List of rulers of Tyrconnell

This article lists the rulers of Tyrconnell (Irish: Tír Ċonaıll), a medieval Irish kingdom which covered much of what is now County Donegal.

Oral history

It was founded in the fifth century by a son of Niall of the Nine Hostages, Conall Gulban, of whom the Cenél Conaill are descended. They ruled the kingdom until the Flight of the Earls in September 1607, which marked the end of the kingdom.

Early Chiefs of Cenél Conaill

• Conall Gulban mac Néill (died 464)
• .......
• Ninnid mac Dauach (flourished 544-563)
• Ainmuire mac Sétnai (died 569)
• Báetán mac Ninneda (died 586).
• Áed mac Ainmuirech (died 598)
• Conall Cú mac Áedo (died 604)
• Máel Coba mac Áedo (died 615)
• Domnall mac Áedo (died 642)
• Conall Cóel mac Máele Coba (died 654)
• Cellach mac Máele Coba (died 658)
• ......
• Loingsech mac Óengusso (died 703)
• Congal Cennmagair mac Fergusa (died 710)
• Flaithbertach mac Loingsig (died 765)
• Áed Muinderg mac Flaithbertaig (died 747)
• Loingsech mac Flaithbertaig (died 754)
• Murchad mac Flaithbertaig (died 767)
• Domnall mac Áeda Muindeirg (died 804)
• Máel Bresail mac Murchada (died 819)
• Ruaidrí ua Canannáin (died 950)

Kings of Tyrconnell (Rí Thír Chonaill) from c. 1201 to 1608

• Eneas MacDaly (Eigneachan mac Dalach), 1201-1207
• Donall Mor MacEneas (Domhnall Mór mac Eicnechain), 1207-1241
• Melaghlin O'Donnell, 1241–1247
• Goffraid O'Donnell, 1247-1258
• Donal Óg O'Donnell, 1258-1281
• Turlough (Toirdhealbhach) O'Donnell (sone of a daughter of Angus Mor Macdonald, Lord of the Isles), 1290–91
• Turlogh O'Donnell (Tairrdelbach an Fhiona Ó Domhnaill), 1380-1422
• Niall Garve O'Donnell, 1422-1439
• Naughton O'Donnell (Neachtan Ó Domhnaill), 1439-1452
• Hugh Roe O'Donnell, 1461-1505
• Hugh Duff O'Donnell (Aodh Dubh Ó Domhnaill), 1505-1537
• Manus O'Donnell (d. 1564)
• Calvagh O'Donnell (d. 1566)
• Sir Hugh O'Donnell (d. 1600)
• Hugh Roe O'Donnell (d. 1602)
• Rory O'Donnell, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell (d. 1608)

Further reading

• Annals of the Four Masters (1998), Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland (Annala Ríoghachta Éireann) from the earliest period to the year 1616 (compiled during the period 1632-1636 by Brother Michael O’Clery et al., and translated and edited by John O’Donovan in 1856), Dublin: De Burca, ISBN 0946130 06 X
• Annals of Ulster University College Cork
• Annals of Tigernach University College Cork
• Byrne, Francis John (2001), Irish Kings and High-Kings, Dublin: Four Courts Press, ISBN 978-1-85182-196-9
• Charles-Edwards, T. M. (2000), Early Christian Ireland, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-36395-0
• Mac Niocaill, Gearoid (1972), Ireland before the Vikings, Dublin: Gill and Macmillan
• O’Donnell, Francis Martin (2018), The O’Donnells of Tyrconnell – A Hidden Legacy, Washington, D.C.: Academica Press LLC, ISBN 978-1-680534740