Fíngen mac Áedo Duib (Modern Irish: ''Finghin mac Aodha Dhuibh'', IPA: �fʲɪɲʝənʲmˠəkˈiːəɣəvʲ (died 618) 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 Chaisil Eóganacht Chaisil were a branch of the Eóganachta, the ruling dynasty of Munster between the 5th and 10th centuries. They took their name from Cashel (County Tipperary) which was the capital of the early Catholic kingdom of Munster. They were ...

branch of the Eoganachta. He was the great-grandson of

Feidlimid mac Óengusa Feidlimid mac Óengusa (455-500), or Feidlimid Dub, was an Eoganachta King of Munster in the early 6th century. He was the son of Óengus mac Nad Froích, the first Christian king of Munster. The chronology of the 6th-century kings of Munster in ...

, 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 Áed Bennán mac Crimthainn (died 618) was a possible King of Munster from the Eóganacht Locha Léin branch of the Eoganachta. He was definitely king of West Munster or Iarmuman. He was the great grandson of Dauí Iarlaithe mac Maithni also ...

(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 Mór Muman or Mór Mumain (modern spelling: Mór Mhumhan) is a figure from early Irish literature who is said to have been a queen of Munster and daughter of king Áed Bennán. Her name means "the Great Mother" and the province of Munster (''An ...

(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 Cathal mac Áedo Flaind Chathrach (died 627) was a King of Cashel in Munster from the Glendamnach sept of the Eoganachta. He was the son of Áed Fland Cathrach and grandson of Coirpre Cromm mac Crimthainn (died 577) a previous king of Cashel. H ...

(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 Máenach mac Fíngin (died 661) was a King of Munster from the Eóganacht Chaisil branch of the Eoganachta. He was the son of Fíngen mac Áedo Duib (died 618), a previous king. His mother was Mór Muman (died 636), daughter of Áed Bennán mac ...

(died 661) who was a King of Munster.Rev. Eugene O'Keeffe, ''Book of Munster''
Eoghanacht Genealogies
A distant descendant was

Feidlimid mac Cremthanin Fedelmid mac Crimthainn was the King of Munster between 820 and 846. He was numbered as a member of the Céli Dé, an abbot of Cork Abbey and Clonfert Abbey, and possibly a bishop. After his death, he was later considered a saint in some mart ...

(died 847). The direct descendants of Fíngen mac Áedo Duib were known as the Cenél Fíngin, are the

O'Sullivan O'Sullivan ( ga, Ó Súilleabháin, Súileabhánach) is an Irish Gaelic clan based most prominently in what is today County Cork and County Kerry. The surname is associated with the southwestern part of Ireland, and was originally found in Count ...

s and MacGillycuddys. The MacGillycuddys are ultimately a sept of the

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* ''Annals of Tigernach'' a
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University College Cork
* ''Annals of Innisfallen'' a

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University College Cork
* Byrne, Francis John (2001), Irish Kings and High-Kings, Dublin: Four Courts Press,

of McCarthy's synchronisms at

Trinity College Dublin , name_Latin = Collegium Sanctae et Individuae Trinitatis Reginae Elizabethae juxta Dublin , motto = ''Perpetuis futuris temporibus duraturam'' (Latin) , motto_lang = la , motto_English = It will last i ...

. *Rev. Eugene O'Keeffe, ''Book of Munster''
Eoghanacht Genealogies

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University College Cork
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* 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

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