Ailill mac Cathail Con-cen-máthair (died 701) was a
King of Munster
The kings of Munster () ruled the Kingdom of Munster in Ireland from its establishment during the Irish Iron Age until the High Middle Ages. According to Gaelic traditional history, laid out in works such as the ''Book of Invasions'', the earli ...
from the Glendamnach branch of the
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 ...
. He was the son of
Cathal Cú-cen-máthair mac Cathail (d. 665) and brother of his predecessor
Finguine mac Cathail Con-cen-máthair (d. 696).
Though mentioned in the annals as king and in the saga ''
Senchas Fagbála Caisil'' "The Story of the Finding of Cashel", he is omitted from lists in the ''Laud Synchronisms'' and the ''
Book of Leinster''.
[, Fland cecinit] Also in the list of signatories to the signing of
Adomnan's ''Law of the Innocents'' at
Birr in 697; he is only mentioned as king of Mag Feimin while
Eterscél mac Máele Umai (d. 721) is named king of
Munster
Munster ( or ) is the largest of the four provinces of Ireland, located in the south west of the island. In early Ireland, the Kingdom of Munster was one of the kingdoms of Gaelic Ireland ruled by a "king of over-kings" (). Following the Nor ...
.
Ailil had three sons: Fogantach, Aonghus and Dubhda but none of his descendants were kings.
Notes
See also
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Kings of Munster
The kings of Munster () ruled the Kingdom of Munster in Ireland from its establishment during the Irish Iron Age until the High Middle Ages. According to Gaelic traditional history, laid out in works such as the ''Book of Invasions'', the earli ...
References
*''Annals of Tigernach''
*T.M. Charles-Edwards, ''Early Christian Ireland''
*Francis J. Byrne, ''Irish Kings and High-Kings''
*''Book of Leinster'', Fland cecinit.
*''Book of Munster'', Rev.Eugene O'Keeffe
*''Laud Synchronisms''
*''The Chronology of the Irish Annals'', Daniel P. McCarthy
External links
CELT: Corpus of Electronic Textsa
University College Cork
Kings of Munster
7th-century births
701 deaths
7th-century Irish monarchs
8th-century Irish monarchs
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