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Legendary Kings of Ireland

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Legendary Kings of Ireland

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Milesian High Kings (1287BC-80AD)

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The Milesian High Kings are considered to be legendary, Wikitree does not support profiles Before the Common Era (BCE)

Goidelic High Kings (80-458AD)

Many of these kings are considered to be legendary. Dynastic affiliations are based on the genealogies of historical dynastis who claimed them as an ancestor

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Ancient and Legendary Rulers of Ireland

A monarchical system of government existed in Ireland from ancient times (ante 900BC) until 26 counties of Ireland became the Republic of Ireland in 1949 (6 counties in the north of Ireland remained apart from the Republic of Ireland, in the territory known as the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland)

In contemporary Irish history books much is made of the position of “Ard-rí na h’Éireann” or High King of Ireland; however, no such title or concept exists in Brehon Law. Brehon Law can rightly claim to be the oldest surviving codified legal system in Europe. These are the ancient laws of Ireland, named from breitheamh.

The concept of a High-kingship first emerged in the 7-9th century espoused by The Uí Néill.[1]

Numbered lists for the ancient kings are well documented -

The letters H, E, and I prefixing a number refer to the three brothers Heber, Heremon (who ruled jointly until 1698 B.C.), and Er or Ir -
H (with prefix number) refers to descent from Heber Fionn Irish pedigrees, or, The origin and stem of the Irish nation - John O'Hart (1892) Vol: 1 Page 56.
E (with prefix number) refers to descent from Eremon or Heremon Irish Pedigrees part:3 page:784 - by John O'Hart
I (with prefix number) refers to descent from Ir or Er
L (with prefix number) refers to descent from 3 brothers Muimne; Luighne or Lughaidh; and Laighean
LGE: refers to synchronized dates from the Lebor Gabála Érenn Wikipedia : Lebor Gabála Érenn with an online index to The Book of the Taking of Ireland part: VI ed: & Trans: with notes by R. A. Stewart Macalister, D.Litt. index compiled by Michael Murphy 2008 at [https://celt.ucc.ie//indexLG.html Celt : Lebor Gabála Éren
FFE: refers to a chronology based on reign-lengths given in Geoffrey Keating's edited Foras Feasa ar Éirinn Wikipedia : Foras Feasa ar Éirinn with text at Celt : (Irish Text) Forus Feasa ar Erinn
AFM: refers to a chronology drawn and indexed from the Annals of the Four Masters Wikipedia : Annals of the Four Masters with text at Celt : (index page) Annals of the Four Masters


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Milesian High Kings (1287 BC - 80 AD)

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Valerie Willis
Richard - Thanks very much

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Richard Devlin
I did a copy and paste and got most of it back

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