General Notes

109th Monarch of Ireland

Cathair Mor was the 109th Monarch of Ireland and reigned from 119 to 123 A.D.
He was born bef 78 in Ireland. He divided his great possessions amongst his
thirty sons in a will called "The Will of Cahir More", contained in the "Book
of Leacan" and in the "Book of Ballymote". His posterity formed the principal
families of Leinster, Namely: O'Connor "Faley", Princes of Offalley;
O'Dempsey; O'Dunn; O'Regan; MacClogan' O'Harty' MacMurrough, Kings of
Leinster; Cavenagh; O'Byrne; O'Dowling; O'Cormas; O'Muldoon' O'Gorman;
O'Mullen; O'Mooney and O'Brennan, Chiefs in Kilkenny, etc. He is the ancestor
of the O'Toole anciently the Chiefs of Hy-Muireadaigh [Hi-Murrya], County
Kildare; afterwards Kings of Leinster and Princes of Imaile [now the counties
of Wicklow and Kildare], Castle Kevin, Glendalough and Powerscourt as well as
Orney in West Connaught. The O'Toole armorial bearings are: Arms - Gu. a
lion pass ar [a white lion on red grounds - signifying a course without
relaxation]. Crest - two palms, a cross surmounted by a laurel branch over
princely crown. Supporters - the shield accompanied by two battle axes and two
Irish pikes; under the shield, two branches of shamrock- the national symbol
of Ireland. Motto - 'Viturte et Fidelitate"; one branch of the family has
"Spero"; another has "Semper et Ubique Fideles". The War Cry - "Fianae Abu"
[Victory to the Fenians] or "Ui Tuathail Abu" [Victory to the O'Tooles]