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Cathal II of Munster
- Preferred Name: Cathal II of Munster[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
- Alternate Name: Cathal Munster
- Alternate Name: Cathal King Of Munster
- Gender: M
- Alt. Birth: 690 in Munster, Ireland at LATI: N2.3527 LONG: E8.687
- Title (Nobility): with note: Description: King of Munster
- Birth: ABT 675 in Clare, Munster, Ireland at LATI: N2.3527 LONG: E8.687
- http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: King
- Death: 742 in Münster, Munster, Ireland at LATI: N2.3527 LONG: E8.687 with note: GEDCOM data
- FSID: K12D-MZW
- Notes:
=== Life Sketch ===
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathal_mac_Finguine:
Cathal mac Finguine (died 742) was an Irish King of Munster or Cashel, and effectively High King of Ireland as well. He belonged to the Eóganacht Glendamnach sept of the dominant Eóganachta kin-group whose members dominated Munster from the 7th century to the 10th.
His father, uncle, grandfather and great-grandfather had also been kings of Cashel, as were his son and grandson.
The historical wife of Cathal was the celebrated Caillech, a princess of the Uí Liatháin, southern neighbours of Eóganacht Glendamnach. His mother, Gormgel, also appears to have been of the Uí Liatháin, but from a different branch.
Cathal's father was Finguine mac Cathail, uncle Ailill mac Cathail, grandfather Cathal Cú-cen-máthair, and great-grandfather Cathal mac Áedo.
A son was Artrí mac Cathail, and a grandson Tnúthgal mac Artrach. With the exception of the last, all are reliably mentioned as kings of Cashel in the annals.
His living direct descendants, the later ruling dynasty of Eóganacht Glendamnach, descendants of Art Caemh, a great-grandson of Artrí mac Cathail, are the Ó Caiomh (O'Keeffes) of County Cork. His daughter, Taileflaith, also has prominent 21st-century descendants.
=== THE PLANTAGENET ANCESTRY (GS NUMBER Q940 ===
THE PLANTAGENET ANCESTRY (GS NUMBER Q940 D2T) P.115;
=== M737.8
Cathal, son of Finguine, King of ===
M737.8
Cathal, son of Finguine, King of Munster, died. [Annals of the Four Masters I:339}
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U742.3
Death of Cathal son of Finnguine, king of Caisel. [Annals of Ulster p197]
Preferred Parents:
Father: Finguine mac Cathail Con-cen-máthair, b. 630 in Mumhan (Munster), Ireland d. 696 in Ireland
Mother: Gormgael Uí Liatháin, b. ABT 657 in Munster, Ireland
Family 1: Cailleach of Munster, b. ABT 682 in Munster, Ireland d. 731
- Cathal , b. ABT 700 in Feara Cul, Midi (Meath), Ireland
- Tualath ingen Cathal, b. 710 in An, Munhain, Munster d. 749 in Laigin, Leinster
Sources:
- Title: Legacy NFS Source: Cathal mac Finguine KIng of Munster -
Author: A New History of Ireland 1169-1534; Art Cosgrove, Ed. {1993}
Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2736742975
- Title: Legacy NFS Source: Cathal mac Finguine KIng of Munster -
Author: Annals of Ulster, Mac Airt & Mac Niocaill's translation, 1983, digital edition Note: Source Media Type: Book
Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2736742977
- Title: Various - See Below
Author: Wikipedia
Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathal_mac_Finguine;
Note: Bhreathnach, Edel (ed.), The Kingship and Landscape of Tara. Dublin: Four Courts Press for The Discovery Programme. 2005.
Byrne, Francis John, Irish Kings and High-Kings. Dublin: Four Courts Press. 2nd revised edition, 2001.
Charles-Edwards, T.M., Early Christian Ireland. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000. ISBN 0-521-36395-0
Connon, Anne, "A Prosopography of the Early Queens of Tara", in Edel Bhreathnach (ed.), The Kingship and Landscape of Tara. Dublin: Four Courts Press for The Discovery Programme. 2005. pp. 225–327.
Duffy, Seán (ed.), Atlas of Irish History. Dublin: Gill & Macmillan, 2nd edition, 2000. ISBN 0-7171-3093-2
Irwin, Philip (September 2004). "Cathal mac Finguine (d. 742)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 22 October 2007.
Mac Shamhráin, Ailbhe, "Cathal mac Finguine (d. 742)", in Seán Duffy (ed.), Medieval Ireland: An Encyclopedia. Routledge. 2005. pp. 69–70.
Mac Shamhráin, Ailbhe, and Paul Byrne, "Kings named in Baile Chuinn Chétchathaig and the Airgíalla Charter Poem", in Edel Bhreathnach (ed.), The Kingship and Landscape of Tara. Dublin: Four Courts Press for The Discovery Programme. 2005. pp. 159–224.
- Title: Legacy NFS Source: Cathal mac Finguine KIng of Munster -
Author: Annals of the Four Masters; John O'Donovan, ed., Dublin, 1848 - 51, (translation available at Corpus of, Page number: I:339
Note: Source Media Type: Book
Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2736742980
- Title: Legacy NFS Source: Cathal mac Finguine KIng of Munster -
Author: The Plantagenet Ancestry, by William Henry Turton {1968}, Page number: 115
Note: Source Media Type: Book
Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2736742370
- Title: Legacy NFS Source: Cathal mac Finguine KIng of Munster -
Author: The History of Ireland by Geoffrey Keating, D.D.: D Comyn & P S Dinneed, Eds, 1st Ed {1902-1914} (translation available a, Page number: Book II, p227
Note: Source Media Type: Book
Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2736742983
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