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- Rí Chineál Chonaill, agus dar le rinne foinsí Ardrí na hÉireann, ba ea Ruairí ó Canannáin (Meán-Ghaeilge Ruaidrí ua Canannáin) (bás 30ú Samhain 950). Ó luath na 8ú haoise, bhí an lámh in uachtar ag Cineál Eoghain ríthe Ailigh sa tuaisceart agus Clann Cholmáin ríthe na Mí sa deisceart ó thaobh na hArd-ríogachta de, agus coinníodh Cineál Chonail amach as. Bhí Ruairí ina shliochtach den seachtú ghlúin ón Ardrí deireanach de Chineál Chonaill, Flaithbheartaigh mac Loingsigh. Maraíodh rídhamhna na hArd-ríogachta de Chineál Eoghain, Muirchertach mac Néill, i mbun catha sa bhliain 943. Fuair an tArdrí féin, Donnchad Donn de Chlann Cholmáin, bás an bhliain dár gcionn. This left the field open. Dar le ríliostaí Uí Néill, rinneadh Ardrí de Chonghalach Chnóbha de Shíol Aodha Sláine, a chlann a bhí as an iomaíocht le tamall fada. Mac le deartháir Donnchadha ba ea Conghalach. Bhí gaol pósta idir Ruairí agus Donnchadh, ba í Cainneach ní Chanannáin (bás 929), an chéad bhean chéile Dhonnchadha. Feictear Ruairí ar dtús tar éis bhás Mhuircheartaigh. Sa bhliain 943, chloígh sé Cineál Eoghain agus na Lochlannaigh as Loch Feabhail, agus mharaigh sé Maol Ruanaidh mac Flainn, col ceathrar Mhuirchertaigh. Agus Maol Ruanaidh agus Muirchertach ar shlí na fírinne, níorbh aon bhagairt iad Cineál Eoghain ar Ruairí agus tháinig sé chun cinn i nDún na nGall. Dar leis an chuid is mó seans foinsí, rinneadh Ardrí de Chonghalach Chnóbha i gcomharbacht ar Dhonnchadh. Is iad a leanas na foinsí a mhaíonn gurbh é Ruairí an tArdrí, nó ina aonar nó mar leath-rí le Congalach:
* , dán stairiúil de chuid na 11ú haoise, léirithe mar thairngreacht
* Annála deisceartacha frith-Uí Néill Inis Faithlinn
* Cogad Gáedel re Gallaib de chuid na 12ú haoise, dréacht bolscaireachta mór le rá, scríofa ar son mhuintir Bhriain Bóramha. San Fáistine, ní luaitear daoine lena n-ainmneacha ach le buafhocail, go minic doiléir. I gcás Ruaidrí, áfach, is soiléir é an t-aitheantas: After that a king from the North takes sovereignty...; Ruad will be the name of that king, he puts Ireland into anxiety. Feictear an bheirt fhear agus iad gníomhach i lár na tíre. Maraíodh fir Ruairí ag Conghalach agus Amhlaoibh Cuarán, , sa bhliain 945. Sa bhliain 947, chuaigh Ruairí i gceannas arm chuig Sláine i gContae na Mí, áit a chloígh sé Conghalach agus Amhlaoibh. Rinneadh ruathar ar Chineál Eoghain arís sa bhliain 949 nuair a mharaigh Flaithbheartach mac Muircheartaigh. Sa bhliain 950, Chuaigh Ruairí ar slógadh le sé mhí i iar na tíre. Chloígh sé Conghalach agus a chomhghuaillí, , rí Átha Cliath. Rinne sé campa áit éigin idir Domhnach Phádraig agus Ceanannas, agus rinne sé creach ar Bhreá agus ar an Mí. Dar le hAnnála Uladh, chloígh a arm gaill Átha Cliath agus iad i mbun ruathar a dhéanamh ar a champa ar an 30ú Samhain 950, ach maraíodh Ruairí féin agus a mhac, Niall. Ina thásc i nAnnála Uladh, tugtar an teideal "rídhamhna Éireann" dó, maraon le Muircheartach. De réir Fáistine Bhearcháin, bunaithe is dóigh ar nós eile, maraíodh Ruairí ag fear na Laigean. Buacphointe a gcuid cumhachta do mhuintir a bhí réimeas Ruairí. Sna blianta ina dhiaidh, maraíodh a lán dóibh ag Congalach agus Cineál Eoghain. De bharr seo, agus teacht chun cinn a ngaol, Uí Mhaoildoraidh (Ua Máel Doraid), coinníodh amach iad fiú as ríogacht Chineál Chonaill. (ga)
- Ruaidrí Ua Canannáin (mort le 30 novembre 950) roi du Cenél Conaill, et même selon les sources évoquées ci-dessous Ard ri Erenn en opposition avec Conghalach Cnogba. (fr)
- Ruaidrí ua Canannáin (died 30 November 950) was king of the Cenél Conaill, and according to some sources, High King of Ireland. The Cenél Conaill, a branch of the northern Uí Néill, had been excluded from the alternating succession to the High Kingship which had been largely dominated by the northern Cenél nEógain kings of Ailech and the southern Clann Cholmáin kings of Mide since the early the 8th century. Ruaidrí was a descendant in the seventh generation of the previous Cenél Conaill High King, Flaithbertach mac Loingsig. In the period before Ruaidrí ua Canannáin rose to prominence, the Cenél nEógain heir apparent to the High Kingship, Muirchertach mac Néill, was killed in battle in 943, while the High King, Donnchad Donn of Clann Cholmáin, died the following year. The deaths of Muirchertach and Donnchad appear to have left the field open to less likely competitors. The Uí Néill king lists make Congalach Cnogba of the southern Síl nÁedo Sláine, a kin group long excluded from the succession, Donnchad's successor. Congalach was Donnchad's sister's son. However, Donnchad's apparent policy of making strategic marriages to rising families also made Ruaidrí his kinsman. His aunt, Cainnech ingen Canannáin (d. 929), had been Donnchad's first wife. Ruaidrí, whose home base was in the south of modern Donegal, first comes to notice after the death of Muirchertach. In 943 he defeated the Cenél nEógain and the northmen of Lough Foyle, killing Máel Ruanaid mac Flainn, Muirchertach's cousin. With the loss of Máel Ruanaid after Muirchertach, the Cenél nEógain were eclipsed, leaving Ruaidrí as master of the north at Donnchad's death. Most sources make Congalach Cnogba High King in succession to Donnchad. Sources claiming that Ruaidrí assumed the High Kingship after Donnchad, either alone or jointly with Congalach, are: the Prophecy of Berchán, an 11th-century historical poem presented as a prophecy; the southern, anti-Uí Néill Annals of Innisfallen; and the 12th-century Cogad Gáedel re Gallaib (The War of the Irish with the Foreigners) a wildly successful work of propaganda authored on behalf of the descendants of Brian Bóruma. The form of the Prophecy of Berchán makes identifying the subjects, who are referred to by often obscure epithets rather than names, sometimes difficult. In the case of Ruaidrí ua Canannáin, the identification is obvious: After that a king from the North takes sovereignty...; Red [ruad] will be the name of that king (rí), he puts Ireland into anxiety. The record shows both men active in the midlands of Ireland. Men of Ruaidrí's were killed by Congalach and Amlaíb Cuarán, king of Dublin, in 945. In 947 Ruaidrí led an army to Slane in County Meath in 947, defeating Congalach and Amlaíb. The Cenél nEógain were again the target in 949 when Muirchertach's son Flaithbertach was killed. In 950 Ruaidrí ua Canannáin led an army into the midlands and campaigned there for six months. He defeated Congalach and his ally Gofraid mac Sitriuc, King of Dublin, and set up camp, probably somewhere between Donaghpatrick and Kells, from which he raided Brega and Meath. According to the Annals of Ulster, his army defeated an attack by the foreigners of Dublin on his camp on 30 November 950, but Ruaidrí himself was killed in the fight along with his son Niall. At his death he is called "heir designate of Ireland" by the Annals of Ulster, the same title as was used of Muirchertach at his death in 943. The Prophecy of Berchán, apparently following a different tradition, has Ruaidrí killed by a Leinsterman. Ruaidrí's reign was the high point of Ua Canannáin power. In the years following his death various of his kinsmen were killed by Congalach and Cenél nÉogain, and these deaths, together with the rising power of their Ua Máel Doraid kinsmen largely excluded the Ua Canannáin even from the kingship of Cenél Conaill. O'Cannon Parent house: Cenél Conaill / Uí Néill County: Kingdom of Tyrconnell Founded: 5th century Founder: Conall Gulban Current head: Aaron Patrick Cannon Heir apparent: Kingship of Tyrconnell and the Throne of Tara Final ruler: Rory Ó Cannon, King of Tyrconnell (died 1250) Titles: Cenél Conaill Kings of Tara High Kings of Ireland Kings of Tyrconnell O'Cananain: Kings of Tyrconnell (en)
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