Cumhall
Template:Short description Template:DMCA Cumhall (Script error: No such module "IPA".; Template:Langx) or Cumhall mac Trénmhoir ("son of Trénmór/Tréanmór" meaning "strong-great") is a figure in the Fenian Cycle of Irish mythology, a leader of the fianna and the father of Fionn mac Cumhaill.
Genealogy
The most important text regarding the family of Finn (son of Cumaill) is Fotha Catha Chnucha ("The Cause of the Battle of Cnucha"), as it is contained in the ancient parchment Lebor na hUidre (LU), dated to the 12th century.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. Otherwise, the next most important tract is the Macgnímartha Finn ("The Boyhood Deeds of Fionn") copied in a 15th-century manuscript.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.
According to the Fotha Catha Chnucha, Cumhall mac Trénmhoir[a] was son of a petty king, and served the High King Conn Cet-Chathach "of the Hundred Battles". Cumhall was also Conn's half-uncle, his mother being the mother of Conn's father,.[b][1]
Cumhall became suitor for the hand of Muirne Muncaim "of the fair neck",[c] daughter of the druid Tadg mac Nuadat, but Tadg refused him, so Cumhall forcibly carried away Muirne in elopement.[1][3]
- In-laws[4]
In Fotha Catha Chnucha Cumhall's wife was the granddaughter to Nuadat who was a druid to king Cathair Mór, but she was granddaughter to Núadu of the Tuatha Dé Danann according to a passage in the Acallamh na Senorach.[5] Also where the former work gives Almu daughter of Becan as Nuadat's wife,[1] the latter treats Almha the daughter of Brecan as a virgin daughter who bore Cumall a son then died in childbirth.[6][d]
- Siblings
Cumhall had a brother, Crimmal mac Trénmhoir, who was an ally of Fionn.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.
Battle and death
Tadg, slighted by Cumall's sweeping away his daughter, appealed to Cumall's lord, Conn of the Hundred Battles, and Conn gave choice of either relinquishing the daughter or suffer banishment. Cumall refused to give up his wife, and Conn made war against Cumhall, and Cumhall was killed by Goll mac Morna in this Battle of Cnucha,[7] located at what is today Castleknock.[8] Goll then took over leadership of the Fianna, as explained in the Magnímartha Finn.[9]
Cumhall's wife Muirne was already pregnant with his son, Fionn, and Muirne's furious father Tadg not only refused to accept her back, but ordered her burnt to death.[10] Cumhall's wife however seeks Conn's protection, and in exile she delivers a child which she names Demni.[11]Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. Demni (Demne) later became Finn.[12]
Cumhall is reputed to be buried within the grounds of Castleknock College, supposedly under a hill upon which an old water tower now stands.
Explanatory notes
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- ^ cummal mac trenmóir LU
- ^ King Fedelmid rechtaid LU being Conn's father.
- ^ or Muirne Muincháem "of the Lovely Neck";Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. Cf. Windisch.[2]
- ^ Note that the name is corrupted to "Cumall son of Tredhorn son of Cairbre" in the one passage of Acallmh na Sénorach,[5] but is "Cumall son of Trénmór" in the other.[6]
References
- Citations
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- ^ a b c Template:Harvp, Fotha Catha Chnucha, pp. 88–89 and notes.
- ^ Template:Harvp: mun-caim 'die Schönhalsige'.
- ^ Template:Harvp ed. Acallam na Senórach, p. 216, Template:Harvp tr., p. 245, Template:Harvp ed. 6546–6562; Template:Harvp
- ^ Template:Harvp
- ^ a b Template:Harvp tr. p. 245:Cumall son of Tredhorn son of Cairbre
- ^ a b Template:Harvp tr. p. 131:Cumall son of Trénmór, Almha daughter of Bracan.
- ^ Template:Harvp
- ^ Template:Harvp, p. 180, note 3.
- ^ Template:Harvp, pp. 180–181 and verse: "'Tis for the chieftancy of Erin's fian / That they waged the stout battle".
- ^ Template:Harvp and commentary, p. 87.
- ^ Template:Harvp
- ^ Template:Harvp, p. 183: "Demne shall be named Finn (the Fair)".
- Bibliography
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- Acallam na Senórach
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Tales of the Elders of Ireland. Translated by Dooley, Ann; Roe, Harry. Oxford University Press. 1999. pp. 152–154, 155–158, 174–176 (and endnote) p. 171ff. ISBN 978-0-192-83918-3.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.O'Grady, Standish H., ed. (1892a), "Agallamh na Senórach", Silva Gadelica, Williams and Norgate, pp. 94–232
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.O'Grady, Standish H., ed. (1892b), "The Colloquy with the Ancients", Silva Gadelica, translation and notes, Williams and Norgate, pp. 101–265
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Stokes, Whitley, ed. (1900), Acallamh na Seanórach; Tales of the Elders, Irische Texte IV. e-text via CELT corpus.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Mackillop, James (1985), Fionn mac Cumhail: Celtic Myth in English Literature, London: Syracuse University Press, ISBN 9780815623533
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Meyer, Kuno (1904), "The Boyish Exploits of Finn" [tr. of Macgnimartha Find], Ériu, 1: 180–190
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Hennessy, William Maunsell, ed. (1875), "Battle of Cnucha", Revue Celtique, 2: 86–93 (ed. "Fotha Catha Cnucha inso" , tr. "The Cause of the Battle of Cnucha here"). archived via Internet Archive
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Windisch, Ernst, ed. (1879). Fotha Catha Cnucha in so. Leipzig: S. Hirzel. pp. 121–123.
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