400s |
Dal Riata / Dalriada, Gaelic kingdom in northern Ireland and the western coast of |
-800s |
Scotland (then Pict-land, roughly what is now Argyll ("coastland of the Gael", foreigner), |
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Bute, Islay, Jura, Kintyre, Lochaber, and the Islands, Skye, and Morven (Clan MacInnes) |
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400s |
Niall Noigiallach (Niall of the Nine Hostages), semi-historical High King (King of Tara), |
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founder of the famous Ui Neill dynasty in Ulster, est. ca.450 CE (the red hand of Ulster) |
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500s |
The channel between Ulster, (northern) Ireland, and Scotland is as narrow as 20 miles in |
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some places, and there has been a lot of channel-crossing down through the centuries, in |
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both directions. Some historians believe Scottish Highlanders descend from Celtic tribes |
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which crossed from Ireland to the islands and highlands of Scotland, circa 500 AD. |
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500s |
Cenel - Kin groups forming part of Dal Riata, most of which, after a varied evolution, |
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eventually became the Scottish region of Argyll. Cenél nÓengusa, a kin group who |
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ruled the island of Islay, and perhaps nearby Colonsay, off the western coast of Scotland |
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in the early Middle Ages. After spending 4 centuries as part of Norway, and another 4 |
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as part of the quasi-independent Lordship of the Isles, this region became Scottish in the |
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late 15th century. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cen%C3%A9l |
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Clan MacInnes in Dalriada (‘Mac Innes’, son of Angus) http://www.macinnes.org |
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700s |
The Book of Kells - an illuminated manuscript of the four Gospels, in Latin, with some |
-800s |
prefatory texts and tables. It was created in a Columban monastery in Ireland, Scotland, |
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or England, may have had contributions from various Columban institutions from these |
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areas. It is a masterwork of Western calligraphy; the manuscript takes its name from the |
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Abbey of Kells, County Meath, where it was for centuries. It is now in the Old Library |
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at Trinity College, Dublin (TCD) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Kells |
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and https://www.tcd.ie/library/research-collections/book-of-kells.php |
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1169, |
Anglo-Norman invasion: Henry II, King of England, landed heavily-armed barons and |
1171 |
troops at Wexford in 1169, and more Knights, archers, and siege towers at Waterford |
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in 1171, beginning the conquest of Ireland, and subsequent English rule of the island |
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1400s |
15th Century - The 'genealogical time frame' begins, referring to the period since |
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surname adoption, roughly since about the 1400-1500's. |
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1488 |
English reduced to 'The Pale' around Dublin (Latin 'palus', stake, and "beyond the Pale") |
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1600s |
The Plantation(s) of Ulster: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plantation_of_Ulster |
1603 |
James VI (b.1567, d.1625) of Scotland becomes King James I of England, Scotland, |
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and Ireland after the death of Elizabeth I, uniting the thrones of Scotland and England. |
1606 |
Private plantations, in County Down, and (northern) County Antrim - the first Scottish |
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settlers arrived in 1605-1606 http://www.ulsternationalist.freeservers.com/custom2.html |
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Updates: More McA/I/Ninch Events, 1600s to 1900s in (northern) Ireland / June 2022 |
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McAninch Family History NL v.XXX n.1 / Copyright Frank McAninch / pg.2022-03 |
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