The name and identity of Corc's actual father is something of a mystery, however. While certainly belonging to the kindred of the proto-Eóganachta, he is inconsistently named in the genealogies and tales as Lugaid or Láre. Further confusion is caused by the fact that a certain Láre Fidach is named as the father of Crimthann in one, although not necessarily the oldest, source (Laud 610), because this would rather implausibly make him and Corc brothers. In the tales Crimthann is his uncle or cousin. David Sproule more or less gets around this by arguing that Corc's father should be Lugaid Láre and that the Laud pedigree has been misread and/or is erroneous. One of the two wives of Conall Corc was
Aimend, daughter of
Óengus Bolg, king of the
Corcu Loígde. The other, the daughter of the King of the
Picts, is stated in the genealogies to have been
Mongfind, although she is likely confused with an Irish queen of the same name, who may or may not have been Crimthann mac Fidaig's sister. These tales include: •
Senchas Fagbála Caisil (The story of the finding of
Cashel) •
Conall Corc 7 Ríge Caisil (Conall Corc and the Kingship of Cashel) •
Comthoth Lóegairi co 7 a aided (The Conversion of Lóegaire to the Faith and his Violent Death) •
Conall Corc 7 Corco Loígde (Conall Corc and the Corco Loígde) ==References==