Cormac mac Ailello (died 712) was a 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 ...
from the
Eóganacht Chaisil
Eóganacht Chaisil were a branch of the Eóganachta, the ruling dynasty of Munster between the 5th and 10th centuries. They took their name from Cashel (County Tipperary) which was the capital of the early Catholic kingdom of Munster. They were de ...
branch of the
Eoganachta and the Cenél Fíngin sept of this branch. He was the grandson of
Máenach mac Fíngin (died 661), a previous king.
[Francis J.Byrne, ''Irish Kings and High-Kings'', Table 12] He succeeded
Eterscél mac Máele Umai (died 721) in 702 who had abdicated.
The annals report that Cormac fought wars in north Munster. In 710, Cormac harried the area of Cliú (in N.E.Co.Limerick). In 712, he fought the Battle of Carn Feradaig (Cahernarry, Co. Limerick) in Cliú against the
Dál gCais
The Dalcassians ( ) are a Gaels, Gaelic Irish clan, generally accepted by contemporary scholarship as being a branch of the Déisi Muman, that became very powerful in Ireland during the 10th century. Their genealogies claimed descent from Tál ...
or Déis Tuaiscirt of
Thomond. He was defeated and slain. He was succeeded by
Cathal mac Finguine
Cathal mac Finguine (died 742) was an Irish King of Munster or Cashel, and effectively High King of Ireland as well. He belonged to the Eóganacht Glendamnach sept of the dominant Eóganachta kin-group whose members dominated Munster from the 7t ...
(died 742).
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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''
*''Annals of Innisfallen''
*Francis J.Byrne, ''Irish Kings and High-Kings''
*''The Chronology of the Irish Annals'', Daniel P. McCarthy
External links
CELT: Corpus of Electronic Textsa
University College Cork
Kings of Munster
7th-century Irish people
7th-century births
712 deaths
8th-century Irish monarchs
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