- Suibne mac Colmáin Már
Suibne mac Colmáin Már (died 600) was a King of
Uisnech inMide of theClann Cholmáin . He was the son ofColmán Már mac Diarmato (died 555/558), also king of Uisnech. [Byrne, Table 3; Charles-Edwards, Appendix III; Mac Niocaill, pg.80] He ruled Uisnech from 587-600. [the "Laud Synchronisms" and "Book of Leinster" give him a reign of 18 years]A king list by
Marianus Scotus names Suibne mac Colmain Mar as high king of Ireland. [Charles-Edwards, pg.486] He may also be the Suibne referred to in the "Baile Chuind " (The Ecstasy of Conn) [Charles-Edwards, pg.493] The annals and other king lists do not give him this title however. He was slain in 600 at Brí Dam in the Suaine by his uncle, the high kingÁed Sláine mac Diarmato (died 604) of theSíl nÁedo Sláine , treacherously according to the "Life of St. Columba" byAdomnán . ["Annals of Ulster" AU 600.2; "Annals of Tigernach" AT 598.3]Suibne's sons
Conall Guthbinn mac Suibni (died 635) andMáel Dóid mac Suibni (died 653) were also kings of Uisnech. His daughter Uasal ingen Suibni (died 643) marriedFáelán mac Colmáin (died 666?), King ofLeinster from theUí Dúnlainge .Notes
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Kings of Uisnech 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 Ulster" at * [http://celt.ucc.ie/index.html CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts] at [http://www.ucc.ie/ University College Cork]
* Charles-Edwards, T. M. (2000), "Early Christian Ireland", Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-36395-0
* Byrne, Francis John (2001), Irish Kings and High-Kings, Dublin: Four Courts Press, ISBN 978-1-85182-196-9
* Mac Niocaill, Gearoid (1972), "Ireland before the Vikings", Dublin: Gill and Macmillan
* "Book of Leinster","Rig Uisnig" at [http://celt.ucc.ie/index.html CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts] at [http://www.ucc.ie/ University College Cork]
* "Laud Synchronisms" at [http://celt.ucc.ie/index.html CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts] at [http://www.ucc.ie/ University College Cork]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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