Cairell mac Muiredaig Muinderg
- Cairell mac Muiredaig Muinderg
Cairell mac Muiredaig Muinderg (died 532) also Cairell Coscrach ("victorious") was a king of Ulaid from the Dal Fiatach. He was the son of Muiredach Muinderg mac Forggo (died 489) and brother of Eochaid mac Muiredaig Muinderg (died 509), previous kings. [Byrne, Table 6; Charles-Edwards, Appendix XXI; Mac Niocaill, pg.74] His accession date is given in the "Annals of Tigernach" in 509 and the accession of his successor in 532 ["Annals of Tigernach", AT 509.3, 532.3] This annal gives him a reign of 509-532 [ the king list in the "Book of Leinster" gives him a reign of 25 years and the "Laud Synchronisms" 23 years.]
In the period following the destruction of Emain Macha after 450, Ulidia underwent a recuperation in which the Dal Fiatach emerge as the overlords with his father Muiredach as the first historical king. [Mac Niocaill, pg.73] In 496/498 the annals record the storming of Dún Lethglaise (Downpatrick, modern County Down) which may be connected with the rise of Dal Fiatach in this area which was to become their power base. [ Ó Cróinín, pg.214]
The "Tripartite Life of St. Patrick" has a story that Saint Patrick cursed the descendants of his brother Eochaid and gave his blessing to the descendants of Cairell. [ [http://www.gutenberg.org/files/18482/18482-h/18482-h.htm#chap0403 The Most Ancient Lives of Saint Patrick] edited by James O'Leary] Cairell's descendants did monopolize the kingship. His known sons were Demmán mac Cairill (died 572) and Báetán mac Cairill (died 581), both kings of Ulaid.
Notes
References
* "Annals of Ulster" at [http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100001A/index.html] at [http://www.ucc.ie/ University College Cork]
* "Annals of Tigernach" at [http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/G100002/index.html] 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
* Charles-Edwards, T. M. (2000), "Early Christian Ireland", Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-36395-0
* Dáibhí Ó Cróinín (2005), "A New History of Ireland", Volume One, Oxford: Oxford University Press
* Gearoid Mac Niocaill (1972), "Ireland before the Vikings", Dublin: Gill and Macmillan
External links
* [http://celt.ucc.ie/index.html CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts] at [http://www.ucc.ie/ University College Cork]
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