 0017 B.C. - 0009
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| Name |
Crimthann Niadh Nar |
| Suffix |
King of Ireland |
| Birth |
0017 B.C. |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
0009 |
Hill of Howth, Ireland  |
| Cause: fell from his horse |
| Notes |
- http://www.rpi.edu/~holmes/Hobbies/Genealogy/ps11/ps11_017.htm
was the 100th 'Monarch of Ireland, and styled "The Heroic." It was in this Monarch's reign that our Lord and Saviour JESUS CHRIST was born. Crimthann's death was occasioned by a fall from his horse, B.C. 9. Was married to Nar-Tath-Chaoch, dau. of Laoch, son of Daire, who lived in the land of the Picts (Scotland).
Crimthann Niadh Nar: This Monarch and Conaire Mór (or Conary the Great), 97th Monarch of Ireland, respectively made expeditions to Britain and Gaul; and assisted the Picts and Britains in their wars with the Romans. Crimthann was married to Bainé, daughter of the King of Alba, and the mother of Feredach Fionn Feachtnach, (the next name on this Stem). O'Flaherty in the Ogygia, p. 181, says, "Naira, the daughter of Loich, the son of Dareletus of the northern Picts of Britain, was Crimthann's Queen, after whom, I suppose, he was called Nia-Nair."
This Crimthann died at his fortress, called "Dun-Crimthann" (at Bin Edar now the Hill of Howth), after his return from an expedition against the Romans in Britain, from which be brought to Ireland various spoils : amongst other things, a splendid war chariot, gilded and highly ornamented; golden-hilted swords and shields, embossed with silver; a table studded with three hundred brillant gems; a pair of grey hounds coupled with a splendid silverchain estimated to be worth one hundred cumal ("cumal:" Irish, a maid servant), or three hundred cows ; together with a great quantity of other. precious articles. In this Crimthann's reign the oppression of the Plebeians by the Milesians came to a climax : during three ycars the oppressed Atticotti saved t1heir scanty earnings to prepare a sumptuous death-feast, which, after Crimthann's death, was held at a place called "Magh Cro" (or the Field of Blood), supposed to be situated near Lough Conn in the county of Mayo. To this feast they invited the provincial Kings, nobility, and gentry of the Milesian race in Ireland, with a view to their extirpation ; and, when the enjoyment was at its height, the Attacots treacherously murdered almost all their unsuspecting victims.
They then set up a king of their own tribe, a stranger named Cairbre (the 101st Monarch of Ireland), who was called "Cean-Cait" from the cat-headed sbape of his head: the only king of a stranger that ruled Ireland since the Milesians first arrived there. \emdash CONNELLAN.
Part III, Chapter IV of Irish Pedigrees, by John O'Hart, published 1892, pages 351-9, 664-8 and 708-9.
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| Person ID |
I60899 |
Glenn Cook Family |
| Last Modified |
19 Jun 2013 |
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