Aislinge Meic Con Glinne
Background information
References in the Annals of Tigernach, Annals of Inisfallen and the Annals of Ulster
T642.4 Comgán [Mac Da Cherda] ‘son of two arts’ died.
AI645.2 Repose of Mac na Cerda.
U665.4 Cú cen Máthair son of Cathal son of Aed son of Cairpre son of Crimthann, king of Mumu, dies.
U681.2 The battle of Bla Sléibe afterwards at the beginning of winter, in which Mael Dúin son of Mael Fithrich was slain.
U696.2 Finnguine son of Cú cen Mathair, king of Mumu, dies.
U710.9 Fergal son of Mael Dúin begins to reign.
U721.6 The wasting of Mag Breg by Cathal son of Finnguine, and by Murchad son of Bran.
AI721.2 The harrying of Brega by Cathal son of Finnguine, king of Mumu, and after that he and Ferga son of Mael Dúin, king of Temuir, made peace; and Ferga submitted to Cathal.
U722.8 The battle of Almain on the third of the Ides [11th] of December, the sixth feria, in which fell Fergal son of Mael Dúin.
U742.3 Death of Cathal son of Finnguine, king of Caisel.
The History of Ireland (Geoffrey Keating), Volume 1
p. 111 The seventh division (of Ireland), namely, the division of Conn Céadchathach and Mógh Nuadhat. Conn and Mógh Nuadhat divided Ireland into halves between them, that is to say, all that is from Gaillimh and from Athcliath northwards, and Eisgir riadha for a boundary between them to Conn: and it is from that came Leath Chuinn to be given to the side which was north; and Leath Mhógha to Mógh Nuadhat; and it is from that was given Leath Mhógha to the half which was south.
The History of Ireland (Geoffrey Keating), Volume 2
p. 267 Conn Ceadchathach slew Mogh Nuadhat in his bed, having treacherously, according to some seanchas, attacked him at early morning, as they were on the point of engaging in battle against each other on Magh Leana.
Related saga online: Fáitsine Fergaile meic Máele Dúin (The prophecy of Fergal mac Máele Dúin)
John O’Donovan (ed. & tr.), Annals of Ireland: Three Fragments, (Dublin: The Irish Archaeological and Celtic Society, 1860), pp. 22-33.
Digital Edition at Archive.org (pp. 22-33 (35-46))
J. N. Radner (ed. & tr.), Fragmentary Annals of Ireland, (Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1978), pp. 60-67.
Irish text at CELT: Annal FA 177, 721 Kl; English translation at CELT: Annal FA 177, 721 Kl
Related poem online: The Song of the Old Woman of Beare
Kuno Meyer (ed. &. tr.), Stories and Songs from Irish MSS. II: The Song of the Old Woman of Beare, in: Otia Merseiana 1, (1899), pp. 119-129.
Digital Edition at Archive.org (pp. 119-129 (144-154))
Gerard Murphy (ed. & tr.), The Lament of the Old Woman of Beare, in: Early Irish Lyrics, eighth to twelfth century, (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1956), pp. 74–83.
Irish text at CELT
The Martyrology of Oengus the Culdee (Stokes)
p. 3 “The four things to be asked of every composition” (See Section 1)
pp. 207-209 Mac Rustaing was a brother of St. Cáemán Brecc (14 September). His grave is in Ross Ech (Russagh, Co. Westmeath).
Critan was noble Mac Rustaing’s name,
Garbdaire was the name of Mac Samain,
Aindiar for Mac Conglinne,
— many lays he made. (See Section 8)
Sanas Chormaic: Cormac’s Glossary (O’Donovan/Stokes)
pp. 7-8 (25-26) The following quatrain about Cnoc Rafann is attributed to Comgan Mac Da Cerda. Cnoc Rafann (Knockgraffon) is a townland and parish in the barony of Middlethird, Co. Tipperary and the rath (Knockraffon) referred to is still to be seen about 2 miles North of Cahir. The quatrain is quoted to illustrate the custom of leaving silver cups (‘ána’) at wells.
This great rath whereon I am
Wherein is a well with a bright cup,
Sweet was the voice of the wood of blackbirds,
Round the rath of Fiacha son of Moinche. (See Section 8)
p. 8 (26) The following quatrain is attributed to Mac Samain.
Not dear to me is a sharpshrub
which is on the side of the hedge.
Its leaves tear me.
Its wooden thorns do not defend me.
Mac Dá Cherda and Cummaine Foda ( J. G. O’Keeffe)
J. G. O’Keeffe (ed. & tr.), “Mac Dá Cherda and Cummaine Foda,” Ériu, 5, 1911, pp. 18-44.
Digital Edition at JSTOR
p. 35, “Mac Da Cherda who is spoken of here, was the son of Mael Ochtraig, son of Dinertach — to wit, king of the Deisi of Mag Femin, of Dun Letrach on the Suir. The material of a king, therefore, was Mac Da Cherda until he committed adultery with the wife of his father’s druid.
At this time Mael Ochtraig’s jester died.
‘What will you give me,’ said the druid, ‘for giving you a jester?’
‘I will give his price,’ said Mael Ochtraig.
He binds his security; whoever it should be on whom he would cast a wisp on the morrow, that all, even to the king himself, should cast on him also. He takes a wisp on the morrow, sings an incantation on it and casts it in the face of Mac Da Cherda.
They (all) cast it.
‘Woe is me!’ said the king.
He was disgraced thereby.”
p. 37, “He had a brother Bran Find, son of Mael Ochtraig, a royal prince also.” (See Section 8)
Leabhar Imuinn or Liber Hymnorum (Todd)
pp. 88-90 Comgan Mac Da Cerda was a half-brother of St Cummain Fota (See Section 8)
King and Hermit (Meyer)
p. 10 Marbán (See Section 8)
Imtheacht na Tromdháimhe (Connellan)
p. 47 Marbhán (See Section 8)
On the Manners and Customs of the Ancient Irish (O’Curry), Volume 2
pp. 216-219 Article on ‘Glam Dichinn’ (See Section 38)
Táin Bó Cúangne (O’Rahilly)
Section 21, pp. 201-202, “Then his first distortion came upon Cú Chulainn … He sucked one of his eyes into his head so that a wild crane could hardly have reached it to pluck it out from the back of his skull on to the middle of his cheek. The other eye sprang out on to his cheek.” (See Section 42)
The Triads of Ireland (Meyer)
No. 83, p. 11 (32):
Three deaf ones of the world:
warning to a doomed man,
mocking a beggar,
keeping a loose woman from lust. (See Section 53)
The Destruction of Da Derga’s Hostel (Stokes), Revue Celtique, 22, 1901
Section 1, p.14, Section 2, pp. 15-16 (See Section 67)
D = The Martyrology of Donegal (O’Donovan)
G = The Martyrology of Gorman (Stokes)
O = The Martyrology of Oengus the Culdee (Stokes)
D: 25 September, Bairre, Bishop and Confessor, of Corcach in Munster (See Section 20), p. 259 (321)
G: 25 September, Bairre, bishop and confessor, from Corcach (See Section 20), p. 185
O: 25 September, Barre of Cork (See Section 20), p. 196 (225), pp. 211-213 (270-272)
D: 1 February, Brighit, virgin, abbess of Cill-dara (See Section 74), pp. 35-37 (97-99)
G: 1 February, Brigit, the chief virgin of Ireland (See Section 74), p. 29
O: 1 February, Brigit, chaste head of Erin’s nuns (See Section 74), p. 58 (117), p. 65-67 (124-126)
R = The Rennes Dindshenchas (Stokes), Revue Celtique, 15-16, 1894-95
M = The Metrical Dindshenchas (Gwynn)
B = The Bodleian Dinnshenchas (Stokes), Folklore, 3, 1892
E = The Edinburgh Dinnshenchas (Stokes), Folklore, 4, 1893
S = Silva Gadelica (O’Grady), Volume 2
R: Ailech §91 (See Section 3), Part 3, pp. 41-43, (‘Ailech’)
M: Ailech I (See Section 3), Volume 4, pp. 93-101, pp. 399-401
M: Ailech II (See Section 3), Volume 4, pp. 101-107, pp. 401-403
M: Ailech III (See Section 3), Volume 4, pp. 107-121, pp. 403-406
R: Ard Macha §94 (See Section 8), Part 3, pp. 44-46, (‘Ard Macha’)
M: Ard Macha (See Section 8), Volume 4, pp. 125-131, pp. 407-408
E: Ard Macha §61 (See Section 8), pp. 480-481, (‘Ard Macha’)
R: Berba §13 (See Section 4), Part 1, pp. 304-305, (‘Berba’)
M: Berba (See Section 4), Volume 2, p. 63, p. 104
B: Berba §15 (See Section 4 ), p. 483, (‘Berba’)
S: Berbha (See Section 4), pp. 523-524 (558-559)
R: Carn Feradaig §56 (See Section 13), Part 2, p. 452, (‘Carn Feradaig’)
M: Carn Feradaig (See Section 13), Volume 3, pp. 267-269, p. 525
S: Carn Feradaigh (See Section 13), p. 543 (578)
R: Carn HÚi Néit §46 (See Section 38), Part 2, pp. 438-440, (‘Carn HÚi Néit’)
M: Carn Hui Neit (See Section 38), Volume 3, pp. 217-223, pp. 515-516
M: Currech Life (See Section 74), Volume 3, p. 235, pp. 519-520
R: Luimnech §57 (See Section 13), Part 2, pp. 452-454, (‘Luimnech’)
M: Luimnech (See Section 13), Volume 3, pp. 271-275, pp. 526-527
B: Luimnech §20 (See Section 13), pp. 486-488, (‘Luimnech’)
S: Luimnech (See Section 13), pp. 524-525 (559-560)
R: Mag Lifi §12 (See Section 74), Part 1, pp. 303-305, (‘Mag Lifi’)
M: Mag Life, (See Section 74), Volume 2, p. 61, p.104
B: Mag Liphi §4 (See Section 74), pp. 473-474, (‘Mag Liphi’)
S: Mágh Liffe (See Section 74), p. 530 (565)
R: Sliab Cáin (in Luibnech §121) (See Section 13), Part 3, pp. 73-74, (‘Sliab Cáin’)
R: Sliab n-Echtga §60 (See Section 13), Part 2, pp. 458-459, (‘Sliab n-Echtga’)
M: Sliab nEchtga I (see Section 13), Volume 3, pp. 299-303, pp. 530-531
M: Sliab nEchtga II (see Section 13), Volume 3, pp. 305-313, pp. 531-535
B: Sliab nEchtga §21 (See Section 13), pp. 488-489, (‘Sliab nEchtga’)
S: Sliabh Echtga (See Section 13), p. 525 (560)
Cóir Anmann: Fitness of Names (Stokes), Irische Texte, Ser. III.2
Connachta §76 (See Section 13), p. 325, p. 414
Conn Cétchathach §111 (See Section 40), p. 335, p. 415
Corco-Láigdi (in Dáire Doimthech §70) (See Section 36), pp. 317-319, p. 413
Cú cen máthair §48 (See Section 1), p. 311, p. 413
Eoganacht (in Eogan §37) (See Section 1), p. 301, p. 413
Mog Nuadat §40 (See Section 29), p. 303
Muma §1 (See Section 1), p. 289, p. 412
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An Leabhar Breac
Cycles of the Kings
Aislinge Meic Con Glinne
Cailleach
Cathal Cú-cen-máthair (d. 665); Kings of Munster; Eóganacht Glendamnach
Cathal mac Finguine (d. 742); Kings of Munster; Eóganacht Glendamnach
Conn Cétchathach; High Kings of Ireland
Fergal mac Máele Dúin (d. 722); High Kings of Ireland; Kings of Ailech
Finguine mac Cathail (d. 696); Kings of Munster; Eóganacht Glendamnach
Máel Dúin mac Máele Fithrich (d. 681); Kings of Ailech
Mug Nuadat; Kings of Munster
Saint Brigit of Kildare; Saints of Ireland
Saint Finbarr of Cork; Saints of Ireland
Grianán of Aileach
Bere (Grain)
Early Christian Sites in Ireland
Armagh
Emly
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Voices from the Dawn
Grianán of Aileach