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Fáelán macColmáin Máir of Leinster O'Dúnlainge
- Preferred Name: Fáelán macColmáin Máir of Leinster O'Dúnlainge[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
- Alternate Name: Faelan macColmain Mair O'Dunlainge
- Alternate Name: Fáelán mac Colmáin Máir of Ireland
- Gender: M
- Burial: ABT 766 in Ireland
- Death: ABT 666 in Laigin, Leinster, Ireland at LATI: N3.0833 LONG: E7 with note: GEDCOM data
- http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: King of LeinsterBET 633 AND 666
- FSID: M127-TQM
- Reigned+acceded+to+King+of+Leinster: 633
- Birth: 570 in Leinster, Dublin, Ireland at LATI: N3.3333 LONG: E6.25 with note: GEDCOM data
- Notes:
=== Life Sketch ===
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%A1el%C3%A1n_mac_Colm%C3%A1in:
Fáelán mac Colmáin (died 666) was a King of Leinster from the Uí Dúnlainge branch of the Laigin.
He was the son of Colmán Már mac Coirpri, a previous king.
Faelan was the founder of the true fortunes of the Ui Dunlainge dynasty.
His son by Sarnat was Conall mac Fáelán, who was father, by Conandil ingen Crundmáel of the Ui Dunlainge, of Bran Mut mac Conaill (died 693), a king of Leinster.
Fáelán mac Colmáin married Conall mac Suibni's sister Uasal ingen Suibni (died 643).
Annals of Ulster, AU 633.2; Annals of Tigernach, AT 636.2; Byrne, Irish Kings and High Kings, p. 154; Charles-Edwards, Early Christian Ireland, pp. 498–499 & table 12.6.; Mac Niocaill, pg.97
=== !FTM Vol 5, tree #1563. ===
!FTM Vol 5, tree #1563.
=== NAME: first name also spelled FAELAN. SO ===
NAME: first name also spelled FAELAN. SOURCE: LDS Ancestral File and IGI records.
=== King of Leister 633-666. ===
King of Leister 633-666.
=== Faolan: eldest son of Columan; was King ===
Faolan: eldest son of Columan; was King of Leinster; educated by St Kevin at Glendalough; d. 668. [Irish Landed Gentry]
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M665.10
Faelan, son of Colman, King of Leinster, died. [Annals of the Four Masters, Vol 1, p 279]
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CS666
Faelan son of Colman, king of Laigin, dies. [Chronocon Scotorum p75]
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Frequently called "foster-son of Coemgen" of Glendalough. Thereby hangs a tale which is found in the LIves of ST Coemgen and also of St Berach, a Connaught man. He has no connection whatsoever to do with the Ui Dunlainge. He is represented as on a visit to Coemgen when the events in the story took place. Both Lives narrate that Faelan was placed as a small child under Coemgen's protection against evil spirits, or against the hate of a step-mother, Cainech, They both describe attempts on Faelan's life by witchcraft and the death of the wicked step-mother. The story might well be pure imagination, but the facts in the genealogies suggest a foundation of truth. Feidhelm must have died circa 570-574 as Colman had another wife, Cummine, before his death in 576. Faelan, judging by the date of his own death, can only have been a baby at the time. It would have been natural for Colman, seeing his wife's jealousy, to send the child, not merely to a foster-father of the Ui Dunlainge, but to a great saint living in the territory of Feidhelm's own family. This was a double protection. The danger must have been very serious. It evidently impressed the public mind as the compilers of St Berech's Life included it as a principal item of his visit to Coemgen. In the story the step-mother, Cainech, perishes at Coemgen's command. In the genealogies of our text she is "Cumne" or Cummine" and lives to marry again. This did not point so good a moral and doubtless the compiler of Coemgen's Live felt bound to improve on it. This however, does not alter the fact that from two sources we can construct an incident of Ui Dunlainge history. [Women of the Ui Dunlainge]
=== O'Dúnlainge, Fáelán macColmáin Máir, Kin ===
O'Dúnlainge, Fáelán macColmáin Máir, King of Leinster Acceded: 633 Died: ABT 666 Father: O'Dúnlainge, Colmán Már macCoirpre, King of Leinster Child 1: O'Dúnlainge, Conall macFáelán
=== AKA-BIRTH: LDS Ancestor file - Doc. AFN0 ===
AKA-BIRTH: LDS Ancestor file - Doc. AFN000363 Aka: Faolan, King of Leinster Birth: About 570; ,,Of,Ireland
=== King of Leinster ===
King of Leinster
=== !SOURCE: "Royal Ancestors," PC #722. ===
!SOURCE: "Royal Ancestors," PC #722.
Family 1: Sárnat ingen Echach of the Fotharta Fea, b. 585 in Ui Fothairt, Leinster, Ireland d. 641 in Leinster, Ireland
Sources:
- Title: Legacy NFS Source: Fáelán Maccolmáin Máir O' Dúnlainge King Leinster - death:
Author: 401017.ftw, Not Given
Note: death:
Source Media Type: Other
Source Media Type: Other
Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2737222796
- Title: Legacy NFS Source: Faolan mac Columan King of Leinster -
Author: "The Women of the Ui Dunlainge of Leinster", The Irish Genealogist I; Margaret E. Dobbs {1940}
Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2736743139
- Title: Legacy NFS Source: Faolan mac Columan King of Leinster -
Author: Irish Landed Gentry, 2nd Ed; John O'Hart {1887}, Page number: 153
Note: Source Media Type: Book
Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2736743140
- Title: Legacy NFS Source: Faolan mac Columan King of Leinster -
Author: Annals of the Four Masters; John O'Donovan, ed., Dublin, 1848 - 51, (translation available at Corpus of, Page number: Vol 1. p 279
Note: Source Media Type: Book
Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2736742980
- Title: Legacy NFS Source: Faelan Maccolmain Mair O'dunlainge , King\Leinstr - death:
Author: 160010.GED, Not Given
Note: death:
Source Media Type: Other
Source Media Type: Other
Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2737222791
- Title: Legacy NFS Source: Faolan mac Columan King of Leinster -
Author: Irish Kings and High Kings; Francis J. Byrne, {2001}, Page number: 155, 289, Ui Dunlang Kings of Laigin
Note: Source Media Type: Book
Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2736742984
- Title: Legacy NFS Source: Fáelán Maccolmáin Máir O' Dúnlainge King Leinster - death:
Author: Ball.FTW, Not Given
Note: death:
Source Media Type: Other
Source Media Type: Other
Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2737222794
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