In Irish mythology, Rinnal (Rindal, Rionnal, Rinnan) son of Genann of the Fir Bolg became High King of Ireland when he overthrew Fiacha Cennfinnán. He is said to have been the first king in Ireland to use spearheads (cf. Old Irish rind, rinn, (spear-)point). 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... In Irish mythology Genann son of Dela of the Fir Bolg was joint High King of Ireland with his brother Gann (2) after the death of their brother Rudraige (2). ... In Irish mythology and pseudohistory, the Fir Bolg (Fir Bholg, Firbolg, Irish men of Builg) were one of the races that inhabited Ireland before the coming of the Gaels. ... 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. ... In Irish mythology Fiacha Cennfinnán (little white head), son of Starn, son of Rudraige (2), of the Fir Bolg, became High King of Ireland when he overthrew his great-uncle Sengann (2). ... Old Irish is the name given to the oldest form of the Irish language which can be more or less fully reconstructed from extant sources. ...

He ruled for five or six years (depending on the source) before being overthrown by his cousin Foidbgen, son of Sengann (2). In Irish mythology Foidbgen (Fodbgen, Odbgen, Foidhbhgen, the despoiler) son of Sengann (2) of the Fir Bolg became High King of Ireland when he overthrew his cousin Rinnal son of Genann. ...

In Irish mythology Fiacha Cennfinnán (little white head), son of Starn, son of Rudraige (2), of the Fir Bolg, became High King of Ireland when he overthrew his great-uncle Sengann (2). ... 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. ... 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 Foidbgen (Fodbgen, Odbgen, Foidhbhgen, the despoiler) son of Sengann (2) of the Fir Bolg became High King of Ireland when he overthrew his cousin Rinnal son of Genann. ...

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Lebor Gabála Érenn Lebor Gabála Érenn (The Book of the Taking of Ireland) is the Middle Irish title of a loose collection of poems and prose narratives recounting the mythical origins and history of the Irish race from the creation of the world down to the Middle Ages. ...