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Cormac (Cas) mac Ailella Óloimm

  • Cormac mac Ailella Óloimm
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son of Ailill Ólomm and brother of Éogan, the eponymous ancestor of the Éoganachta. His appearance in the sources or that of his epithet Cas(s) has been related to the rise of the Dál Cais in the tenth century at the expense of the Éoganachta: by grafting an ancestor of their own to the Éoganacht genealogy, it sought to bolster rival claims to the kingship of Munster.


See also: Ailill Ólomm
Ailill Ólomm
(time-frame ass. with Irish legendary history)
king of Munster; reputed ancestor of the Éoganacht and Dál Cais; a prominent figure in various king-tales, such as those revolving around the Battle of Mag Mucrama.
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See more Éogan Mór mac Ailella
Éogan Mór mac Ailella
(time-frame ass. with Éogan Mór mac Ailella)
Eponymous ancestor of the Éoganachta of Munster; son of Ailill Ólomm, king of Munster
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Sources

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Kelleher, John V., “The rise of the Dál Cais”, in: Etienne Rynne (ed.), North Munster studies: essays in commemoration of Monsignor Michael Moloney, Limerick: Thomond Archaeological Society, 1967. 230–241.
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