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Ólchobar mac Duib-Indrecht (died 805) was a supposed
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 Áine branch of the
Eóganachta The Eóganachta or Eoghanachta () were an Irish dynasty centred on Cashel which dominated southern Ireland (namely the Kingdom of Munster) from the 6/7th to the 10th centuries, and following that, in a restricted form, the Kingdom of Desmond, an ...
. His last paternal ancestor to hold the throne was Cúán mac Amalgado (died 641), five generations previous. His great-grandfather Uisnech had been the brother of another King Eterscél mac Máele Umai (died 721). According to a genealogical tract Uisneach was heir apparent to the Munster throne until slain by his brother through envy and hatred and then Eterscél assumed the kingship of Munster. For the seventh and most of the eighth century, the Kingship of Munster had rotated among the inner circle of Eóganachta. This was broken by the reign of
Máel Dúin mac Áedo Máel Dúin mac Áedo (died 786) was a possible King of Munster from the Eóganacht Locha Léin branch of the Eóganachta. He was the son of Áed Bennán mac Conaing (died 733), a king of Iarmuman or West Munster and great great grandson of Áed ...
(died 786) of the
Eóganacht Locha Léin __NOTOC__ Eóganacht Locha Léin or Uí Cairpre Luachra were a branch of the ruling Eóganachta of Munster. Their territory was in Iarmuman or West Munster. Luachair (Lúachra) is the old name of a large district on the borders of Co Cork, Kerry an ...
branch which ruled in
Iarmuman Iarmhumhain (older spellings: Iarmuman, Iarmumu or Iarluachair) was a Kingdom in the early Christian period of Ireland in west Munster. Its ruling dynasty was related to the main ruling dynasty of Munster known as the Eóganachta. Its ruling branch ...
(West Munster). The definitive restoration of the rule of the inner circle is considered to be the ordination of Artrí mac Cathail (died 821) of the
Eóganacht Glendamnach Eóganacht Glendamnach were a branch of the Eóganachta, the ruling dynasty of Munster during the 5th-10th centuries. They took their name from Glendamnach ( Glanworth, County Cork). They were descended from Óengus mac Nad Froích (died 489), the ...
branch as king in 793. Ólchobar may have been recognized as heir and is called the royal heir of Mumu at his death by the
Annals of Innisfallen Annals ( la, annāles, from , "year") are a concise historical record in which events are arranged chronologically, year by year, although the term is also used loosely for any historical record. Scope The nature of the distinction between ann ...
. An alternative is that he succeeded Máel Dúin in 786 and was deposed in 793. Ólchobar mac Flainn (died 796), a supposed King of Munster from the Uí Fidgenti of
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may have been confused with Ólchobar mac Duib-Indrecht.Byrne, Irish Kings and High Kings, pg.213


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* ''Annals of Ulster'' a
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* ''Annals of Innisfallen'' a

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* Byrne, Francis John (2001), Irish Kings and High-Kings, Dublin: Four Courts Press, * Charles-Edwards, T. M. (2000), ''Early Christian Ireland'', Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,


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