Feidlimid mac Óengusa (455-500), or Feidlimid Dub, was an Eoganachta

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 ...

in the early 6th century. He was the son 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'' ...

, the first Christian king of Munster. The chronology of the 6th-century kings of Munster in the sources is confusing and Feidlimid is only known from king lists. Not mentioned as king in the ''Laud Synchronisms'' or the Irish annals; he is however mentioned in the ''Book of Leinster'' as successor to his father and predecessor of his brother

Eochaid mac Óengusa Eochaid mac Óengusa (died 522) was a King of Munster from the ruling Eoganachta dynasty. He was the son of Óengus mac Nad Froích (died 489), the first Christian king of Munster. The chronology of the 6th century Munster kings is confusing in t ...

. This puts his reign around the year 500. However, in the saga '' Senchas Fagbála Caisil'' ("The Story of the Finding of Cashel"), he is listed after his brother which would put his reign around 525. the ''Laud Synchronisms'' were written in the interest of the Glendamnach branch and this may explain the exclusion of Feidlimid from it. He was the ancestor of 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 family with lands around Cashel in County Tipperary. His son's name was Crimthann. In a tract regarding a Munster synod in the 6th century, his son Crimthan is considered King of Munster. However, his mother is called Dearcon who is usually associated with Crimthan, the son of Eochaid mac Óengusa and founder of the Airthir Cliach branch.Byrne, pg.217, 219 His great-grandsons Fíngen mac Áedo Duib (died 618) and

Faílbe Flann mac Áedo Duib Faílbe Flann mac Áedo Duib (died 639) was a King of Munster from the Eóganacht Chaisil branch of the Eoganachta. He succeeded Cathal mac Áedo Flaind Chathrach of the Glendamnach branch in 628. He was the younger brother of a previous king ...

(died 639) were also Kings of Munster.

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References

* 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, * ''Book of Leinster'', ''Fland cecinit'' a
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