Yet how often out of evil cometh good. There was also an Irish Regiment in Sicily in the early 1700s. "Nialls first expedition was into Alba to subdue the Picts. McManus, Molloy, Reilly, Rourke and Quinn. [13], While Niall is high king, his brothers establish themselves as local kings. [3 ] O'Rahilly suggests that the nine hostages were from the kingdom of the Airgialla (literally "hostage-givers"), a satellite state founded by the Ui Nill's conquests in Ulster, noting that the early Irish legal text Lebor na gCeart("The Book of Rights") says that the only duty of the Airgialla to the King of Ireland was to give him nine hostages. [3] Laidchenn responds by satirising Leinster so that no corn, grass or leaves grow there for a year. children, from wives or concubines, were acknowledged. Fergus and Ailill refuse and return empty-handed. These sources date from long after Niall's time and their value as history is limited at best. The geneticists estimated that there are about 2-3 million males alive today who descend in the male-line from Niall. [11], The Lebor Gabla renn says there was war between Niall and nnae Cennsalach, king of Leinster, over the brama or cow-tribute first imposed on Leinster by Tuathal Techtmar. Irish tradition had forgotten that the Romans once ruled Britain, and relocated his remembered confrontations with the Empire to continental Europe, with Alba, the ancient name for Britain, being confused with Elpa, the Alps, or being understood with its later meaning of Scotland. However, the genetic evidence of the study does seem to show that the He not only ruled Ireland greatly and strongly, but carried the name and the fame, and the power and the fear, of Ireland into all neighboring nations. [20] suggesting that his Y chromosomal signature had been discovered, popular science journalists and genetic testing companies began promoting the theory that millions alive today have an unbroken descent from Niall.[21]. [15] Keating says that he received five from the five provinces of Ireland, and four from Scotland. We studied if there was any association between those surnames and the genetic profile. But while he is away on a tour of his lands in Scotland, Mongfind's sons seize Ireland. Irish men would've been barred from British Military service at the time due to their religion. history of Ireland In Ireland: Early political history expedition) and conquered much of Ulster. While Brian saved the cariots from the fire, Ailill a shield and a sword, Fiachra the old forge trough, and Fergus only a bundle of firewood, Niall carried out the bellows, the sledges, the anvil, and anvil block - saved the soul of the forge, and saved the smith from ruin. She gives birth as she is drawing water, but out of fear of Mongfind, she leaves the child on the ground, exposed to the birds. DNA news -- an estimate of about 3 million men that carry DNA descended from Niall (of his equivalent): http://www.irish-genealogy-toolkit.com/niall-of-the-nine-hostages.html, See Niall of the Nine Hostages (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niall_of_the_Nine_Hostages). Wrong. The story Mongfind, purporting to make peace between her brother and her sons, holds a feast, at which she serves Crimthann a poisoned drink. Over the generations, a genetic Niall does not have verifiable remains that can be tested. See: High King Niall: the most fertile man in Ireland by Jan Battles in the Sunday Times of Ireland of January 6, 2006; and If Irish Claim Nobility, Science May Approve by Nicholas Wade in the New York Times of January 18, 2006.