Diarmait Dian
Diarmait Dian mac Airmetaig,also Diarmait Guthbinn,[1](died 689) was King ofUisnechinMideof theClann Cholmáin.He was the grandson ofConall Guthbinnmac Suibni (died 635), a previous king.[2][3]His father Airmetach Cáech[4]was slain at theBattle of Mag Rathin 637.[5]Diarmait ruled from 653 to 689.[6]
The feud between Clann Cholmáin and theSíl nÁedo Sláineof the early 7th century had ended in victory for the Síl nÁedo Sláine who dominated the high kingship of Ireland in the second half of the 7th century. They began to feud among themselves, and Clann Cholmain was caught up in the feud as well. In 662, a member of the cousin line ofClann Cholmáin Bicc,Fáelchú mac Máele Umai was slain at the Battle of Ogamain fighting on the side ofConaing Cuirremac Congaile of Cnogba andBlathmac mac Áedo Sláine(died 665) while fighting the adherents ofDiarmait mac Áedo Sláine(died 665).[7]
Diarmait himself was killed in 689 as part of the old feud byÁed mac Dlúthaig(died 701) of the Fir Cúl Breg sept of Síl nÁedo Sláine. Áed's grandfatherAilill Cruitiremac Áedo Sláine was slain in battle by Diarmait's grandfatherConall Guthbinnin 634.[8]According to theBook of Leinster,Conall Guthbinnwas killed by the High KingFínsnechta Fledachmac Dúnchado (died 695) of Brega.[9]
Diarmait's sons included:
- Murchad Midimac Diarmato Dian (died 715),[10]
- Áed mac Diarmaito Dian, listed as King of Uisnech, killed in the battle of Mag Singittae, near Billywood, Meath, Leinster, Ireland in 714[11][12]
- Colgu mac Diarmaito Dian, listed as King of Uisnech, killed in the battle of Mag Singittae, near Billywood, Meath, Leinster, Ireland in 714[13][14]
- Bodbchad, killed in the battle, Clane (Claeneth, claenad), Kildare, Leinster, Ireland in 704.[15][16]
Diarmait's grandsonDomnall Midimac Murchado (died 763) was a high king of Ireland.[17]
Notes
[edit]- ^Annals of UlsterAU 763.1
- ^Francis J.Byrne,Irish Kings and High-Kings,Table 3
- ^Annals of UlsterAU 763.1
- ^Annals of UlsterAU 763.1
- ^Charles-Edwards, pg. 495
- ^Book of Leinstergives him a reign of 33 years and theLaud Synchronismsa reign of 37 years
- ^Annals of UlsterAU 662.2;Annals of TigernachAT 662.4
- ^Annals of UlsterAU 689.3,AU 634.1;Annals of TigernachAT 689.3,AT 637.1
- ^Book of Leinster,Rig Uisnig
- ^Annals of UlsterAU 715.2
- ^Annals of TigernachAT 714.1
- ^Onomasticon GoedelicumM, m. (mag) sinerthuin
- ^Annals of TigernachAT 714.1
- ^Onomasticon GoedelicumM, m. (mag) sinerthuin
- ^Annals of UlsterAU 704.4
- ^Onomasticon GoedelicumC, claenad
- ^Charles-Edwards, Appendix III
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Annals of TigernachatCELT: Corpus of Electronic TextsatUniversity College Cork
- Annals of UlsteratCELT: Corpus of Electronic TextsatUniversity College Cork
- 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
- 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: An Index to Irish Names of Places and Tribes (locorum et tribuum Hiberniae et Scotiae), Cork, Ireland: Documents of Ireland, University College Cork.[1]