Top 5 richest families in Medieval Ireland

This week am covering Ireland's top richest families in Medieval Ireland.
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[@jardon8636]

slainte, great as always.. not the fecking unwashed ,buttlers, strutting around like : uncrowned kings of ireland*, the o briens, o neills, fitzgeralds of kildare and desmond were worthy medieval celebs...well outside of ireland... did you know : Sláine ingen Briain , the daugther of high king of ireland * BRIAN BORU* EMPEROR OF THE GAEL.. .married Sigtrygg II Silkbeard Olafsson: the norse king of dublin... their son olaf had a daughter : ragnhild.. Ragnailt ingen Amlaíb her son was: Gruffudd ap Cynan (c. 1055 -1137) KING OF GWYNEDD ) (north wales) HIGH KING OF WALES * rex brittonium** also a colosal figure in the restistance against the english and normans, Gruffudd maternal cousin was, Muircheartach Ua Briain . Murtaugh O'Brien) (c. 1050- 1119), he was recognised as king of munster in the * Brut y Tywysogion* medieval Chronicle of the Princes), also mentioned in the writings of welsh bishop of bangor as * high king of ireland.. its very strange that the annal of ireland does not mention murtaugh name, the other factor is king gruffudd as a go between his relatives: Gofraid Crobán, Gofraid Meránach: ruler of the isles.. Historia Gruffud vab Kenan reveals that, king Gruffudd born and raised in Dublin. descendant of Amlaíb Cúarán, that on several occasions Gruffudd availed himself of Norse-Gaelic military assistance , there was a remarkable increase in Norse-Gaelic predatory raids upon Wales throughout the 1070s and 1080s. big shock or suprise, not at all,.... grufudd just like murtagh o brien his maternal cousin, had many strugles to be high king, also at least 5 rival princes and other kingdoms... his alley was prince rhys ap tewdar: ancestor to the fitzgeralds of kildare, gruffudd was later captured by norman earl hugh of chester in 1081, during this period from 1071 * the norman invasion of ireland was underway... gruffudd escaped to dublin, later king magnus III barefoot was instrumental in the naval battle of anglesy to smash the norman advance futher into north wales, isle of man and grufudd returned.. it was the competion of the 8 to 10 rival kings,princes and their dynasties.. that led to norman advance into wales,,,, that by 1071 the south east of wales was 58 % controlled by the normans..., Battle of Ewloe (also known as the Battle of Coleshill.. July 1157 between a large army led by Henry II of England * also Prince of powys ( mid wales) and an army led by the Welsh prince . Owain ap Gruffudd ( 1100 - 1170) the victory of owain a descendant of brian boru, against his rivals and the king of england, owain was declared KING OF ALL OF WALES, prince of the welsh, rex brittonum... the true king of the britons... owain death led to total complete chaos in wales..., no other rex brittonum, or king of the british was ever declared.... the many princes fought each other as much as anglo-normans...

[@IrishMedievalHistory]

Epic! Information lad. Watch my Viking age Ireland playlist and tell me what you think.

[@DonalLeader]

Great overview on a period about which we knew so little. Who even heard of the Battle of Athenry? From the Fury of the Burkes Lord deliver us? Anything to do with Enoch?

[@seanbrowne6141]

What about Browne ? , love your work by the way , top notch

[@mmhthree]

Did Prince Rhys ap Tewdar lead to the Tudor dynasty in England? Thank you for your post!!

[@jardon8636]

@@mmhthree : the chronicle of the princes or in welsh, brut tywysogion, says in the maternal line.. king rhys ap tewdar, & argwlydd or Lord rhys his grandson... during norman occupation of the marchers of wales.. lord rhys, known as prince of south wales... daughter was the ancestor of the royal tudor dynasty.. also that the high king, or chief of the gaels... brian boru...is the ancestor to king of gwynedd Cynan ap owain, owain ap gwyynedd, llewellyn the great etc... Llewellyn the great, daughter married , the ear or moremaer of mar... eventually on second marriage to bruce dynasty.... so that king edward bruce , who ruled in ireland... had a welsh grandmother... lord high steward of alba,..the ancestor of the stuart dynasty... marriage to majorie bruce, then isabella of mar... then king robert III stuart.. even more complicated is, that Prince LLewellyn the great, married many wives, just one was siwan or joan plantagenet , the natural or illegitmate daughter of king jon.. and great grandaughter of henry II .... also the marcher dynasty de clares, orginally norman, with a branch in ireland, county clare, were prominent in *marcher lordship of glamorgan*, somewhere in the ancestry , marshal etc brian boru turns up on 3 different lines..., aoife of leinster, macmorugh..., and the viking kings of dublin...

[@swatson1190]

I am related to the De Burgh and the O' Brians. Sadly, no wealth trickled down through the centuries. I live in the backwoods of Arkansas.

[@darraghwilliamson3689]

theres a well known Irish singer called Chris DeBurgh

[@brendamyers8880]

Brian Burgh mother was a Shanahan, that is the name of my material side of the family. Don't really know if it's the same DNA though.

[@Thomand_OBrien]

Yeah same for me brother

[@dylanmcgrath2784]

I’m McGrath and O’brien wonder wtf happened to the wealth hahaha

[@ConordoDoyle]

Burke is a very common name in ireland.no way of looking up ancestors cause the records went up in flames during the civil war

[@mariecarton8611]

Very welcome info on those Irish families. My grandmother was an O'Connor.

[@joe_allen7742]

My great grandfather was an O’Connor! I have my family tree starting with him, born in 1908

[@savine_designs]

Same!

[@kathleenvance8792]

My grandmother was from the O’Neils. Thanks for the history!💜

[@user-nu6gl8io8f]

Collins on my Ancestry DNA

[@user-nu6gl8io8f]

Yes our O'BRIEN settlement in Louisiana New Orleans, then South Ms, served in many wars here.My grand father draked until his death

[@GHOSTBUSTER10186]

First time viewer, very much enjoyed this production. Looking forward to more content.

[@GallowglassAxe]

Great video as always.

[@IrishMedievalHistory]

Thanks so much man. I hope your doing well.

[@Kysushanz]

Fascinating! I'm very interested in the O'Neill clan as my family "spoken history" has a direct relationship to the O'Neill's - in fact to Lady O'Neill after they accepted English rule. Skeletons in the closet my father called it as he related the story to me some years back. We left County Antrim in the mid 1950 for the antipodes; you can take the boy out of Ireland but Ireland remains in the Man.

[@fangslaughter1198]

O’Connell our name. = Son of Neill.

[@michelles2299]

My nan was winifrede O'neill

[@briankean7153]

We were a very powerful Sept pf the o neills the o Neil's were nothing but a bunch of greedy scum who took a pat on the head off the brits ,the o Neills turned down helping other family's septs and clans fight the brits . The o Neills cost Ireland it's sovereignty for 800 years

[@KursRage]

Thank you for the presentation! 🙏

[@IrishMedievalHistory]

Your welcome!!

[@DonalLeader]

I love this! Keep it up.

[@IrishMedievalHistory]

Thank you so much!

[@primalireland-histcult]

Nice work!

[@IrishMedievalHistory]

Thanks so much man. Looking forward to your next video man.

[@joyb5525]

How wonderful. My great grandmother Elizabeth Fitzgerald married Maurice Byrne from Wicklow. Farmers via Milltown and builders via Ranelagh. Good lineage.

[@ErinGoDeo82]

Good man, Interesting stuff, keep it up 👌

[@IrishMedievalHistory]

Thank you so much!!

[@homerwiggins3965]

I just found your channel and subscribed. My 12th great grandfather was Gerald Fitzgerald ( the wizard earl). Look forward to binge watching the channel. So much interesting videos to see!

[@IrishMedievalHistory]

Thanks so much!! I badly want to do a video on the Wizard earl.

[@patriciaperry7579]

My Great Grandfather, patrick Lehee was from County Cork and came through Ellis Island a long time ago, first settling in Philadelphia then Ashland, Kentucky.

[@IrishMedievalHistory]

I'll ask Desmond O'Leary if he knows the Lehee. Am from Mallow, what part of Cork was he from?

[@paddyo3841]

Almost all my ancestry is from Ireland with a smidge of Scottish and English…Patrick OConnor on my dads side came from County Cavan, mother side Conroy came form Galway area, the other sir names going back to 5 generations OConnor/Conroy Calan/Malone/Hart/McClusky/Murtha/Haney/Campbell/Baker/Kane/Roberts/Marren/Feely/Milton/Gallagher/Morris/ Armstrong/Austen/ Milton

[@robertneill5511]

Well done, very interesting.

[@IrishMedievalHistory]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed.

[@shelleygibbons1065]

I have Fitzgerald and tobins and Murphy in my tree. And trimble. All via my dad's side

[@raymondfitzgerald-kuhl5976]

My grandmother was from Tralee co Kerry, a Fitzgerald.

[@plats6741]

Tralee had several castles including the Great castle ( long demolished) which was a stronghold of the Earl of Desmond

[@Scotia6261]

The Desmond Fitzgeralds were beaten by the Butlers of Ormonde at Affane in 1565 and by the Fitzmaurices at Lixnaw in 1568.

[@KingEdwardtheTurbulentNeill26]

The MacNeils of Barra clan committed pirate raids on Clan Burke in the late 16th century

[@tylersims6937]

Sooooooo much in-fighting, wars, suffering, love, seething hate, beauty and heart...in such a geographically small island. I dont see how anyone can find this shit any less than mindblowing.

[@josephwoulfe2233]

o brian man in the video passed away this year.. INCHIQUIN Conor Myles John O'Brien (The Right Honourable The Lord Inchiquin, 18th Baron), Thomond House, Dromoland Estate, Newmarket-on-Fergus, Co. Clare, 3rd June 2023 (peacefully) at home, surrounded by his loving family. Predeceased by his father The Hon.

[@1952jodianne]

I've noticed, that much like the senior Butler & Fitzgerald lines, many of the O'Neills & O'Briens converted to the Church of Ireland, presumably to hang on to their wealth, titles, & land.

[@Kirsten_Harwood]

8:32 8:33 😅

[@themaskedman221]

A lot more families converted than that. Louis Cullen demonstrated that, once you control for conversions, "Catholic" landownership didn't decline as significantly as assumed in the post-plantation period.

[@laoch5658]

o'neills are the biggest traitors to Ireland

[@TheJpf79]

FitzGerald and FitzMaurice, are descended from Maurice FitzGerald a Norman chap, companion of Strongbow, there is still a guy living today called Maurice FitzGerald thinks he is the Duke of Leinster, a place that is a republic, Butuiller the same. By Henry VIII's time everything had to be anglicised, he ran a surrender and regrant policy, the first Baron of upper Ossory, Barnaby Fitzpatrick, was born Brían Mac Giolla Phádraig that mans family goes quite far back, the second Baron of Osraige Barnaby Fitzpatrick, was taken away as a child and educated at the court of Henry VIII grew up with Edward VI. There wasn't much choice in a lot of matters.

[@themaskedman221]

@@TheJpf79 You should check out the genealogical research on Barnaby's lineage -while it was previously assumed that the family wasn't "Norman" in origin, Y-DNA analysis has disrupted this narrative -the earliest Irish ancestor for this line dates no earlier than the 13th Century and then points to an English or Frankish origin. Claims of descent from the "Mac Giolla Padraig" clan are most likely bogus.

[@thomaslehman6676]

I'm a descendant of the Maguires- soldiers to Brian Boru. Thanks for this!

[@Scotia6261]

Maguire was from Fermangh.

[@ThelittledirtyMcNasty1683]

As am I a Maguire and a Nugent!

[@patrickmacauley9195]

MagUidhir go brach!

[@lightningspirit2166]

Nothing ever changes,people want to always exploit and control for their own benefit!

[@williamwallace4924]

So true.

[@lightningspirit2166]

@@williamwallace4924 slainte!

[@Diogeneez]

My understanding is that McMurrough went to get Norman help after Tiernan O’Rourke attacked him to get his wife Dearbhla back…. Who had been kidnapped by McMurrough….

[@traqueliacooper5132]

Interesting believe it or not I was once married to an Ireland native by the name of DAVE O'CONNOR ALTHOUGH HE HAS PASSED AWAY NIW HE DIED AROUND4 YEARS AGO AT AGE 85 I SURE DO MISS HIM. HE SPIKE WITH ME ABOUT HIS FAMILY Migrating TO THE Chicago United STATES AREA BACK IN 1945 HE WAS BORN IN IRELAND IN1938. AMD NO MY HUSBANDIS NOT THE MORE POPULAR DAVE O'CONNOR SINGER FRIM IRELAND ALTHOUGH HE DID GET ACCUSTOMED TO THE AMERICAN LIFEY AND SETTLED IN TEXAS BEFORE MAKING IT TO ALABAMA WHICH IS WHERE UM FROM AND THE AREAE OF HIS DEATH AND BURIAL TENN VALLEY AREA HE SUNG COUNTRY MUSIC LICAL IN THE SHOALS AND I DID CHECK AND HE DEFINITELY HAVE A CD OR 2 ON YOU TUBE MEAN OLD FASHION BLUES. Great MUSIC . I LAYER RECENTLY JUST LEARNED OF MY URISH ANCESTRY LIKE MY GREAT GREAT GRANDFATHER WAS FULL IRISH WHOM SETTLEX IN THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAIN AREA IN TUSCUMBIA CHEROKEE ARE where he meet my great great grandmother whom was a full blood Chickasaw and I've been self educating myself on my ancestry with the Moore's Chickasaw and Irish bloodlines. Thanks for taking time out of your day. P.s. all my family sur names are Irish native look at my name Cooper, my mom dad WELLS MY DAD SIDE WE HAPVE OATES MCCOLLUM, AND MY MOM SIDE AGAIN WALLACE AND COPPER ALL NAMES ARE IRISH I CHECKED. WHICH WOULD EXPLAIN MY MIM AND AUNT HAVING REALLY BRIGHT SKIN ALTHOUGH THEY CONSIDER THEMSELVES BLACK WOMEN AND BOTH HAS NATURALLY RED HAIR COLOR MY MOM EVEN HAVE FRECKLES COVERING HER ENTIRE FACE AS WELL AS HER SHOULDERS AND BACK SHE ALSO BIS EASILY BURNT MY GRANDPA HER FATHER HAS GREY EYES AND RED HAIR AND I ALWAYS KNEW HE COULDN'T HAD BEEN COMPLETELY BLACK. HE IS IN A FEW OF MY PHOTOS ON FACE BOOK AS WELL AD MY GREAT GRANDMA SHE HAVE A INDIAN APPEARANCE MORE SO THAN IRISH . WEIRD THING ABOUT IT ALL IS SHE WAS CHICKASAW INDIAN Right 1/2 BLOOD ANYWAY BUT YER MOM WAS FULL THEY LIVED AND Grew UP IN Cherokee ALABAMA LIKE 5 MINS AWAY FROM THE Natchez CHAZE Trail OF TEARS . I KEEP LEARNING MORE AND MORE AGAIN THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME FRIM YOUR DAY TO MAKE SUCH EDUCATING VIDEOS AND I WISH TOU AND YOUR A BLESSED LIFE

[@davidpryle3935]

There might be a bit of Welsh in there too.

[@noelfleming3567]

Hope you get loads of information 😊😊

[@charlesodonnell2993]

The O'Donnell had an international presence - the Fisher Kings.

[@datshishtho4792]

I'm not even surprised to see the Fitzgeralds at the top, but I am surprised to know the O'Neill's began to spread over to own parts of Scotland, truly learn so much, great video!

[@IrishMedievalHistory]

I'll have to cover McDonald's war.

[@datshishtho4792]

@@IrishMedievalHistory Please do! I look forward to what you put out next!

[@MrSinclairn]

Probably the MacNeills of Barra and Taynish

[@Scotia6261]

@@IrishMedievalHistory Alaiistair MacColla McDonald chief of Dunnyveg is buried near Banteer ,Co.Cork having been killed in battle 1647 fighting the english.

[@CallemJayNZ]

​@@MrSinclairnThat's it 😊

[@TheresaGraf]

I am from the Cenél nEógain, the Northern UiNeill. I'm directly related to the Niall of the Nine Hostages and also to Turlough Luineach O'Neill.

[@IrishMedievalHistory]

O! Very interesting.

[@magicalmofo]

Could you do something on the o'finaghtys and donamon castle 💕

[@amandadonegan2137]

Can you do one on all the Middlemen working for the Landlords who got into politics please..

[@MrSinclairn]

Should have explicitly pointed out,that 'DE BURGH' eventually was anglicised down to the more common version of 'B(O)URKE' ! 👌👍 P.S. Chris de Burgh was born Christopher John Davison,he took the 'De Burgh' surname from his mother's family,as through her,he became the eventual heir of one of most senior landed branches of the family.

[@1952jodianne]

One of the English (Norman) barons at Runnymede, who pressured King John into signing the Magna Carta was named Baron de Burgh. Interestingly (to me at least), John's son, Henry III, had to later sign a revised Magna Carta that gave the nobility more rights. Other than that, about all I know about the Magna Carta is where it was signed - at the bottom. ;{D

[@irenejohnston6802]

Read a magazine years ago entitled "Ireland's Own" gave an estimated figure of the millions of people whose surname is Burke (Bourke etc) around the world. Burgh, a fortified place. Burgh Castle in Norfolk. Part of the same Norman family. My maiden N. is Burke. Ancestors probably tenant farmers or workers at best on the land. Just because our surname is King. Lord, Abbot or Duke means probably they worked the land of the landowner. Lord is Anglo-Saxon, a corruption of Hlafward, keeper of the loaves; ie Head of Household responsible for family and his retainers. Lady is similarly derived from Hlafgivu, giver of the loaves. Mistress of the Household.

[@terrell112]

When are you going to do the Cramer history from Cork?

[@TheFightingFenian]

Can you talk about the Ó Fáolain family I've done a little bit of research but can't find much, I know they where Kings at some point, and then the family split into different factions.

[@1952jodianne]

Supposedly, the Whalen family from my native Mason County, KY (my high school principal was Elza Whalen Jr.) are descended from the O'Faolains.

[@ScotchIrishHoundsman]

I’m an O’Connell, and the story from our family is that they used to be dukes. Idk how true that is. Would be cool to hear the history, seeing as Daniel O’Connell is so highly regarded in Ireland today.

[@BustinRootz]

The McCarthys weren’t one of the richest families of Irish history. Crazy since they ran most of Munster

[@brianmccarthy5557]

Hush. We keep this stuff under the table. Don't involve outsiders unless necessary in family business.

[@KirstyMcCarthy-pe2qr]

😂

[@gemsaint1485]

​@@brianmccarthy5557 Did u know, about 84% of all McCarthys are related? Wanna have guilt free inc3st? Guilt free coz we'll never do a dna test to check 😂😂

[@TruekingoftheLeinstermen]

​@@gemsaint1485lord have mercy

[@gemsaint1485]

@@TruekingoftheLeinstermen 😭 my humour is dark 😂

[@johnlennon8653]

Curious about the Lennon name. My research tells that many ancestors were scribes for the church, but that research was long before internet, and was hard to find.

[@1952jodianne]

Have you discovered a connection between you & John Winston (later Ono) Lennon, the Liverpudlian pop musician & songwriter of Beatles' fame?

[@johnlennon8653]

@@1952jodianne none at all.

[@declanmulligan8251]

Lennon was the local Chieftain in the area south of Dun Laoghaire. Killiney/ Cill Inion Lenin (The Church of the Daughters of Lennon) is 5 century AD ruined Abbey and graveyard on Marino Avenue East close to Killiney DART Station.

[@johnlennon8653]

@@declanmulligan8251 Thank you for the information.

[@ttp436]

Interesting thanks

[@paulinefarrell8652]

Could you tell us about The O'Farrells of the midlands, County Longford?

[@plats6741]

The O'Rourkes opened their doors to the O'Sullivans followings the latters brutal and deadly winter march in 1602.

[@maureensullivan7448]

Bless you & yours!

[@antoinettefitzgibbon1858]

Any info about the Skellys. Sceallaigh was an old Irish name I believe?

[@CallemJayNZ]

My grandfather was from the Scottish branch of the O'Neil's, the McNeills of Barra, Outer Hebrides.

[@mathewskelton591]

My gran was a Burke from Tuam apparently is was a fairly common name to the area her family where part of the ballyglunin burkes not sure is that a descendent of any of the burke ancestors or not, her mother was a Hogan that is not a common name to county Galway apparently though.

[@kjmav10135]

We are MacNamaras, builders of Bunratty Castle. When we visited it a few years ago, we entered the Throne Room and I had my brother take the throne-ceremonially taking it back from the O’Briens. I have photographic evidence! Ceremonial sword in the background! 😂

[@annettelee296]

My great grandmother came to England during the potato famine 1884 and they were Burkes from Dublin, would love to trace that side of my family.

[@johnvelevbrennan7918]

Interesting that English Invasion started 1534 With conquest final complete under Cromwell 1648 . (Norman's Were mixture of Normans French and other from Belgium and other Mericanarys .

[@Garwfechan-ry5lk]

There are De Burgh's buried in Newcastle Church in Pen y bont ( Bridgend) South Wales, along with the De Breos Family, De Breos by the way is the Bruce family who were not Normans they come from the Brythonic Family Brewys and were earlier Kings of Caereddynt and Rheged before leaving their home after the Scot and Saxon Viking invasion of what is now Scotland, they arrived back in Britain from Brittany with the Normans in 1066 in Brittany their name was Breoc, it is also a fact that Robert the Bruce was of the same Family as the Tydyr ( Tudor) and the yst Arth ( Stuart) later Kings of England the Tudors and Stuarts, these were Cymric Families, who were Anglicised, Fitzgeralds by the way are Norman and the Fitz are Burgundians. Much of my Family History has been involved with Celtic History of both Ireland and Britain, my father was a big War Time friend and of Blair " Paddy "Mayne, having served with him in North Africa before being sent to the Balkans as an SOE operative till 1944, he met up again with him for a while after the War. Great man. Personally, it is difficult to work the real truth about History of Britain and Ireland, because English Norman and later Tudor History in Ireland as in Britain was written by them in their " Own Words and ways" being a fluent speaker of Cymric in modern and its ancient form, which has had no influence by other languages apart from certain Latin words after the Romans, I can say that the History of Ireland is cruel, but it was also the same in what is now Wales, we had Wars with Saxons that kept them out of the West of Britain, for Four Hundred Years , later the Normans came with Bretons, the English always say they landed at Hastings, but they also landed a Breton Army at Penfro ( Pembroke) with the De Breos, De Clare , De Bohun and other Breton Knights to build a Army of Cymric forces that they did and they came from the West to secure the lands of Mercia and Dorset . This was a false hope for the Kings of the British, they got rid of one problem and secured a much worse problem in many ways. For William the Conqueror was also of Breton heritage being a Plant a Genet ( Children of the Gent) they forgot their Celtic Heritage , with them being much more violent in their ways and suppressed all the peoples of Britain and the same they would do in Ireland with all its later Terrible consequences, the English Establishment are now in retreat in Britain, the useless Tories are hopefully going to be Decimated. I am hoping to live long enough that the Cymru like our Scottish friends will have independence again from this Establishment of Monarchy, I am no Monarchist, be rid of them, I say, also Ireland must be re united it is Ireland and you like us have a long and proud Celtic History,. It is not easy for me with an Irish wife and Children who live in the North and South to talk about this from Britain, but I for one, would love to see a re united Ireland with Peace. Diolch yn fawr i ti Prynhawn da pob hwyl !

[@1952jodianne]

William the Conqueror was not a Plantagenet. His granddaughter Mathilda's 2nd husband, Geoffrey, Count of Anjou, started the Plantagenet dynasty, followed by Geoffrey & Mathilda's son, King Henry II of England. The Plantagenet dynasty is also referred to as the Angevin dynasty (from Anjou). Richard III was the last Plantagenet to sit on the throne. King Henry VII started the Tudor dynasty, he being descended from the Lancastrian Plantagenets through a bastard line.

[@1952jodianne]

I'm descended from the Plantagenets through Henry II's son King John, grandson Henry III, & great-grandson Edmund, Earl of Lancaster & Leicester.

[@1952jodianne]

My male Irish emigrant ancestors were Peter Butler, Michael Lacey, ? Redmond, John Isaac Nicholl (Nickell), Daniel Perry, Joseph Perry, ? Charlton, ? Storey, & James McKay McKissick. So mostly Hiberno-Norman, Anglo-Irish, & Galloglass.

[@catherineskis]

Do you folks sell cotehardies?

[@TadeuszCantwell]

I presume the ranking is based on land, trade networks, castles, displays of wealth etc?

[@IrishMedievalHistory]

and given how much time I had to make this, feeling where added in haha

[@brianmccarthy5557]

In other words this is a SWAG (stupid wild ass guess) by a Leinsterman. Not the first time. Won't be the last.

[@brianmccarthy5557]

In other words this is a SWAG (stupid wild ass guess) by a Leinsterman. Not the first time. Won't be the last.

[@patrickmacauley9195]

How could you forget the O'Reilleys? The "Life of Reilley" is a life of extravagant wealth and comfort. (By Irish standards,) Furthermore, it is said that O'Reilley even minted his own money. (Though none of it has been found.)

[@KenG557]

Love your accent. 😁

[@emom2]

Robert the Bruce is my 21st great grandfather. Elizabeth de Burgh is my 21st great grandmother. My Fitzgerald line starts (when going from present back) with Katherine Fitzgerald my 14th great grandmother, married into the MacCarthy family..her grandmother was Mary de Burgh. My Irish lines always meet…including sometimes with my Scottish lines.

[@briankean7153]

He's friends with Mel Gibson but I think they fell out 😂

[@johnomahony5241]

Is there aconnection between the Fitzgeralds and the Merovingians in Europe and the 13 Black Nobility families in Northern Italy? I think you might find it worth checking into this.

[@user-se6vg7mr1z]

Yes, you hit the nail on the head, they're all "connected"

[@johndoran909]

I found my name, Doran, in Wexford as I expected. I don't know much about the family. I do know there's an area called Doransland around there.

[@louisburke8927]

"Without further to do" - heehee

[@marieoleary8438]

What about the Sweeney’s and the O’Donnell’s? Any info on them?

[@IrishMedievalHistory]

Ya, tons. I'll have to cover more videos on them boys. I have a good few videos already doing a bit on them. But will do more.

[@joshuafrimpong244]

Modern day, the O'Donnells would be the wealthiest. Their successor is a Spanish Duke and successor to that successor could either be an Austrian count or Spanish marquis, or Duke at the time of his death

[@Scotia6261]

Hugh O'Donnells mother was a McDonnell and brought a dowry of 1200 fighters with her to Donegal.

[@jamesoneillobrien914]

I was disappointed by the sight of "O'Brien" in old English font, and two tone lions on the shield. Gold lions a red shield were our symbol long before Richard the Lion hearted. In 1543 Murrough O'Brien, King of Thomond submitted to Henry VIII at Greenwich and returned to Ireland as Earl of Thomond. His grant of Arms required gold and silver lions.

[@brianhodgson9547]

The singer 'de Burgh' was from the same line

[@MichaelBurkePhotography]

Incorrect. The Burke family has over 72 confirmed FTDNA BigY 700 confirmed matching DNA Kits, the singer de Burgh is not from the same family. Any male Burke of any spelling that tests can confirm their place on our ( Block Tree) DNA Family Tree and locate their branch.

[@Bolanboogie10]

His real surname is Davison.

[@johnmcgrath6192]

Why not do a show on the Irish office of C-Arb? Miler Mcgrath advised QE i to make the Irish switch to the English form of prperty ownershuip. This would make his family, as might co-arb, vbecome wealthy.

[@davidfitzgerald4003]

Nice.

[@proetcontra]

The king of England was a vassal of the de Burghs? Did I hear that rightly?

[@mmhthree]

I think he misspoke

[@jefferyhitchmough1790]

Yeah, it should be the King of England was the Liege Lord of the De Burghs.

[@deniseconsultant1538]

Thank You D Colleen O’Connor Irish American

[@TruekingoftheLeinstermen]

I was hoping to see the o byrnes on this list but nope us byrnes havent heald any kingship since before the normans but we took part in most rebellions one day i hope to see us returned to power as lords or kings if though i doubt it will ever happen one can hope

[@originalnightshade4582]

What about the O'Dalaighs?

[@johnmcgrath6192]

The war Bruce waged was against the vassels of their liege lord the King of England.

[@edward6438]

One rich family you should have included were the Butlers, Earls of Ormond.

[@dingleberryridesagain3606]

What about the Stickapopple clan, they were the top clan in Oireland,they settled in zWest Offaly,and even learned to speak a garbled patois called bog irish,lovely hurlers too,Dinny Stickapopple won three all Irelands,he was a son of the great Lord Sir Dickie Duckie Stickapopple Admiral of the Fleet on the Shannon

[@tramarherrera6685]

I have family from O'Neill and Fitzgerald.

[@IrishMedievalHistory]

@@tramarherrera6685 Nice! That's some epic heritage!

[@jeromelacy3596]

What about the De Lacy clan from Ireland?

[@Kizzmypixel2023]

enjoyable, my mckennas were part of the O'Brien clam.

[@Saffy-yr8vo]

From ‘Kenna’ head of the clan. My granda was a McKenna, Co. Monaghan. They were fighters that’s for sure! But he self educated and was a nice artist and I’m proud that I get that talent from him!

[@michaelmcnamara8047]

Wasn’t Bunratty castle not built by the McNamaras ?

[@darraghwilliamson3689]

At what point did Chris deBurg start singing tunes

[@placebojesus5652]

The Moore/O’More family gets overlooked but only because of their downfall in the late 1500s/1600s at the heads of the British.

[@gerardodwyer5908]

Fact-check. Bunratty Castle was built by the MacNamara clan, not the "MacMurroughs" which is not a Munster clan. The castle was later to come under the ownership of the O'Brien clan. Facts are important.

[@craigfitzgerald11]

Crom Abu!!

[@OssoryOverSeas]

I think Butler should outrank Burke, all things considered.

[@IrishMedievalHistory]

It was a very hard one and if it went outside of the medieval era, 100%. Like look at Killkenny castle. But before there fall the Burke's where doing super well going in to the 1300s. That's my view. Love hearing what others think.

[@ruadhbutler9143]

Nah. We're just servants. Sure, the likes of us wouldn't be mixing with this lot! Great list Phil!

[@IrishMedievalHistory]

@@ruadhbutler9143 Thanks man!

[@ko0974]

Well maybe when they were Ormonds before changed to Butler !!

[@plats6741]

The Butlers would be akin to the Campbell's of Argyll .....loyal to London

[@Saffy-yr8vo]

@Kizzmypixel2023 my granda was Irish McKenna, from Co.Monaghan, didn’t know they were part of the O’Brien’s. Heard they helped Tyrone with fighting? Just did my dna 95% Irish, rest from GB, Scandinavia and Finland. Vikings prob.

[@IrishMedievalHistory]

@@Saffy-yr8vo o! That's amazing. Well done.

[@DidYaServe]

Murphy. It was never connected but they're everywhere.

[@raffles7556]

As a proud Fitzgerald I always knew this was the case. We are also the most handsome and definitely have the biggest todgers! 💪🏻

[@ostrichman]

youve misheard not you have but you ARE the biggest pricks

[@jimmcgarry3045]

All todger and no looks!!

[@raffles7556]

@@jimmcgarry3045 …… don’t be jealous…… we are also fierce handsome bastards altogether 😉

[@jimmcgarry8914]

@@raffles7556 I know!!!!!

[@purplepanther2771]

You'll get no argument from me. My grandma was a Fitzgerald.

[@grettalemabouchou6779]

We are McCanns from Ulster.

[@williamfitzgerald9829]

Fitzgerald descendant from Cork here.For me and my family, very little wealth and connections remain, we made our own out here though. My grandpa William Fitzgerald 5, was CIA. My father Fitzgerald 6, is Ivy League. THE IRISH BUILT AMERICA

[@IrishMedievalHistory]

Facts. That's super interesting to hear.

[@wmr9019]

Brian Boru direct 34th GGF, Robert the Bruce 21st , GGF dermot mc murrough my 28th GGF

[@waynemcauliffe2362]

My McCarthy lot had their battles with the O`Brien`s

[@IrishMedievalHistory]

Never ending blood feuds.

[@waynemcauliffe2362]

@@IrishMedievalHistory The fighting Irish

[@willylumpnj]

Yes, but we McCarthys built and run, to this day, the world famous Blarney Castle, the greatest MARKETING invention ever - hundreds of thousands of folks from around the world stop by just to "kiss the stone". Get there early because there will be a long line. I speak as a former Marketing Director for leading US consumer products companies

[@brianmccarthy5557]

​@@willylumpnj Blarney Castle, a ruined minor keep, was taken long ago from us, I believe in the dark Cromwellian times. Our ambassador to Queen Elizabeth 1st's Court supposedly used to beguile her with tales of it to keep her grasping claws off our lands. I don't think it was a long term successful strategy. The last owners I know are an Anglo-Irish family. One of the prominent members was notorious for his cold blooded murder of the vegetarian political crank, Francis Sheey-Skeffington, during the 1916 Easter Rising. Clan MacCarthy certainly has no current business interest or control over it. Put it down as unfinished business that will eventually be dealt with. Like most marketing guys you should really try surgical extraction of your cranium from its current dark posterior location.

[@brianmccarthy5557]

Wayne; Thanks for remembering your clan's MacCarthy relationship. Desmond was our Kingdom, not the Fitzgerald's.

[@joefagan2152]

Where did the Fagan family come in

[@brianmccarthy5557]

Jewish thieves from "Oliver Twist"? Just kidding.

[@waynemcauliffe2362]

Well i know my lot weren`t

[@IrishMedievalHistory]

Your to right man 😂

[@michelledeaver7375]

Mine either!! Peasants ROCK!!

[@seanoneil1716]

The Red hand forever 🙏

[@cherielanham5117]

Paternal grandmother was an O'Brien.

[@abdulazizclare9545]

Interesting i don't see de Clare so Strong Bow was not powerful? de Clare family was in Ireland and the name Clare is linked to some of these people from Normandy.

[@paulflanagan3519]

Man you'd need to sort that voice.

[@briankean7153]

Cahans were the only irish clan to fight everyone. The o neills were yellow

[@charlessmyth]

And for all of it, it never amounted to much at all :-)

[@pamchandler1867]

IF YOU ARE IRISH LIVING IN IRELAND CAN ANYONE TELL ME ABOUT THE COOLEY FAMILY? I LIVE IN AMERICA BUT MY ROOTS COME FROM IRELAND

[@pio4362]

I think you should have approached this video more scientifically like ToldinStone would, estimating wealth more on revenue, land and trade and trying to convert to today's terms. The presence of the O'Connors makes one wonder if this is more about political success in the high kingship era than anything else.

[@deeppurple883]

Can I call my gang a Clan. We were with Brian Buru at Clontarf, fact Mac keogh leinster ✊☘️

[@stuart5107]

The O'Neill family has to be at number one. By far the most influential Irish family of them all. Came so close to driving the English from our lands forever in the battle of Kinsale.

[@ccahill2322]

@stuart5107, They made a disasterous bolloc#s of the whole thing. The English army were trapped and couldn't last. O'Neill listened to O'Donnell and attacked. But such is life, as Ned Kelly said, with the rope around his neck in far away Australia.

[@thecatholicman]

I’m a 32nd generation Nugent and we had the best lands..

[@gordonstewart6757]

What about the Gilliland's ?

[@waynewatts8736]

My grandma was of the O more clan.

[@IrishMedievalHistory]

We have a video of them from two weeks ago.

[@christopherdeportal-monck-5786]

Proud to be a de Burgh

[@LordCristianWaters]

I may be your relative? My YDNA line is Italian nobility, family name is Gerardi from Venice/Naples kingdoms. MytrueancestryDNA data has tons of Irish, Scottish and English nobility families I am related to paternally. My mother's Paternal line is Greek nobility. None are related to my mother's line just some European Royal families, Russian monarch, and Bonapartes.

[@christopherdeportal-monck-5786]

@@LordCristianWaters Well it would be very interesting if we were, luckily I am related to practically half of the United Kingdom noble families mainly from Ireland and England as both my parents are nobles, my father is a Cubitt and my mother is a Monck and I am heir presumptive to a Viscountcy in the Peerage of Ireland. A few of the best families I am related to in the Uk are the Butlers, the Seymours, the Howards, the Cavendish-Bentincks, the Stuarts, the FitzClarences, etc, so if you are related to any of those that would be very interesting!

[@LordCristianWaters]

@@christopherdeportal-monck-5786 Howards and Stuarts are listed as my paternal relatives - Gerardi nobility family of the Kingdoms of Naples and Venice.