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Déisi
Déisi, Old Irish for tenants or vassals, was the name of a number of communities in early Ireland. These included Déisi Temro (of Tara), otherwise Déisi Breg, who were located in the modern barony of Deece in Meath, the Déisi of Waterford, and the Déisi of Limerick, one branch of which migrated to Clare and subsequently became the Dál Cais. The Waterford Déisi survived until the Anglo‐Norman conquest. Eoin MacNeill believed the Déisi were rent paying, a suggestion based in part on the 8th‐century compilation Tairired na nDessi (Expulsion of the Déisi), which depicts them as subordinate communities, dependent for land on overlords. This text recounts how the Déisi were forced to flee Tara after having blinded King Cormac mac Airt in one eye. According to the tale, they had various homes in Leinster and Munster before coalescing with other exiled peoples and settling in Tipperary and Waterford. One variant depicts a group of Déisi as migrating to Dyfed in Wales; these are normally seen by scholars as ancestors of a dynasty which ruled Dyfed until the 10th century. Early connections between Dyfed and Co. Waterford are implied by the high concentration of ogam stones in both areas.
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"Déisi." The Oxford Companion to Irish History. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Déisi." The Oxford Companion to Irish History. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O245-Disi.html "Déisi." The Oxford Companion to Irish History. 2007. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O245-Disi.html |
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Déisi
Déisi, Dési, Déssi, Déise [Ir., vassal or rentpaying tribes]. Historical people of early Ireland, who migrated from Co. Meath to both Munster and south Wales, especially the south-western territories then occupied by the Demetae later known as Dyfed. Their alleged original homeland is commemorated in the barony of Deece, Co. Meath. Their region of settlement in counties Waterford and Tipperary came to be known as Decies; here they became vassals of the Eóganacht. According to literary tradition, the Déisi of Meath are forced to migrate when they seek vengeance for the rape of a princess by Cellach, son of Cormac mac Airt. The Déisi chieftain spears Cellach and puts out Cormac's eye, thus disbarring him from king-ship; he is replaced by another son, Cairbre. After the Déisi settle in their Munster home, Eochaid (9) leads them to Wales. St Declan [Déaglán], founder of Ardmore, was the principal saint of the Déisi.
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JAMES MacKILLOP. "Déisi." A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JAMES MacKILLOP. "Déisi." A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O70-Disi.html JAMES MacKILLOP. "Déisi." A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology. 2004. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O70-Disi.html |
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Dessie
Dessie Dessye, or Dese , town (1994 pop. 97,314), capital of Wallo prov., central Ethiopia, in the Great Rift Valley. It is an administrative, military, and commercial center. Dessie has an important marketplace dealing in animal skins and agricultural products. The local handicrafts industry is also a significant economic activity. |
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"Dessie." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Dessie." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Dessie.html "Dessie." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Dessie.html |
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