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The '''Ciannachta''' were a population group of early historic Ireland. They claimed descent from the legendary figure [[Tadc mac Cein]]. They first appear in historical sources in the 6th century, and were found in several parts of the island, including in [[plain of Brega|Brega]] and [[Tír Eoghain]]. The Ciannachta groups were absorbed over time.
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In 742 the [[Síl nÁedo Sláine]] king of North Brega, [[Conaing mac Amalgada]], began using the title ''king of Ciannachta'', the first of seven North Brega kings to do so. In time, the Uí Chonaing conquored and assimilated it into Brega, while retaining use of the title for themselves.
Byrne remarks:<ref>[[#PByrne2000|Byrne, Ciannachta Breg]], p. 126. For more information on the Ciannachta and Monasterboice, see [[#Dobbs|Dobbs, Pedigree and Family]].</ref>
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Following the death of Cellach (786), the indigenous Ciannachta never again attained the kingship of their own territory and their political ambitions seem to have been entirely focused on the kingdom of Fir Arda Ciannachta ... The political eclipse of Ciannachta Breg from mid-eighth century onwards may have resulted in members of that dynasty transferring their ambitions to the ecclesiastical sphere where one of their kindred, [[Conmael ua Loichene]], took the abbacy of the same church [ [[Monasterboice]] ] in 733. Another member of the Ciannachta Breg, Ioseph ua Cernae, acceded to the abbacy of the same church in 790 ... [[Flann Mainistrech]] ... who died in 1056 is name in the Ciannachta Breg pedigree, as is his son, Echthigern ... who died in 1067.
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