Cernach mac Flainn (abt. 850 - 922)

Born about 0850 in Airgíalla, Ireland

Ancestors

Died 0922 at about age 72 in Lann Léire, Ireland

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Biography

Cernach, superior of Lann Léire and steward of the community of Ard Macha, was born about 850. He was the son of Flann mac Ferchar. He passed away in 922.

Research Notes

This profile is based on Jaski's table 31

Clann Name: Uí Cruinn

Annals

The Annals of Ulster^[1]

AU922.1 Mael Póil son of Ailill, scholar and bishop of the descendants of Aed of Sláine, Tadc son of Faelán, king of Uí Chennselaig, Cernach son of Flann, superior of Lann Léire and steward of the community of Ard Macha from Belach Dúin to the sea and from Bóinn to Casán, and chief counsellor and consultant of the men of all Brega—all die.

Sources

1. ↑ The Annals of Ulster - CELT

• Jaski, Bart Genealogical tables of medieval Irish royal dynasties Table-31 Early Irish Kingship Succession by Jaski Bart, Published by Four Courts Press, 2013, ISBN 1846824265 ISBN 9781846824265
• Meyer, K. - The Laud genealogies and tribal histories 1913 pg, 322
• O'Clery The O'Clery Book of Genealogies ed, S. Pender, Analecta Hibernica 18 (Dublin 1951)
• CGH Corpus Genealogiarum Hiberniae Vol 1. ed, M.A. O'Brien (Dublin 1962)