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Since c. 3000 BC

Clan Ó Comáin

A timeline of one of Ireland's most ancient Gaelic lineages

Legendary horizon
Prehistoric
Royal ancestry
Munster kings
Saints & scholars
The chiefdom
The fall
Name endures
Modern record
Today
Showing all 48 entries — click any entry to expand
Beyond the public timeline
The full scholarly record sits in the clan library

Members of Clan Ó Comáin have access to the primary scholarship behind the entries on this page — Gibson's 1990 UCLA dissertation on the Tulach Commáin chiefdom, Cotter's 1999 reassessment of Cahercommaun, Pender's Déssi Genealogies, and a long-form scholarly essay surveying every primary source on the Commán-name tradition. Plus a personalised pedigree, the family's full DNA story, and the year-on-year clan record.

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