Mug Corb

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Mug Corb ("servant of the wagon", also called Mac Corb , "son of the wagon"), son of Cobthach Cáem, grandson of Rechtaid Rígderg , was, according to medieval legends, a high king of Ireland . He came to power by killing his predecessor Meilge Molbthach and ruled for six years until he was killed by Óengus Ollom , grandson of Labraid Loingsech . According to legend, it got its name after repairing a damaged car for his son. According to the Lebor Gabála Érenn , his reign fell at the same time as that of Ptolemy III. (246-222 BC). Geoffrey Keating's chronicle Foras feasa ar Éirinn dates his reign to the period from 362–355 BC. The annals of the four masters give a reign of 499-481 BC. Chr.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b R. A. Stewart Macalister (ed. & Trans.), Lebor Gabála Érenn: The Book of the Taking of Ireland Part V , Irish Texts Society, 1956, p. 281
  2. ↑ a b Geoffrey Keating , Foras Feasa ar Éirinn 1.30
  3. ↑ Annals of the Four Masters M4694-4701