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Art Eanfhear "the Solitary" mac Cuinn
- Preferred Name: Art Eanfhear "the Solitary" mac Cuinn[1] [2]
- Gender: M
- Find+A+Grave: with note: Art “The Solitary” Eanfhear Mac Cuinn
BIRTH
157
Tara, County Offaly, Ireland
DEATH
195 (aged 37–38)
Ireland
BURIAL
Lost at War. Specifically: Died in the Battle of Magh Mucruimhe.
MEMORIAL ID
202780549 · View Source
- FSID: L6C2-813
- Birth: ABT 157 in Tara, County Meath, Ireland at LATI: N3.5823 LONG: E6.6249
- Death: ABT 195 in Ireland
- Notes:
=== Life Sketch ===
Art mac Cuinn ("son of Conn"), also known as Art Óenfer (literally "one man", used in the sense of "lone", "solitary", or "only son"),[1] was, according to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition, a High King of Ireland.
According to legend, he was not Conn's only son: he had a brother called Connla, who fell in love with a fairy woman, and went with her to Mag Mell, never to be seen again. After that, Art was alone and gained his nickname[2] (Geoffrey Keating says he had two brothers, Connla and Crionna, who were killed by their uncle Eochaid Finn).[3] Another fairy woman, Bé Chuille, who had been banished to Ireland by the Tuatha Dé Danann, fell in love with Art, but, when she learned his father Conn was still alive and a widower, agreed to marry him instead, on the condition that Art be banished from Tara for a year. The injustice caused famine in Ireland, until Art forced by Bé Chuille to leave as a forfeit in a game of fidchell.[4]
Art succeeded to the High Kingship after his brother-in-law Conaire Cóem, was killed by Nemed, son of Sroibcenn, in the battle of Gruitine. He ruled for twenty or thirty years. During his reign Conaire's sons took revenge against Nemed and his allies, the sons of Ailill Aulom, in the Battle of Cennfebrat in Munster. Ailill's foster-son Lugaid mac Con was wounded in the thigh in the battle, and was exiled from Ireland. He made an alliance with Benne Brit, son of the king of Britain, raised an army of foreigners, and returned to Ireland. He defeated and killed Art in the Battle of Maigh Mucruimhe in Connacht.[5] According to legend, Art was given hospitality by Olc Acha, a local smith, the night before the battle. It had been prophesied that a great dignity would come from Olc's line, and he gave Art his daughter Achtan to sleep with. Art's son Cormac was conceived that night.[6] However, according to Keating, Achtan was Art's official mistress, to whom he paid a dowry of cattle; his wife, and the mother of his other children, was Medb Lethderg.[7]
Preferred Parents:
Father: Conn Cétchthach Mac Feidhlmidh, b. ABT 113 in Tara, Midi, Meath or Leinster, Dublin, Ireland d. 20 OCT 157 in Tara, County Meath, Ireland
Mother: Eithne Thaebfhota, b. ABT 108 in Leinster, Ireland d. ABT 157
Family 1: Achtan Macolcca, b. ABT 160 in Ireland d. in Ireland
- Cormac Ulfada "Long Beard" mac Art King of Ireland, b. BET 183 AND 227 in Tara Castle, Tara, Meath, Ireland d. ABT 266 in House Claitech, Boyne River, Meath, Ireland
Family 2: Maedhbh ,
Sources:
- Title: Art mac Cuinn
Author: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_mac_Cuinn
Publication: Name: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_mac_Cuinn;
Note: References
1. ^ Dictionary of the Irish Language, Compact Edition, Royal Irish Academy, 1990, pp. 299-300, 485
2. ^ "The Adventures of Connla the Fair", Cross & Slover 1936, pp. 488-490
3. ^ Geoffrey Keating, Foras Feasa ar Éirinn 1.41
4. ^ "The Adventures of Art son of Conn", Cross & Slover 1936, pp. 491-502
5. ^ Annals of the Four Masters M165-195
6. ^ "The Battle of Mag Mucrama" (translator unknown)
7. ^ Geoffrey Keating, Foras Feasa ar Éirinn 1.43
8. ^ R. A. Stewart Macalister (ed. & trans.), Lebor Gabála Érenn: The Book of the Taking of Ireland Part V, Irish Texts Society, 1956, p. 335
Page: Shows multiple sources
- Title: Art Eanfhear Mac Cuinn, "Find A Grave Index"
Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6ZWS-GTJK : 8 March 2021), The Solitary, ; Burial, , ; citing record ID 202780549, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6ZWS-GTJK;
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