Fergus Scandal mac Crimthainn ("Fergus of the Disputes, son of Crimthann"; died AD 582) 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
Eóganacht Airthir Cliach branch of the
Eoganachta, the ruling dynasty of Munster. His nickname ''scandal'' means "quarrel, contention", from Latin ''scandalum''. He was the son of Crimthann Dearcon mac Eochaid and great-grandson 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. This branch had their lands around Tipperary town.
He is mentioned in king lists such as the ''Laud Synchronisms'' and the ''Book of Leinster''. According to the ''Annals of Tigernach'', he succeeded
Coirpre Cromm mac Crimthainn
Coirpre Cromm mac Crimthainn (died 577) was a King of Munster from the Eóganacht Glendamnach sept of the ruling Eoganachta dynasty. This branch was centred at Glanworth, County Cork. He was the son of Crimthann Srem mac Echado (died circa 542).
...
as king in 577 but was slain shortly thereafter in 582. This annal contradicts itself by stating that he ruled for seven years. According to Eogannacht sources, he was slain by the Leinstermen who forfeited Osraige to Munster as a blood-fine for this deed. Prof. Byrne dismisses this as later
Osraige
Osraige (Old Irish) or Osraighe (Classical Irish), Osraí (Modern Irish), anglicized as Ossory, was a medieval Irish kingdom comprising what is now County Kilkenny and western County Laois, corresponding to the Diocese of Ossory. The home o ...
propaganda however
[Byrne, pg 181]
Notes
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,
of McCarthy's sync
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University College Cork
Kings of Munster
582 deaths
6th-century Irish monarchs
Year of birth unknown
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