Ирландияның ежелгі ақсұлықтары: Гаэльдік әулеттерінің тарихы

One of three groups of Irish nobility

This article concerns the Gaelic nobility of Ireland from ancient to modern times. It only partly overlaps with Chiefs of the Name because it excludes Scotland and other discussion. It is one of three groups of Irish nobility, the others being those nobles descended from the Hiberno Normans and those granted titles of nobility in the Peerage of Ireland.

By the time of the Treaty of Limerick, almost all Gaelic nobles had lost any semblance of real power in their (former) domains. Today, such historical titles have no special legal status in the Republic of Ireland, unlike in Northern Ireland, which is a part of the United Kingdom. The Republic of Ireland does not confer titles of nobility under its constitution. From 1943 until 2003 some of the modern representatives of the Gaelic nobility obtained a courtesy recognition as Chiefs of the Name from the Irish government. The practice ended in 2003 following certain scandals (Terence Francis MacCarthy) and under concerns that it was unconstitutional. Disputed titles, as well as those for whom recognition is still pending, are not listed.

Other O'Neills did not apply for recognition. The most notable of these is the Prince of the Fews, Don Carlos O'Neill, 12th Marquis of Granja. There is currently a dispute between him and the Prince of Clanaboy (above) over who is the "senior," with the matter appearing unresolvable. However most recently O'Neill of Clanaboy may have gotten the upper hand in the dispute. The O'Neills of the Fews are a 15th century branch of the Tyrone or Ó Néill Mór line whereas the O'Neills of Clanaboy are a High Medieval line. Hence the matter is academic, both being somewhat distant from the last sovereigns of Tyrone in Ulster (to 1607), whose plentiful descendants eventually fell into comparative obscurity. Other members of the family have disputed this, most notably Fr. Hugh's sister, Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill, who has even on television and radio disputed the exclusion from the succession process of potential female and female line claimants, but the head of the genealogically senior line has been firm in his choice of his distant cousin the Duke of Tetuan.

The most recent claimants to the royal title of MacCarthy Mór (Prince of Desmond) are two close relatives, Barry Trant MacCarthy (Mór), now elderly (born 1931), and the younger Liam Trant MacCarthy (Mór) (born 1957). They allege to be descendants of Cormac of Dunguil, younger son of Tadhg na Mainistreach Mac Carthaigh Mór, King of Desmond (died 1426), they claim to belong to the Srugrena sept, but "this is a debunked falsehood"; Sean J Murphy MA who has no proof to the contrary but insists anyway, that any claimant to a Gaelic Chiefship must first be vetted and accepted by him, and that not cooperating with Mr. Murphy means a claimant must be 'bogus'?. Mr. Murphy has also made several attacks on the Chief Herald of Ireland since that Office denied Mr. Murphy's wish to have unfettered access to their archives.

Cú Choigcríche Ó Cléirigh, The O'Clery Book of Genealogies early mid 17th century. Cotter, G. de P. (ed. ), "The Cotter Family of Rockforest, Co. Cork", in Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society 43 (1938): 21–31
Cronnelly, Richard F., Irish Family History Dublin. 1864. D'Alton, John, Illustrations, Historical and Genealogical, of King James's Irish Army List, 1689 2 vols. London: J. R. Smith. 2nd edition, 1861. Keating, Geoffrey, with David Comyn and Patrick S. Dinneen (trans. ), The History of Ireland by Geoffrey Keating 4 Vols. London: David Nutt for the Irish Texts Society. 1902–14. Meyer, Kuno (ed. ), "The Laud Genealogies and Tribal Histories" , in Zeitschrift für Celtische Philologie 8. Halle/Saale, Max Niemeyer. 1912. Pages 291–338. O'Connor, Roderic, A Historical and Genealogical Memoir of the O'Connors, Kings of Connaught, and their Descendants. Dublin: McGlashan & Gill. 1861. Ó Corráin, Donnchadh (ed. ), Genealogies from Rawlinson B 502 University College, Cork: Corpus of Electronic Texts. 1997. O'Donoghue, John, Historical Memoir of the O'Briens. Dublin: Hodges, Smith, & Co. 1860. O'Donovan, John and the Rt. Hon. Charles Owen O'Conor Don, The O'Conors of Connaught: An Historical Memoir Dublin: Hodges, Figgis, and Co. 1891. O'Hart, John, Irish Pedigrees. Dublin. 5th edition, 1892. Todd, James Henthorn (ed. & tr. ), Cogadh Gaedhel re Gallaibh: The War of the Gaedhil with the Gaill London: Longmans. 1867. Maginn, Christopher, The Gaelic Peers, the Tudor Sovereigns, and English Multiple Monarchy, 2011.

Bhreathnach, Edel (ed. ), The Kingship and Landscape of Tara. Four Courts Press for The Discovery Programme. 2005. Byrne, Francis J., Irish Kings and High Kings. Four Courts Press. 2nd edition, 2001. Charles Edwards, T. M., Early Christian Ireland. Cambridge. 2000. Dillon, Myles, "The consecration of Irish kings", in Celtica 10 (1973): 1–8. Dillon, Myles, The Cycles of the Kings. Oxford. 1946. FitzPatrick, Elizabeth, Royal Inauguration in Gaelic Ireland c. 1100–1600: A Cultural Landscape Study. Boydell Press. 2004. Jaski, Bart, Early Irish Kingship and Succession. Four Courts Press. 2000. Nicholls, K. W., Gaelic and Gaelicized Ireland in the Middle Ages. Dublin: Lilliput Press. 2nd edition, 2003. O'Donovan, John (ed. ), and Duald Mac Firbis, The Genealogies, Tribes, and Customs of Hy Fiachrach Dublin: Irish Archaeological Society. 1844. pp. 425–452

Duffy, Seán (ed. ), Medieval Ireland: An Encyclopedia. Routledge. 2005. Mac Niocaill, Gearóid, Ireland before the Vikings. Dublin: Gill and Macmillan. 1972. Ó Corráin, Donnchadh, Ireland before the Normans. Dublin: Gill and Macmillan. 1972. O'Rahilly, Thomas F., Early Irish History and Mythology. Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies. 1946.