Brenainn mac Cairbre

Brenainn mac Cairbre, 12th King of Uí Maine, died 597 or 601.

Brenainn is only the second king of Uí Maine listed in the Irish annals. Confusion surrounds his obit, with a five-year variation given. He was succeeded by Aedh Buidhe who died in 600.

Events which occurred in Ireland during these years included:

595 - death of Alithir, Abbot of Clonmacnoise.
596 - Suibhne mac Colman Beg, King of Mide, was slain by Áed Sláine.
597 - battle of Sleamhain, in Mide.
597 - death of King Uatu mac Áedo of Connacht
601 - battle of Slaibhre in Leinster

Preceded by Maine mac Cearbhall	King of Uí Maine unknown– 597/601	Succeeded by Aedh Buidhe

References

Annals of Ulster at CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts at University College Cork
Annals of Tigernach at CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts at University College Cork
Revised edition of McCarthy's synchronisms at Trinity College Dublin.
Byrne, Francis John (2001), Irish Kings and High-Kings, Dublin: Four Courts Press, ISBN 978-1-85182-196-9

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 12/20/2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.