Néide mac Onchú

Neide mac Onchu was an Irish lord.

Biography

Neidhe son of Onchu son of Finnlugh was described as the CÃÂº Chulainn of the Conmaicne in an account of the battle of Ardrahan, which took place sometime about 800.

The Conmhaicne (descendants of Conmhac) were an ethnic group divided into a number of distinct branches that scattered around Ireland in the early medieval period. They take their name from a mythical ancestor known as Conmhac ("hound son"), a son of Fergus mac RÃÂ³ich,.

Neide's branch of the Conmaicne were located in the district once known as TrÃÂcha MÃÂ¡enmaige, centred on Loughrea, within which is the parish of Kilconickny (church of the Conmaicne). The Conmaicne Maonmhagh were located some distance from the other branches of the tribe, who were in north and west County Galway.

According to the account:

is hÃÂ© tuc cath Arddo Rathain ind ÃÂib Fiachrach Aidhni co tinÃÂ³l na Conmacne uimmi agus is ann romarbad Eidinn mac ClÃÂ©righ agus sochaidi mille friss

it was he who waged the battle of Ard Rathain in UÃÂ Fhiachrach Aidhne when he gathered the Conmhaicne around him. It was here that Eidhean mac ClÃÂ©irigh was killed along with a great host.

External links

Verschiedenes aus Egerton 1782, Corpus of Electronic Texts

References

Early Ecclesiastical Settlement Names of County Galway, DÃÂ³nall Mac Giolla Easpaig,Galway:History and Society - Interdisciplinary Essays on the History of an Irish County, pp. 795Ã¢ÂÂ816, Dublin, 1996. .
Martyn, Adrian, The Tribes of Galway:1124Ã¢ÂÂ1642, Galway, 2016.