Eóganacht Glendamnach

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Eóganacht Glendamnach was a prominent early medieval Irish royal lineage within the Eóganachta dynasty, associated with kingship in Munster.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Irish royal dynasty branch
royal lineage
associatedWith Church of Cashel NERFINISHED
Uí Néill rivalry
associatedWithCounty County Cork NERFINISHED
associatedWithTitle King of Munster NERFINISHED
chronologicalEnd high Middle Ages (as distinct ruling line)
chronologicalStart late 6th century (approximate)
country Ireland NERFINISHED
dynasticRole provider of kings of Munster
ethnicGroup Gaels NERFINISHED
floruit 7th century
8th century
governsRegion Cashel kingship sphere
hasAncestralDynasty Eóganachta NERFINISHED
hasCapital Glendamnach (Glendamnach in modern County Cork region) NERFINISHED
hasCulturalContext early medieval Gaelic Ireland
hasGenealogicalClaim descent from Eógan Mór
hasKinshipSystem derbfine-based succession
hasLanguage Old Irish
Primitive Irish
hasNotableMember Ailill mac Cathail NERFINISHED
Cathal mac Finguine NERFINISHED
Cormac mac Ailello NERFINISHED
Fíngen mac Áedo Duib NERFINISHED
hasPowerBaseType rural petty-kingdom (tuath)
hasReligion Celtic paganism NERFINISHED
Christianity
hasRivalBranch Eóganacht Locha Léin NERFINISHED
Eóganacht Raithlind NERFINISHED
hasSuccessionPractice rotational kingship among Eóganachta branches
hasTerritorialBase around Glendamnach in Munster
isSubgroupOf inner circle Eóganachta branches NERFINISHED
locatedIn Munster NERFINISHED
namedAfter Eógan Mór NERFINISHED
partOf Eóganachta NERFINISHED
politicalFunction regional hegemony in southern Ireland
politicalStatus overking branch in Munster rotation system
politicalStructure agnatic kin-group
sharesDynasticSystemWith Eóganacht Chaisil NERFINISHED
Eóganacht Áine NERFINISHED
socialClass Irish nobility
sourceMention Irish annals
genealogical tracts of the Eóganachta
medieval Irish king lists
timePeriod early Middle Ages
usesLawSystem Brehon law

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Eóganachta dynasticBranch Eóganacht Glendamnach