Mar, Colman

Birth Name Mar, Colman
Gender male

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Colmán Már mac Diarmato (died 555/558) was a King of Uisnech in Mide. He was the son of Diarmait mac Cerbaill (died 565), the high king of Ireland and also king of Uisnech.[1]

The annals do not refer to him as king but he is mentioned in the king-lists of the Book of Leinster. It is unknown when he acquired Uisnech; his father had acquired the high kingship in 544.[2] He was killed in his chariot by Dub Sloit Ua Trena one of the Cruithne in 555 or 558.[3]

Colmán Már was ancestor of the Clann Cholmáin which later dominated the southern Ui Neill. His sons included two kings of Uisnech, Suibne mac Colmáin Már (died 600) and Fergus mac Colmáin Már (died 618). Colmán Már was possibly identical with Colmán Bec (died 587), the distinction arising out of 8th century politics.[4]

Notes

1. ^ Byrne, Table 3; Mac Niocaill, pg.80;Charles-Edwards, Appendix III
2. ^ The Laud Synchronisms give him a reign of four years in Uisnech.
3. ^ Annals of Ulster AU 555.2, 558.2; Annals of Tigernach AT 557.1, Mac Niocaill, pg.70-71
4. ^ Byrne, pg.xvii

See also

* Kings of Uisnech

References

* Annals of Tigernach at CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts at University College Cork
* Annals of Ulster at *CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts at University College Cork
* Byrne, Francis John (2001), Irish Kings and High-Kings, Dublin: Four Courts Press, ISBN 978-1-85182-196-9
* Charles-Edwards, T. M. (2000), Early Christian Ireland, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-36395-0
* Gearoid Mac Niocaill (1972), Ireland before the Vikings, Dublin: Gill and Macmillan
* Book of Leinster,Rig Uisnig at CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts at University College Cork
* Laud Synchronisms at CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts at University College Cork

 

 

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Death 555     1a
Event Note

D: 555/558

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father mac Cerbaill, Diarmait565
Mother
         Mar, Colman 555

Families

Family of Mar, Colman and

Unknown Partner ( * + ... )
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
mac Colmain Mar, Suibne600

Source References

  1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colm%C3%A1n_M%C3%A1r Wikipedia: Colman Mar
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        Colmán Már mac Diarmato (died 555/558) was a King of Uisnech in Mide. He was the son of Diarmait mac Cerbaill (died 565), the high king of Ireland and also king of Uisnech.[1]

        The annals do not refer to him as king but he is mentioned in the king-lists of the Book of Leinster. It is unknown when he acquired Uisnech; his father had acquired the high kingship in 544.[2] He was killed in his chariot by Dub Sloit Ua Trena one of the Cruithne in 555 or 558.[3]

        Colmán Már was ancestor of the Clann Cholmáin which later dominated the southern Ui Neill. His sons included two kings of Uisnech, Suibne mac Colmáin Már (died 600) and Fergus mac Colmáin Már (died 618). Colmán Már was possibly identical with Colmán Bec (died 587), the distinction arising out of 8th century politics.[4]