Ireland History – Northern Irish History Belfast Dublin

Above : Irish Family Map (Click for larger image) Nothing was of greater importance to the clans of Ireland than the records of their ancestry. Until the time of the final destruction of the clan system itself, every tribe jealously preserved the tradition of its descent from some famous ancestor. In early times these records [...]

Above : Ancient Irish Territorial Division The descendants of Conn of the Hundred Battles had constructed around Tara a strong and consolidated Kingdom, and the two branches of the posterity of Mogh Nuadhat had established the supremacy of Cashel over the South. Between those two Kingdoms the successors of Cahir M6r in Leinster preserved their [...]