Ailill Flann Bec, son of
Fiachu Muillethan, was an
Irish dynast belonging to the
Deirgtine, the proto-historical ancestors of the historical
Eóganachta
The Eóganachta (Modern , ) were an Irish dynasty centred on Rock of Cashel, Cashel which dominated southern Ireland (namely the Kingdom of Munster) from the 6/7th to the 10th centuries, and following that, in a restricted form, the Kingdom of De ...
dynasties of
Munster
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. He was the father of
Luigthech, also known as
Lugaid, and thus the grandfather of
Conall Corc. Another son of Ailill Flann Bec may have been
Dáire Cerbba
Dáire Cerbba (or Cerba, Cearba, Cearb; meaning "Silver Dáire" or "Dáire the Sharp/Cutting") was a 4th-century Irish dynast who was evidently a king of late prehistoric central northern Munster, called Medón Mairtíne at the time. A frequen ...
, but there is evidence against this.
He was adopted by and succeeded his elder brother Ailill Flann Mór, who left no issue.
References
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Kuno Meyer
Kuno Meyer (20 December 1858 – 11 October 1919) was a German scholar, distinguished in the field of Celtic philology and literature. His pro-German stance at the start of World War I in the United States was a source of controversy. His brothe ...
(ed.)
"The Laud Genealogies and Tribal Histories" in ''
Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 8''. Halle/Saale, Max Niemeyer. 1912. Pages 291-338.
* Michael A. O'Brien (ed.) with intr. by John V. Kelleher, ''Corpus genealogiarum Hiberniae''.
DIAS. 1976. / partial digital edition:
Donnchadh Ó Corráin
Donnchadh Ó Corráin (28 February 1942 – 25 October 2017) was an Republic of Ireland, Irish historian and professor emeritus of medieval history at University College Cork. He earned his BA in history and Irish from UCC, graduating in 1964.
...
(ed.)
Genealogies from Rawlinson B 502 University College, Cork
Corpus of Electronic Texts 1997.
*
John O'Donovan (ed. and tr.), ''
Annála Ríoghachta Éireann. Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland by the Four Masters, from the Earliest Period to the Year 1616''. 7 vols. Royal Irish Academy. Dublin. 1848-51. 2nd edition, 1856.
*
John O'HartIrish Pedigrees Dublin: James Duffy and Co. 5th edition, 1892.
* Eugene O'Keeffe (ed. and tr.), ''Eoganacht Genealogies from the
Book of Munster''. Cork. 1703. (availabl
here
*
T. F. O'Rahilly, ''Early Irish History and Mythology''.
Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies
The Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS) () is a statutory independent research institute in Dublin, Ireland. It was established, under the Institute For Advanced Studies Act 1940, by the government of the then Taoiseach, Éamon de Vale ...
. 1946.
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Medieval Gaels from Ireland