Iarmhumhain (older spellings: Iarmuman, Iarmumu or Iarluachair) was a Kingdom in the early Christian period of Ireland in west

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 ...

. Its ruling dynasty was related to the main ruling dynasty of Munster known as the

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. Its ruling branch was called the

Eóganacht Locha Léin __NOTOC__ Eóganacht Locha Léin or Uí Cairpre Luachra were a branch of the ruling Eóganachta of Munster. Their territory was in Iarmuman or West Munster. Luachair (Lúachra) is the old name of a large district on the borders of Co Cork, Kerry a ...

or Ui Chairpri Lúachra. Their center was around

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at Loch Léin. The name Iarluachair means west of the

Sliabh Luachra Sliabh Luachra (), sometimes anglicised Slieve Logher, is an upland region in Munster, Ireland. It is on the borders of counties County Cork, Cork, County Kerry, Kerry and County Limerick, Limerick, and bounded to the south by the Munster Blackw ...

mountains. The dynasty was established in the 5th century with the kingdom becoming semi-independent of the Munster kings at

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in the 6th century. They ruled over smaller kingdoms in west Munster such as the Ciarraige Luachra,

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and

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and at the height of their power may have ruled over areas of west

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including the

Corcu Baiscinn The Corcu Baiscind were an early Érainn people or kingdom of what is now southern County Clare in Munster. They descended from Cairpre Baschaín, son of Conaire Cóem, a High King of Ireland. Closely related were the Múscraige and Corcu Dui ...

and Corco Mruad and perhaps even had some sovereignty over the

Uí Fidgenti The Uí Fidgenti, Fidgeinti, Fidgheinte, Fidugeinte, Fidgente, or Fidgeinte ( or ;In the pronunciation, the -d- is silent, and the -g- becomes a glide, producing what might be anglicized ''Feeyenti'' or ''Feeyenta''. "descendants of, or of the ...

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and the

Eóganacht Raithlind Eóganacht Raithlind or Uí Echach Muman are a branch of the Eóganachta, the ruling dynasty of Munster in southwest Ireland during the 5th-10th centuries. They took their name from Raithlinn or Raithleann described around the area of Bandon, in ...

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. Their power was broken in the late 8th and early 9th centuries. The transference of the overlordship of the Ciarraige Luachra to direct Cashel control in the reign of Feidlimid mac Cremthanin (died 846) signified this. The last time the title King of Iarmuman was used in the ''Annals of Innisfallen'' was 791 and in the ''Annals of Ulster'' 833. The dynasty then begins to use the title king of Loch Léin.

Kings of Iarmuman

* Coirpre Luachra mac Cuirc (mid 5th century) * Maine mac Coirpri *

Dauí Iarlaithe mac Maithni Dauí Iarlaithe mac Maithni (flourished circa 500) was a King of Iarmuman (west Munster) from the Eóganacht Locha Léin branch of the Eoganachta, the ruling dynasty of Munster. He was the grandson of the founder of this branch of the dynasty, C ...

(circa 500) * Cobthach mac Dauí Iarlaithe * Crimthann mac Cobthaig (6th century) *

Áed Bennán mac Crimthainn Áed Bennán mac Crimthainn (died 618) was a possible King of Munster from the Eóganacht Locha Léin branch of the Eoganachta. He was definitely king of West Munster or Iarmuman. He was the great-grandson of Dauí Iarlaithe mac Maithni also a ...

(died 618) * Áed Dammán mac Crimthainn (died 633) *

Máel Dúin mac Áedo Bennán Máel Dúin mac Áedo Bennán (died 661) was a King of Iarmuman (west Munster) from the Eóganacht Locha Léin branch of the Eoganachta. He was the son of Áed Bennán mac Crimthainn (died 618), who may have been King of all Munster. His uncle ...

(died 661) *

Congal mac Máele Dúin Congal mac Máele Dúin (died 690) was a King of Iarmuman (west Munster) from the Eóganacht Locha Léin branch of the Eoganachta, the ruling dynasty of Munster. He was the son of Máel Dúin mac Áedo Bennán (died 661), previous king of Iarmuman ...

(died 690) * ''AI700.1 Kl. Death of Mael Bracha, king of IarMumu.'' (see

Annals of Inisfallen The ''Annals of Inisfallen'' () are a chronicle of the medieval history of Ireland. Overview There are more than 2,500 entries spanning the years between 433 and 1450. The manuscript is thought to have been compiled in 1092, as the chronic ...

) * Cú Dínaisc mac Foirchellaig (died 717) * Áed mac Conaing (died 734) * Cairpre mac Con Dínaisc (died 747) *

Máel Dúin mac Áedo Máel Dúin mac Áedo (died 786) was a possible King of Munster from the Eóganacht Locha Léin branch of the Eóganachta. He was the son of Áed Bennán mac Conaing (died 733), a king of Iarmuman or West Munster and great great grandson of Á ...

(died 786) * Cú Chongelt mac Cairpri (died 791) * Áed Allán mac Coirpri (died 803) * Cobthach mac Máele Dúin (died 833) * Máel Crón mac Cobthaig (died 838)

References

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* Byrne, Francis John (2001), Irish Kings and High-Kings, Dublin: Four Courts Press, {{DEFAULTSORT:Iarmuman Kings of Iarmuman Kings of Munster Kingdoms of medieval Ireland