Garbán mac Éndai (flourished 596) was a King of
Munster
Munster ( gle, an Mhumhain or ) is one of the provinces of Ireland, in the south of Ireland. In early Ireland, the Kingdom of Munster was one of the kingdoms of Gaelic Ireland ruled by a "king of over-kings" ( ga, rí ruirech). Following the ...
from the
Eóganacht Áine
Eóganacht Áine or Eóganacht Áine Cliach was a princely house of the Eóganachta, dynasty of Munster during the 5th–12th centuries. They took their name from the Hill of Áine ( ga, Cnoc Áine) near the present day village of Knockainy, Co ...
branch of the
Eoganachta and appears as the first king from this branch with his brother
Amalgaid mac Éndai
Amalgaid mac Éndai (died 601) was a King of Munster from the Eóganacht Áine branch of the Eoganachta and appears as the first king from this branch.
The chronology of the Munster kings from this period is confusing. The ''Annals of Tigernach ...
. The chronology of the Munster kings from this period is confusing. The ''Annals of Tigernach'' mention him as king in 596 along with his brother Amalgaid and he is mentioned as king in ''The Book of Leinster''. However, the pro-Glendamnach ''Laud Synchronisms'' omit him as does the saga of ''
Senchas Fagbála Caisil
''Senchas Fagbála Caisil'' "The Story of the Finding of Cashel" is an early medieval Irish text which relates, in two variants, the origin legend of the kingship of Cashel. Myles Dillon has dated the first variant (§§ 1-3) to the 8th century, ...
'' "The Story of the Finding of Cashel".
[Francis J.Byrne, ''Irish Kings and High-Kings'', pg 188]
See also
*
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 ...
Notes
References
*''Annals of Tigernach''
*Francis J.Byrne, ''Irish Kings and High-Kings''
*''Book of Leinster'', Fland cecinit.
*''Laud Synchronisms''
*''The Chronology of the Irish Annals'', Daniel P. McCarthy
External links
CELT: Corpus of Electronic Textsa
University College Cork
Kings of Munster
6th-century Irish monarchs
7th-century Irish monarchs
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