Ailill mac Cathail Con-cen-máthair (died 701) was a

King of Munster The kings of Munster ( ga, Rí Mumhan), ruled from the establishment of Munster during the Irish Iron Age, until the High Middle Ages. According to Gaelic traditional history, laid out in works such as the '' Book of Invasions'', the earliest ...

from the Glendamnach branch of the

Eóganachta The Eóganachta or Eoghanachta () were an Irish dynasty centred on Cashel which dominated southern Ireland (namely the Kingdom of Munster) from the 6/7th to the 10th centuries, and following that, in a restricted form, the Kingdom of Desmond, an ...

. He was the son of

Cathal Cú-cen-máthair Cathal Cú-cen-máthair mac Cathaíl (died 665), often known as Cú-cen-máthair, was an Irish King of Munster from around 661 until his death. He was a son of Cathal mac Áedo Flaind Chathrach (died c. 628) and belonged to the Glendamnach sept of ...

mac Cathail (d. 665) and brother of his predecessor

Finguine mac Cathail Finguine mac Cathail Con-cen-máthair (died 696) was a King of Munster from the Glendamnach branch of the Eoganachta. He was the son of Cathal Cú-cen-máthair mac Cathaíl (d. 665).Francis J.Byrne, ''Irish Kings and High-Kings'', Table 13 He succ ...

Con-cen-máthair (d. 696). Though mentioned in the annals as king and in the saga ''

Senchas Fagbála Caisil ''Senchas Fagbála Caisil'' "The Story of the Finding of Cashel" is an early medieval Irish text which relates, in two variants, the origin legend of the kingship of Cashel. Myles Dillon has dated the first variant (§§ 1-3) to the 8th century, ...

'' "The Story of the Finding of Cashel", he is omitted from lists in the ''Laud Synchronisms'' and the ''

Book of Leinster The Book of Leinster ( mga, Lebor Laignech , LL) is a medieval Irish manuscript compiled c. 1160 and now kept in Trinity College, Dublin, under the shelfmark MS H 2.18 (cat. 1339). It was formerly known as the ''Lebor na Nuachongbála'' "Book ...

''.'', Fland cecinit Also in the list of signatories to the signing of Adomnan's ''Law of the Innocents'' at Birr in 697; he is only mentioned as king of Mag Feimin while

Eterscél mac Máele Umai Eterscél mac Máele Umai (d. 721) was a king of Munster from the Eóganacht Áine branch of the Eóganachta. He was the grandson of Cúán mac Amalgado (d. 641), a previous king. There is confusion in the sources between his reign and that of Ai ...

(d. 721) is named king of

Munster Munster ( gle, an Mhumhain or ) is one of the provinces of Ireland, in the south of Ireland. In early Ireland, the Kingdom of Munster was one of the kingdoms of Gaelic Ireland ruled by a "king of over-kings" ( ga, rí ruirech). Following the ...

. Ailil had three sons: Fogantach, Aonghus and Dubhda but none of his descendants were kings.

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*''Annals of Tigernach'' *T.M. Charles-Edwards, ''Early Christian Ireland'' *Francis J. Byrne, ''Irish Kings and High-Kings'' *''Book of Leinster'', Fland cecinit. *''Book of Munster'', Rev.Eugene O'Keeffe *''Laud Synchronisms'' *''The Chronology of the Irish Annals'', Daniel P. McCarthy

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