Feidlimid mac Tigernaig (died 588) 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
Raithlind branch of the
Eoganachta. This branch of the family only rarely provided a king in Munster. He succeeded
Fergus Scandal mac Crimthainn as king in 582.
A proverb stated that every descendant of Echu (his great-great grandfather) shall not go to Cashel even if he was King of Munster. This applied to Feidlimid who was barred from Cashel and instead built the fort of Bodumbir, south of the capital.
[Francis J.Byrne, ''Irish Kings and High-Kings'' , pg 195] He had married Cumman, the widow of
Coirpre Cromm mac Crimthainn
Coirpre Cromm mac Crimthainn (died 577) was a King of Munster from the Eóganacht Glendamnach sept of the ruling Eoganachta dynasty. This branch was centred at Glanworth, County Cork. He was the son of Crimthann Srem mac Echado (died circa 542). ...
thereby claiming the throne. The kinglists of the ''Laud Synchronisms'' omit him from the list and instead substitute
Feidlimid mac Coirpri Chruimm
Feidlimid mac Coirpri Chruimm was a supposed king of Munster from the Glendamnach branch of the Eoganachta.Francis J.Byrne, ''Irish Kings and High-Kings'', Table 13 Not mentioned as king in the Annals or the ''Book of Leinster'', he is mentioned i ...
in favor of the Glendamnach branch.
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''
*Francis J.Byrne, ''Irish Kings and High-Kings''
*''Book of Leinster'', Fland cecinit.
*''Laud Synchronisms''
*''The Chronology of the Irish Annals'', Daniel P. McCarthy
External links
CELT: Corpus of Electronic Textsa
University College Cork
Kings of Munster
588 deaths
6th-century Irish monarchs
Year of birth unknown
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