Krimtann Mack Endai

Krimtann was the son of Anda Kennsalah , the ancestor of Wie Hennselag. After the death of his father, who died in the middle of the 5th century, Krimtann himself gained power over Wu Hennselaig, becoming the first ruler of this sept , mentioned in historical sources with a royal title ^[2] .

It is not known exactly when Krimtann Mack Endai ascended the throne of Leinster. The list of rulers of this kingdom, contained in the Leinster Book , calls him the successor of his father. However, the poem “ De Regibus Lagenorum ”, written in the 7th century, reports that the rulers of Leinster in the 5th century were Muyredah Snite and Moen poppy Muyredaig from the genus Wie Bairrhe , then Mack Cairtinn poppy Coelbot from Wye Eneggleiss , and later Nad Buidb from Wye Dego . 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 ^{[3] [4]} .

The first report of the Irish annals relating to the reign of Krimtann Mack Endai is probably the entries in the Annals of Ulster and the Chronicle of the Scottes about the battle at At Dare on the Barrow River in Mag Isle (in the south of Kildare county) in 458. In this battle, the Leinsters defeated the High King of Ireland, Loegire Mac Neill, and captured him. The king was released only after he promised never to pay tribute to Leinster again ^[5] . The wars between the lagoons and the supreme kings of Ireland resumed after the accession to the throne of Tara Aylil Molt : the annals report the battle at Doom Ahir in 468, in which the Leinster defeated ^[6] , and the victory they won in the battle of Bree El in 475 (modern Krogan Hill ) ^[7] . According to the Annals of the Four Masters , Krimtann Mack Endai participated in the battle of Okha (near Kels ) in the year 482, in which Aylil Molt died ^[8] , but there are no reports of this in other Irish annals ^{[9] [10] [11 ] ]} . Ailil’s death ended the wars between the rulers of Leinster and Connacht, and from that moment on, the main opponents of the Leinster became Ui Neilla ^[12] .

According to The Three-Part Life of St. Patrick , unlike his father, Enda Kennsalah, Krimtann was a Christian who was personally baptized by this “ Apostle of Ireland ” in Wright Bileh (modern-day Ratville ) ^{[13] [14]} .

In Kinsella and other genealogies, the first wife of Krimtann Mack Enai and the mother of his son, Nat Yi, named Mell, daughter of Ernbrand. According to one of the variants of the exile of Dessie saga, Krimtann was also consistently married to two of her sisters, Belk and Kinniu. In marriage with Belk, Ingren, the mother of Eokhaid Guineh , was born , and the daughter of Kinniu ^[15] was Etne Uatah, who died in 490 or 492, the wife of King Munster Angus mak Nad Freuh ^{[16] [17]} . “The Exile of Dessie” reports that several Leinster septs originated from the descendants of these marriages ^[18] .

According to the annals, Krimtann Mack Endai died of a fatal wound in 483. The Scottish Chronicle testifies that Eauheid Guineh from Wy Bairrhe and people from Arad Kliach were to blame for this ^[19] . The “Annals of the Four Masters” clarify these messages with the news that Eochaid Guineh was the son of Krimtann’s daughter ^[20] . “The Three-Part Life of St. Patrick” reports that this murder was the revenge of members of Wu Bairrhe Krimtannu for their expulsion from their lands previously ^{[13] [21] [22]} . After the death of Krimtann poppy Endai, the throne of Leinster did not pass to his son Nat Yi, but to Findhad poppy Garrh from the family of Wye Garrhon ^[2] .

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• Annals of the Four Masters . CELT: The Corpus of Electronic Texts. Date of treatment July 14, 2013.
• The Annals of Tigernach . CELT: The Corpus of Electronic Texts. Date of treatment July 14, 2013.
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