Art mac Cuinn
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.
Siblings
According to the legend,
Biography
Another fairy woman,
Art succeeded to the High Kingship after his brother-in-law
The Lebor Gabála Érenn synchronises Art's reign with that of the Roman emperor Commodus (180–192).[9] The chronology of Keating's Foras Feasa ar Éirinn dates his reign to 143–173, that of the Annals of the Four Masters to 165–195.
Cathaír Mór | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Conn Cétchathach | Eithne Táebfada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Achtan | Saruit | Macnia mac Lugdach | Sadb | Conaire Cóem | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lugaid mac Con | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cairbre Lifechair | Diarmuid Ua Duibhne | Gráinne | Fionn mac Cumhaill | Aillbe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Uí Maine | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References
- ^ Dictionary of the Irish Language, Compact Edition, Royal Irish Academy, 1990, pp. 299-300, 485
- ^ "The Adventures of Connla the Fair", Cross & Slover 1936, pp. 488-490
- ^ Geoffrey Keating, Foras Feasa ar Éirinn 1.41
- ^ "The Adventures of Art son of Conn" Archived 2007-10-22 at the Wayback Machine, Cross & Slover 1936, pp. 491–502
- ISBN 9781581128918.
- ^ Annals of the Four Masters M165-195
- ^ "The Battle of Mag Mucrama" (translator unknown)
- ^ Geoffrey Keating, Foras Feasa ar Éirinn 1.43
- ^ R. A. Stewart Macalister (ed. & trans.), Lebor Gabála Érenn: The Book of the Taking of Ireland Part V, Irish Texts Society, 1956, p. 335