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Uainide mac Donnubáin became King of Uí Chairpre Áebda, from 979 to his death in 982. The second son Cathal mac
Donnubháin, succeeded his brother as King of Uí Chairpre Áebda in 982. Cathal Donnubáin married a Norse woman and they had a son Amlaíb (Olaf) Ua Donnubáin and a second son Ímar (Ivor) Ua
176:
has questioned his historicity but does not doubt he is meant to represent the early O'Donovan kindred. Although Ó Corráin does not say so explicitly this is because no "Uainide mac
Cathail" appears in the annals, and thus he could be created out of his own namesakes. The Uí Chairpre are nevertheless
196:
is believed to have been Cathal/Uainide's brother-in-law, married to an unnamed sister of theirs. One of
Waterford's very historical sons he named Donndubán, with certainty after their father. It has in the past been popularly claimed that some modern O'Donovans actually descend from this marriage,
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that Cathal married a Norse woman himself, because he's only known issue is Amlaíb ua Donnubáin. A now lost source of uncertain date makes the entirely plausible claim that his son fought at
Clontarf under Cian, although this is possibly a mistake for Cathal himself, or both may have.
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in different roles, probably indicating the family were still of some prominence in the first decades of the 12th century, even if they are noted for nothing during this period in the annals, which are importantly very incomplete, abbreviated and badly
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Donnubáin. Cathal king of the Uí Chairpre survived the Battle of
Clontarf in 1014, which resulted in large losses for both Irish and Norse. Amlaíb (Olaf) Ua Donnubáin succeeded his father, Cathal mac Donnubháin, as King of Uí Chairpre Áebda.
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in 1013 or 1014, wherein one he is styled king of Uí Chairpre and in the other of Uí Fidgenti, leaving it uncertain which Cathal might actually have been if either. The rivalry between the two families is unknown but cannot be ruled out.
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Cathal's pedigree can be tentatively reconstructed as follows below, assuming he actually existed. If not then it could be the O'Donovan family actually descend from
Uainide mac Donnubáin, who is mentioned dying in 982 in the
1196:
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of earlier generations, at least in the received tradition, and in fact one
Uainide mac Cathail appears as a mid-10th-century king of Uí Chairpre in the 12th-century propaganda tract
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133:, the last Norse king of Limerick and an ally of his father. Donnubán himself has also been argued to have had a Norse mother, a daughter of one
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47:(Cairbre Eva) at his death in 982, no ruler(s) being known after that until 1014. However, this is confused by two notices of the death of
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974:
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Society of Antiquaries of Ireland; Kilkenny Archaeological Society; Historical and Archaeological Association of Ireland (1882).
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is the only one found anywhere outside of an O'Donovan pedigree in all surviving sources. Not anywhere in the annals is he mentioned.
94:. He is not listed among the slain there. That he participated in the battle is also an O'Donovan tradition. Cathal's mention in the
1145:
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Rioghachta Eireann. Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland by the Four Masters, from the Earliest Period to the Year 1616
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1076:. Dublin: Goodwin, Son, and Nethercott. 1864. O'Donovan pedigrees, pp. 252–64
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Gaedhel re Gallaibh: The War of the Gaedhil with the Gaill
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What is unknown is how early Cathal was listed in or before the
1101:
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It is possible that Cathal was as much as three-quarters
1127:"Caithréim Chellacháin Chaisil: History or Propaganda?"
1074:, Part II: A History of the Clan Eoghan, or Eoghanachts
977:
Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland
980:. Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland. p. 20
1066:. Christiania: J. Chr. Gundersens Bogtrykkeri. 1905.
129:in ancestry. His maternal grandfather was probably
1168:, Appendix, Pedigree of O'Donovan, p. 2436–7
1180:. Dublin: James Duffy and Co. 5th edition, 1892.
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19:For Cathal mac Donnubáin's son, see
1235:People whose existence is disputed
1060:Bugge, Alexander (ed. & tr.),
14:
204:Ancestors of Cathal mac Donnubáin
162:. But notably, both appear to be
82:, standing against the forces of
1079:Mac Airt, Seán (ed. & tr.).
16:Irish royal, 10th-11th centuries
1205:. Oxford: Messrs. Parker. 1865.
1116:The O'Clery Book of Genealogies
64:in 1014, in the account of the
1152:. 1848-51. 2nd edition, 1856.
141:or Olaf, king of the Norse of
1:
1225:Irish people of Norse descent
197:but this remains unverified.
169:Caithréim Chellacháin Chaisil
1195:Wyndham-Quin, Caroline, and
942:O'Hart, p. 197; Todd, p. 249
1220:11th-century Irish monarchs
1063:Caithreim Cellachain Caisil
177:mentioned several times in
31:is the second known son of
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1069:Cronnelly, Richard F.,
1030:Encyclopædia Britannica
186:(suffering from gaps).
117:would be contemporary.
88:Máel Mórda mac Murchada
1202:Memoirs of Adare Manor
1084:(MS. Rawlinson B. 503)
998:Bugge, pp. 72–3, 134–5
49:Cairpre mac Cléirchín
1184:Todd, James Henthorn
1123:Ó Corráin, Donnchadh
1072:Irish Family History
951:Wyndham-Quin, p. 234
160:Annals of Inisfallen
76:High King of Ireland
33:Donnubán mac Cathail
29:Cathal mac Donnubáin
21:Donnubán mac Cathail
1150:Royal Irish Academy
1048:"The Leabhar Oiris"
1046:Best, R. I. (ed.),
174:Donnchadh Ó Corráin
1197:Edwin Wyndham-Quin
1148:. 7 vols. Dublin:
932:background details
472:Amlaíb Cenncairech
147:Amlaíb Cenncairech
109:. He is listed as
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80:Cian mac Máelmuaid
62:Battle of Clontarf
1186:(ed. & tr.),
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1095:translation
1016:Ó Corráin,
960:O'Donovan,
921:Best, p. 85
37:Uí Fidgenti
1214:Categories
1164:at CELT);
1103:. Dublin:
1040:References
139:Gall Muman
113:, whereas
35:, king of
1166:Volume VI
1154:Volume II
964:, p. 2437
254:(Uainide)
164:namesakes
1090:. 1951.
411:Donnubán
231:(Cathal)
184:lacunose
135:Amlaíb,
84:Leinster
56:Clontarf
1158:edition
1107:. 2008.
1092:edition
984:5 April
672: ?
474: ?
143:Munster
1018:passim
305:Cathal
121:Family
1129:, in
1050:, in
909:Notes
127:Norse
1160:and
1132:Ériu
1053:Ériu
986:2015
930:see
179:CCC
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