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The story is a historical fiction that chronicles the birth and rise of an ancient high king of Ireland who fought against the expanding Roman Empire. By the year 355 CE, the Roman Empire had expanded westward first conquering Gaul (France) and then Briton. The Romans then ventured northward in an attempt to conquer Alba (Scotland) before continuing westward to conquer the adjacent emerald isle called Eriu (Ireland). Torna knew from the moment he found the abandoned newborn baby in the deep forests that he was being protected and guided by the forest spirits for some great task. An abandoned newborn, found in the deep forests, reared by a poet, protected and guided by the forest spirits. Would the baby become savior for the people of Eriu and stop the Roman Empire from their ever-expanding reign of tyranny? Torna only knew that he and his wife were to do their part and raise the child as their own and they named him Niall. Niall’s path was up to the spirits of the oak trees who were involved in the destiny of all.

In December of 2012 I had my DNA tested by Family Tree DNA and was surprised to find that I was a direct descendant of an ancient high king of Ireland named Niall Noigiallach. Family Tree DNA noted that a recent study was conducted at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, which found that a striking percentage of men in Ireland (and quite a few in Scotland)share the same Y chromosome, suggesting that the 5th-century warlord known as "Niall of the Nine Hostages" may be the ancestor of one in 12 Irishmen. Niall established a dynasty of powerful chieftains that dominated the island for six centuries. In the Trinity College study scientists found an area in northwest Ireland where they claim 21.5 % carry Niall’s genetic fingerprint, says Brian McEvoy, one of the team at Trinity. According to McEvoy this area was the main powerbase of theUi Neills, which literally translated means "descendants of Niall" (Family Tree DNA Report 2013).

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Niall of the Nine Hostages received his name from the taking of hostages as a strategy for playing mental havoc upon his opponent chieftains. He is known in folklore as a raider of the British and French coasts. The chronology of Keating's Foras Feasa ar Éirinn broadly agrees, dating his reign from 368-395 CE, and associating his raiding activities in Britain with the kidnapping of Saint Patrick. Niall was supposedly slain either in the English Channel or in Scotland. His descendants were the most powerful rulers of Ireland until the 11th century (Family Tree DNA Report 2013).

My family is descended from Niall, His Brother Fiachrae!!

Fiachrae is in my book along with Niall's other brothers: Brion, Allil, and Fergus.

Modern surnames tracing their ancestry to Niall include (O')Neill,(O')Gallagher, (O')Boyle, (O')Doherty, O'Donnell, Connor, Cannon,Bradley, O'Reilly, Flynn, (Mc)Kee, Campbell, Devlin, Donnelly, Egan,Gormley, Hynes, McCaul, McGovern, McLoughlin, McManus,McMenamin, Molloy, O'Kane, O'Rourke and Quinn (Family Tree DNA Report 2013.

Come on all you fellow Irish GLPers, check out some of our history in ancient Ireland!

I started doing research on Niall and found he was both a king in Ireland who also held the title the king of Tara. The title king of Tara represented a very old ideal of sacred kingship in Ireland. It had a mythical quality stretching back deep into the ancient times. The
following story is a fictional account inspired by the traditions and legends passed down from ancient Ireland.

Niall unified all of Ireland and Scotland. He then fought the Roman Empire by conducting pirate raids in Roman Briton and drove the Roman legions out. Once he had accomplished that, he moved on to France to attack the Romans there and would have continued if he had not been killed from behind by traitors in his own ranks.

He was considered the "Alexander the Great" of Ireland! Fascinating history for those of us from Ireland!

Daniel thank you so much for posting this and for the free book. I am Irish and Cherokee and always wanted to get my DNA tested..how much does it cost?
Again, much thanks, I will be sure to put a generous review on Amazon out after I read it, in response to your generosity. I am fascinated with these characters! What a time it must have been
thanks!