Talk:Fiachnae mac Báetáin

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I am interested in the reference that "Fiachnae's predecessor according to the genealogies was his great-uncle Áed Dub mac Suibni". Are there any citations for that?

For Áed to be a grand-uncle of Fiachnae Lurgan, they would both need to share a common ancestor: Aed's father. Áed's father is given as Suibni.

As far as I can make out, the likely genealogy of Fiachna Lurgan of Dal nAraide would be as follows: Fiachna m. Baetan m. Eochaid m. Condla

My construct from online genealogies for Áed would be: Aed m. Suibni m. Colman Mor m. Diarmait m. Fergus Cerrbel m. Conall Cremthaine m. Niall (9 hostages).

I understand that these genealogies are likely to be highly doubtful. Given that Áed is supposed to have killed Diarmait mac Cerrbel (theoretically his great-grandfather), it seems if the Áed lineage is particularly doubtful. But, given that all accounts are consistent regards Áed's father being Suibni, I cannot see how his line would tie in with the Fiachna Lurgan line.

Karl Craig 05:21, 16 March 2007 (UTC)