Muintir Eolais

Rítheaghlach Chonmhaicne Réin in Éirinn na meánaoise ba ea Muintir Eolais.  Le seacht gcéad bliain anuas ón 8ú haois, bhí cónaí orthu agus bhí siad i gceannas ar ceantar i ndeisceart  Contae Liatroma, mar a bhí Maigh Nissi agus Maigh Réin, inniu faoi seach na barúntachtaí Liatroma agus Mhaothla.

D'éirigh tionchar Mhuintir Eolais (Mhic Raghnaill, Uí Mhaoilmhiaigh agus Mhic Sheanlaoich) níos laige agus scoilte de réir a chéile le linn na 16ú haoise.  Theip an tuath le cliseadh na nGael i gCogadh na Naoi mBliana, agus chuaigh sí as cuimhne le forghabháil na hÉireann ag na Sasanaigh.

Teacht chun cinn Mhuintir Eolais 
Eolas mac Biobhsaigh, chieftain of the Conmaicne circa AD 900, ba ea sinsear eapainmneach na muintire.  Tá beag eolais againn faoi Eolas.

Príomhchlanna 
Seo as leanas príomhchlanna Mhuintir Eolais:
 Mhic Raghnaill, le caisleán ag Loch na Reanna, Loch an Scoir agus Liatroim
 Uí Mhaoilmhiaigh as Maigh Nissi
 Uí Mhóráin as Áit Tí Ruairí
 Mhic Sheanlaoich as Dromad
 Mhic Garry.

Deir O'Hart go raibh triúr mac ag Eolas ar a laghad:
 Brocán, sinsear Mhic Sheanlaoich
 Anbheith, sinsear Mhic Garry
 Maolmhuire, tiarna Chonmhaicne Réin agus sinsear Mhic Raghnaill.  Bhí gaol acu le do hUí Chuinn agus Farrel as an Longfort.

Sa lá atá inniu ann 
The names of families descended from the Muintir Eolais are common today- Reynolds, Mulvey, McGarry, Shanley and Moran.

Two proven descendants of Eolais are recorded. Today at Clonmacnoise monastery a carved headstone is dedicated to Ódhrán Ua hEolais (d.994), scribe of Clonmacnois, the inscription reading 'Pray for Odhrán descendant of Eolas'. Another scribe named Flannchad Ua hEolais (fl. 1101AD) held the Book of Durrow.

Parts of Caisleán Seóin at Lough Scur collapsed circa 1908, but repairs were undertaken by a heritage preservation society. Today, badly dilapidated ruins of "Mag Raghnaill" Castles exist at both Lough Scur and Lough Rynn; neither are preserved as heritage sites.

After southern Ireland regained independence in 1922, the English county administrative structure was retained.  The Muintir Eolais remained largely forgotten.  In 1980 Leitrim County Council approved a design of Arms for County Leitrim that included the lion of O'Rourke (north Leitrim, and Carrigallen baronies), but excluded the Muintir Eolais (Mohill, and Leitrim baronies).

The townland of Corryolus (Irish: Coraidh Eolais, "Weir of Eolus"), lying on the junction of the Shannon and Boyle river's, directly north of Carrick on Shannon, obtained its name from "Eolus" from whom the 'Muintir Eolais' are directly descended. In the remote mountainous Cuilcagh-Anierin uplands, the oligotrophic lake named "Lough Munter Eolas" marks a borderline between west Cavan and south Leitrim.

A well established traditional fiddle group, trained by a Fr. Quinn since 1966, adopted the name "Ceolus" preserving his name, and they play music garnered from local manuscripts going back almost two hundred years.

The fictional land of "Clan Eolais" populated by "Eolaisans" and Sylphs, appears in the "Solas2" role playing game.

Féach freisin 
 Eolais Mac Biobhsach
 Ódhrán Ua hEolais
 Flannchad Ua hEolais
 Charles Reynolds (cleric)
 Loch an Scoir

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