My Maternal 25th. Great Irish Grandfather, Aodh (Alainn) O'Neill, "the Clumsy", of Barra

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Name: Aodh (Alainn) O'Neill, "the Clumsy", of Barra

                      Isle of Barra_isthmus_Eolaigearraidh_Scotland

Barra is an island in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland,
and the second southernmost inhabited island there,
after the adjacent island of Vatersay
to which it is connected by a short causeway.
The island is named for Saint Finbarr of Cork. Wikipedia

 

Born: 1037 in Ulster, Ireland

Narrow-Water-Castle-Newry-Mourne-County Down, Ulster, Ireland

Ulster, ancient Ulaid, one of the ancient provinces of Ireland and subsequently the northernmost of Ireland’s four traditional provinces (the others being Leinster, Munster, and Connaught [Connacht]). Because of the Ulster cycle of Irish literature, which recounts the exploits of Cú Chulainn and many other Ulster heroes, Ulster has a place of great prominence in Irish literature. The name Ulster is now used by many to refer to Northern Ireland. https://www.britannica.com/place/Ulster-historic-province-Ireland

 

Married: before 1120 in Scotland to Princess of Argyll Heiress of Cowal and Knapdale

Children: Duinslebhe "Dunsleve" O'Neill, Lord of Knapdale  

History of Clan MacLachlan Timeline
11th And 12th Centuries
Aodh Anrothan (Hugh the Solitary), the son of Aodh Athlone O’Neill, relocated to Scotland from Ireland in the early eleventh century. He married the heiress of Cowal and Knapdale, a princess from the Royal House of Argyll. It is from this union that the MacLachlans descend. (Some historians believe the relocation was the result of conflicts within the House of O’Neill.)
Clan MacLachlan is one of the oldest of all Scottish Clans. According to Irish manuscripts, the Clan is descended from the same line as the O’Neills, High Kings of Ireland. The name MacLachlan means “son of Lachlan”, and Lachlan itself is from the older Gaelic name Lachlann which literally means “land of lochs”. It was a common Christian name in the family tree of the High Kings.
http://www.maclachlan.freewolf.co.uk/timeline.html