Uí Garrchon

The Uí Garrchon were the principal sub-sept of the Dál Messin Corb, who were the ruling dynasty of Leinster, Ireland for much of the fifth century. Their main opponents outside of Leinster were the nascent Uí Néill. Their known kings include:

  • Driccriu
  • Cilline mac Rónain
  • Marcán mac Cilline
  • Fincath mac Garrchu, died 485
  • Fráech mac Finchada, died 495

See also

References

  • Byrne, Francis John, Irish Kings and High-Kings Batsford, London, 1973. ISBN 0-7134-5882-8
  • Ireland, 400-800, pp. 188, by Dáibhí Ó Cróinín A New History of Ireland, Vol.I, ISBN 0-19-821737-4 (edited Ó Cróinín).
  • Carbury, Co. Kildare - topographical and onomastic hypotheses, Caitriona Devane, in Above and beyond:Essays in memory of Leo Swan, pp. 187–122, edited by Tom Condit and Christiaan Corlett, Wordwell, 2005. ISBN 1-869857-86-0.

External links

  • CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts at University College Cork includes: Gein Branduib (original & translation), Annals of Ulster, Annals of Tigernach, Annals of Innisfallen and others.


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