Uí Mháine

Maine Mór is said to have established the kingdom around 357 AD, and ruled for fifty years. Before his arrival, the area had been occupied by the Fir Bolg, ruled by King Cian d'Fhearaibh Bolg.

Descendant clans of the dynasty include the Ó Ceallaigh,[1] Ó Draighnáin, Ó hUallacháin, Ó Madadháin,[1] Ó Neachtain,[1] Ó Cnaimhín,[1] Ó Domhnalláin, Ó Maolalaidh,[1] Ó Fallamháin,[1] Ó Cionnaith,[1] Ó Géibheannaigh Ó Bhreasail

An early 15th-century text Nosa Ua Maine, states that they were given rewards and treasures such as:

• A portion of all "strongholds and seaport towns in the province"
• A portion of all prizes and wrecks of the sea
  • This included any wines or goods that had been washed to shore from shipwrecks, etc.
  • It also included whales and fish which came to be known as "royal fish" and were given to only the kings and queens
• Hidden treasures found underground, all silver and gold mines and other metals
• They were given a third of any revenues received by the king of Connacht of any other provinces where wrong had been done
• The revenue (or eric) of killing a person was considered very large and in one document recorded was states as being "168 cows"

Along with the privileges that kings and queens of Uí Maine received, the clans that fought for Uí Maine were also given privileges and rights:

• Any member of a clan was given a choice to go to battle in spring or autumn. Most members that chose not to attend battle spent time maintaining their crops.
• It was required that "no man of the province is to be taken as a witness against these tribes, but another Hy Manian is to bear witness".
• If the king of Connacht did not pull out or end a battle in six weeks or less when fighting in Ulster or Leinster, any member was allowed to return home.
• "However great may be the accusation brought against them by dishonest people, only one man or one witness is required to dent it or prove it against the other party."
• Uí Mhaine were to be baptised by the Comharba of St. Bridget. If parents chose not to baptise their children at St. Bridget's because they lived too far away they were required to pay the Comharba a penny.
• Uí Mhaine were required to pay a sgreaball ongtha to the Comharba to prepare for death during an illness. This fee was said to be 3 Irish pennies.

• Thomas MacNevin
• Albéric O'Kelly de Galway
• William O'Kelly Nevin (Irish Republican and personal physician to Empress Maria Theresa of the Holy Roman Empire)
• Edward Kelley, also known as Edward Talbot (11 August 1555 – 1 November 1597), Tudor occultist and self-declared spirit medium who worked with John Dee.
• Gerald Lally-Tollendahl (Marquis de Lally-Tollendal, prime minister of Scotland under James I; Lord of Tollendahl)

• Kings of Uí Maine
• Leabhar Ua Maine
• Edward Kelley
• The Uí Maine were traditionally thought to be descended from Colla da Crioch, one of the Three Collas. Their original homeland was Oirghialla. DNA testing of descendants of Uilliam Buidhe Ó Cellaigh, however, speculates that the Uí Maine were not descended from the Three Collas.[2]

• http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlkik/ihm/uimaine.htm
• Annals of Ulster at CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts at University College Cork
• Annals of Tigernach at CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts at University College Cork
• Revised edition of McCarthy's synchronisms at Trinity College Dublin.
• Irish Kings and High-Kings, Francis John Byrne, Dublin (1971;2003) Four Courts Press, ISBN 978-1-85182-196-9
• History of the O'Maddens of Hy-Many, Gerard Madden, 2004. ISBN 0-9529511-7-7.
• The Life, Legends and Legacy of Saint Kerrill: A Fifth-Century East Galway Evangelist by Joseph Mannion, 2004. ISBN 0-9547698-1-3
• http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/G105007/index.html