About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 32. Chapters: Aine, Eos, Amaterasu, Chicomecoatl, Bastet, Gnowee, Yhi, Alfrooull, Wuriupranili, Malina, Aine, Etain, Aimend, Thesan, Atanua, Egobail, Atarapa, Mater Matuta, Eoganachta, Sol, FitzGerald dynasty, St John's Eve, Marici, Zorya, Aurora, Beten, Iusaaset, Saul, Shapash, Beaivi, Ushas, Ame-no-Uzume-no-Mikoto, Gerald FitzGerald, 3rd Earl of Desmond, Saranyu, Mawu, Eoganacht Aine, Zaria, Arinna, Xihe, Ailill Aulom, Eki, Wala, Albina, Chup Kamuy, Arinniti. Excerpt: The Eoganachta (English: Eugenians) or Eoghanachta were an Irish dynasty centred around Cashel which dominated southern Ireland from the 7th to the 10th centuries, and following that, in a restricted form, the Kingdom of Desmond, and its offshoot Carbery, well into the 16th century. By tradition the dynasty was founded by Conall Corc but named after his ancestor Eogan, the firstborn son of the semi-mythological 3rd century king Ailill Aulom. This dynastic clan-name, for it was never in any sense a 'surname, ' should more accurately be restricted to those branches of the royal house which descended from Conall Corc, who established Cashel as his royal seat in the late fifth century. As powerful as the Eoganachta were in Munster, they never provided Ireland with a High King. Serious challenges to the Ui Neill were however presented by Cathal mac Finguine and Feidlimid mac Cremthanin, who, although not recognized as high-kings or Kings of Tara, did control territories in their lifetimes the extent of which were as great as those of the Ui Neill. The kings of the Hill of Tara were sometimes called high-kings but were not recognized as kings of all Ireland in the historical period. However, this is to put the supposed office "High King of Ireland" on a platform that it probably never enjoyed. The social structure of Gaelic Ireland was extremely complex, heirarchically ...
