Gaelic Chronology

[Cú Chulainn]

After extensive research, partly expanded further by the help of what I deem to be web scraping through AI tools to pull research material (rather than solely using it to determinate substance and value of data), there is a phenomenal interaction transmitted hiterto regarding the Gaels and Frisians, in part through collaboration of Anglo-Saxon contemporary peers.

In Ireland, these Anglo-Saxons founded and maintained a monastery (Rath Melsigi) that focused their faith based on the model of the Irish connections to, for all intents and purposes, world building based on the ideals of what the Irish monasteries had already developed.

A student of this cross cultural development, named Willibrord (lived circa 658-739), of Northumbrian origin, went as one of 12 total monks on a mission to convert the Frisians to the faith, and later became the first bishop of the Diocese of Utrecht.

Willibrord preaching to the Frisians (Mural in the Rijksmuseum by Georg Sturm).

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The Frisian king of the period was Radbod (Redbad) whom was clearly the perennial warrior chief of the era, and set on a path to unify much of the territory under one kingdom, fighting with continental contemporaries.

Later, one of Radbod’s descendants, Saint Radbod, was a subsequent bishop of Utrecht.

I will further link this post (as I am gearing to finish the OP, especially with this content as a focal point for the Gaelic and Frisian connection), with the relevant data in ensuing periods.

However, I point out that in my research, there was another piece of knowledge that was a potential caveat to the Irish-Northumbrian mission to Frisia, that being how Radbod was in fact a raider of Southern Ireland (and the mission was in part a response for the raids).

This needs to be researched further, although it is apparent the mission occurred around the year 690.

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The original sources about Willibrord and the Radbods do not appear authentic to me, but rather fiction from the early years of the printing press: 15th or 16th century — in the best cases (somewhat) based on real events and names, but placed too far back in time. The same goes for sources about Antiquity and the Romans. I am still in the middle of a radical mental reorganisation, but all starts to make more sense already and there does not seem to be a way back into the old paradigm.
It's good practice to ask what is the oldest source about X; when, where and by whom was it discovered; first referred to; first published in print. You will discover that the answers are either vague or it's always the same network: church, ‘Latin schools’, universities, so-called Humanists (and their successors). Aiming to steal and distort the history of the conquered. It does not make these sources completely worthless. Once you recognise the patterns, it becomes more easy to separate the wheat from the chaff.

[Cú Chulainn]

The original sources about Willibrord and the Radbods do not appear authentic to me, but rather fiction from the early years of the printing press: 15th or 16th century

Once you recognise the patterns, it becomes more easy to separate the wheat from the chaff.

I knew you’d be right nearer to the truth regarding this Gaelic-Frisian connection, since Rodbad is apparently (to your printing press point) the last independent ruler of Frisia (pre-christianization).

Regarding the confluence of these known peoples, and disputed events and chronology, my estimation is the pseudo (factual) Irish historical narratives (post dating Túathal circa 1900 years before present for his death) are roughly 300 years backwards from their actual placement.

Where this begets the concordance of actual events with real timeline of years for separate and distinct people from Irish is our primary hurdle, I perceive.

Tacking on the 300 years for Willibrord (if a legitimate character) puts him close to circa less than 1000 years before present (or 1039 common era for his death).

In the case of Túathal (and Niall), Tuathal’s death would be more appropriate in the region of Niall’s death (400 common era and 1600 years before present) with his direct descendant, in Niall, being more appropriate for his exploits in the region of 700-800 common era (1200-1300 years ago).

As a seer and proponent of sourcing personal visions and others discernment (among the plethora of material both true and false found among online and offline sources post printing press era), Niall (coincidentally the last non-Christian high king of Ireland to unite all the island, in comparison to Rodbad’s supposed exploits), certainly is closer to 1300 years before present than 1600 years ago.

Regarding the contamination of who what when and where for the false script, versus the truthful data, the Anglo (and or Saxon) connection of Northumbrians in Ireland is attested in both peoples chronicles, which give a raid made by Northumbrians into Ireland, as well as one of Niall’s progeny (a female named Fín whom is his 1:6 or 1:7 degree descendent) marrying the prince of the Northumbrian kingdom (Oswiu) which coincided significant battles between the Scots (Gaels) and the fledgling kingdoms of Bernecia and Deria (the two Anglo kingdoms which formed the later Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Northumbria).

Niall’s Brythonic Maternal Ancestry.

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This marriage, and battles, among the apparent momentary establishment of a monastery in Ireland (by foreigners such as Northumbrians), pivots multiple events together for sourcing timeline corrections.

Adding the Frisians into the mix is where it gets hairy (for this particular data set), because of the massive chronological influx, however in terms of the genealogy, it appears both the major islands, which used to be connected to the continent (see OP’s land submersion infographic), have decent starting points based on the genealogy and apparent events.

I attached the rough workings of a preliminary maternal ancestry of Niall to this post which is heavily referenced in my introductory thesis for Filí na hÉireann.

Meaning, Niall is potentially a descendent of the historical Odin (Woden), whose son(s) established the kingdom of Gododdin in northeast Albion, below the Firth of Forth underneath what is known to be Pictland, then, later his descendant (as indicated) merged one of this figure’s lineages with the widely claimed to be pseudo genealogy of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England prior to the Norman conquest.

So Niall’s era being 700-800s (1200-1300 years ago) and his descendants intercepting historical events in Anglo-Saxon chronicles, reframing to be sometime in the 950s-1100s (900-1050 years ago) presents a pivot point to coordinate any Frisian (ideally native) claims of exploits of prominent figures (or any remembered figures for that matter) from about 45-55 generations ago.