General Notes

Eoghan Mo'r, King of Munster (Eoghan Mo'r, King of Ireland or Nuadhad).
Eoghan was called Eoghan Taidleach or Owen the Spledid. He was maternally
descended from the Clan-na-Deaga. The Clan-na-Deaga or Ernans were becoming
so powerful at the time that they nearly assumed the entire sovereignty of
Munster - to the exclusion of the race of Heber. This Eoghan (Owen) was a
wise and politic Prince and Great Warrior. From him, Magh-Nuadhad (now
Maynooth) is so called, where a great battle was fought between him and Conn
of the Hundred Battles, the 110th Monarch of Ireland, in A.D. 122. They
fought continual wars until at last, he forced him to divide the Kingdom with
him into two equal parts by the boundary of Esker Riada - a long ridge of
hills from Dublin to Galway, determining the south part for himself which he
then called Leath Mogha (Mogha's half, as the north part was called Leath
Cuinn (Connn's half). The agreement also required Conn to give his daughter,
Sadhbh (Sabina) in marriage to his eldest son Olioll Olum. But Owen No'r was
afterwards defeated and forced to flee to Spain, where he lived for some time
in exile. There, he also entered into a confederacy with Fraoch, his
brother-in-law, who was Prince of Castile. They collected a powerful army
with which they landed in Ireland to recover the sovereignty from Conn of the
Hundred Battles. Both armies fought a tremendous battle on the plain of
Moylena, in which Conn was victorious and Owen Mo'r was slain. This battle
was fought in the ancient barony of Fircall, in the King's County, where there
are still to be seen, two hillocks or sepulchral mounds, in one of which was
buried Owen Mo'r, and in the other the body of Fraoch, the Spaniard who was
also slain in that battle, is buried.

Born before 93 in Ireland.

Died in Fircall, King's County, Ireland; Eoghan Mo'r was slain at the epic
battle on the Plain of Moylena by Conn of the Hundred Battles.