The Kings of Usneha are the early rulers of the Meade kingdom from the sept of Clann Holmain , the southern branch of the Wye Neill Dynasty. Usneh Hill , which is the sacred site of Ireland, is located in the modern county of Westmeath . He was at the convergence of the borders of the four Irish kingdoms .
Usneh's list of kings is among the royal lists in the Leinster Book .
Until 742, the rulers held the title of King Usneh (the capital of Cro-Inis ), later became known as the Kings of Mede . The new capital of the kingdom was Rat-Ayrtir , and from the 9th century - Knogba (Naut).
The Early Kings of Meade (or Usneha)
- Conall Kremtaynne (d. 480 ), the first king of Usneh in Mead (c. 455 - 480 ), son of the High King of Ireland Niall Nine Hostages
- Fiahu poppy Neill (d. Not earlier than 516 ), King Meade ( 480 - not earlier than 516 ), son of Niall Nine Hostages
- Ardgal mack Conayle (d. 520 ), King Meade (not earlier than 516 - 520/523 ), son of Conall
- Mane Mack Kerbill (d. 538 ), King Meade ( 520/523 - 538 ), son of Fergus Krivorotoi and grandson of the first king Meade Conall Kremtaynne
- Diarmight Poppy Cairbill (d. 565 ), King Meade ( 538 - 551/554 , 555/558 - 565 ), High King of Ireland ( 544 - 565 ), son of Fergus Krivorotoy, and grandson of Conall Kremtayne
- Coleman More (Elder) (d. 555/558), King Meade (551–555 or 554–558), son of Diarmite poppy Kerbayl, ancestor of the septum Klann Holmayn (“Children of Coleman”)
- Coleman Beck (Younger) (d. 587 ), King Meade ( 565 - 574 ), son of Diarmite Mack Curbile
- Suibne mack Colmine (d. 600 ), King Meade ( 574 - 600 ), son of Colman Mohr (the Greater)
- Fergus Mack Colmine (d. 618 ), King Meade ( 600 - 618 ), son of Colman Mohr
- Angus Mack Colmine (d. 621 ), King Meade ( 618 - 621 ), son of Colman Beck
- Conall Gutbinn (d. 635 ), King Meade ( 621 - 635 ), son of Suybne Mack Colmain Mohr
- Mael Doyd Mack Suibni (d. 653 ), King Meade ( 635 - 653 ), son of Suybne Mack Colmain Mohr
- Diarmight Dian (d. 689 ), King Meade ( 653 - 689 ), grandson of Conall Guibtin
- Murhad Midi (d. 715 ), King Meade ( 689 - 715 ), son of Diarmait Diana
Literature
- “Clann Cholmáin” (Table 3) in “The Kingship and Landscape of Tara”, ed Edel Bhreathnach, Four Courts, Dublin, 2005, pp. 344-45.
- 'Ríg Uisnig', in RI Best, Osborn Bergin, and MA O'Brien (eds), The Book of Leinster formerly Lebar na Núachongbála vol. 1 (Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1954), pp 196-8.