Cairbre information

include: Cairbre, son of Ogma, celebrated as a poet and satirist among the Tuatha Dé Danann Cairbre Nia Fer, a legendary king of Tara Cairbre Cuanach,...

Cairbre Nia Fer (also Corpri, Coirpre, Cairpre; Nioth Fer, Niafer, Niaper), son of Rus Ruad, was, according to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition...

Cairbre Lifechair ("lover of the Liffey"), son of Cormac mac Airt, was, according to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition, a High King of Ireland...

Cairbre Crom ("Cairbre the Hunched"; fl. c. AD 556) was an Irish king of the 6th century AD; he was 11th King of Uí Maine, in the west of Ireland. Cairbre...

Cairbre Cinnchait or Caitchenn ("cat-head" or "hard head") was, according to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition, a High King of Ireland. There...

emperor Augustus (27 BC — AD 14). Some stories, including the Táin, refer to Cairbre Nia Fer as the king of Tara, implying that no High King is in place at...

Cairbre Drom Cliabh (meaning "Ui Cairbre, the descendants of Cairbre of Drumcliff) was an Irish túath in the ancient confederation of Íochtar Connacht...

Rosscarbery (Irish: Ros Ó gCairbre, meaning 'Cairbre's wood') is a village and census town in County Cork, Ireland. The village is on a shallow estuary...

Cairbre mac Cinaedh, King of Umaill, died 847. Almost nothing appears to be known of Cairbre. The Annals of the Four Masters record his death in 847. Annals...

deaths of most of its warriors in a battle against the forces of High King Cairbre Lifechair. It is notable for depicting the fianna, the heroes of the cycle...

Cormac ua Cairbre Crom, 22nd Abbot of Clonmacnoise, died 762. Cormac succeeded Luccreth in 753. He was one of the most genealogically distinguished abbot...

historical tradition, the fourth-century sons of Eochaid Doimlén, son of Cairbre Lifechair. Their names were: Cairell Colla Uais; Muiredach Colla Fo Chrí...

Airgthech's first name was Eochaidh. They came to the throne after the death of Cairbre Lifechair. They ruled a year, until Fothadh Airgthech killed his brother...

Brenainn mac Cairbre, 12th King of Uí Maine, died 597 or 601. Brenainn is only the second king of Uí Maine listed in the Irish annals. Confusion surrounds...

a fishbone that he would die choking on. The second tree was his son, Cairbre Lifechair, who would be king after him, and the wind that blew him down...

Menn son of Óengus, or Lugna Feirtre. He was succeeded by Cormac's son Cairbre Lifechair. The chronology of Geoffrey Keating's Foras Feasa ar Éirinn dates...

Chulainn and Aife Cairbre Nia Fer - king of Tara Cú Roí - warrior king of Munster Emer wife of Cú Chulainn Erc mac Cairpri - son of Cairbre Nia Fer Fedelm...

Sanbh Sithcheann mac Ceat mac Magha Cairbre mac Maine Aithreamhail Eochaidh Fionn Aodh mac Cu Odhar Eochaidh mac Cairbre Aonghus Fionn mac Domhnall Cormac...

Masters agree that he came to power after the death of Cairbre Cinnchait. The Annals say that when Cairbre overthrew his father, his mother, Baine, daughter...

suggestion that this conflict resulted in the Battle of Cúl Dreimhne in Cairbre Drom Cliabh (now in County Sligo) in 561, during which many men were killed...

corruption of Irish: Cairbre Ua gCiardha and is best translated as "the descendants of Coirpre". Coirpre mac Néill (Modern Irish: Cairbre) was eldest son of...

mheic Chairbre ; O'Grady (1892b) tr. p. 245 Cumall son of Tredhorn son of Cairbre; Dooley & Roe (1999), pp. 183–184: "Cumall, son of Tredhorn, son of Trénmór...

Geoffrey Keating tells a slightly different story, ascribing the revolt to Cairbre Cinnchait, with Elim as his successor. The Lebor Gabála synchronises Elim's...