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Cathal mac Finguine

Cathal mac Finguine

The Oxford Companion to Irish History | 2007 | Copyright

Cathal mac Finguine (d. 742), of the Eóganacht Glennamnach, king of Cashel from 721, was notable for his challenge to the supremacy of the Uí Néill kings. By attacking Leinster and raiding Brega (Co. Meath, north Co. Dublin, and part of Co. Louth) at intervals, he hoped to curb the ambitions of northern rulers who sought to extend their sway further south. His reign is celebrated in such literary works of a later period as the 12th‐century satirical narrative Aislinge Meic Conglinne.

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Cathal mac Finguine

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Cathal mac Finguine, Cathal mac Fionghuine. Powerful Munster king (d. 742), with a capital at Glendamain, who is portrayed in Aislinge Meic Con Glinne [The Vision of Mac Con Glinne] as having a body inhabited by a demon of gluttony. In a verse composed many years after his death, Cathal was thought to have been visited by Mór Muman, the sovereignty goddess, but the author has confused him with his grandfather, also named Cathal.
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