Clann Cholmain
Parent house	Ui Neill
Country	Ireland
Founded	6th (5th) century
Founder	Colman Mar
Titles	High Kings of Ireland Kings of Tara Kings of Mide Kings of Uisnech

Clann Cholmain is the dynasty descended from Colman Mar mac Diarmato , son of Diarmait mac Cerbaill . Part of the Southern Ui Neill — they were the kings of Mide (Meath) — they traced their descent to Niall Noigiallach and his son Conall Cremthainne .

Related dynasties descended through Conall Cremthainne and Diarmait mac Cerbaill included the Sil nAedo Slaine , the kings of Brega , descended from Colman Mar's youngest brother Aed Slaine , and the less important Clann Cholmain Bicc (or the Caille Follamain), descendants of the middle brother, Colman Bec. The Kings of Uisnech , among others, belonged to Clann Cholmain.

Important kings of Clann Cholmain include:

• Domnall Midi (died 763 ),
• Donnchad Midi mac Domnaill (died 797 ),
• Mael Sechnaill mac Mail Ruanaid (died 862 ),
• Flann Sinna (died 916 ),
• Mael Sechnaill mac Domnaill (died 1022 ).

See also [ edit ]

• O'Melaghlin

Bibliography [ edit ]

• Byrne, Francis John, Irish Kings and High-Kings. Batsford, London, 1973. ISBN   0-7134-5882-8
• Nebulae discutiuntur? The emergencer of Clann Cholmain, sixth-eighth centuries , Ailbhe Mac Shamhrain , in Seanchas: Studies in Early and Medieval Irish Archaeology , History and Literature in Honour of Francis John Byrne , ed. Alfred P. Smyth, pp. 83?97, Four Courts Press , Dublin , 2000.

Further reading [ edit ]

• O'Brien, Michael A., ed. (1962). Corpus Genealogiarum Hiberniae . Vol. 1. Kelleher, John V. (intro. in the reprints of 1976 and 2005). Dublin: DIAS . pp. 159, 162, 425. ISBN   0901282316 . OCLC   56540733 . Genealogies for the Clann Cholmain of Mide

External links [ edit ]

• O'Melaghlin family pedigree at Library Ireland