Cúán mac Amalgado (died
641
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) 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 Áine 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 a previous king
Amalgaid mac Éndai (d.
601). He succeeded
Faílbe Flann mac Áedo Duib in
639.
No events are recorded in the annals for his reign but there is a mention of the slaying of a King of Munster named Cúán mac Éndai at the Battle of Carn Conaill as an ally of
Guaire Aidne mac Colmáin (d.
663) of Connaught in his defeat by Diarmait mac Áedo Sláine of
Brega
Brega , also known as ''Mersa Brega'' or ''Marsa al-Brega'' ( , i.e. "Brega Seaport"), is a complex of several smaller towns, industry installations and education establishments situated in Libya on the Gulf of Sidra, the most southerly point of ...
. The battle took place in
649 which contradicts his death date and is dismissed by Prof. Byrne. However, Keating also mentions this event using his proper name and gives him a reign of 10 years.
[''Laud Synchronisms'' also give him a reign of 10 years]
He is known to have had a son named Máel Umai who was father of the Munster king
Eterscél mac Máele Umai (d.
721
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).
Notes
See also
*
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
The ''Annals of Tigernach'' (Abbreviation, abbr. AT, ) are chronicles probably originating in Clonmacnoise, Ireland. The language is a mixture of Latin language, Latin and Old Irish, Old and Middle Irish.
Many of the pre-historic entries come f ...
''
*
Geoffrey Keating
Geoffrey Keating (; – ) was an Irish historian. He was born in County Tipperary, Ireland, and is buried in Tubrid Graveyard in the parish of Ballylooby-Duhill. He became a Catholic priest and a poet.
Biography
It was generally believed unt ...
, ''History of Ireland''
*
Francis John Byrne
Francis John Byrne (1934 – 30 December 2017) was an Irish historian.
Born in Shanghai where his father, a Dundalk man, captained a ship on the Yellow River, Byrne was evacuated with his mother to Australia on the outbreak of World War II. A ...
, ''Irish Kings and High-Kings''
*''Laud Synchronisms''
*''The Chronology of the Irish Annals'', Daniel P. McCarthy
External links
CELT: Corpus of Electronic Textsa
University College Cork
641 deaths
Kings of Munster
7th-century Irish monarchs
Year of birth unknown
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