Colmán Már
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Colmán Már mac Diarmato (died 557)[1] was a King of Uisnech in Mide. He was the son of Diarmait mac Cerbaill (died 565), the high king of Ireland and also king of Uisnech.[2]
The annals do not refer to him as king but he is mentioned in the king-lists of the Book of Leinster. It is unknown when he acquired Uisnech; his father had acquired the high kingship in 543.[3] He was killed in his chariot by Dub Sloit Ua Trena one of the Cruithne in 557.[4]
Colmán Már was ancestor of the Clann Cholmáin which later dominated the southern Ui Neill. His sons included two kings of Uisnech, Suibne mac Colmáin Már (died 598) and Fergus mac Colmáin Már (died 616). Colmán Már was possibly identical with Colmán Bec (died 585), the distinction arising out of 8th century politics.[5]
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- Annals of Tigernach at CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts at University College Cork
- Annals of Ulster 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
- Revised edition of McCarthy's synchronisms at Trinity College Dublin.
- Book of Leinster,Rig Uisnig at CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts at University College Cork
- Laud Synchronisms at CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts at University College Cork
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