Coirpre Luachra mac Cuirc (flourished mid 5th century) was the
ancestor
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of the
Eóganacht Locha Léin branch of the Eoganachta, the ruling
dynasty
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H ...
of
Munster
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. This branch was also called the Ui Caipre Luachra, named after him and became the rulers of
Iarmuman (West Munster). He was the son of
Conall Corc mac Luigthig, founder of the Eoganachta kingdom of
Cashel in Munster.
Coirpre is mentioned in genealogical tracts of the
Eoganachta. According to these tracts he was the son of Conall Corc by
Mongfind daughter of Feredach, King of the
Picts
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of
Scotland
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. Hence the alternate name for him Coirpre Cruithneachán (the little Pict). He was fathered while Conall Corc was on a sojourn in Scotland- probably related to raids on Roman Britain. At some point after Conall Corc had established the kingdom of Cashel. Coirpre arrived to claim his inheritance. However, he slew his father's steward and so was cursed by his father and banished to west Munster.
[Byrne, pg.194] His by name Luachra comes from the
Sliabh Luachra mountains which separated west Munster from the rest of Munster.
Coirpre's son Maine mac Coirpri (or Maithne) was given the stewardship of west Munster as was his grandson
Dauí Iarlaithe mac Maithni who turned the stewardship into a semi-independent kingdom of Cashel.
See also
*
House of Óengus
Notes
References
* Byrne, Francis John (2001), Irish Kings and High-Kings, Dublin: Four Courts Press,
*Rev. Eugene O'Keeffe, ''Book of Munster'', at
Eoghanacht Genealogies
Kings of Iarmuman
5th-century Irish monarchs
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