Conaire Cóem (Mogha) Conaire Mac Mogha Laine (abt. 98 - abt. 192)

Born about 0098 in Ireland

Descendants

Died about 0192 at about age 94 in Ireland

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Biography

Conaire Cóem (Conaire Mór) was, according to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition, the 111th High King of Ireland ^{[1] [2]}

Father: Mogha-Lamha, son of Lughaid Allathach (Allathain) ^{[3] [4]}

Mother: Eithne, sister to Mac Niad of the race of Ith ^[5]

Spouse: "Conaire married the second daughter of the deceased Con" ... "He had by his Queen Seraid, daughter to Con, three sons, princes of great valour and abilities." ^[6]

On the death of Con, the estates proceeded to the election of a successor, the majority of suffrages were announced to be in favour of Connaire the son of Mogha-Lamha, a lineal descendant of Connaire the Grand. ^[7]

Conaire Mor (Conaire MacMogdha Laine) began his reign as a king of Ireland in the year 157; listed as 111th monarch, descended in the line of Heremon, by John O'Hart in his Roll of the Monarchs of Ireland Since the Milesian Conquest ^{[8] [9]}

He died, killed by Neimhidh. ^[10]

The three sons of Conaire Cóem ("the beautiful") and Saraid were - ^[11]

1. Cairpre Músc, ancestor of the Corcu Duibne (Carbrey aka Muscry - county Cork)

2. Cairpre Baschaín, ancestor of the Corcu Baiscind (Carbrey Bascon - county Clare)

3. Cairpre Riata, (county Kerry) ancestor of the Dál Riata; & of the Síl Conairi (Carbrey alias Eochaid Riada, a quo Dal Riada in Scotland)

Bart Jaski in his book, states that there was a 4th son

4. Cairpre Findmóir ancestor of the Múscraige

Conaire Cóem, the son of Mog Lama and the kinsman of Conn Cétchathach Ceadcatha by marriage, succeeded Conn and ruled as High King for eight years, before Conn's own son, Art Óenfher succeeded Conaire Cóem and became Ard Ri, the High King.

Wikipedia records this succession as --

Preceded by Conn Cétchathach

Conaire High King of Ireland (showing alt. dates)

LGE 2nd century AD

FFE AD 136–143

AFM AD 157–165

Succeeded by: Art mac Cuinn

Sources

1. ↑ Conaire Cóem ("the beautiful") was, according to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition, the 111th High King of Ireland. He came to power on the death of his father-in-law Conn Cétchathach, and ruled for seven or eight years, at the end of which he was killed by Nemed, son of Sroibcenn, in the battle of Gruitine and was succeeded by Conn's son Art. Wikipedia : Conaire Cóem
2. ↑ His life story is recounted in The General History of Ireland ch: 8; by Sylvester O'Halloran
3. ↑ Mocha Lamha was the father of Conaire ll (quoting Annuls Four Masters AD 158) Tóruigheacht Dhiarmuda Agus Gráinne, p. 89, Volume 2, By Society for the Preservation of the Irish Language, added 2014-07-25, amb
4. ↑ An ceid-bhliadhain do Conaire, mac Modha Lamha, h-i righe uas Erinn.Celt : Annuls of the Four Masters M158.1 page 106
5. ↑ O'Halloran, "Eithne, sister to Mac Niad of the race of Ith" p: 241 "Mac Neid the son of Lugha of the race of Ith & Conaire the son of Mocha Lamha" (re reinforcements from Spain) p: 234
6. ↑ three sons, princes of great valour and abilities; Carbre Muse (Cork), Carbre Baifean (Clare) and Carbre Riada (Kerry) from the different principalities assigned them [A general history of Ireland] O'Halloran vol: 1 p: 242
7. ↑ O'Halloran, p: 241
8. ↑ listed as 111th monarch, descended in the line of Heremon, in Roll of the Monarchs of Ireland Since the Milesian Conquest Irish pedigrees; or, The origin and stem of the Irish nation part ll page: 56 by John O'Hart; pub: J. Duffy and Co; Dublin 1892
9. ↑ The Lebor Gabála Érenn synchronises his reign with that of the Roman emperor Commodus (180–192).[2] The chronology of Geoffrey Keating's Foras Feasa ar Éirinn dates his reign to 136–143,[3] that of the Annals of the Four Masters to 157–165.
10. ↑ Iar m-beith ocht m-bliadhna h-i righe n-Ereann do Chonaire, mac Modha Lamha, torcair la Neimhidh mac Sruibhginn.Tri meic lais an c-Conaire h-isin, Coirbre Muscc, ó raiter Musccraighe, Cairpre Bascain, o t-tádh Baiscnigh h-i c-Corca Baisccinn, & Cairpre Riata, o b-fuilit Dál Riata. Saraid inghion Cuinn Cedcathaigh mathair na mac-sa Conaire, mic Modha Lamha. Celt : Annuls of the Four Masters M165.1] page 106
11. ↑ Wikipedia : Conaire Cóem

• Bart Jaski Genealogical tables of medieval Irish royal dynasties Table-1 Early Irish Kingship Succession by Jaski Bart, Published by Four Courts Press, 2013, ISBN 1846824265 ISBN 9781846824265
• Wikipedia: Conaire Coem
• John O'Hart, Irish pedigrees; or, The origin and stem of the Irish nation:Heremon (Volume 1) online.
• Sylvester O'Halloran, A general history of Ireland: from the earliet accounts to the close of the twelfth century, collected from the most authentic records. In which new and interesting lights are thrown on the remote histories of other nations as well as of both Britains, Volume 1 (Google eBook). Printed for the author, by A. Hamilton, 1778 - Ireland
• Dictionary of the Irish Language, Compact Edition, Royal Irish Academy, 1990, pp. 93-94 ---R. A. Stewart Macalister (ed. & trans.)
• Lebor Gabála Érenn: The Book of the Taking of Ireland Part V, Irish Texts Society, 1956, p. 335
• Geoffrey Keating, Foras Feasa ar Éirinn 1.40
• Annals of the Four Masters M157-165
• Alan O. Anderson, Scottish annals from English chroniclers A.D. 500 to 1286 . Published 1908 by D.N. Nutt in London .