e/Kennedy (Ireland)

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has gloss	eng: :Not to be confused with the Scottish Clan Kennedy The Kennedy family of Ireland is a royal dynasty founded in the Middle Ages who were Kings of Ormond. Their founder was the nephew of High King Brian Boru (1002-1014). Kennedy is an anglicised form of the Irish "Ó Cinnéide". The name Cinnéide belonged Brian Boru's father Cennétig mac Lorcáin, King of Thomond, in the tenth century AD. (Brian Boru was an Ard Rí or High King of Ireland). His grandson became known as Ó Cinnéide which is Irish for grandson of Cinnéide. The Kennedys did not descend directly from Brian Boru, but from his brother.
lexicalization	eng: Kennedy
instance of	c/European royal families