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  1. www.britannica.com › biography › Roderic-OConnorRoderic O’Connor | High King, Connacht, Munster | Britannica

    Title / Office: king (1156-1186), Connaught. Roderic O’Connor (died 1198, near Lough Corrib, County Galway, Ire.) was the king of Connaught and the last high king of Ireland; he failed to turn back the Anglo-Norman invasion that led to the conquest of Ireland by England. Roderic succeeded his father, Turloch O’Connor, as king of Connaught ...

  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › List_of_High_Kings_of_IrelandList of High Kings of Ireland - Wikipedia

    The Lebor Gabála Érenn, dating to the 11 th –12 th century, purports to list every High King from remote antiquity to the time of Henry II's Lordship of Ireland in 1171. The High Kingship is established by the Fir Bolg , and their nine kings are succeeded by a sequence of nine kings of the Tuatha Dé Danann , most if not all of whom are considered euhemerised deities .

    Name
    Presumed Identity
    Notes
    Not named
    Conn Cétchathach
    The list recounts Conn's vision of the ...
    Art
    Art mac Cuinn
    Dál Cuinn
    Mac Con moccu Lugde Loígde
    Lugaid Mac Con
    Dáirine
    Corbmac
    Cormac mac Airt
    Dál Cuinn

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  4. www.go-to-ireland.com › culture › rory-oconnorRory O'Connor (Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair) • Go-to-Ireland.com

    Rory O’Connor (Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair), born around 1116, is an iconic figure in Irish history, best known for being the last High King of Ireland before the Norman invasion of 1169. His reign, though marked by challenges and conflicts, was a significant period that shaped the course of Irish history.

  5. historycooperative.org › irish-royal-family-treeIrish Royal Family Tree: Royal Families and High Kings of Ireland

    Oct 2, 2024 · One of the major figures from the Uí Briúin dynasty was Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair, who became the last High King of Ireland before the Norman invasion. Ruaidrí ruled during a time of great tension, where rival Gaelic families were vying for power, and foreign forces began to threaten the stability of Ireland.

  6. www.wikiwand.com › List_of_High_Kings_of_IrelandList of High Kings of Ireland - Wikiwand

    The High Kingship was effectively ended in the 1170s after the Anglo-Norman invasion, its last holder being Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair. Kings in the Baile Chuind The earliest-surviving list appears in the Baile Chuind (The Ecstasy of Conn), a late-7 th -century poem in which Conn of the Hundred Battles experiences a vision of the kings who will succeed him.

  7. www.aletterfromireland.com › the-high-kings-ofThe High Kings of Ireland - Their Enduring Legacy

    The clan reached the peak of their power in the 12th century when two of its members ascended to the High Kingship of Ireland. Tairrdelbach Ua Conchobair (pronounced Tur-lock O’Connor) ruled from 1088 to 1156, and his son Ruaidrí (Rory) followed. Rory became the last High King of Ireland before the Norman invasion changed the course of Irish ...

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  9. www.irishcentral.com › roots › historyEdward Bruce: The last High King of Ireland - IrishCentral

    Oct 14, 2024 · Edward Bruce, a Scotsman, was the last High King of Ireland and reigned between 1315 and 1318. He died on this day, October 14, in 1318. ... known as the Bruce Invasion, against the Anglo-Norman ...