List of kings of Munster

• Bodb Derg, king of the Sid Mumu, and later king of the Tuatha Dé Danann, succeeding The Dagda • Conmáel, first Milesian king based in Munster, and also High King of Ireland • Eochaid Faebar Glas, his son and High King of Ireland, possibly based in Munster also • Eochu Mumu, his grandson and High King of Ireland, and after whom Munster is said to be named • Énna Airgdech, his son and High King of Ireland • Eochu Apthach, a possibly fictitious very early High King of Ireland from the Corcu Loídge, but misplaced chronologically in any event • Íar mac Degad, ancestor of the Érainn, or those specifically named "Descendants of Iar mac Degad" • Eterscél Mór, his son and High King of Ireland • Conaire Mór, his son in most sources, and one of the most celebrated High Kings of Ireland • Conaire Cóem, High King of Ireland and great-great grandson of Conaire Mór • Note: both are ancestors of the Síl Conairi • Dáire mac Degad, ancestor of the Dáirine • Cú Roí mac Dáire, Munster king and/or deity known from the Ulster Cycle • Note: possibly the actual first of the Dáirine, for many generations the dominant military power from Munster, finally falling during the 6th century AD • Dáire Doimthech, if actually different from Dáire mac Degad, and thus ancestor of the "other" Dáirine • Lugaid Loígde, his son, if actually different from Lugaid Mac Con below • Eochaid Étgudach, another son of Dáire Doimthech, but misplaced chronologically • Nia Segamain, an actual ancestor or group of them of the Clanna Dergthened and thus the Eóganachta • Note (critical): actually attested in Munster ogham inscriptions, and in some pedigrees descendant(s) of the "other" Dáirine above • Note (in addition): probably wildly misplaced chronologically but considered of high status enough to make it to the legendary High King of Ireland lists • Mug Nuadat, king in late sagas of Leth Mogha, or Mug's Half, meaning Southern Ireland • Note: belonged to the Deirgtine, but may be a mythological figure (Nuada) • Ailill Aulom, Mug's son, aka Olioll Ólum, associated with the goddess Áine • Note: also called a druid in a very early source • Lugaid Mac Con, was High King of Ireland, and Ailill's foster-son • Note: ancestor of the Corcu Loígde, principal later (3rd century and after) Munster sept of the Dáirine • Éogan Mór, Ailill's son, from whom the Eóganachta took their name • Note: the Eóganachta were actually founded by Conall Corc, great-great-grandson of Eógan Mór • Fiachu Muillethan, son of Éogan Mór • Note: a king of the Deirgtine of curious career, supported by Mug Ruith • Ailill Flann Bec, son of Fiachu Muillethan • Note: almost nothing is known of this figure, except that he was adopted by and succeeded his elder brother, Ailill Flann Mór • Dáire Cerbba, born in Brega of unclear parentage, usually (and obviously) assumed Dáirine but later written a son of Ailill Flann Bec • Note: called King of Medon Mairtine, once a very early capital of Munster, in one source, and progenitor of yet "another" sept of the Dáirine • Óengus Bolg, an important late king of the Dáirine and (near) final sovereign ancestor (of Munster) from the Corcu Loígde • Note: features in early stories of Conall Corc, and is an ancestor of the Cashel Eóganachta septs, the "Inner Circle", through his daughter Aimend • Crimthann mac Fidaig, was High King of Ireland and of territories overseas, and brother of the Queen and Goddess Mongfind • Note: considered Eóganacht (if vehemently opposed by them) in some dynastic traditions, but possibly a grandson of Dáire Cerbba (other sources) • Bressal mac Ailello Thassaig, a King of Munster (one source only) from the early Uí Liatháin • Note: Angias, his sister, was the Queen of Lóegaire mac Néill, High King of Ireland and Emperor of the Barbarians ==Historical Kings of Cashel, Iarmuman, and Munster==

There were not verifiable Eóganacht overkings of (all or most of) Munster until the early 7th century, after the Corcu Loígde had fallen entirely from power, some time after losing their grip on the Kingdom of Osraige and the support of the Muscraige and others. Thus the earlier kings below are best described as Kings of Cashel, Kings of Iarmuman, or Kings of the Eóganachta. Faílbe Flann mac Áedo Duib was the first Eóganacht to powerfully project outside Munster, but his Iarmuman relations were a significant rival of Cashel in his time, and not enough is known of many of his successors before Cathal mac Finguine, although the fragmentary nature of the surviving sources can to an extent be blamed. At this time also flourished the semi-independent Uí Fidgenti and Uí Liatháin, a pair of shadowy sister kingdoms whose official origins appear to have been adjusted in the 8th century in a semi-successful (if ambiguously necessary) attempt to integrate them into the Eóganachta political structure and genealogical scheme. Effective relations and an alliance were achieved with the Uí Fidgenti, to the credit of Eóganacht strength, wealth and finesse, but for unknown reasons the Uí Liatháin remained effective outsiders except to Eóganacht Glendamnach. Of the Eóganachta, unless noted. Eóganacht Chaisil, –500 Eóganacht Glendamnach, 500–596 Eóganacht Airthir Cliach, 577–582 Eóganacht Raithlind, 582–588 Eóganacht Áine, 596–601 Eóganacht Chaisil, 601–618 Eóganacht Locha Léin, 618 Eóganacht Glendamnach, 618–627 Eóganacht Chaisil, 627–639 Eóganacht Áine, 639–641 Eóganacht Chaisil, 641–661 Eóganacht Glendamnach, 661–665 Eóganacht Chaisil, 665–678 Eóganacht Glendamnach, 678–701 Eóganacht Chaisil, 701–712 Eóganacht Áine, 712–721 Eóganacht Glendamnach, 721–742 Eóganacht Áine, 742–769 Eóganacht Locha Léin, 769–786 Eóganacht Áine, 786–805 Eóganacht Glendamnach, 805–820 Eóganacht Chaisil, 820–847 Eóganacht Áine, 847–851 Eóganacht Chaisil, 851–859 Eóganacht Áine, 859–872 Eóganacht Chaisil, 872–908 Múscraige, 908–944 Eóganacht Chaisil, 944–957 Eóganacht Raithlind, 957–959 Eóganacht Chaisil, 959–963 Eóganacht Raithlind, 959–978 Uí Ímair, 960–977 Dál gCais, 970–1014 Eóganacht Chaisil, 1014–1025 Ó Briain, 1025–1119 Mac Cárthaigh, 1127–1138 Ó Briain, 1138–1194 ==See also==