|
Dáire
Dáire is an Old Irish name which fell out of use at an early period, remaining restricted essentially to legendary and ancestral figures, usually male. It has come back into fashion since the 18th century. The anglicised form of this name is Dara. Bearers of the name Pre-modern world * Dáire Barrach, a Leinster dynast and son of Cathair Mór of the Laigin * Dáire Cerbba, a Munster dynast of the 4th century * Dáire Derg, character from the Fenian Cycle possibly identical with Goll mac Morna * Dáire Doimthech (Sírchréchtach), a legendary King of Tara, ancestor of the '' Dáirine'' and Corcu Loígde * Dáire Donn, "king of the great world" from the ''Battle of Ventry'' of the Fenian Cycle * Dáire Dornmár, a grandson of the legendary Conaire Mór and early king of Dál Riata * Dáire Drechlethan, a King of Tara of uncertain identity listed in the ''Baile Chuinn Chétchathaig'' * Dáire mac Cormaic, a son of the celebrated Cormac mac Airt * Dáire mac Degad, father of the l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dáire Cerbba
Dáire Cerbba (or Cerba, Cearba, Cearb; meaning "Silver Dáire" or "Dáire the Sharp/Cutting") was a 4th-century Irish dynast who was evidently a king of late prehistoric central northern Munster, called Medón Mairtíne at the time. A frequently believed grandson of his, Crimthann mac Fidaig, was High King of Ireland and some British territories, and another descendant Bressal mac Ailello may have been King of Munster, and whose sister Angias was Queen of Lóegaire mac Néill, High King of Ireland. Finally, another descendant, according to Geoffrey Keating, was a king of Munster named Cormac, son of Ailill, son of Eochaid, son of Dáire Cearb. Unlike many other individuals due to name or obvious descent sometimes considered Dáirine, neither Dáire Cerbba nor his family appear to have any certain associations with the Corcu Loígde and are instead considered, at least officially, relatively close relations of the Éoganachta. Origins and relations Outline Of uncertain origins ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dáire Barrach
Dáire is an Old Irish name which fell out of use at an early period, remaining restricted essentially to legendary and ancestral figures, usually male. It has come back into fashion since the 18th century. The anglicised form of this name is Dara. Bearers of the name Pre-modern world * Dáire Barrach, a Leinster dynast and son of Cathair Mór of the Laigin * Dáire Cerbba, a Munster dynast of the 4th century * Dáire Derg, character from the Fenian Cycle possibly identical with Goll mac Morna * Dáire Doimthech (Sírchréchtach), a legendary King of Tara, ancestor of the ''Dáirine'' and Corcu Loígde * Dáire Donn, "king of the great world" from the ''Battle of Ventry'' of the Fenian Cycle * Dáire Dornmár, a grandson of the legendary Conaire Mór and early king of Dál Riata * Dáire Drechlethan, a King of Tara of uncertain identity listed in the ''Baile Chuinn Chétchathaig'' * Dáire mac Cormaic, a son of the celebrated Cormac mac Airt * Dáire mac Degad, father of the le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dáire Of Ulster
Dáire is an Old Irish name which fell out of use at an early period, remaining restricted essentially to legendary and ancestral figures, usually male. It has come back into fashion since the 18th century. The anglicised form of this name is Dara. Bearers of the name Pre-modern world * Dáire Barrach, a Leinster dynast and son of Cathair Mór of the Laigin * Dáire Cerbba, a Munster dynast of the 4th century * Dáire Derg, character from the Fenian Cycle possibly identical with Goll mac Morna * Dáire Doimthech (Sírchréchtach), a legendary King of Tara, ancestor of the ''Dáirine'' and Corcu Loígde * Dáire Donn, "king of the great world" from the ''Battle of Ventry'' of the Fenian Cycle * Dáire Dornmár, a grandson of the legendary Conaire Mór and early king of Dál Riata * Dáire Drechlethan, a King of Tara of uncertain identity listed in the ''Baile Chuinn Chétchathaig'' * Dáire mac Cormaic, a son of the celebrated Cormac mac Airt * Dáire mac Degad, father of the leg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dáirine
The Dáirine (Dárine, Dáirfine, Dáirfhine, Dárfine, Dárinne, Dairinne), later known dynastically as the Corcu Loígde and associated, were the proto-historical rulers of Munster before the rise of the Eóganachta in the 7th century AD. They were derived from or closely associated with the Darini of Ptolemy and were also related to the Ulaid and Dál Riata of Ulster and Scotland.O'Rahilly 1946 Their ancestors appear frequently in the Ulster Cycle. In historical times the Dáirine were represented, as stated, by the Corcu Loígde, the Uí Fidgenti and Uí Liatháin, as well as a few other early historical kindreds of both Munster and Ulster. In ancient genealogical schemes, the historical Dál Fiatach of Ulaid also belong to the Dáirine. History Dáirine can sometimes refer to the Érainn dynasties as a whole instead of the distinct royal septs mentioned above. The Dáirine of Munster were said to descend from a certain Dáire (''*Dārios''), both Dáire Doimthech (Sírchrecht ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dáire Mac Dedad
Dáire mac Dedad (Dáire, son of Dega) is the eponymous ancestor of the Dáirine of Munster and father of the legendary Cú Roí mac Dáire. These further associate him with the prehistoric Darini of Ulster. He is probably identical with Dáire Doimthech (Sírchrechtach), an ancestor of the Corcu Loígde. As such he is a common ancestor of several prominent dynasties of the so-called Érainn, including the Dál Fiatach of Ulster. His brother, whom Dáire is said to have succeeded as King of Munster, was Íar mac Dedad, ancestor of Eterscél Mór, father of the legendary monarch Conaire Mór. T. F. O'Rahilly did not see Dáire as distinct from his son, stating that "Cú Roí and Dáire are ultimately one and the same". According to genealogical schemes deriving from the compilations and works of Duald Mac Firbis and others, Dáire's family can be reconstructed as follows:Dobbs, ''passim'' * Dáire (mac Degad) m. Morand Manandach, sister of Eochaidh Eachbeoil of Scotland ** Cú Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dáire Doimthech
Dáire Doimthech (Dáire "poor house"), alias Dáire Sírchréchtach ("the ever-wounded"), son of Sithbolg, was a legendary King of Tara and High King of Ireland, and one of the eponymous ancestors of the proto-historical Dáirine and historical Corcu Loígde of Munster. A son of his was Lugaid Loígde (a quo Corcu Loígde), an ancestor of Lugaid Mac Con. In the ''Scéla Mosauluim'', Dáire Doimthech is referred to as one of the five kings of Tara from Munster, or alternatively one of five Dáires to rule at Tara.''Ailill Aulom, Mac Con, and Find ua Báiscne'' (Meyer translation) He may at one time have been partly identical with Dáire mac Degad, father of |
Dáire Mac Fiachna
In the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology, Dáire mac Fiachna is an Ulster cattle-lord and owner of Donn Cuailnge, the Brown Bull of Cooley, over which the '' Táin Bó Cuailnge'' (Cattle Raid of Cooley) was fought. Following the medieval Irish genealogies, Dáire mac Fiachna appears to have been a paternal relative of Conchobar Mac Nessa. He appears in the Táin Bó Regamon within a ghastly chariot alongside the Morrígan. He is described as a great man wrapped in a red cloak with a forked staff of hazel at his back. The Morrígan first introduces him as ''h-Uar-gaeth-sceo-luachair-sceo'', before later revealing that he is Dáire mac Fiachna, and the owner of Donn Cuailnge. When Queen Medb of Connacht discovered that her husband, Ailill, was considerably wealthier than her due to his possession of one extremely fertile bull, she resolved to even the account by possessing Dáire mac Fiachna's great bull, Donn Cuailnge. Queen Medb sent messengers to Dáire mac Fiachna with a generous o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dáire Drechlethan
Dáire Drechlethan "Dáire of the Broad Face" is a King of Tara listed in the Old Irish ''Baile Chuinn Chétchathaig''. His identity with any king of Tara from Irish legend remains uncertain because his epithet is unique in the surviving corpus related to Tara. However, three candidates have recently been proposed, the most likely being Dáire Doimthech, a well known king of Tara from Irish legend. His kindred, the Dáirine or Corcu Loígde, believed to be related to the Érainn, provided a number of powerful kings of Tara in the early period, and this could not be ignored by the Uí Néill compilers of the list. A descendant (or ancestor) of Dáire Doimthech, Mac Con moccu Lugaid Loígde, is also listed in ''BCC''. Dáire Doimthech is also called Dáire Sírchréchtach or Sírdréchtach often in the tales and genealogies, where he is prominent as an ancestral figure. On the other hand, he is regarded as an ancestor deity of the Érainn by scholars following the theories of T. F. O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dál Fiatach
Dál Fiatach was a Gaelic Ireland, Gaelic dynastic-grouping and the name of their territory in the north-east of Ireland during the Middle Ages. It was part of the over-kingdom of Ulaid, and they were its main ruling dynasty for most of Ulaid's history. Their territory lay in eastern County Down. Their capital was Dún Lethglaise (Downpatrick) and from the 9th century their main religious site was Bangor Abbey. Description The Dál Fiatach are claimed as being descended from Fiatach Finn, Fiatach Finn mac Dáire, a legendary King of Ulaid and High King of Ireland, and are thought to be related to both the Voluntii and Darini of Ptolemy's ''Geographia (Ptolemy), Geographia''. They are also perhaps more directly related to the pre-historic Dáirine, and the later Corcu Loígde of Munster. Kinship with the Osraige is also supported, and more distantly with the Dál Riata. The Ulaid, of which the Dál Fiatach at times were the ruling dynasty, are further associated with the so-call ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cú Roí
Cú Roí mac Dáire (Cú Ruí, Cú Raoi) is a king of Munster in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. He is usually portrayed as a warrior with superhuman abilities and a master of disguise possessed of magical powers. His name probably means "hound of the plain/field", or more specifically, "hound of the battlefield". He is the son of Dáire mac Dedad (or Dáire Doimthech), and thus belongs to the Clanna Dedad. However, T. F. O'Rahilly believed this to be artificial, stating that "Cú Roí and Dáire are ultimately one and the same". Though often an outsider figure, for instance in the role of intervener or arbitrator, Cú Roí appears in a great number of medieval Irish texts, including '' Forfess Fer Fálgae'', ''Amra Con Roi'', ''Brinna Ferchertne'', ''Aided Chon Roi'' (in several recensions), ''Fled Bricrenn'', '' Mesca Ulad'' and ''Táin Bó Cúailnge''. The early Irish tale-lists refer to such titles as '' Aided Chon Roí'', ''Echtra Chon Roí'' (List A), ''Orgain Chathrach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donn Cuailnge
In the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology Donn Cúailnge, the Brown Bull of Cooley, was an extremely fertile stud bull over whom the Táin Bó Cúailnge (Cattle Raid of Cooley) was fought. Prologue A ninth century ''rémscéla'' or foretale recounts how the tale came to be. In the 6th century, the poet Senchán Torpéist gathered the poets of Ireland together to see if any of them knew the story of the ''Táin Bó Cúailnge'', but they all only knew parts of it. His son Muirgen came to the grave of Fergus mac Róich and spoke a poem, and Fergus' ghost appeared to him and related the events of the ''Táin'' as they happened. Legend He was originally a man named Friuch, a pig-keeper, who worked for Bodb Dearg, king of the Munster ''sidh''. He fell out with Rucht, who was a pig-keeper for Ochall Ochne, king of the Connaught ''sidh''. The two fought, transforming into various animal and human forms, ultimately becoming two worms which were swallowed by two cows and reborn as two bull ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corcu Loígde
The Corcu Loígde (Corcu Lóegde, Corco Luigde, Corca Laoighdhe, Laidhe), meaning Gens of the Calf Goddess, also called the Síl Lugdach meic Itha, were a kingdom centred in West County Cork who descended from the proto-historical rulers of Munster, the Dáirine, of whom they were the central royal sept. They took their name from Lugaid Loígde "Lugaid of the Calf Goddess", a King of Tara and High King of Ireland, son of the great Dáire Doimthech (a quo Dáirine). A descendant of Lugaid Loígde, and their most famous ancestor, is the legendary Lugaid Mac Con, who is listed in the Old Irish ''Baile Chuinn Chétchathaig''. Closest kin to the Corcu Loígde were the Dál Fiatach princes of the Ulaid. Overview The Corcu Loígde were the rulers of Munster, and likely of territories beyond the province, until the early 7th century AD, when their ancient alliance with the Kingdom of Osraige fell apart as the Eóganachta rose to power. Many peoples formerly subject to the Corcu Loígd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
