Eithne* of Meath

• Death: 0795

• Reference: 7832

                                                                                                                    _Conall Guthbinn K of Meath_
                                                                                     _Airmetach Caech _____________|____________________________
                                                       _Diarmait Dian K of Meath____|
                                                      |                             |                               ____________________________
                                                      |                             |______________________________|____________________________
                             _Murchad Midi K of Meath_|
                            |                         |                                                             ____________________________
                            |                         |                              ______________________________|____________________________
                            |                         |_____________________________|
                            |                                                       |                               ____________________________
                            |                                                       |______________________________|____________________________
 _Domnall Midi K of Ireland_|
|                           |                                                                                       _Brocan ____________________
|                           |                                                        _Saran _______________________|____________________________
|                           |                          _Comgall ____________________|
|                           |                         |                             |                               ____________________________
|                           |                         |                             |______________________________|____________________________
|                           |_Ailphin of Delbna Mor___|
|                                                     |                                                             ____________________________
|                                                     |                              ______________________________|____________________________
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|--Eithne* of Meath 
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|                                                                                                                   _Cronan K of Ciannachta_____
|                                                                                    _Gerthide K of Ciannachta_____|____________________________
|                                                      _Cenn-Faelad K of Ciannachta_|
|                                                     |                             |                               ____________________________
|                                                     |                             |______________________________|____________________________
|                            _Ailill K of Ciannachta__|
|                           |                         |                                                             ____________________________
|                           |                         |                              ______________________________|____________________________
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|_Ailbini of Ciannachta_____|
                            |                                                                                       _Mongan ____________________
                            |                                                        _Aedan King of Ui Echach Cobo_|____________________________
                            |                          _Fergus K of Ulster__________|
                            |                         |                             |                               ____________________________
                            |                         |                             |______________________________|____________________________
                            |_Oiriu __________________|
                                                      |                                                             _Feradach Culdub ___________
                                                      |                              _Mael-Odor Caech K of Airther_|____________________________
                                                      |_Mael-Teglaig of Airther_____|
                                                                                    |                               ____________________________
                                                                                    |______________________________|____________________________

Notes

Cell Chuile (a church) in 795.

Stewart Baldwin posted to

GEN-MEDIEVAL on 30 Dec 1997

Subject: Re: descendants of Niall of the 9 hostages (in part):

"it is unknown whether or not she [Eithne] was the mother of Bran's son

Muiredach (d. 818), through whom the line of descent proceeds. [Divorce

and remarriage was so common in early medieval Ireland that it was

almost the rule rather then the exception, and it is never permissable to

assume that a known wife of an individual was the mother of his

children, unless there is direct evidence to that effect. That is why the

Ban Shenchus is such a valuable source, as it explicitly names the

mothers of so many individuals, and disentangles so many of the early

marriages and remarriages.]"