CRIMTHANN COSCRACH
COSGRAVE/COSGROVE = GRANDSON OF COSCRACH
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Crimthann Coscrach ("victorious" or "slaughtering"), son of Fedlimid Forthriun, son of Fergus Fortamail, was a legendary High King of Ireland of the 3rd century BC.
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Milesian High Kings |
1700 BC - 76 AD |
1287 BC - 80 AD |
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. The traditional list of High Kings of Ireland is thus a mixture of fact, fiction and propaganda, the individuals appearing prior to the fifth century AD are generally considered legendary and the application of the title to individuals before the ninth century being anachronistic. The annalists frequently describe later high kings as righ erenn co fressabra ("Kings Irish with Opposition"), which is a reference to the instability of the kingship of Tara from the death of Mael Sechnaill II in 1022, the last Uí Niall king; who had been restored to the throne following the death of Brian Boru in 1014, who had taken the throne from him in 1002. The example of Brian's coup was followed by numerous other families in the century following 1022, which was effectively ended by the Norman quasi-conquest of Ireland in 1171.
