Moenach poppy Muiredig ( dr. Irl. Móenach mac Muiredaig ; first half of the 5th century ) - presumably the king of Leinster (430s – 440s) from the Wie Bairrhe family.
| Moenah poppy Muiredig | |||||||
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| Dr. Irl. Móenach mac Muiredaig | |||||||
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| Predecessor | Muyredah Snite | ||||||
| Successor | Mack Cirtinn Mack Coelbot | ||||||
| Death | between 435 and 446 | ||||||
| Kind | Wi bairhe | ||||||
| Father | Muyredah Snite | ||||||
Biography
Moenah poppy Muiredig is not mentioned in the medieval lists of the kings of Leinster , but other sources that have survived to this day allow historians to consider him the ruler of this kingdom. The main of these sources is the poem De Regibus Lagenorum , written in the 7th century and preserved in the Leinster Book . It tells about the early history of Leinster and mentions some of his rulers, not listed on the royal lists. Among them is named Moenah, the heir of his father Muyredah Snite . The poem says that Moenach, a representative of a noble family, ascended the throne as a child [1] and that he died in battle. Its winner was probably Mack Cairthinn Mack Coelbot , who is said to have gained power as a result of the battle. Based on the analysis of sources about the Leinster of the 5th century, historians made the assumption that under the influence of the genera Wu Hennselig , Wye Dunlinge and Wye Neillah , depending on which the monastery centers of the annals of Ireland fell into the X century, the information of the medieval annals was distorted and the data were entered into them favorable for representatives of these genera, but partly not consistent with historical reality. Thus, it is possible that the evidence of the poem, created even before the strengthening of these genera, could more accurately reflect the succession order in the early Leinster [2] [3] .
An analysis of information about Moenah poppy Muiredaig suggests that after the death of King Bressal Belach , an ancestor of the genus Wu Hennselig, who died in 435 or 436 [4] , the throne of Leinster could not immediately pass to his grandson Enda Kennsalah , as reported by the Irish annals and genealogy. Perhaps in the 430s and 440s he was occupied by representatives of other branches of the dynasty that ruled here: first, Bressal Belah's cousin Muiredah Snit and his son Moenach from the Wye Bairrhe clan, and then the last cousin of the last Mack Cairntin poppy Coelbot from Wye Enehglays . Only after the death of Mac Cairthinn in 446 [5] did the descendants of Bressal Belach again be able to regain power over this kingdom [2] [3] .
Notes
- ↑ In the text he is called the “ king boy ”.
- ↑ 1 2 Charles-EdwardsTM Early Christian Ireland . - Cambridge: Cambridge University Press , 2000. - P. 453-458. - ISBN 978-0-5213-6395-2 .
- ↑ 1 2 A New History of Ireland. Volume I. Prehistoric and Early Ireland / Ó Cróinín D .. - Oxford: Oxford University Press , 2008 .-- P. 191 & 223. - ISBN 978-0-1992-2665-8 .
- ↑ Annals of Ulster (year 435.1); Annals of Inishfalllen (year 436.1).
- ↑ Annals of Ulster (year 446.1); Annals of Inishfalllen (year 447.1).
Links
- The Annals of Ulster . CELT: The Corpus of Electronic Texts. Date of treatment April 14, 2013. Archived on April 20, 2013.
- Annals of Inisfallen . CELT: The Corpus of Electronic Texts. Date of treatment April 14, 2013. Archived on April 19, 2013.