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Corcu Fír Thrí

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See also: Lugna Fer Trí
Lugna(e) (or Luigne) Fir/Fer Trí
Legendary petty king of Corann; the earliest traditions about him may be reflected in a genealogical account on the Luigne and Gailenga, in which his career is associated with the royal infant Nia Noí nGráinne; associated with the Déisi; known from later sagas as a fosterfather of Cormac mac Airt (see e.g. Geneamuin Chormaic ua Chuind and also Scéla Éogain ocus Cormaic, where his status and significance are somewhat diminished); figures in a curious anecdote concerning his three testicles, which is preserved in the Book of Lecan recension of Cóir anmann
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Nia Noí (n)Gráinne (‘Nia of the Nine Grains/Seeds’?), Nia Novem Generum
Legendary Irish king who according to an early genealogical tradition on the Luigne and Gailenga was reared by Lugna Fer Trí about the time of the Ulaid; in Cóir anmann, said to be named after nine hills, each of which is called Gráinne, in Corcair Trí (= probably Corcu Fhír Thrí).
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MacCotter, Paul, “Diocese of Achonry: church, land, and history”, Peritia 24–25 (2013–2014): 241–265.  
abstract:
A study of the churches and lands of the diocese of Achonry in the pre-Invasion period and a reconstruction of its land-holding as far as possible. This is the fourth in a series of papers on medieval diocesan ecclesiastical lands. The methodology involves the reconstruction of the temporal possessions by using sources from (or as near as possible to) the Anglo-Norman period. The earliest extant such source for Achonry dates to the later sixteenth century. The church estates are then surveyed historically. In most cases, the churches and their estates are shown to be Early Christian in origin.
263–284

“Corcu Fir Trí were (at least at one period) one of three component lesser kingdoms, one of the trí sloinnte, of Luigne Connacht. There is not enough evidence to apportion these clearly, and there are indications that the Corcu Fir Trí kingdom may have comprised the later barony of Corran. However, another territory within Luigne Connacht was Sliab Luga al. Luigne Deiscirt, in which Kilmovee lies, and it is possible that this territory, containing, at a minimum, the parishes of Kilmovee, Kilbeagh, Castlemore and Kilcolman, was the original Corcu Fir Trí.”

MacCotter, Paul, Medieval Ireland: territorial, political and economic divisions, Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2008.
Byrne, F. J., Irish kings and high-kings, 2nd ed., Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2001.
67, 231, 233
Charles-Edwards, T. M., Early Christian Ireland, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000.
466–476
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