Eochaid mac Óengusa (died
522
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Year 522 ( DXXII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Symmachus and Boethius (or, less frequently, year 1275 ...
) 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 ruling
Eoganachta dynasty. He was the son of
Óengus mac Nad Froích
Óengus mac Nad Froích (430-489) was an Eoganachta and the first Christian King of Munster. He was the son of Nad Froich mac Cuirc by Faochan, a British lady (called daughter of the King of Britain). In Geoffrey Keating's ''History of Ireland'' ...
(died 489), the first Christian king of Munster.
The chronology of the 6th century Munster kings is confusing in the sources. According to the ''Laud Synchronisms'', he succeeded his father as king and was a contemporary of the high king
Lugaid mac Lóegairi
Lugaid mac Lóegairi (died ) was a High King of Ireland. He was a grandson of Niall of the Nine Hostages.
One of the supposed twelve sons of Lóegaire mac Néill, his mother was Angias, a daughter of (Ailill) Tassach of the Uí Liatháin. Comp ...
which would place the start of his reign before
507. However, in the ''Book of Leinster'', he succeeded his brother
Feidlimid mac Óengusa.
He had two sons born on the same night: Crimthann Srem (Feimin), ancestor of the Glendamnach sept (Glanworth, County Cork) of Eoganachta and another Crimthann by a woman named Dearcon (possibly of the Arada Cliach), ancestor of the Arithir Cliach sept (Tipperary town area) of Eoganachta. it is possible that the creation of two separate Crimthanns was an invention of the genealogists.
[Byrne, pg.219] He was succeeded by his son
Crimthann Srem mac Echado
Crimthann Srem mac Echado (died circa 542), also known as Crimthann Feimin, was a King of Munster from the Eoganachta dynasty in the early 6th century. He was the son of Eochaid mac Óengusa (died 522) and grandson of the first Christian king of ...
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See also
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Kings 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 k ...
References
* ''Annals of Tigernach'' a
CELT: Corpus of Electronic Textsa
University College Cork* Byrne, Francis John (2001), ''Irish Kings and High-Kings'', Dublin: Four Courts Press,
* ''Laud Synchronisms'' a
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University College Cork*Rev. Eugene O'Keeffe, ''Book of Munster'', at
* ''Book of Leinster'', ''Fland cecinit'' a
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University College Cork
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Kings of Munster
5th-century births
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