Name Finguine Cathail Grandchildren Artri mac Cathail Children Cathal mac Finguine | Parents Cathal Cu-cen-mathair Died 696 AD Grandparents Cathal mac Aedo | |
Role Cathal Cu-cen-mathair's son People also search for Cathal mac Finguine, Diarmait mac Cerbaill, Cerball mac Dunlainge, Artri mac Cathail | ||
Finguine mac Cathail Con-cen-máthair (died 696) was a King of Munster from the Glendamnach branch of the Eoganachta. He was the son of Cathal Cú-cen-máthair mac Cathaíl (d. 665). He succeeded Colgú mac Faílbe Flaind in 678.
During his reign the law text Cáin Fuithirbe was enacted at Mag Fuithirbe on the borders of Cork and Kerry in 683. Representatives of the major tribes of Munster are mentioned in the tract.
Finguine's known son was Cathal mac Finguine (d. 742) a powerful King of Munster.
He is a recurring character in Peter Tremayne's Sister Fidelma mysteries.
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