Ímar mac Arailt

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Ímar mac Arailt[note 1] (d. 1054) was an 11th-century King of Dublin. Ímar's reign spanned eight years, from 1038 to 1046, before he died in 1054.

Background

Ímar was probably the son of Aralt mac Amlaíb,[3] who is recorded in the Annals of Ulster to have been slain in 999, at the Battle of Glen Mama.[4] If this identification is correct, Ímar's paternal grandfather was Amlaíb Cuarán.[5] Ímar would thus have been a nephew of Amlaíb's son, Sitric mac Amlaíb, King of Dublin.[6]

King of Dublin

In 1038, the Annals of Tigernach record that Ímar replaced Echmarcach mac Ragnaill as King of Dublin.[7] This record has been interpreted to indicate that Ímar drove Echmarcach from the kingship.[8] Ímar's reign lasted only eight years. In 1046, the Annals of the Four Masters state that he was driven from the kingship by Echmarcach, who was then elected king by the Dubliners.[9] The Annals of Tigernach simply state that Echmarcach succeeded Ímar.[10] After this point in Ímar's life, all that is known for certain is that he died in 1054,[11] as recorded in the Annals of Ulster, and the Annals of Loch Cé.[12] However, since these sources style Ímar in Gaelic rí Gall ("King of the Foreigners"), there may be evidence to suggest that, when Diarmait mac Máel na mBó drove Echmarcach from Dublin in 1052, Diarmait reinstalled Ímar as king.[13]

Ímar may have been the father,[14] uncle,[15] or possibly even the brother[16] of Gofraid Crobán.[17]

Notes

  1. ↑ Scholars have rendered Ímar's name variously in recent secondary sources: Ivar,[1] and Ímar.[2]

Citations

  1. ↑ Hudson 2005.
  2. ↑ Forte; Oram; Pedersen 2005. See also: Woolf 2004: p. 100. See also: Duffy 1992.
  3. ↑ Hudson 2005: p. 171. See also: Duffy 1992: pp. 96, 106.
  4. ↑ Forte; Oram; Pedersen 2005: p. 228 fn 29. See also: Hudson 2005: p. 171. See also: Bambury; Beechinor 2000: 999.8.
  5. ↑ Hudson 2005: p. 171.
  6. ↑ Forte; Oram; Pedersen 2005: p. 228. Hudson 2005: p. 83 fig 3. See also: Duffy 1992: pp. 96, 96 fn 14, 106.
  7. ↑ Mac Niocaill; Purcell; Ó Corráin 2010: 1038.1. See also: Hudson 2005: p. 135. See also: Duffy 1992: p. 96.
  8. ↑ Forte; Oram; Pedersen 2005: p. 228. See also: Hudson 2005: p. 135.
  9. ↑ Priour; Beechinor 2008: 1046.8. Forte; Oram; Pedersen 2005: p. 228. See also: Hudson 2005: p. 137. See also: Duffy 1992: p. 96.
  10. ↑ Mac Niocaill; Purcell; Ó Corráin 2010: 1046.6. See also: Forte; Oram; Pedersen 2005: p. 228. See also: Hudson 2005: p. 137. See also: Duffy 1992: p. 96.
  11. ↑ Hudson 2005: p. 137.
  12. ↑ Hennessy 2008: 1054.1. See also: Bambury; Beechinor 2000: 1054.1. See also: Duffy 1992: p. 97.
  13. ↑ Duffy 1992: p. 97.
  14. ↑ Hudson 2005: p. 171.
  15. ↑ Duffy 1992: p. 106.
  16. ↑ Woolf 2004: p. 100.
  17. ↑ Hudson 2005: p. 171. See also: Woolf 2004: p. 100. See also: Duffy 1992: p. 106.

References

Primary sources
  • Bambury, Pádraig; Beechinor, Stephen, eds. (2000), The Annals of Ulster (16 December 2009 ed.), CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts, retrieved 20 July 2012 .
  • Hennessy, William M., ed. (2008), Annals of Loch Cé (5 September 2008 ed.), CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts, retrieved 20 July 2012 .
  • Mac Niocaill, Gearóid; Purcell, Emer; Ó Corráin, Donnchadh, eds. (2010), Annals of Tigernach (2 November 2010 ed.), CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts, retrieved 20 July 2012 .
  • Beechinor, Stephen; Priour, Myriam, eds. (2008), Annals of the Four Masters (11 September 2011 ed.), CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts, retrieved 20 July 2012 .
Secondary sources
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