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The kings of Munster ((アイルランド語: Rí Mumhan)), ruled from the establishment of Munster during the Irish Iron Age, until the High Middle Ages. According to Gaelic traditional history, laid out in works such as the ''Book of Invasions'', the earliest king of Munster was Bodb Derg of the Tuatha Dé Danann. From the Gaelic peoples, an Érainn kindred known as the Dáirine (also known as Corcu Loígde and represented today in seniority by the Ó hEidirsceoil), provided several early monarchs including Cú Roí. In a process in the ''Cath Maige Mucrama'', the Érainn would lose out in the 2nd century AD to the Deirgtine, ancestors of the Dal gCais. Munster during this period was classified as part of ''Leath Moga'', or the southern-half, while other parts of Ireland were ruled mostly by the Connachta. After losing Osraige to the east, Cashel was established as the capital of Munster by the Eóganachta. This kindred ruled without interruption until the 10th century. Although the High Kingship of Ireland was dominated during this time by the Uí Néill, the Eóganachta of Munster did provide Cathal mac Finguine and Fedelmid mac Crimthainn as serious contenders. This great tribe was broken down into different septs or branches, the most successful in terms of royalty were the Eóganacht Chaisil (represented by the Ó Súilleabháin and Mac Cárthaigh), Eóganacht Glendamnach (represented by the Ó Caoimh) and Eóganacht Áine (represented by the Ó Ciarmhaic). Their hold was loosened by the rise of Brian Bóruma of the Dál gCais, who established the Ó Briain as kings of Munster. As well as this Munster had to contend with the Normans. Finally, the kingdom ended as it was split into Thomond, Desmond and Ormond. The former two came to an end during the 16th century with birth of the Tudor Kingdom of Ireland, with former rulers joining the Peerage of Ireland. There were a number of Gaelic attempts to reassert their power in Munster, such as that of Fínghin Mac Cárthaigh and Domhnall Cam Ó Súilleabháin Bhéara, but these were not successful. ==Ancient and Mythological Kings of Munster== * Bodb Derg, king of the Sid Mumu, and later king of the Tuatha Dé Danann, succeeding The Dagda * Dedu mac Sin, ancestor of the Clanna Dedad * Íar mac Dedad, father of Eterscél and grandfather of Conaire Mór * Dáire mac Dedad, ancestor of the Dáirine * Cú Roí mac Dáire, Munster king and/or deity known from the Ulster Cycle * * Note: belonged to the Érainn or Dáirine, the dominant power in Munster into the 6th–7th centuries AD * Mug Nuadat, king in late sagas of Leth Mogha, or Mug's Half, meaning Southern Ireland * * Note: belonged to the Deirgtine, but may be a mythological figure * Ailill Aulom, Mug's son, aka Olioll Ólum, associated with the goddess Áine * * Note: not actually king of Southern Ireland, but mythologically associated with the rise of the Eóganachta (see Battle of Mag Mucrama) * Lugaid mac Con, was High King of Ireland, and Ailill's foster-son * * Note: ancestor of the Corcu Loígde, principal Munster sept of the Dáirine * Éogan Mór, Ailill's son, from whom the Eóganachta took their name * * Note: the Eóganachta were actually founded by Conall Corc, great-great grandson of Eógan Mór * Fiachu Muillethan, son of Éogan Mór * * Note: a king of the Deirgtine who may have been historical, but features only in mythological narratives * Ailill Flann Bec, son of Fiachu Muillethan * * Note: almost nothing is known of this figure, except that he was adopted by and succeeded his elder brother, Ailill Flann Mór * Crimthann mac Fidaig, was High King of Ireland and of territories overseas, and brother of the queen and/or goddess Mongfind * * Note: considered Eóganacht in later dynastic narratives, four centuries after his floruit * Óengus Bolg, a late king of the Dáirine and ancestor of the Corcu Loígde * * Note: features in early stories of Conall Corc, and is an ancestor of the Cashel Eóganachta septs, the "Inner Circle", through his daughter Aimend * Bressal mac Ailello Thassaig, a possible king from the early Uí Liatháin * * Note: Angias, who may have been his sister, was the Queen of Lóegaire mac Néill, High King of Ireland 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of kings of Munster」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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