Leinster was a kingdom in Ireland. Here's a map of Ireland about 900 AD. No family in Ireland can point to a more ancient pedigree than the Kavanaghs. They can trace it back to the dawn of Irish history. Tradition, indeed, carries it far beyond that limit – to the legendary Feniusa of Scythia, coeval with the Tower of Babel, whose descendants, having wandered into Egypt, found their way back again to Scthia, and thence to Spain, from which country Heber and Heremon, the 2 sons of Gallamhy or Milesius, crossed over to Ireland, reduced it to subjection and divided it between them. From them sprang lines of Kings ruling over the 5 monarchies into which the island was split up.
Grandmother Alma Wilkersons father was Calvin Walter Wilkerson 1863,1930. Calvin's father was Robert Wesley Wilkerson 1823, 1882. Roberts father was Townsend Wilkenson 1804,1854. Townsend was married to Francis D Sheppard 1806, unk. Francis's father was Benjamin Sheppard 1772,1850. Benjamin s father was Robert Sheppard 1732,1797. Now Roberts father was Samuel Sheppard 1695, 1751. Samuel's wife was Mary KAVANAUGH born 1705 in Virginia. Now thats great but there are so many Kavanaughs you say.. Lets keep going.. Mary Kavanaugh's father was Michael Kavanaugh born 1675 in Virginia. Michael's father was James Kavanaugh born 1645 in Ireland. James was married to Delores De Campomanes from Campomanes Spain, a little village in Northern Spain near the Basque country...Why was he in Spain? Visiting relatives.. James father was Sir Charles Kavanaugh 1620 to 1691, who died on a prison ship explosion off of Kinsale Ireland...Charles father was Morgan or Moroch Kavanaugh. 1631,1696 who along with his son Charles were involved in the Confederation War in Ireland.. Morgans father was
Domhnall Spainneach Mac Murrough Caomhánach (died 1632) was the last King of Leinster.
A descendant of Diarmait Mac Murchada (died 1171), Domhnall was the eldest of the two sons of Donnchadh Caomhánach, lord of the Art Buihde Caomhánach sept, who were reckoned the least powerful of the dynasty. Their lands lay north of Enniscorthy in the Blackstairs Mountains. It appears that at Donnchadh's death, Domhnall was taken into the care of the seneschal of Wexford, Thomas Stukeley. When Stukeley left for Spain in 1568 Domhnall went with him, which explains the origin of his nickname, Spainneach.He returned to Ireland in the mid-1570s and became a leading member of his sept. He became a firm ally of Fiach McHugh O'Byrne with whom he intrigued until the latter's death in 1597. After O'Byrne's death, he intrigued with Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone. When the Nine Years' War (Ireland) ended in 1603, Domhnall submitted and was awarded a pension, as well as recognition of title to his lands.
Domhnall was married to Elizabeth O'Byrne (died in or after 1608), and Eleanor Kavanagh (died in, or after, 1633), and had a total of six children. He successfully conveyed his property to his son, Sir Morgan Kavanagh . His only known brother was Cathaoir.
The Confederation War broke out in Kilkenny in 1641, as the Irish attempted to throw out the English yet again, something that seem to happen at least once every generation. Sir Morgan Cavanaugh of Clonmullen, one of the leaders, was killed during a battle in 1646, and his two sons, Daniel and Charles (later Colonel Charles) continued with the struggle until the uprising was crushed by Cromwell in 1649. It is recorded that Daniel and other Carlow Kavanaghs exiled themselves to Spain, where their descendants are still found today, concentrated in the northwestern corner of that country. Young Charles, who married Mary Kavanagh, daughter of Brian Kavanagh of Borris, was either exiled to Nantes, France, or transported to Barbados… or both. Although we haven’t found a record of him in a military life in France, it is known that the crown of Leinster and other regal paraphernalia associated with the Kingship of Leinster was brought to France, where it was on display in Bordeaux, just south of Nantes, until the French Revolution in 1794. As Daniel and Charles were the heirs to the Leinster kings..
So we see here that the British stole our kingdom and killed our ancestors.. Also when you hear of the conflicts in Northern Ireland between the Catholics and the Protestants, that's still about the issues our ancestors fought for back in 15 and 16 hundreds.
Domhnall Spainneach Mac Murrough Caomhánach last King of Leinster was my 11th Great Grandfather.
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Art Mór Mac Murchadha Caomhánach (anglicized Art mac Art
MacMurrough-Kavanagh; died 1416/17) is generally regarded as the most
formidable of the later Kings of Leinster. He revived not only the royal
family’s prerogatives but their lands and power. During the length of
his forty-two year reign he fully lived up to his title, dominating the
Anglo-Norman settlers of Leinster.
His dominance of the province and its inhabitants – both Gaelic and
Hiberno-Norman – was deemed sufficiently detrimental to the colony that
Richard II spent much of the years 1394-1395 sparring with him. While
Art did indeed submit to Richard, he renounced this fealty on Richard’s
departure and made much of his kingdom a death-trap for any invading
English or Anglo-Irish forces. He was very much cut of the same cloth as
his ancestors Diarmait mac Mail na mBo and Diarmaid Mac Murchadha.
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