Goibnenn mac Conaill

Goibnenn mac Conaill (flourished 537) [all dates per "The Chronology of the Irish Annals", Daniel P. McCarthy] was the first king of the Ui Fiachrach Aidhne mentioned in the annals. He was the great-grandson of the high king Nath Í (died 445). [T.M. Charles-Edwards, "Early Christian Ireland", Appendix XXIII]

In 537 he defeated the King of Uisnech, Maine mac Cerbaill, of the Southern Ui Neill at the Battle of Claenloch (near Kinelea,Co.Galway) and Maine was slain. ["Annals of Ulster" AU 538.2; "Annals of Tigernach" 537.1] Maine was attempting to secure the hotages of the Uí Maine. This battle marked the division of the Ui Maine subject to Connacht and the Cenél Maine of Tethba, subject to the Southern Ui Neill. [Francis J.Byrne, "Irish Kings and High-Kings", pg.92] This victory would lead to the domination of the kingship of Connacht by the Ui Fiachrach Aidne in the 7th century.

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References

* "Annals of Ulster" at [http://celt.ucc.ie/index.html CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts] at [http://www.ucc.ie/ University College Cork]
* "Annals of Tigernach" 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
* Charles-Edwards, T. M. (2000), "Early Christian Ireland", Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-36395-0
* [http://www.cs.tcd.ie/Dan.McCarthy/chronology/synchronisms/annals-chron.htm Revised edition] of McCarthy's synchronisms at Trinity College Dublin.

External links

* [http://celt.ucc.ie/index.html CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts] at [http://www.ucc.ie/ University College Cork]