 on the line of Heber, (pg. 65).
Reacht Righ-dearg was the 65th Monarch and was called "Righ-dearg" or the red king, for having a hand in a woman's blood: having slain queen Macha of the line of Ir, the only woman that held the Monarchy of Ireland. He was a warlike prince and fortunate in his undertakings. He went into Scotland with a powerful army to reduce to obedience the Pictish nation, then growing refractory in the payment of yearly tribute to the Monarchs of Ireland; which having performed, he returned, and, after twenty years' reign, was slain in battle by his Heremonian successor, B.C. 633. Reacht Righ-dearg was the son of Lughaidh Lagha, and is No. 65 on the line of Heber, (pg. 65).
Lughaidh Lagha, who died 730 B.C., was the son of Eochaidh, and is No. 64 on the line of Heber, (pg. 65).
Eochaidh was the son of Olioll Fionn and is No. 63 on the line of Heber, (pg. 65).
Olioll Fionn was the son of Art(2) and is No. 62 on the line of Heber, (pg. 65).
Art(2) was the 54th Monarch; and was slain by his successor in the Monarchy, who was uncle to the former Monarch. was the son of Lughaidh and is No. 61 on the line of Heber, (pg. 65).
Lughaidh who died in 831 B.C. was the son of Eanna Dearg and is No. 60 on the line of Heber, (pg. 65).
Eanna Dearg was the 47th Monarch. In the twelfth year of his reign he died suddenly, with most of his retinue, adoring their false gods at Sliabh Mis, in 880 B.C. He was the son of Duach Fionn/i> and is No. 57 on the line of Heber, (pg. 65).
b>Duach Fionn who died in 893 B.C., was the son of Seidnae Innaridh and is No. 56 on the line of Heber, (pg. 65).
Seidnae Innaridh was the 43rd Monarch; and the first who, in Ireland, enlisted his soldiers in pay and under good discipline. Before his time, they had no other pay than what they could gain from their enemies. Seidnae Innaridh was the son of Breas Rioghacta and is No. 55 on the line of Heber, (pg. 64).
Breas Rioghacta was the 40th Monarch and the son of Art Imleach and is No. 54 on the line of Heber, (pg. 64).
Art Imleach was the 38th Monarch and the son of Eiliomh Ollfhionach and is No. 54 on the line of Heber, (pg. 64).
Eiliomh Ollfhionach was the son of Rotheachta and is No. 53 on the line of Heber, (pg. 64).
Rotheachta the 35th Monarch and was the son of Ronnach and is No. 52 on the line of Heber, (pg. 64).
Ronnach was the son of Failbhe Iolcorach and is No. 50 on the line of Heber, (pg. 64).
Failbhe Iolcorach was the first who ordained that stone walls should be built as boundaries between the neighbors' lands; and, was the son of Cas Cedchaingnigh and is No. 49 on the line of Heber, (pg. 64).
Cas Cedchaingnigh. This Cas was a learned man; he revised the study of the laws, poetry, and other laudable sciences (which were) much eclipsed and little practiced since the death of Amergin Glungheal, one of the sons of Milesius, who was their Druid or Archpriest, and who was slain in battle by his brother Heremon soon after their brother Heber's death. Cas Cedchaingnigh was the son of Fualdergoid and is No. 48 on the line of Heber, (pg. 64).
Fualdergoid was the 26th Monarch and the first who ordered his Nobility to wear gold rings on their fingers. Fualdergoid was the son of Munmoin and is No. 47 on the line of Heber, (pg. 64).
Munmoin was the 25th Monarch and the first who ordained his Nobles to wear gold chains about their necks. Munmoin was the son of Cas and is No. 46 on the line of Heber, (pg. 64).
Cas was the son of Fearard and is No. 45 on the line of Heber, (pg. 64).
Fearard was the son of Rotheacta and is No. 44 on the line of Heber, (pg. 64).
Rotheacta was the son of Ros and is No. 43 on the line of Heber, (pg. 64).
Ros was the son of Glas and is No. 42 on the line of Heber, (pg. 64).
Glas was the son of Eanna Airgthach and is No. 41 on the line of Heber, (pg. 64).
Eanna Airgthach was the 21st Monarch and the first to cause silver shields to be made. He was the son of Eochaidh Faobhar Glas and is No. 40 on the line of Heber, (pg. 64).
Eochaidh Faobhar Glas was the 17th Monarch and the son of Conmaol and is No. 39 on the line of Heber, (pg. 64).
Conmaol was the 12th Monarch and the son of HEBER and is No. 38 on the line of Heber, (pg. 64).
HEBER FIONN . This Heber Fionn was the first son of Milesius and was slain by his brother Heremon Before Christ, 1698 and is No. 37 on the line of Heber, (pg. 64).
The Stem of "The Line of Heber"
The Stem of the Irish Nation, from Milesius of Spain (who was No. 36, page 50, down to No. 94 Aodh Dubh, King of Munster, from whose two sons respectively descended the illustrious families of O'Sullivan, and McCarthy [and O'Roughan].
The three sons of Milesius who left any issue were-1. Heber Fionn, 2. Ir, and 3. Heremon. Heber being the eldest of those three sons, the descent from him has thus been given.
THE LINE OF HEBER
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