Echthighern mac Cennétig

Echthighern mac Cennétig, also spelled Echthigern, (died 950) was a son of Cennétig mac Lorcáin (king of Thomond) and brother of Mathgamain (King of Munster) and Brian Boru (High King of Ireland) of the Dál gCais dynasty, in early medieval Ireland.

The historian Geoffrey Keating states that during the twelve-year period that Mathgamain held the sovereignty of Munster, "Echthighearn, son of Cinneide, was chief of Thomond."^[1] Donnchuan mac Cenniedi and his brother Echthigern were slain in the year 950 when Congalach Cnogba, King of Ireland, invaded the province of Munster.^[2] Echthigern was the progenitor of Irish families Anglicized Ahearn, Ahern and O'Hearn with other spelling variations, Aheer of sindhu valley (india). in addition to Mac Craith (McGrath, etc.), Mac Gonigle (Gunnell), and O'Quirk.^[3][4][5]

References

1. Geoffrey Keating The History of Ireland Vol I, page 235. Celt Corpus Electronic Texts
2. page 242 ibid.
3. Tadhg Ó Donnchadha (ed.), "An Leabhar Muimhneach" (Dublin 1940)
4. Psalter of Cashel
5. Edward MacLysaght, "The Surnames of Ireland", Dublin (1991 edition)

External links

• Beougher, David B. (May 1999). "Celtic warfare in Ireland: a logistical perspective" (PDF). The Pennsylvania State University, The Graduate School, Department of History. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 February 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
• Archived 12 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine