- Cathal Cú-cen-máthair
Cathal Cú-cen-máthair mac Cathaíl (d. 665), often known as Cú-cen-máthair, was an Irish
King of Munster from around 661 until his death. He was a son ofCathal mac Áedo Flaind Chathrach (died c. 628) and belonged to the Glendamnach sept of theEóganachta dynasty. The name Cú-cen-máthair means the "motherless hound".Cú-cen-máthair succeeded
Máenach mac Fíngin of the Eóganacht Chaisil, the Cashel branch of the kindred. A surviving poem attributed toLuccrech moccu Chérai contains a list of his ancestors back to Adam.Cú-cen-máthair died in 665 of a plague which killed many others as recorded in the
Irish annals . The king lists have him followed as King of Munster byColgú mac Faílbe Flaind of the Eóganacht Chaisil. Cú-cen-máthair left at least two sons,Finguine mac Cathail (died 696) andAilill mac Cathail (died 701), both of whom are listed as Kings of Munster in the annals.References
* Byrne, Francis John, "Irish Kings and High-Kings." Batsford, London, 1973. ISBN 0-7134-5882-8
External links
* [http://celt.ucc.ie/index.html CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts] at [http://www.ucc.ie/ University College Cork] The Corpus of Electronic Texts includes the "Annals of Ulster" and "the Four Masters", the "Chronicon Scotorum" and the "Book of Leinster" as well as Genealogies, and various Saints' Lives. Most are translated into English, or translations are in progress.
* [http://www.maryjones.us/ctexts/kings01.html A Poem on the Kings of the Eóganachta]###@@@KEYEND@@@###
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