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My grandma on my mothers side is a Burke and her family came from cape clear irish catholics. Her other relatives are cadogan or cadigan, O'Driscoll, Leonard. My grandpa family on his mothers side the Fosters are from Tyrone, Ireland and were irish protestant. Our families came over aound the same time they ended both headed west to Wisconsin and Illinois. Their family would again head west to Sacramento. They met in high school and was married at 17. They had 6 children. They moved to anaheim california because their burke plumbing business got a contract with a up incoming developer "Disneyland". They were married for 67 year until my grams passing. The irish romeo and Juliet lol.

Brilliant work you've done Ruadh!! Excellent information on my family's history! An O'Brien here from W. Belfast originally. 2 Americans bought me from my da after my mother died and made cheap labour of me. I put myself through university, spent most of my life in several African countries as a refugee worker. Bought a home and acreage in NW Washington State in America, as a widow, and go home frequently. Moral of the story: even when you're born in a war ravaged slum, being Irish (and being an O'Brien doesn't hurt!!) means the world is open to you and you can achieve anything for which you're willing to dedicate your life!!

Seem to have shot video with cheap mobile /phone camera. I do likewise. But hold mobile in one spot for 5 seconds atleast.

Diarmait Mac Murchada, the greatest traitor Ireland has ever known.

Of the house of zarah judah

The o neills were royal bloodline. Of niall of nine hostages.he was a descendant of zarah.first. High king.calcol.brian boru.bracha.bran the blessed.before then

GUYS. IM A STRAIGHT DESCENDANT OF THE LAST PAGAN KING OF IRELAND

11:29 yup, my lineage. and it took own cousin to be betray family, smh. though it was always a back & forth with O'Neills.

7:12 it's Domnall McLaughlin (Donald Mac Lachlan), MY ancestor.

0:50 yup, Ui Neill descendant here.

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When you talk about Princess Nest, please please don't use terms like 'lover''. Her entire family were killed by the Normans and she was taken hostage and later became a concubine to Henry. She was only a child! Having to bear the children of men twice her age. She was, in modern terms, a victim of sex trafficking by the Normans. She would have had no choice in what happened to her.

Truly fascinating. I’ve never known any of my family. Would be incredible to finally find who I’m related too! 🩷

My father told me wen I was young , we are highlanders tgat belong to the maclachlan clan in Scotland that we came from Ireland originally, cheers for the vid , my folks left Scotland for Australia I was born in Oz and have moved to Scotland 12 months ago never been happier only took me 55 years to come home but am I home yet ?

Wow. Well done.

I'd be really interested to learn more about tye O'Laodhógs ... "heroes who I will not shun, the Kings of the wide-bordered Caladh"

I decend from Elizabeth Fitzgerald daughter of Gerald Fitzgerald 9th Earl of Kildare. I also decend from Joan Fitzgerald daughter of James Fitzgerald 10 Earl of Desmond. She married Thomas Butler 10th Earl of Ormond and became duchess of Ormond. Are we related? 😀 I am also a Carew decend. I decend from Sir Edmund Carew born 1472 and killed at the battle of the Spurs. Dont forget Fitzgerald also decend from the Brian Baru and other High Kings of Ireland. Too to list.

Hello my Butler cousins! I wish you had gone on with the origin story here to see how it corresponds with what I have gleaned from Ferrar, Blomefield, Suckling, Wace, etc. Sources have pointed out the relationship between the Burgh family with the BURUN tenants in chief as well as of the PAYN (or PAGAN or FITZ-PAYN’s. My branch comes from East Anglia, as the Payne’s spread out into Norfolk and Suffolk and were associated with the very same locations mentioned in your videos. Records exist showing the relationships between Payn, Butler, Burgh, Lacy, Clare, etc. from the 12th-century. I’ve spent the past several years documenting the records that link these families in their network which included :PAYNEL, FITZ-PAYN, also found as sons of PAGAN, that evolved from names like VESCY, TIPTOFT/TIBETOT/TRUSSEBHT. If not related by blood as I believe the number of records over such extended periods of time suggests, they were nevertheless related through marriage- which has allows us to trace much of our ancestry by simply reading the history books, following the lords they served, and the records they left, along with the property records that show how it descended amongst them. My Big-Y DNA results were a “rare” and “close” match with Kilteasheen 22 found at Roscommon who lived 960-1300 AD (95.5% Celtic DNA in the R1b group) and records (and Blomefield’s Norfolk) indicate our ancestors had been in Ireland before 1333 when they appear in Leicester with A Ralph Butler in North Kilworth, followed years later by settling in Norfolk by the 1370s. So much to learn and unpack it all! Great stuff!

intresinting, what are you books...ruadh... do they contain, ancestry charts ?

My Great Grandmother's maiden name was Barry. We are Decidants of Captain Charles Barry. In the Library of Congress is the book "The Barry Family Records Volume 1 Captain Charles and His Descendants ".

The O’Neill will rise again and take their high king throne

Where were the O'Neills of Ulster during these times ?

" No relation" 😂

I am direct decedent of Col(Sir)William Burke 7th earl of clanricarde.

😮ok so we were warlords for the king?

I am Blazon Berry

My mam was Matilda Barry from Cork Rathmore park.

Hi Ruadh, I wonder please if The Hill of Tara was where High Kings of Ireland were confirmed/coronated in what sites were the other four provincial kings coronated. I'd really appreciate your help as I'm doing a piece on Teamhair Luachra at the moment. Regards Paul

Just finished Lionheart. Great book. Going on to Crusader now. Got the whole trilogy on Amazon for about 20 quid. Amazing value.

Great interview. I've just found the Lionheart series in my local library Ben, and have loved the books. Your books are so vividly written and so absorbing. I've grown close to the characters in these books and have thoroughly enjoyed them. Congratulations, Ben Kane. 📚 📖

we should bring ba ck modern day celtic irish fashion.

Don't forget the Irish travellers in your history which is often done. They are the last of the irish monarchy

Historical fiction wtf .I have them on my family tree

Ireland had non-English Kings?

As a byrne i claim all of ireland by right of ancient blood gping balc to the mil themselves also his name was mael sechnaill mac domnall i probably spelt it wrong not malachy

As a McLaughlin I claim High Kingship of Ireland, the entire island or Ireland. North and South, Protestant and Catholic all of these things have been imported to Ireland and divided us.

Egidia de Lacy, Lady of Connacht She was one of the wives of Richard Mór de Burgh, 1st Baron of Connaught.(The other was Hodierna de Gernon.) Ruadh Butler You are a distant cousin. Theobald le Botiller, 4th Chief Butler of Ireland, Justiciar of Ireland 1242-1285 BIRTH 1242 • Kilkenny, Ireland or, Arklow Castle, Wicklow, Ireland DEATH 26 SEP 1285 • Arklow Castle, Wicklow, Ireland 22nd great-grandfather

The last high King of Ireland was Edward Bruce.

I am intrigued ' how can you trace your ancestry back this far ? I have a photograph of my Great Great Grandmother from Ireland and she is dressed in Galician Dress and lace i wonder now is it a nod ' to her lineage i dont know ! How fascinating.

My ancestors from Dal Fiatach O hechaidh enjoyed your video, amazing looking back and now living in US it's incredible how times have changed for the better, we lost some great people but left a legacy never to be forgotten, cheers all the very best health and happiness.

I found out that through my Dad's side we go back to Annie Corrigan and her father was an Obyrne and her mother was an O'Toole. I was surprised how far back that line went back. To King MacDunlainge O'Tool and his father King Tuathal. And it goes back to a King born in 028 AD. I've been reading and listening to try to understand the history around it all. One ancestor was Christianed by Saint Patrick. And it was nice interesting to find out that it was oral history passed down much like the Native Americans have family oral histories. Out of all my ancestry lines none have been documented back that far into history before the Norman Invasion. It was a treasure to find.

I have always been told that my ancestors are decedent's of the O'Connor dynasty. I'd love to know how to find this out

I am a direct ancestor from the high kings of connaught o dowd grandfather and dowd grandmother no relation to eachother but the royal blood live on 💚

And that is my dad's farm

That house is my nanny's house

It wasn't Henry's to gift away.

Read all the fools in these comments babbling about their DNA! Let me spoil it all for you. The vast majority of people in Europe are descended from multiple kings all over the continent. Most people reading this are descended from Charlemagne, William The Conqueror, most of the high kings of Ireland, and umpteen others. People in Poland, Norway and Portugal are just as likely to be descended from an Irish high king as people from Cork or Dublin. You're not special!

I'm descendant of burkes by fitzgerald more...

Hello fellow O'Briens

No High King ever ruled or exerted effective control over all of Ireland. Historically there were 3 levels of kingship with High King being at the top but none of them effectively controlled all of Ireland some didn't even control half of the country.