Eochaid mac Óengusa (died
522) was a
King of Munster
The kings of Munster () ruled the Kingdom of Munster in Ireland from its establishment 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 earli ...
from the ruling
Eoganachta dynasty. He was the son of
Óengus mac Nad FroÃch (died 489), the first Christian king of Munster.
The chronology of the 6th century Munster kings is confusing in the sources. According to the ''Laud Synchronisms'', he succeeded his father as king and was a contemporary of the high king
Lugaid mac Lóegairi which would place the start of his reign before
507. However, in the ''Book of Leinster'', he succeeded his brother
Feidlimid mac Óengusa.
He had two sons born on the same night: Crimthann Srem (Feimin), ancestor of the Glendamnach sept (Glanworth, County Cork) of Eoganachta and another Crimthann by a woman named Dearcon (possibly of the Arada Cliach), ancestor of the Arithir Cliach sept (Tipperary town area) of Eoganachta. it is possible that the creation of two separate Crimthanns was an invention of the genealogists.
[Byrne, pg.219] He was succeeded by his son
Crimthann Srem mac Echado.
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Notes
See also
*
Kings of Munster
References
* ''Annals of Tigernach'' a
CELT: Corpus of Electronic Textsa
University College Cork* Byrne, Francis John (2001), ''Irish Kings and High-Kings'', Dublin: Four Courts Press,
* ''Laud Synchronisms'' a
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University College Cork*Rev. Eugene O'Keeffe, ''Book of Munster'', at
* ''Book of Leinster'', ''Fland cecinit'' a
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University College Cork
External links
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Kings of Munster
5th-century births
522 deaths
6th-century Irish monarchs
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