Timeline: McA/I/Ninch Events in 1600’s, 1700’s, and 1800’s in (northern) Ireland 

 

-500

[~500 BCE] Celts arrived in Britain and Ireland around 500 BCE

 [1]

 

 

 

400

[ca.400] Niall (with the Nine Hostages), Irish king, ancestor of the Uí Néill clan

[1,2]

 

 

 

500

The channel separating Ulster, (northern) Ireland from Scotland is as narrow as

[1,2]

 

20 miles across in some places, and that there has been a lot of channel-crossing

 

 

down through the centuries, in both directions. Some historians believe that all

 

 

Scottish Highlanders descend from Celtic tribes which crossed from the island

 

 

of Ireland to the islands and highlands of Scotland, circa 500 AD

 

 

 

 

500

Dal Riata / Dalriada, Gaelic kingdom in northern Ireland and the western coast

 [1]

 

of Scotland (then Pict-land, roughly what is now Argyll, Bute and Lochaber); 

 

 

Cairbre Riada's kingdom was centered at ancient Dunseverick Castle, Antrim, 

 

 

on a great rock, and the strongest defensive position of Ireland's northern coast.

 

 

 

 

502 

Angus, born at Dunseverick Castle, direct descendant of Cairbre Riada, was

[3,4]

 

one of three ‘Scotti’ (with Fergus and Lorne) who went north to settle Scottland.

 

 

Gaelic: Angus, Aonghias, Oengus, Cenel nOengusa (‘clan’, the people of Angus);

 

 

‘Aonghais’, the Gaelic name, sounds out to be Innes, so ‘Mac Innes’ refers to the

 

 

‘people of Angus’ (descendants, dependent allies, tenants) (‘Clan MacInnes’).

 

 

 

 

 (?)

The male Y-DNA R-M222 Haplogroup (SNP) is associated with many people

 [5]

 

with roots in the counties of Northwest Ireland, Ulster and Lowland Scotland.

 

 

 

 

1169

Henry II, King of England, landed heavily-armed Norman-English barons and 

 [1]

 

troops at Wexford in 1169, and began the conquest of Ireland, and English rule

 

 

 

 

16dd

Variations of our McA/I/Ninch surnames are found only at the northern edge of

 [6]

 

the island of Ireland, directly across the water (about 20-30 miles) from Scotland,

 

 

in County Antrim and County Londonderry, in the coastal bog country around

 

 

Coleraine, where the River Bann runs north to the sea, and east, along the north

 

 

coast of County Antrim, directly opposite Scotland (Bushmills, Glenarm, Larne.

 

 

 

 

1603

James VI of Scotland becomes King James I of England, Scotland, and Ireland

 [1]

 

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

 

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