Corcu Duibne

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The Dunbeg Fort on the Dingle Peninsula
Corco Duibne
. Drawn by Cork architect and antiquarian Richard Rolt Brash (1817–1876) and published in 1879 in his posthumous work The Ogam Inscribed Monuments of the Gaedhil in the British islands.

The Corcu Duibne, which means "seed or tribe of Duibhne"

Clanna Dedad
.

Septs and relations with other kingdoms

The ruling

Irish clans of the Corcu Duibne were O'Shea, O'Falvey, and O'Connell.[3]

Noted creators of ogham inscriptions, with over one third of all Irish inscriptions found in their region,[4] the existence of the Corcu Duibne is attested as early as the 5th century.[5] These tell us they claimed descent from a female ancestor DOVINIA.[6][7][8]

The

Modern Irish
is Corca Dhuibhne.

Relations between the Corcu Duibne and the nearby Eóganacht Locha Léin are poorly understood, but it appears they spent at least some period of time under the nominal overlordship of the latter in the powerful, but relatively short-lived Kingdom of Iarmuman.[9] Rule from distant overkingdom of Eóganacht Chaisil is not apparent and so it is likely that the Corcu Duibne kingdom had an independent, if remote, existence in the first millennium.

Legendary origins

The 8th-century text known as

Conn Cétchathach, and eventually convinces her to take him back.[10]

When he is older Corc is sent to serve as hostage in the court of

King of Tara. There he is fostered by Óengus Gaíbúaibthech, a leader of the Déisi. When Óengus and his people are expelled from Tara over a bloody dispute with the king's son, Corc absconds from hostageship and joins his foster-father, fighting beside him in many battles. Eventually the Déisi wander to the southern coast, and come to the island where Corc was reared. He tries to convince them to settle there, but they elect to move farther north. Corc remains, and founds his dynasty.[11]

Annalistic references

  • AI989.4 Congal son of Anrudán, king of Corcu Duibne, dies.
  • AI1013.4 Mac Raith son of Congal, king of Corcu Duibne dies.
  • AI1027.2 Death of Crínán son of Fáilbe, king of Corcu Duibne.
  • AI1041.9 Ua Ségda, king of Corcu Duibne was slain.
  • AI1042.4 Mathgamain Ua Fáilbi, royal heir of Corcu Duibne was slain.
  • AI1062.4 Two of the Uí Fháilbi, royal heirs of Corcu Duibne, were slain by the Uí Echach in Baí Bérre.
  • AI1063.4 Cú Dub Ua Fáilbe, king of Corcu Duibne dies.
  • AI1064.6 A great foray by Tairdelbach into Corcu Duibne and Eógan acht, and it is impossible to enumerate all the cows and other cattle taken on that raid.
  • AI1066.3 Loingsech Ua Domnaill, another king of Uí Echach, was slain by the Corcu Duibne.
  • AI1096.5 Mathgamain Ua Ségda, king of Corcu Duibne, rested in Christ.
  • AI1115.7 The slaying of Lochlainn Ua Fáilbi by Murchad Ua Ségda.
  • AI1118.6 Tadc Ua Ségda was slain by the foreigners of Luimnech and by Ua Fáilbi, each having committed treachery against the other.
  • AI1127.5 Murchad Ua Ségda, In Gilla Manntach Ua Fáilbi, and Cathal Ua Cathuil were slain.

Notes

  1. ^ "Ireland's Dingle Peninsula Tourism, April 2009". Archived from the original on 21 March 2007. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  2. ^ Byrne, pp. 63, 171, 174
  3. ^ Mumu, the Kingdom of Munster
  4. ^ MacNeill 1909, p. 334
  5. ^ MacCotter, p. 168
  6. ^ Byrne, pp. 166–7
  7. ^ MacNeill 1909, p. 334
  8. ^ MacCotter, p. 168
  9. ^ Byrne, p. 207
  10. ^ This Is The Cause Of The Expulsion Of The Déssi To Munster And The Violent Death Of Cormac, sect. 9–11.
  11. ^ This Is The Cause Of The Expulsion Of The Déssi To Munster And The Violent Death Of Cormac, sect. 5; 8; 12.

References

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