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Rícenn ingen Crimthainn

  • supp. fl. 5th/6th century
  • (agents)
Daughter of Crimthann, king of Connacht, in a medieval Irish tale according to which she married the king of Thomond, taking the place of Caírech Dergáin so that the latter could keep her vow of chastity.


See also: Caírech Dergáin
Caírech Dergáin
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Crimthann mac Lugdach
Crimthann mac Lugdach
(supp. fl. 5th/6th century)
(time-frame ass. with Ciarán of Clonmacnoise)
A king of Connacht from the Uí Maine in the hagiographical dossier associated with Ciarán of Clonmacnoise. He is said to have ruled around the time of the saint’s birth. His father is identified as Lugaid mac Dalláin, which according to some pedigrees would make him a great-great-grandson of Maine Mór, eponymous ancestor of the Uí Maine.

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August 2021