Colmán Rímid
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Colmán Rímid (or Colmán mac Báetáin) (died 604) was an Irish king who is included in some lists as a High King of Ireland. Colmán was the son of Báetán mac Muirchertaig (died 572), also considered to be a high king, and belonged to the Cenél nEógain branch of the northern Uí Néill.[1] He ruled in Ailech from 578 to 602.[2] His byname rímid means "the Counter", suggesting that he was numerate, unlike most contemporary kings.[3]
The high kingship of Ireland rotated between the Cenél nEógain and Cenél Conaill branches in the late 6th century.[4] He is said to have shared the High Kingship with Áed Sláine. The accession of Colmán and Áed to the high kingship is recorded in the annals in 598.[5] They are also listed as kings in the king lists.[6] They are however omitted from the earliest king list, the Baile Chuind (The Ecstasy of Conn), a late 7th-century Irish poem. Fiachnae mac Báetáin of Ulaid may have been effectively king.[7]
In 602 Colmán defeated his Cenél Conaill rival, Conall Cú mac Áedo (died 604) at the Battle of Cúl Sleamna (in Raphoe barony) and Conall was put to flight.[8] Colmán met his death in 604 when he was killed by a kinsman, Lochán Dilmana.[9] The Annals of Ulster state of this:[10]
Of what value kingship, of what value law; of what value power over princes; Since it is king Colmán the Counter whom Lochan Dithnadha has slain?
His daughter, or perhaps granddaughter, Fín, was the mother of Aldfrith son of Oswiu.[11] The poet Cenn Fáelad mac Aillila (died 679) was his nephew.[12] His brother Máel Umai (died 610) fought at the Battle of Degsastan where he is said to have killed the brother of King Æthelfrith of Bernicia.
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Notes
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- ↑ T.M. Charles-Edwards, Early Christian Ireland, Appendix V
- ↑ he is given a reign of 24 years in the Laud Synchronisms
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- ↑ Charles-Edwards, pg.494-495
- ↑ Annals of Ulster AU 598.5; Annals of Tigernach AT 596.3
- ↑ given reigns of 6 years in Laud Synchronisms, 7 years in Book of Leinster
- ↑ Charles-Edwards, pg.499-500
- ↑ Annals of Ulster AU 601.3, 602.2; Annals of Tigernach AT 600.2
- ↑ Annals of Ulster AU 604.1; Annals of Tigernach AT 602.1
- ↑ Annals of Ulster 604.1
- ↑ Francis J.Byrne, Irish Kings and High-Kings, pg.260
- ↑ [1] Template:Webarchive. Aldfrith of Northumbria and the Irish genealogies. Ireland, C. A., in Celtica 22 (1991].
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References
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- Annals of Ulster at CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts at University College Cork
- Annals of Tigernach at CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts at University College Cork
- Charles-Edwards, T.M., Early Christian Ireland. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2000. Template:ISBN
- Byrne, Francis John (2001), Irish Kings and High-Kings, Dublin: Four Courts Press, Template:ISBN
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