Cennétig, king of Laígis

Events


Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.


Date of Death: 903.

Place of Death: unknown.

The date is given by Jaski (p. 125).


Relationships


Father: Gaithíne.

This relationship is given by Jaski (p. 125).

Mother: unknown.


Spouse: unknown.


Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)


Cernach.


Ugrán (died 917), king of Laígis.


Cináed (died 890), king of Laígis.


Evidence


from the Annals of Ulster (s.a. 903):


Ceinnétig son of Gaíthíne, king of Laíges, and Aindiaraidh son. of Mael Muire, king of Tuirbe, died.


References


The Annals of Ulster (Mac Airt & Mac Niocaill, trans.; Pádraig Bambury, Stephen Beechinor compilers). CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts (University College, Cork, 2000).


Jaski, Bart. “The traditional rule of succession in early Ireland” (Ph.D. thesis, Trinity College Dublin, 1994). Appendix 2, Genealogical tables of medieval Irish royal dynasties. Online PDF:

https://www.academia.edu/4144299/Genealogical_tables_of_medieval_Irish_royal_dynasties