Events
Date of Birth: unknown.
Place of Birth: unknown.
Date of Death: 920.
Place of Death: unknown.
The date is given by Baldwin and by Jaski (p. 139).
Relationships
Father: Mothla.
This relationship is given by Baldwin and by Jaski (p. 139). Baldwin is dubious about the earlier part of the pedigree, which he calls “a string of unverifiable names.” Jaski gives the line as : Mothla, son of Ruaidrí, son of Cormac (died 828), king of the Dési, son of Domnall, son of Dúnad (died 759), king of the Dési, son of Eógan, son of Bregdulb, son of Cumuscach, son of Cobthach (died 632), king of the Dési.
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.)
Faelan (died 966), king of Deisi Muman.
Célechair (died 941).
Buadech (died 962).
Evidence
from the Annals of Ulster (s.a. 920):
Cormac son of Cuilennán, king of the Déisi of Mumu, was killed.
from the Chronicon Scotorum (s.a. 920):
Cormac son of Mothla, king of the Déisi, dies.
References
The Annals of Ulster (Mac Airt & Mac Niocaill trans., Pádraig Bambury, Stephen Beechinor, compilers) (CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts, University College, Cork, 2000).
Baldwin, Stewart. “Eve of Leinster and Radnaillt of Dublin”, a posting (26 February 1998) to soc.genealogy.medieval.
Chronicon Scotorum (William M. Hennessy, Gearóid Mac Niocaill trans.). CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts (University College, Cork, 2010).
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