Congal mac Máele Dúin (died 690) was a King of
Iarmuman (west Munster) from the
Eóganacht Locha Léin branch of the
Eoganachta, the ruling dynasty 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 t ...
. He was the son of
Máel Dúin mac Áedo Bennán
Máel Dúin mac Áedo Bennán (died 661) was a King of Iarmuman (west Munster) from the Eóganacht Locha Léin branch of the Eoganachta. He was the son of Áed Bennán mac Crimthainn (died 618), who may have been King of all Munster. His uncle ...
(died 661), previous king of Iarmuman and grandson of
Áed Bennán mac Crimthainn (died 618), who may have been King of all Munster. He ruled from 661 to 690.
He is listed in a legal tract of Munster called the ''Cain Fuithirbe'' promulgated in the reign of
Finguine mac Cathail (died 696) in 683. The ''Annals of Ulster'' record his death with the title King of Iarmuman in 690. The annals agree that he was killed or slain and according to the ''Chronicum Scotorum'' this was done by a scolasticus.
[''Chronicum Scotorum'', CS 690]
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References
* ''Annals of Ulster'' a
CELT: Corpus of Electronic Textsa
University College Cork* ''Chronicum Scotorum'' a
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University College Cork* Byrne, Francis John (2001), Irish Kings and High-Kings, Dublin: Four Courts Press,
Kings of Iarmuman
690 deaths
7th-century Irish monarchs
Year of birth unknown
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