Finguine mac Cathail Con-cen-máthair (died 696) 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
Eoganachta. 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 o ...
mac Cathaíl (d. 665).
[Francis J.Byrne, ''Irish Kings and High-Kings'', Table 13] He succeeded
Colgú mac Faílbe Flaind
Colgú mac Faílbe Flaind (died 678) was a King of Munster from the Eóganacht Chaisil branch of the Eoganachta. He was the son of Faílbe Flann mac Áedo Duib (d. 639),Francis J.Byrne, ''Irish Kings and High-Kings'', Table 12 a previous king. H ...
in 678.
During his reign the law text ''Cáin Fuithirbe'' was enacted at Mag Fuithirbe on the borders of Cork and Kerry in 683. Representatives of the major tribes of Munster are mentioned in the tract.
Finguine's known son was
Cathal mac Finguine
Cathal mac Finguine (died 742) was an Irish King of Munster or Cashel, and effectively High King of Ireland as well. He belonged to the Eóganacht Glendamnach sept of the dominant Eóganachta kin-group whose members dominated Munster from the 7 ...
(d. 742) a powerful King of Munster.
He is a recurring character in
Peter Tremayne's ''
Sister Fidelma
The Sister Fidelma mysteries are a series of historical mystery novels and short stories by Peter Tremayne (pseudonym of Peter Berresford Ellis) about a fictional detective who is the eponymous heroine of a series. Fidelma is both a ''dalaigh'' ( ...
'' mysteries.
Notes
See also
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Kings of Munster
The kings of Munster ( ga, Rí Mumhan), ruled from the establishment of Kingdom of Munster, 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 Invasion ...
References
*''Annals of Tigernach''
*Francis J.Byrne, ''Irish Kings and High-Kings''
*''The Chronology of the Irish Annals'', Daniel P. McCarthy
External links
CELT: Corpus of Electronic Textsa
University College Cork
Kings of Munster
696 deaths
7th-century Irish monarchs
Year of birth unknown
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