• The Northern Néill were initially hesitant to test the might of Ulster's more powerful kingdoms such as Airgialla, Ulaid, and even the minor Cianacht...
  • A flag for the Kingdom of Northern Néill, a medieval dynasty that ruled in the northwest of Eire until the English invasion in 1526. 11.
  • The Northern Néill is the name given to several dynasties in north-western medieval Ireland that claimed descent from a common ancestor, Niall of the Nine...
  • The Northern Néill is the name given to several dynasties in north-western medieval Ireland that claimed descent from a common ancestor, Niall of the N…
  • The dynasties of the Northern Néill were the Cenél Conaill and Cenél nEógain, named after the legendary sons of Niall: Conall and Eógain.
  • Origins and Rise to Power: The Néill Dynasty emerged from the Northern Néill, a confederation of tribes in the northern part of Ireland.
  • The Northern Néill. ... The territory of the Northern Néill is in the present, counties of Derry, Donegal, Tyrone and North County Sligo.
  • The Northern Néill branch ... The term Néill did not, by its very nature, come into use until the time of Niall's grandsons and great-grandsons.
  • They were divided into two great branches called the northern and southern Ui Neill. The chief clans of the northern Ui Neill, whose territory lay in the present...
  • ...have been in the neighbourhood of the Lough Foyle although by the 570s they had been pushed back beyond the river Bann by the northern Néill.