Múscraige
The Múscraighe (older spelling: Músgraige) were an important
Dedu mac Sin
.
While the Múscraige petty kingdoms were scattered throughout the province of Munster, the largest were centred on the present baronies of Muskerry (West and East)[citation needed] in central Cork. The tribes or
River Lee (although the river bisects the current baronies). A pedigree of the chieftains of the tribe may be found in the Book of Leinster.[1][2]
The main septs were:
| Irish name of the túath | Equivalent barony | County |
|---|---|---|
| Múscraige Tíre | Ormond Lower and Owney and Arra[3] |
County Tipperary |
| Múscraige Breógain | Clanwilliam | County Tipperary |
| Múscraige Tri Maighe[4][5] | Orrery and Kilmore and part of the barony of Duhallow |
County Cork |
| Múscraige Mittaine | Barretts[6]
|
County Cork |
| Múscraige Aodha (alias Múscraige Luachra) |
Various baronies | Counties Cork, Tipperary and Limerick |
Importantly, they acted as vassals and facilitators for the rising Eóganachta.
A
King of Munster from the Múscraige was Flaithbertach mac Inmainén
.
Notes
- ^ Ó Murchadha, Diarmuid, Family names of County Cork, pg 153.
- ^ Book of Leinster, Dublin, TCD, MS 1339 (olim MS H 2.18)
- ^ MacLysaght (More Irish Families), notes that the O'Donegans of Aradh (Ara) in Múscraige Tíre became dispersed by the O'Briens whose chief there became Mac I Brien Ara.
- ^ O'Hanlon John, Canon O'Hanlon, The Lives of the Irish Saints, cited in "Under the Oak ". "In the ancient taxation of the diocese of Cloyne, there is a rural deanery, called Muscry-donnegan. It contains the parishes now comprehended in the baronies of Orrery and Kilmore, with small adjacent portions of Duhallow and Fermoy. Among the Churches in this deanery, Orwerg, (i.e. Orbraidhe or Orrery) and Fersketh, (i.e. Feart Skeithe,) called Ardskagh are two. This latter is now known as Ardskeagh. Thus, the identity of Muscraighe-tri-maighe and the barony of Orrery is proved to a demonstration.
- de Barryfamily in the 13th century.
- ^ T. M. Charles-Edwards, The Chronicle of Ireland. Translated texts for historians., Volume 44, pg 126.
References
- Francis John Byrne. Irish Kings and High-Kings. Four Courts Press. 2nd revised edition, 2001.
- Thomas Charles-Edwards, Early Christian Ireland. Cambridge University Press. 2000.
- Lucius Gwynn, "De Maccaib Conaire", in Ériu 6 (1912): 144–53.
- Lucius Gwynn, "De Sil Chonairi Móir", in Ériu 6 (1912): 130–43.
- Vernam Hull. "The Later Version of the Expulsion of the Déssi", in Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 27 (1958-9): 14–63.
- Paul MacCotter. Medieval Ireland: Territorial, Political and Economic Divisions. Four Courts Press. 2008.
- Eoin MacNeill. "Early Irish Population Groups: their nomenclature, classification and chronology", in Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy (C) 29. 1911. pp. 59–114
- T. F. O'Rahilly. Early Irish History and Mythology. Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies. 1946.
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