Fáelán mac Colmáin, king of Leinster
King of Leinster
Fáelán was of the Uí Dúnlainge branch of the Laigin. (Baldwin LaI)
Events
Date of Birth: unknown.
Date of Death: 666.
This date is given by Baldwin (LaI) and by Jaski (p. 117). The death appears in Chronicum Scotorum s.a. 662. Some sources argue that the actual date of death was earlier.
Relationships
Father: Colmán mac Cairpri.
This relationship is given by Baldwin (LaI), by Jaski, by Byrne (p. 289), and by A New History of Ireland (9:134). It is recorded in Genealogies from Rawlinson B502 (¶18, ¶340), and in the Annals entries given below.
Mother: Fedelm ingen Óengusa.
This relationship is given by Baldwin (LaI).
Spouse: Sárnat ingen Echach.
This relationship is given by Baldwin (LaI). Fáelán had other wives.
Children:
References
Annals of Inisfallen (Seán Mac Airt ed.). (CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts, University College, Cork, 2002/2008).
Annals of Tigernach (Donnchadh Ó Corráin, compiler). (CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts, University College, Cork, 1996).
The Annals of Ulster (Pádraig Bambury, Stephen Beechinor, compilers) (CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts, University College, Cork, 2000).
Baldwin, Stewart. Llywelyn ap Iorwerth ancestor table. (Hosted at Rootsweb.ancestry.com. Accessed 23 May 2014).
Byrne, Francis J. Irish Kings and High-Kings. (Four Courts Press, 2001).
Chronicum Scotorum. (William M. Hennessy ed.) (London, Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1866).
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
A New History of Ireland. Moody, T.W., F.X.Martin, and F.J. Byrne (eds.). Volume 9 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1984).
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).
Abstracts and Transcriptions
From The Annals of Ulster
628. The battle of Bolg Luatha, in which Faelán son of Colmán, king of Laigin, was victor.
633. The battle of Áth Goan in western Life, in which Cremthann son of Aed son of Senach, king of Laigin, fell.
From the Annals of Tigernach
630. The battle of Duma Aichir by 'Bag of Ashes' in which he himself fell. Faelán son of Colmán king of Laigin was the victor.
636. The battle of Áth Goan, in the western part of Liffey, in which fell Cremthann Cualann son of Aedh son of Senach, king of the Leinstermen. Faelán son of Colmán son of Conall son of Suibne, king of Meath, and Failbe Flann king of Munster, were the victors.
From the Annals of Inisfallen
637. The battle of [Áth] Goan, in which Crimthann son of Aed, king of Laigin, fell. Fáilbe Flann and Faelán, son of Colmán, [were] victors. [AU 633, Tig.].