Congal mac Máele Dúin (died 690) was a King of

Iarmuman Iarmhumhain (older spellings: Iarmuman, Iarmumu or Iarluachair) was a Kingdom in the early Christian period of Ireland in west Munster. Its ruling dynasty was related to the main ruling dynasty of Munster known as the Eóganachta. Its ruling branc ...

(west Munster) from the

Eóganacht Locha Léin __NOTOC__ Eóganacht Locha Léin or Uí Cairpre Luachra were a branch of the ruling Eóganachta of Munster. Their territory was in Iarmuman or West Munster. Luachair (Lúachra) is the old name of a large district on the borders of Co Cork, Kerry an ...

branch of the Eoganachta, the ruling dynasty 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 ...

. He was the son of

Máel Dúin mac Áedo Bennán Máel Dúin mac Áedo Bennán (died 661) was a King of Iarmuman (west Munster) from the Eóganacht Locha Léin branch of the Eoganachta. He was the son of Áed Bennán mac Crimthainn (died 618), who may have been King of all Munster. His uncle ...

(died 661), previous king of Iarmuman and grandson of

Áed Bennán mac Crimthainn Áed Bennán mac Crimthainn (died 618) was a possible King of Munster from the Eóganacht Locha Léin branch of the Eoganachta. He was definitely king of West Munster or Iarmuman. He was the great grandson of Dauí Iarlaithe mac Maithni also ...

(died 618), who may have been King of all Munster. He ruled from 661 to 690. He is listed in a legal tract of Munster called the ''Cain Fuithirbe'' promulgated in the reign of

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 ...

(died 696) in 683. The ''Annals of Ulster'' record his death with the title King of Iarmuman in 690. The annals agree that he was killed or slain and according to the ''Chronicum Scotorum'' this was done by a scolasticus.''Chronicum Scotorum'', CS 690

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* ''Annals of Ulster'' a
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University College Cork
* ''Chronicum Scotorum'' a

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University College Cork
* Byrne, Francis John (2001), Irish Kings and High-Kings, Dublin: Four Courts Press, Kings of Iarmuman 690 deaths 7th-century Irish monarchs Year of birth unknown {{Ireland-royal-stub