Conall Corc
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Conall Corc, also called Corc of Cashel, Corc mac Láire and Corc mac Luigthig is the hero of Irish language tales which form part of the origin legend of the Eóganachta, a group of kindreds which traced their descent from Conall Corc and took their name from his ancestor Éogan Mór.
These tales include:
- Senchas Fagbála Caisil (The story of the finding of Cashel)
- Conall Corc 7 Ríge Caisil (Conall Corc and the Kingship of Cashel)
- Comthoth Lóegairi co cretim 7 a aided (The Conversion of Lóegaire to the Faith and his Violent Death)
- Conall Corc 7 Corco Loígde (Conall Corc and the Corco Loígde)
[edit] References
- Byrne, Francis John (1973), Irish Kings and High-Kings, London: Batsford, ISBN 0-7134-5882-8
- Charles-Edwards, T. M. (2000), Early Christian Ireland, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-36395-0
- Ó Cróinín, Dáibhí (1995), Early Medieval Ireland 400–1200, Longman History of Ireland, London: Longman, ISBN 0-582-01565-0
- MacKillop, James (1998), Oxford Dictionary of Celtic Mythology, Oxford: Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-860967-1
- Wiley, Dan (2004), “Conall Corc 7 Ríge Caisil”, The Cycles of the Kings, <http://www.hastings.edu/academic/english/Kings/Conall_Corc_ocus_Rige_Caisil.htm>. Retrieved on 8 March 2008
- Wiley, Dan (2004), “Senchas Fagbála Caisil”, The Cycles of the Kings, <http://www.hastings.edu/academic/english/Kings/Senachas_Fagbala_Caisil.htm>. Retrieved on 8 March 2008
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