Cennétig mac Lorcain

King of Thomond

Cennétig was of Dál Cais (Baldwin LaI).

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: 951.

The date is given by Mac Shamhráin and by Baldwin (LaI). It is recorded in The Annals of Ulster (U951.4) and the Annals of Inisfallen (AI951.2).

Relationships

Father: Lorcan mac Lachtnai.

This relationship is given by Mac Shamhráin, by Jaski (p. 136), and by Baldwin (LaI). It is recorded in Genealogies from Rawlinson B502 (¶1277, ¶1359), in The Annals of Ulster (U951.4), and in the Annals of Inisfallen (AI951.2).

Mother: unknown.

Spouse: Bé Binn ingen Aurchada.

Bé Binn is given as the mother of Brian Bóruma by Duffy (ODNB), by Mac Shamhráin, and by Baldwin (“Brian Bóruma mac Cennétig”). This relationship is recorded in the Banshenchas (Dobbs, 47:314, 47:338, 48:188-189, 48:227).

Children (by Bé Binn):

(Complete source citations for the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. It is not always clear who the mothers were. Bé Binn was the mother of Brian Bóruma, Flann, and Conchobar.)

Flann (died 944).

Conchobar (died 944).

Brian Bóruma (died 23 April 1014).

Children (mother unknown):

Finn.

Dub.

Echthigern (died 950).

Donncuan (died 950).

Mathgamain.

Órlaith (died 941).

Lachtna (died about 953).

others.

References

Annals of Inisfallen (Seán Mac Airt ed.). (CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts, University College, Cork, 2002/2008).

The Annals of Ulster (Pádraig Bambury, Stephen Beechinor, compilers) (CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts, University College, Cork, 2000).

Baldwin, Stewart, “Brian Bóruma mac Cennétig” in The Henry Project.

Baldwin, Stewart. Llywelyn ap Iorwerth ancestor table. (Hosted at Rootsweb.ancestry.com. Accessed 23 May 2014).

Dobbs, Margaret C. (ed. and trans.) “The Ban-shenchus [3 pts]”, in Revue Celtique 47:283-339 (1930), 48:163-234 (1931), 49:437-489 (1932).

Duffy, Seán. “Brian Bóruma [Brian Boru] (c. 941-1014)”, in The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004).

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

Mac Shamhráin, Ailbhe. “Cennétig” in the Dictionary of Irish Biography (Cambridge University Press, 2009).

O’Brien, Michael (ed.) Genealogies from Rawlinson B502. Electronic edition compiled by Donnchadh Ó Corráin. (CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts, University College, Cork, 1997/2010).