Cass Midhe ("Cass of
Meath Meath may refer to:
General
* County Meath, Republic of Ireland
**Kingdom of Meath, medieval precursor of the county
** List of kings of Meath
** Meath GAA, including the intercounty football and hurling teams
** Diocese of Meath, in the Roman Cath ...
"),
Irish
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* Someone or something of, from, or related to:
** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe
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lawyer
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, died
1017
Year 1017 ( MXVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
Europe
* Summer – Melus of Bari, a Lombard nobleman, revolts and is supported by Norman mercenaries at C ...
.
Cass Midhe or Cassmidhe is recorded as the lawgiver of
Máel Sechnaill II,
High King of Ireland (died
1022
The year 1022 ( MXXII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place Byzantine Empire
* Spring – Battle of Svindax: The Byzantine army under Emperor Basil II d ...
). What little is known of him is given in an account of his death, preserved in the
Annals of the Four Masters
The ''Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland'' ( ga, Annála Ríoghachta Éireann) or the ''Annals of the Four Masters'' (''Annála na gCeithre Máistrí'') are chronicles of medieval
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:
''1017. A predatory excursion by Maelseachlainn into the territory of the Feara-Ceall; and a party of the army was overtaken by the Feara-Ceall and the Eli, so that Domhnall Ua Caindealbhain, lord of Cinel-Laeghaire, and Cass-Midhe, Maelseachlainn's lawgiver, were slain; and Ua Cleircein, lord of Caille-Follambain, was wounded, and died after a short period. Flannagan Ua Ceallaigh, and Conghalach, son of Maelseachlainn, were mortally wounded at the same place.''
The king retreated back to his home kingdom of
Mide
Meath (; Old Irish: ''Mide'' ; spelt ''Mí'' in Modern Irish) was a kingdom in Ireland from the 1st to the 12th century AD. Its name means "middle," denoting its location in the middle of the island.
At its greatest extent, it included all of ...
, where he died in 1022.
External links
* http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100005B/index.html
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People from County Meath
11th-century Irish lawyers
1017 deaths
Year of birth unknown