Ferghus Scannal mac Crimthainn ("Fergus of the Disputes, son of Crimthann"; died AD 582) (although the

Annals of the Four Masters The ''Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland'' () or the ''Annals of the Four Masters'' () are chronicles of Middle Ages, medieval Irish history. The entries span from the Genesis flood narrative, Deluge, dated as 2,242 Anno Mundi, years after crea ...

note the death occurred in the year 580) was a

king 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 ...

from the Eóganacht Airthir Cliach branch of the Eoganachta, the ruling dynasty of Munster. His name ''Scannal'' meaning "quarrel, contention", from Latin ''scandalum'', and is the earliest known use of the Scannal name. He was the son of Crimthann Dearcon mac Eochaid and great-grandson of

Óengus mac Nad Froích Óengus mac Nad Froích (430-489) was an Eoganachta and the first Christian King 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. Accordi ...

(died 489) the first Christian 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 ...

. This branch had their lands around Tipperary town. He is mentioned in king lists such as the ''Laud Synchronisms'' and the ''Book of Leinster''. According to the ''Annals of Tigernach'', he succeeded Coirpre Cromm mac Crimthainn as king in 577 but was slain shortly thereafter in 582. This annal contradicts itself by stating that he ruled for seven years. According to Eogannacht sources, he was slain by the Leinstermen who forfeited Osraige to Munster as a blood-fine for this deed. Prof. Byrne dismisses this as later

Osraige Osraige (Old Irish) or Osraighe (Classical Irish), Osraí (Modern Irish), anglicized as Ossory, was a medieval Irish kingdom comprising what is now County Kilkenny and western County Laois, corresponding to the Diocese of Ossory. The home of ...

propaganda howeverByrne, pg 181

Notes

References

* ''Annals of Tigernach'' a
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University College Cork
* Byrne, Francis John (2001), ''Irish Kings and High-Kings'', Dublin: Four Courts Press,

of McCarthy's sync

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