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Conall Guthbinn

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Conall mac Suibni(died635), calledConall Guthbinn,Prince ofMeath,was King ofUisnechinMideof theClann Cholmáin.He was the son ofSuibne mac Colmáin(died 600), a previous king.[1]He ruled from 621 to 635.[2]His byname Guthbinn meant "sweet voiced".

His father Suibne had been killed in 600 by his uncleÁed Sláinemac Diarmato (died 604)eponymousancestor of theSíl nÁedo Sláine.[3]This set off a feud between the Clann Cholmáin and Síl nÁedo Sláine and in 604 a battle was fought in Faithche Mic Mencnain on the shore of Loch Semdid (Lough Sewdy), (Ballymore Loughsewdyin modernCounty Westmeath).[4]During the battle Conall saw his foster brother Áed Gustan slaying Áed Sláine. Áed Rón of the Uí Failge and Áed Buide, king ofTebtha,Áed Sláine's allies, were also slain.[5]

TheAnnals of Ulsterrecord:

It was no time when counsel prevailed, for the warriors beyond Tuirbe: Conall slew Áed of Sláine, Áed Sláine slew Suibne.[6]

Conall succeeded as King of Uisnech in 621 on the death ofÓengus mac Colmáin,son ofColmán Bec.[7]In 622, during the Battle of Cenn Deilgthen (modernKildalkeyinCounty Meath),[8]Conall defeated a rival faction of cousins led by two sons of Librén, son of Illand, son of Cerball. Illand was the brother of Conall's great-grandfather the high kingDiarmait mac Cerbaill(died 565).Domnall Brecc(died 642), later king ofDál Riatafought alongside Conall.[9]

In 633, at the Battle of Áth Goan, west of theLiffey,Conall allied withFaílbe Flann mac Áedo Duib(died 637), theking of Munster,to assistFáelán mac Colmáin(died 666?) of theUí Dúnlaingein defeating and slayingCrimthann mac Áedoof theUí Máil,acquiring the throne ofLeinster.The Clann Cholmain assisted the Ui Dunlainge in their rise to power, neutralizing the border situation with the Ui Failgi, as the Ui Dunlainge carried out their rivalry with the Síl nÁedo Sláine. Fáelán mac Colmáin married Conall's sister Uasal ingen Suibni (died 643).[10]

In 634, at the Battle of Loch Trethin at Fremainn (Lough Drin,.75 miles northeast of Cullionbeg, County Westmeath),[11][12]Conall slewCongal mac Áedo Sláine,King ofBrega,and his brotherAilill Cruitire,continuing the feud with the Síl nÁedo Sláine. In 635Diarmait mac Áedo Sláine(died 665) killed Conall in the house of Nad Fraích's son.[13]

Conall's son Airmetach Cáech was slain at theBattle of Mag Rath(modern day Moira, County Down)[14]in 637 fighting forCongal CáechofUlaidand against the High KingDomnall mac Áedo(died 642) of theCenél Conaill.Airmetach's son Fáelchú was also slain in this battle.[15]Airmetach's other son,Diarmait Dianmac Airmetaig Cáech (died 689), was a King of Uisnech.

Notes

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  1. ^Charles-Edwards,Early Christian Ireland,p. 604, table III; Byrne,Irish Kings and High Kings,p. 282, table 3.; Mac Niocaill, pg.109
  2. ^TheBook of LeinsterandLaud Synchronismsgive him a reign of 15 years
  3. ^Annals of Ulster,AU 600.2; Byrne,Irish Kings and High Kings,pp. 96–97; Charles-Edwards,Early Christian Ireland,p. 507.
  4. ^Onomasticon Goedelicum, L, l. (loch) semdidi
  5. ^Annals of Ulster,AU 604.2 & AU 604.3; Mac Niocaill, pp.46, 82 84; the feud between the descendants of Áed Sláine and those ofColmán Máris set out in tabular form by Charles-Edwards,Early Christian Ireland,p. 496, table 12.4.
  6. ^Annals of Ulster,AU 604.2, a near-identical verse in AU 604.3.
  7. ^Charles-Edwards,Early Christian Ireland,p. 604, table III.
  8. ^Onomasticon Goedelicum, C, c. (cenn) delgten
  9. ^Annals of Ulster,AU 622.1;Annals of Tigernach,AT 622.1.; Mac Niocaill, pg.91
  10. ^Annals of Ulster,AU 633.2;Annals of Tigernach,AT 636.2; Byrne,Irish Kings and High Kings,p. 154; Charles-Edwards,Early Christian Ireland,pp. 498–499 & table 12.6.; Mac Niocaill, pg.97
  11. ^Onomasticon Goedelicum, L, l. (loch) treithin
  12. ^Google Maps
  13. ^Annals of Ulster,AU634.1 & AU 635.1;Annals of Tigernach,AT 637.1 & 637.5; Charles-Edwards,Early Christian Ireland,p. 496, table 12.4.; Mac Niocaill, pg.97
  14. ^Onomasticon Goedelicum, M, m. (mag) rath, p. and t. of Moira
  15. ^Charles-Edwards,Early Christian Ireland,pp. 495, & 497, table 12.5.

References

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  • Annals of Tigernachat CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts] atUniversity College Cork CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts
  • Annals of UlsteratUniversity College Cork CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts
  • Charles-Edwards, T. M. (2000),Early Christian Ireland,Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,ISBN0-521-36395-0
  • Byrne, Francis John (2001), Irish Kings and High-Kings, Dublin: Four Courts Press,ISBN978-1-85182-196-9
  • Mac Niocaill, Gearoid (1972),Ireland before the Vikings,Dublin: Gill and Macmillan
  • Book of Leinster,Rig UisnigatCELT: Corpus of Electronic TextsatUniversity College Cork
  • Laud SynchronismsatCELT: Corpus of Electronic TextsatUniversity College Cork
  • Hogan, SJ, Edmund (1910),Onomasticon Goedelicum,Documents of Ireland, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.
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