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Díarmait mac Cerbaill

  • supp. d. 565
  • (agents)
In Irish historical tradition, high-king of Ireland, son of Fergus Cerrbél.


See also: Áed Dub mac Suibni
Áed Dub mac Suibni
(d. 588)
A king of Dál nAraide (563-588) who became chiefly known for slaying Díarmait mac Cerbaill, the Uí Néill king of Tara. The deed is depicted in Aided Díarmata meic Cerbaill.
See more Áed Sláine mac Diarmata
Áed Sláine mac Díarmata
(d. 604)
joint high-king of Ireland, eponymous ancestor of Síl nÁedo Sláine; said to be a son of Díarmait mac Cerbaill and Mugain.
See more Amairgen mac Amalgada
Amairgen mac Amalgada
(supp. fl. 6th century)
legendary poet of Díarmait mac Cerbaill
See more Banbán of Ráith Becc
Banbán of Ráith Becc
layman in the tale of Aided Díarmata meic Cerbaill, in which he invites Díarmait, king of Tara, to his house at Ráith Becc, where the king meets his end.
See more Becc mac Dé
Becc mac Dé
(d. 550s)
legendary seer, best known from literary sources as an Irish prophet associated with Díarmait mac Cerbaill
See more Brea ingen CholmáinBrea ingen Cholmáin
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See more Bressal mac Díarmata
Bressal mac Díarmata
(fl. 6th century)
A son of Díarmait mac Cerbaill who is known from an early Irish legend in which his father has him killed as a punishment for theft after which St Beccán (of Emlagh, a church near Kells) brings him back from hell.
See more Colmán Mór mac Díarmata meic Cerbaill
Colmán Mór mac Díarmata meic Cerbaill
(supp. d. 550s)
In Irish historical tradition, high-king of Ireland, son of Díarmait mac Cerbaill and eponymous ancestor of the Clann Cholmáin.
See more Eithne ingen BrénainnEithne ingen Brénainn
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See more Fergus Cerrbél
Fergus Cerrbél
(supp. fl. 5th/6th century)
In Irish historical and genealogical tradition, a son of Conall Cremthainne son of Níall Noígíallach and father of Díarmait mac Cerbaill. Through his son he also serves as an ancestor of the Clann Cholmáin and the Síl nÁeda Sláne.
See more Fracchán mac Tenesáin
Fracchán mac Tenesáin
druid/magician (drái) to Díarmait mac Cerbaill in Aided Díarmata meic Cerbaill, according to which he conjured up a magical hedge (airbre druad) between two opposing armies.
See more Mugain ingen Chonchraid
Mugain ingen Chonchraid
(time-frame ass. with Díarmait mac Cerbaill)
one of Díarmait mac Cerbaill's wives and mother of Áed Sláine
See more Ruadán of Lorrha
Ruadán of Lorrha
(d. 584)
(time-frame ass. with Díarmait mac Cerbaill)
Ruadán mac Fergusa Birn, patron saint of Lothra (Lorrha, Co. North Tipperary)
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Sources

Secondary sources (select)

Byrne, F. J., Irish kings and high-kings, 2nd ed., Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2001.
87–105 [‘Diarmait mac Cerbaill and the consolidation of Uí Néill power’]
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