-
Keating and
mentioned in the
Annals of the Four Masters,
Crimthand Mór mac
Fidaig also
plays a
major role in many
stories belonging to the
Cycles of the Kings...
- by his
first wife Mongfind,
sister of the king of Munster,
Crimthann mac
Fidaig; and a fifth, Niall, by his
second wife
Cairenn Chasdub,
daughter of Sac****...
-
originally been a
supernatural personage: the saga "The
Death of
Crimthann mac
Fidaig" says the
festival of
Samhain was
commonly called the "Festival of Mongfind"...
- of Niall.
Mongfind is also said to have been the
sister of
Crimthann mac
Fidaig, King of
Munster and the next High King of Ireland, whom she is said to...
- Con, Conn of the
Hundred Battles, Lóegaire mac Néill and
Crimthann mac
Fidaig. It was part of the duty of the
medieval Irish bards, or
court poets, to...
-
became High King of
Ireland in 1166. "The
Violent Death of
Crimthann mac
Fidaig and of the
Three Sons of
Eochaid Muigmedón"
gives the
story of the sons...
-
Cuinn Muiredach Tirech Muiredach Tírech Dál
Cuinn Crimthand Crimthann mac
Fidaig Eóganachta/Dáirine Níell
Niall Noígíallach Dál
Cuinn Loígaire Lóegaire mac...
- and
warns the king. The tale
Aided Chrimthainn maic
Fidaig ('The
Killing of
Crimthann mac
Fidaig')
tells how
Mongfind kills her brother, King Crimthann...
-
Fidaig (d.367). He was
ancestor of the Uí
nAilello dynasty of Connacht. He
lived in the late 4th century. "The
Violent Death of
Crimthann mac
Fidaig and...
- Eóganachta septs, the "Inner Circle",
through his
daughter Aimend Crimthann mac
Fidaig, was High King of
Ireland and of
territories overseas, and
brother of the...
