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Encyclopedia > Mac Cuill

In Irish mythology, Mac Cuill of the Tuatha Dé Danann, was a son of Cermait, son of the Dagda. Although many of the manuscripts containing texts relating to Irish mythology have failed to survive, and much more material was probably never committed to writing, there is enough remaining to enable the identification of four distinct, if overlapping, cycles: the Mythological Cycle, The Ulster Cycle, the Fenian Cycle and the... This article is about a mythical people of Ireland. ... The Dagda is an important god of Irish mythology. ...


He and his brothers Mac Cecht and Mac Gréine killed Lug in revenge for their father. The three brothers became joint High Kings of Ireland, rotating the sovereigty between them a year at a time, covering twenty-nine or thirty years depending on the source consulted. They were the last kings of the Tuatha Dé Danann before the coming of the Milesians. In Irish mythology, Mac Cecht of the Tuatha Dé Danann was a son of Cermait, son of the Dagda. ... Lug or Lugh is an Irish sun god and king of the Tuatha Dé Danann whose name means light or brightness. His epithets include Lámfhada (long hand), for his skill with a spear or sling, and Samildánach (multi-talented, skilled in many arts). He is handsome, perpetually youthful... The office of High King of Ireland (Irish: Ard Rí Érenn) was in origin a pseudohistorial construct of the eighth century that placed a king of all Ireland atop the fragmented pyramid of kingship that actually existed at that time. ... This article is about a mythical people of Ireland. ... In Irish mythology the Milesians or Sons of Míl Espáine were the final inhabitants of Ireland, representing the Goidelic Celts. ...


Mac Cuill's given name was Éthur. He was named Mac Cuill after his god, Coll, the hazel. His wife was Banba. This article is about the tree; for other meanings of hazel, see Hazel (disambiguation). ... In Irish mythology, Banba, sometimes spelled Banbha, was the patron spirit of Ireland, wife of King MacCuill, and a goddess of war and fertility. ...



Preceded by:
Fiachna
High King of Ireland
(with Mac Cecht and Mac Gréine)

AFM 1730-1700 BC
FFE 1317-1287 BC
Succeeded by:
Eber Finn and Eremon


In Irish mythology, Fiachna of the Tuatha Dé Danann was the son of Delbáeth. ... The High Kingship of Ireland was a pseudohistorical construct of the eighth century AD, a projection into the distant past of a political entity that did not become reality until the ninth century. ... In Irish mythology, Mac Cecht of the Tuatha Dé Danann was a son of Cermait, son of the Dagda. ... Signature page from the Annals of the Four Masters Entry for A.D. 432 The Annals of the Four Masters or the Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland by the Four Masters are a chronicle of medieval Irish history. ... Seathrún Céitinn, known in English as Geoffrey Keating, was a 17th century Irish clergyman, poet and historian. ... In Irish mythology Eber Finn (Heber, Eibhear) was a son of Míl Espáine who participated in the Milesian conquest of Ireland. ... In Irish mythology Eremon or Heremon was a son of Míl Espáine who participated in the Milesian conquest of Ireland, defeating the Tuatha Dé Danann at Tailtiu. ...


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Demsey gives a vivid account of the Manx legend that Mac Cuill, feigning sickness to deceive St Patrick was actually found to be dead by his companions and had life breathed back into him by St Patrick.
On Mac Cuill's instant conversion Patrick required that he depart alone in a small boat, with no provisions and upon reaching land was to fetter his feet and throw away the key.
He was eventually raised to holy orders and after the miraculous discovery, in the belly of a fish, of the key to his fetters was ordained and appointed bishop on the death of his benefactors.
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