Biography

The death of Curnan mac Aed is recorded in The Annals of Tigernach T559.4

The Battle of Cúl Dreimhne ^[1] (also known as the Battle of the Book) occurred in 560AD. One legend, written a thousand years after the alleged events, was a result of the copying of a book belonging to Saint Finnian by Columcille and ensuing quarrel between Saint Finnian and St. Columba about the ownership of the copy (whether it belonged to Saint Columba because he copied it or whether it belonged to Saint Finnian because he owned the original). King Diarmait mac Cerbaill gave the judgement, "To every cow belongs her calf, therefore to every book belongs its copy."

A more likely reason involved the 'violation of sanctuary' as mentioned in The Annals of Tigernach T559.4 when Diarmait mac Cerbaill killed Curnan while Curnan was 'ar comairce Coluim chilli - under Colum Cille's protection'.

Father

Áed mac Eochaid Tirmcharna Profile
- (NOTE: LNAB is 'mac' fathers first name).

Children

Mael Ruain mac Curnan Profile

Clann Name:

Uí Briúin Maicne Eócháda Tírmchárnai

Surmised SNP:

Research Note

Names and dates (when provided) are from Bart Jaski's Chart #__ ^[2] and "The Chronology of the Irish Annals" ^[3]
Any unsourced DOB and DOD are based on Michael Rowley's Comparative Analysis of the Descendants and DNA of Conn Cétchathach Ceadcatha; are designated by 'SP'; and are purely speculative based on DNA data as of May, 2022.
SNP data is also purely speculative using the same spreadsheet.

Sources

↑ Battle of Cúl Dreimhne [1]
↑ Early Irish Kingship Succession by Jaski, Bart, Published by Four Courts Press, 2013, ISBN 1846824265 ISBN 9781846824265 [2]
↑ Daniel P. McCarthy, Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy: Archaeology, Culture, History, Literature © 1998 Royal Irish Academy [3]

Curnan mac Aed Profile

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