Timeline: McA/I/Ninch Events in 1600’s, 1700’s, and 1800’s in (northern) Ireland |
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[~500 BCE] Celts arrived in Britain and Ireland around 500 BCE |
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400 |
[ca.400] Niall (with the Nine Hostages), Irish king, ancestor of the Uí Néill clan |
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The channel separating Ulster, (northern) Ireland from Scotland is as narrow as |
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20 miles across in some places, and that there has been a lot of channel-crossing |
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down through the centuries, in both directions. Some historians believe that all |
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Scottish Highlanders descend from Celtic tribes which crossed from the island |
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of Ireland to the islands and highlands of Scotland, circa 500 AD |
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500 |
Dal Riata / Dalriada, Gaelic kingdom in northern Ireland and the western coast |
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of Scotland (then Pict-land, roughly what is now Argyll, Bute and Lochaber); |
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Cairbre Riada's kingdom was centered at ancient Dunseverick Castle, Antrim, |
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on a great rock, and the strongest defensive position of Ireland's northern coast. |
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502 |
Angus, born at Dunseverick Castle, direct descendant of Cairbre Riada, was |
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one of three ‘Scotti’ (with Fergus and Lorne) who went north to settle Scottland. |
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Gaelic: Angus, Aonghias, Oengus, Cenel nOengusa (‘clan’, the people of Angus); |
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‘Aonghais’, the Gaelic name, sounds out to be Innes, so ‘Mac Innes’ refers to the |
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‘people of Angus’ (descendants, dependent allies, tenants) (‘Clan MacInnes’). |
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The male Y-DNA R-M222 Haplogroup (SNP) is associated with many people |
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with roots in the counties of Northwest Ireland, Ulster and Lowland Scotland. |
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1169 |
Henry II, King of England, landed heavily-armed Norman-English barons and |
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troops at Wexford in 1169, and began the conquest of Ireland, and English rule |
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16dd |
Variations of our McA/I/Ninch surnames are found only at the northern edge of |
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the island of Ireland, directly across the water (about 20-30 miles) from Scotland, |
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in County Antrim and County Londonderry, in the coastal bog country around |
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Coleraine, where the River Bann runs north to the sea, and east, along the north |
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coast of County Antrim, directly opposite Scotland (Bushmills, Glenarm, Larne. |
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1603 |
James VI of Scotland becomes King James I of England, Scotland, and Ireland |
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after the death of Elizabeth I, uniting the thrones of Scotland and England. |
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McAninch Family History NL v.XXI n.3 / July 2013 / Copyright Frank McAninch / page 2013-20 |