Clann Cholmáin

Clann Cholmáin is the dynasty descended from

Related dynasties descended through Conall Cremthainne and Diarmait mac Cerbaill included the Síl nÁedo Sláine, the kings of Brega, descended from Colmán Már's youngest brother Áed Sláine, and the less important Clann Cholmáin Bicc (or the Caílle Follamain), descendants of the middle brother, Colmán Bec. The Kings of Uisnech, among others, belonged to Clann Cholmáin.

Important kings of Clann Cholmáin include:

• 763
  ),
• 797
  ),
• 862
  ),
• 916
  ),
• 1022
  ).

See also

• O'Melaghlin

Bibliography

• Byrne, Francis John, Irish Kings and High-Kings. Batsford, London, 1973.
  ISBN 0-7134-5882-8
• Nebulae discutiuntur? The emergencer of Clann Cholmain, sixth-eighth centuries,
  Ailbhe Mac Shamhrain, in Seanchas: Studies in Early and Medieval Irish Archaeology, History and Literature in Honour of Francis John Byrne, ed. Alfred P. Smyth, pp. 83–97, Four Courts Press, Dublin
  , 2000.

• O'Brien, Michael A., ed. (1962). Corpus Genealogiarum Hiberniae. Vol. 1. Kelleher, John V. (intro. in the reprints of 1976 and 2005). Dublin:
  OCLC 56540733
  . Genealogies for the Clann Cholmáin of Mide

• O'Melaghlin family pedigree at Library Ireland