[4] The Mac Artáins descend from Artán, grandson of Fagartaigh of Uí Echach Cobo (anglicised as Iveagh).

[5] During the 14th century the Normans in Ulster faded as a result of the Bruce Invasion, with this period seeing the Mac Aonghusa and Mac Artáin clans emerge and expand from Uibh Echach, with their respective territories becoming the basis of the future baronies of Iveagh and Kinelarty.

[5] With the fall of Norman power in Ulster, the Clann Aodha Bhuidhe (Clandeboy) branch of the O'Neills took control of north Down, with the chiefs of Kinelarty eventually becoming their tributaries.

[8] In 1575 Kinelarty was assigned by the Crown to a Captain Malby, who left very soon after, complaining that it was: ".. all desolate and waste, full of thieves, outlaws and unreclaimed people".

[9] By the 1660s the area from Seaforde towards Slieve Croob belonged to the Forde family, the first of whom had married a daughter of the last McCartan chief.