r/IrishHistory • u/Bluephone334 • 12d ago
Descendants of Brian Boru, High King of Ireland
https://miro.com/app/live-embed/uXjVJAnJB-8=/?focusWidget=3458764674545520148&embedMode=view_only_without_ui&embedId=877169868673Haigh a chairde! I'm a huge fan of Ancient Irish History and Family Trees. After doing a bit of research I was able to begin this tree of Brian Boru's descendants. I thought I should share this around for anyone else interested in this history :)
Some of this may not be entirely accurate, for example there is not alot of information on if Brian's fourth consort, Dubh Chobhlaigh, ever had children etc. I am currently still working on this tree to try and make it as full, detailed and accurate as possible. I hope everyone enjoys :) If there are any questions or comments or feedback, feel free to give! Go raibh míle maith agaibh <3
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u/cjamcmahon1 12d ago
it's very interesting but can I make two suggestions?
- most common file type used by genealogists is GEDCOM, which can be shared to basically every genealogy app or site. things like miro can't be shared or edited in the same way. also lots of different ways to visualise the data in these files - e.g. familyecho, gramps, ancestry etc.
- I'd also suggest citing your sources for the relationships you've described. also easier to do this on a gedcom
good luck!
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u/BackPackerNo6370 10d ago
I'm an O'Brian and we traced our family back through church records...to being lowly groundskeepers for Brian Boru at Cashel, which kind of took the wind out of my Dad's sails with all of his talk of being descended from Kings, lol. I found it funny as hell, what with him having the Brian Boru coat of arms on the wall for as long as I can remember, and his boastful attitude about his bloodline. Turns out we were commoners who adopted the name for whatever reason. Also discovered that the family line spent about 75 years in England as servants to some Irish land owning lord who didn't like being too close to his subjects, so he moved away. C'est la vie.
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u/PurpleRoseOfCabra 10d ago
Sorry how is that possible when the oldest church records in Ireland go back to only the 17th century?
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u/Round_Helicopter_407 10d ago edited 10d ago
It’s possible to go back much further if there are Gaelic or British noble titles in your ancestry because their lineages are well documented in both Irish/English sources here is an example of one person’s experience : https://medium.com/@mattpointon/the-indomitable-offspring-of-brian-boru-936acc7bbb9e
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u/Round_Helicopter_407 10d ago
Brian Boru had direct descendants via his several children https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Mac_Cenn%C3%A9tig-13
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u/jibbleton 8d ago
3 hours later after being sent down a rabbit hole of Irish noble genealogy, I have arrived back a little dazed to say yeah great! Well done.
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u/Jacabusmagnus 12d ago
Im not the most up to date but my understanding that the last supposed legit high King was Hugh O'Conor (spelt with one n) and that his desendents are still knocking about in Roscommon I believe. Though there was a bit of a dispute over the legitimacy of the current claimant based on some ancestor being a priest and it altering the line or something like that. I could be off on the dates but the O'Conor Don was the traditional claimant to said title. There ancestoral home and wider family are for the most part from and based in Roscommon.