Senchineoil

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Senchineoil was the name of the pre-Gaelic inhabitants of what is now central and east County Galway and south County Roscommon.

The term Senchineoil (sen = old; chineoil = people/tribe/kindred) was used by the Uí Maine to described aithechtuatha - unfree, enslaved vassal peoples - who they subjugated during the founding of their kingdom sometime prior to the fifth century AD. They are described as:

"Seincheinéal of the old plain of Soghan/stretched eastward over [the river] Suca/until it reached Delbhna of Dealbhaoth; manly were the good heroes, like a flame."

[edit] References

• The Senchineoil and the Soghain: Differentiating between the pre-Celtic and early Celtic Tribes of Central East Galway, Joseph Mannion, Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society, Volume 58, pp.165-170, 2006.