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*Conall Corc 7 Ríge Caisil
"Conall Corc and the Kingship of Cashel"
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Níall Noígíallach (d. in fifth century): king of
Tara and the eponymous ancestor of the Uí Néill.
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Conall Corc mac Luigdech (d. in fifth century):
king of Cashel and the ancestor of the Éoganacht dynasties.
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Torna Éices: foster-father of Niall and Corc
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Láir Derg: foster-mother of Niall and Corc
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Crimthann Már mac Fidaig (d. in fifth century):
king of Ireland and Scotland. Crimthann is a descendant of Ailill Ólomm,
but his line did not survive.
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Durdrai: the swineherd of the king of the Éile
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Caireran: the swineherd of the king of the
Múscraige
Notes
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This text is not so much a story as it is a summary
of important information about Corc. A number of texts of this sort
survive in Irish MSS. See, for instance,
Éogan Mór and Conn Cétchathach.
Texts of this sort are difficult to understand without prior knowledge
of the characters and the events concerned.
Summary
When Conall Corc returned from his exile, his foster-brother, Níall
Noígíallach, was king of Tara. Both men had been raised by Torna Éices
and his wife Láir Derg at the house of Crimthann Már. When Corc was
exiled, his father, Lugaid, died, and Crimthann took the kingship of
Ireland and Scotland. However, upon Corc’s return, Crimthann died. Then,
two swineherds, Durdrai and Caireran, found Cashel for him, and so Corc
became king of the southern half of Ireland. |