Fíngen mac Áedo Duib (Modern Irish: ''Finghin mac Aodha Dhuibh'', ) (died 618) was a
King of Munster
The kings of Munster () ruled the Kingdom of Munster in Ireland from its establishment 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 earli ...
from the
Eóganacht Chaisil branch of the
Eoganachta. He was the great-grandson of
Feidlimid mac Óengusa, a previous king. He succeeded
Amalgaid mac Éndai as king in 601.
There is some dispute in the sources as to his reign and that of
Áed Bennán mac Crimthainn (died 618) of the Loch Lein branch. The ''Annals of Tigernach'' give the title King of Munster to both of them but give Fíngen's accession after Amalgaid in 601. The ''Annals of Innisfallen'' do not give Aed this title but give it to Fingin.
His reign was a prosperous one:
Munster in the time of Fíngen mac Áedo, its store-houses were full, its homesteads were fruitful.
According to the saga ''Mór of Munster and the Violent Death of Cuanu mac Ailchine'' he was originally married to a Deisi woman but later married
Mór Muman (died 636), the daughter of Áed Bennán. Mór Muman was purported to be the most beautiful and desirable woman in all of Ireland at the time. She later married his successor
Cathal mac Áedo (died 627) thereby transferring the kingship to him.
He was very attentive and attractive to women as evidenced by this passage in the
Psalter of Cashel:
''Fíngen, the fierce, the active''
''Reckless, intrepid to the last''
''Kind and gentle towards women,''
''Alas! in bonds of love held fast.''
His sons by Mór were Sechnussach and
Máenach mac Fíngin (died 661) who was a King of Munster.
[Rev. Eugene O'Keeffe, ''Book of Munster'']
Eoghanacht Genealogies
A distant descendant was
Feidlimid mac Cremthanin (died 847).
The direct descendants of Fíngen mac Áedo Duib were known as the Cenél Fíngin, are the
O'Sullivan O'Sullivan may refer to:
People
* O'Sullivan family, a gaelic Irish clan
* O'Sullivan (surname), a family name
* Sullivan (surname), a variation of the O'Sullivan family name
Places
* O'Sullivan Dam, Washington, United States
* O'Sullivan Army He ...
s and
MacGillycuddys. The
MacGillycuddys are ultimately a sept of the
O'Sullivan O'Sullivan may refer to:
People
* O'Sullivan family, a gaelic Irish clan
* O'Sullivan (surname), a family name
* Sullivan (surname), a variation of the O'Sullivan family name
Places
* O'Sullivan Dam, Washington, United States
* O'Sullivan Army He ...
s.
Notes
See also
*
Kings of Munster
The kings of Munster () ruled the Kingdom of Munster in Ireland from its establishment 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 earli ...
References
* ''Annals of Tigernach'' a
CELT: Corpus of Electronic Textsa
University College Cork* ''Annals of Innisfallen'' a
a
University College Cork* Byrne, Francis John (2001), Irish Kings and High-Kings, Dublin: Four Courts Press,
of McCarthy's synchronisms at
Trinity College Dublin
Trinity College Dublin (), officially titled The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, and legally incorporated as Trinity College, the University of Dublin (TCD), is the sole constituent college of the Unive ...
.
*Rev. Eugene O'Keeffe, ''Book of Munster''
Eoghanacht Genealogies
External links
a
University College Cork
a
University College Dublin
* Wiley, Dan M.
''Cycles of the Kings''
{{DEFAULTSORT:Fingen mac Aedo Duib
618 deaths
Kings of Munster
7th-century Irish monarchs
Year of birth unknown