Dub Lemna ingen Tighearnáin,
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of
Ireland
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, died 943.
Background
Dub Lemna was a daughter of
Tighearnáin mac Seallachan,
King
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of
Breifne (died c. 888). Her brother,
Ruarc mac Tighearnáin (fl. c. 893), was the
eponym
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Usage of the word
The term ''epon ...
and
ancestor of the
clan Ó Ruairc
O'Rourke ( ga, Ó Ruairc) is an Irish Gaelic clan based most prominently in what is today County Leitrim. The family were the historic rulers of Breifne and later West Breifne until the 17th century. The O'Rourke Clan Chieftain is at odds with t ...
,
Kings of Breifne.
Marriage and children
Dub Lemna married
Donnchad Donn
Donnchad Donn mac Flainn (''Duncan of the Brown Hair, son of Flann'') (died 944) was High King of Ireland and King of Mide. He belonged to Clann Cholmáin, a branch of the southern Uí Néill.
Origins
Donnchad was the son of High King Flann Sin ...
of the
Clann Cholmáin
Clann Cholmáin is the dynasty descended from Colmán Már mac Diarmato, son of Diarmait mac Cerbaill. Part of the Southern Uí Néill — they were the kings of Mide (Meath) — they traced their descent to Niall Noígiallach and his ...
, who was
King of Mide and
High King of Ireland from 919 till his death in 944. She was his third wife. Her children by Donnchad are uncertain but they do not include
Oengus mac Donnchada, who appears to have been a son of
Cainnech ingen Canannán of
Ailech, who died in 929.
This leaves sons Conn (died 944) and Domnall Donn (died 952), daughters
Flann ingen Donnchad Donn (died 940) and
Óebfhinn ingen Donnchad Donn
Annalistic reference
The
Chronicon Scotorum
''Chronicon Scotorum'', also known as ''Chronicum Scotorum'', is a medieval Irish chronicle.
Overview
According to Nollaig Ó Muraíle, it is "a collection of annals belonging to the ' Clonmacnoise group', covering the period from prehistoric tim ...
, ''sub anno'' 943, state that ''"Dub Léna daughter of Tigernán, king of Bréifne, wife of the king of Temair, i.e. Donnchad son of Flann, dies.."''
See also
*
Dub Lémna
External links
* http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100016/index.html
*
References
*
Byrne, Francis John, ''Irish Kings and High-Kings.'' Batsford, London, 1973.
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dub Lemna Ingen Tighearnain
9th-century births
943 deaths
Year of birth unknown
Irish royal consorts
10th-century Irish people
10th-century Irish women
People from County Cavan
Nobility from County Meath