King Ceinneidigh (Cennetig) Na CENNEDI (KENNEDY), Of Thomond^[1]

Abt 900 - 951  (~ 51 years)

• Name	Ceinneidigh (Cennetig) Na CENNEDI (KENNEDY)  [2, 3]
  Prefix	King
  Suffix	Of Thomond
  Birth	Abt 900	Kincora, Munster, Eireann (Ireland)
  Gender	Male
  Alt. Birth	Abt 910
  	Alt. Birth
  	Ireland
  Alt. Birth	926
  	Alt. Birth
  	Kincora, Munster, Eireann (Ireland)
  FamilySearch ID	GJRY-SJL
  Group	KING
  	Designated Royal King
  Name	CEINNEDIGH
  Name	Cennetig Of The DALCASSIANS
  Name	Cineadh Na MUNSTER
  _UID	4C7C928A93D54C1ABF61AB584EA8F4BA791A
  Death	951
  Person ID	I28863	Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
  Last Modified	28 Dec 2022

  
  

  Father	Lorccan Mac LACHTNAE,   b. Abt 895, Munster, Eireann (Ireland) d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F574	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Babhion (Be-Bind) O'FLAHERTY,   b. Abt 905, West Connaught, Ireland d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. King Brian BORU, Of Ireland,   b. Abt 941, Kincora, Munster, Eireann (Ireland) d. 23 Apr 1014, Battle Of Clontarf, Dublin, Ireland (Age ~ 73 years)   2. Cernach Na MUNSTER,   b. Abt 948, Kincora, Munster, Eireann (Ireland) d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F5226	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2016

  
  

• Notes

  The majority of the Kennedys who settled in Northern Ireland are of Scottish origin from the territories of Galloway and Ayr just across the Irish Sea some twenty miles away. These Scottish Kennedys intermarried with local Irish and thus they are Scots-Irish in blood. The other Kennedy family is located in southwest Ireland with its foundation in the bloodline of Cormac Cas, King of Thomond and Munster. Cormac Cas is the progenitor of the clan known as the Dal Cais or Dalcassians, translated to mean descendants of Cas. They were a minor clan of Ireland and ruled the northern section of Munster Province known as Thomond (all County Clare, southern Galway and northern Limerick, northwest Tipperary), while their cousins, the Eugenians (McCarthys and O’Sullivans) ruled the south of Munster known as Desmond. The kingship of Munster switched between these two clans every other generation. Two great families came from the Dalcassian Clan: The O’Briens and the O’Kennedys. Cinneidigh (Kennedy), King of Thomond, died in 954 A.D. He was succeeded by his son Brian, his 12th son. In time Brian rose in power and gained the kingship of Munster, obtained the allegiance of the other five provincial kings of Ireland, and eventually became High King of Ireland. Because he exacted tribute, his second name became Boru, meaning tribute. He is known as one of the greatest kings of Ireland, and in 1014 he defeated the Vikings at Dublin at the age of 88.

  
  

• Sources

  [S397] J.K. Loren Dec 8 2003, J. K. Loren. [S616] Irish Landed Gentry, 2nd Ed; John O'Hart {1887}, 122 (Reliability: 3). [S796] Annals of Ulster, Mac Airt & Mac Niocaill's translation, 1983, digital edition , 397 (Reliability: 3).