Fíngen mac Áedo Duib

Fíngen mac Áedo Duib (d. 618) [all dates per "The Chronology of the Irish Annals", Daniel P. McCarthy] was a King of Munster from the Eóganacht Chaisil branch of the Eoganachta. He was the great-grandson of Feidlimid mac Óengusa, a previous king. [Francis J.Byrne, "Irish Kings and High-Kings" , Table 12] He succeeded Amalgaid mac Éndai as king in 601.

There is some dispute in the sources as to his reign and that of Áed Bennán mac Crimthainn (died 618) of the Loch Lein branch. The "Annals of Tigernach" give the title King of Munster to both of them but give Fingin's accession after Amalgaid in 601. ["Annals of Tigernach" AT 601.5;618.3, 618.4] The "Annals of Innisfallen" do not give Aed this title but give it to Fingin. ["Annals of Innisfallen" AI 619.1,620.2]

His reign was a prosperous one: [Byrne, pg.206]

Munster in the time of Fíngen mac Áedo, its store-houses were full, its homesteads were fruitful.

According to the saga "Mór of Munster and the Violent Death of Cuanu mac Ailchine" he was originally married to a Deisi woman but later married Mór Muman (d. 636), the daughter of Áed Bennán. She later married his successor Cathal mac Áedo (d. 627) thereby transferring the kingship to him. [Byrne, pg.204-205]

His sons by Mór were Sechnussach and Máenach mac Fíngin (d. 661) who was a King of Munster. [Rev. Eugene O'Keeffe, "Book of Munster", [http://www.clanmacrae.org/documents/munster.htm Eoghanacht Genealogies] ]

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Notes

ee also

*Kings of Munster

References

* "Annals of Tigernach" at [http://celt.ucc.ie/index.html CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts] at [http://www.ucc.ie/ University College Cork]
* "Annals of Innisfallen" at [http://celt.ucc.ie/index.html CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts] at [http://www.ucc.ie/ University College Cork]
* Byrne, Francis John (2001), Irish Kings and High-Kings, Dublin: Four Courts Press, ISBN 978-1-85182-196-9
* [http://www.cs.tcd.ie/Dan.McCarthy/chronology/synchronisms/annals-chron.htm Revised edition] of McCarthy's synchronisms at Trinity College Dublin.
*Rev. Eugene O'Keeffe, "Book of Munster", [http://www.clanmacrae.org/documents/munster.htm Eoghanacht Genealogies]

External links

* [http://celt.ucc.ie/index.html CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts] at [http://www.ucc.ie/ University College Cork]
* [http://www.ucd.ie/tlh/index.html TLH: Thesaurus Linguae Hibernicae] at [http://www.ucd.ie/ University College Dublin]
* Wiley, Dan M., [http://www.hastings.edu/academic/english/Kings/Mor_Muman_ocus_Aided_Cuanach.htm Mor Muman] , "Cycles of the Kings"