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In medieval Ireland, the Kings of Mide were of the Clann Cholmain, a branch of the Uí Néill. Several were High Kings of Ireland. After the collapse of the kingdom in the 12th century its dynasty, the Ua Mael Sechlainn or Ó Melaghlin's, were forced west and settled on the east bank of the Shannon. Bearers of the name were still noted as among the Gaelic nobility till as late as the 1690's, though they had lost any real power long before.
The Kingdom of Mide itself seems to have existed as a kingdom (though of varying sizes) since at least the early historic era. Its name means "middle", denoting the fact that it was situated in the very centre of Ireland (in what is now Westmeath, parts of north Offaly, south Longford and western Meath. Its early kings may have been of the Dál Messin Corb - whose sept, the Uí Garrchon, were Kings of Leinster. However, from the late 400's onwards they were driven away from their original homeland in Kildare and over the Wicklow Mountains by the Ui Néill, whose sept, the Clann Cholmáin, took their place.
Early Kings of Mide
Clann Cholmáin Kings of Mide
Muiredach mac Domnaill 799-802
Diarmait mac Donnchado 802-803
Conchobar mac Donnchado 803-833
Niall mac Diarmato ???-826
Mael Ruanaid mac Dunnchado 833-843
Fland mac Maele Ruanaid 843-845
Conchobar mac Donnchado ???-864
Donnchad mac Eochocain (Aeducain) 864-877
Donnchad Donn mac Flainn 919-944
Fergal Got mac Oengussa c.950-c.950
Aed mac Mael Ruanaid c.950-951
Donnchad Finn mac Aeda 960-974
Muirchertach mac Mael Sechnaill 960-c.976
Mael Sechnaill Got mac Mael Sechnaill 1022-1025
Murchad mac Flainn Ua Mael Sechlainn 1073-1073
Mael Sechlainn Ban mac Conchobair Ua Mael Sechlainn 1073-1087
Domnall mac Flainn Ua Mael Sechlainn 1087-1094
Donnchad mac Murchada Ua Mael Sechlainn 1094-1105
Conchobar mac Mael Sechlainn Ua Mael Sechlainn 1094-1105
Muirchertach mac Domnaill Ua Mael Sechlainn 1105-1106
Murchad mac Domnaill Ua Mael Sechlainn 1106-1153
Mael Sechlainn mac Domnaill Ua Mael Sechlainn 1115-1115
Domnall mac Murchada Ua Mael Sechlainn 1127-1127
Diarmait mac Domnaill Ua Mael Sechlainn 1127-1130
Donnchad mac Muirchertaig Ua Mael Sechlainn 1144-????
Mael Sechlainn mac Murchada Ua Mael Sechlainn 1152-1155
Donnchad mac Domnaill Ua Mael Sechlainn 1155-1155
Diarmait mac Domnaill Ua Mael Sechlainn 1155-1156
Donnchad mac Domnaill Ua Mael Sechlainn 1156-1157
Diarmait mac Domnaill Ua Mael Sechlainn 1157-1158
Donnchad mac Domnaill Ua Mael Sechlainn 1158-1160
Diarmait mac Domnaill Ua Mael Sechlainn 1160-1169
Domnall Bregach mac Mael Sechlainn meic Domnaill Ua Mael Sechlainn 1169-1173 (last ruling King of Mide)
Titular Kings of Mide: The Lords of Clonlonan
Art mac Mael Sechlainn meic Domnaill Ua Mael Sechlainn 1173-1184
Magnus Ua Mael Sechlainn ????-1175
Murchadh mac Cairbre, 1290-93
Cormac mac Cormac, 1293?-1301
Cairbre an Sgregain, 1301?-1323
Art More mac Cormac, 1323-1344.
Cormac Ballach mac Art, 1344-62.
Laighnech mac Corc, d. 1487
Conn mac Art mac Conn, 1487-1500
Murchad mac Conn, d. 1518.
Toirrdelbach the Cleric, 1518-37.
Felim Og mac Felim mac Conn, 1539-42.
Rudhraighe, 1542-43; died 1544.
Caedach mac Felim mac Conn, 1543-?
Conn mac Art mac Conn, ?-1548
Tadhg Ruadh mac Toirrdelbach, 1548-53?
Murchad mac Toirrdelbach?, fl. 1547/49?
An Calbhach, 1564-c. December 1600.
Irriel, December 1600 - 10 April 1604.
Phelim mac Irriel, born 1 August 1602, alive 1604.
Chiefs of the Name
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