Ólchobar mac Flainn
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Ólchobar mac Flainn (died 796) was a supposed King of Munster from the Uí Fidgeinte tribe of County Limerick. He was the first non-Eoganachta to be considered king in some sources. He belonged to a branch of the Uí Fidgeinte known as the Ui Chonaill Gabhra. His father Flann mac Erca (died 762) and brother Scandlán mac Flainn (died 786) were kings of the Uí Fidgeinte.[1]
It is more likely that he has been confused with Ólchobar mac Duib-Indrecht (died 805) in some sources. Only the Annals of Ulster call him King of Munster at his death obit in 796.[2] The consideration that a non-Eoganachta could have held the throne is a symptom of the decline of the inner circle of the Eoganachta in the later 8th century after the death of Cathal mac Finguine (died 742). The Annals of Innisfallen do not call him King of Munster at his death obit but do refer to his holding the lay-abbacy of Inis Cathaig (Skattery Island).[3]
He was succeeded as King of Uí Fidgeinte by his brother Murchad (died 807).
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- Annals of Ulster at CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts at University College Cork
- Annals of Innisfallen at CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts at University College Cork
- Byrne, Francis John (2001), Irish Kings and High-Kings, Dublin: Four Courts Press, ISBN 978-1-85182-196-9
