Rónán mac Coluim, King of Uí Chennselaig

• Name	Rónán mac Coluim  [1]
  Suffix	King of Uí Chennselaig
  Gender	Male
  Person ID	I9808	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of AP, Ancestor of AW, Ancestor of DDB, Ancestor of DGH, Ancestor of DK, Ancestor of EK, Ancestor of GFS, Ancestor of JMF, Ancestor of JTS, Ancestor of LD, Ancestor of LDN, Ancestor of LMW, Ancestor of TNH, Ancestor of TSW, Ancestor of TWK, Ancestor of UKL, Ancestor of WPF
  Last Modified	5 Dec 2020

  
  

  Father	Columb mac Cormaic
  Family ID	F11	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Children	+ 1. Crundmáel Erbuilc mac Rónáin, King of Laigin   d. 656, of Uí Chennselaig
  Family ID	F4027	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Apr 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Stewart Baldwin: "He appears in the Uí Chennselaig king list in LL.40a, but the reign lengths given in the early part of that list do not seem to be trustworthy, making it impossible to accurately date him. He has sometimes been identified with Rónán mac Colmáin, king of Laigin, who died in 624 [AU], but there is not wide agreement as to whether the king of Laigin named Rónán mac Colmáin whose obituary appears in the annals is to be identified with this Rónán or with Rónán, son of Colmán mac Cairpri of the Uí Dúnlainge (number 286720 in this ancestor table). Byrne, in his tables in IKHK and NHI, is noncommital on the subject. Corráin, in IRS, identifies the king of Laigin with the king of Uí Chennselaig, and Mac Niocaill, in IBV, identifies the king of Laigin with the Uí Dúnlainge man of that name (correctly, in my opinion). In the genealogies, Rónán's father appears sometimes as Colmán, sometimes as Columb (genetive Coluim). The combined testimony of the Uí Chennselaig king list in LL (which calls him Rónán mac Coluim) and an entry in AU under the year 658 (which gives an obituary for Blathmac son of Rónán son of Columb) appears to weigh in favor of Rónán's father being named Columb, and therefore against the identification with king Rónán mac Colmáin of Laigin. (However, this cannot be regarded as conclusive, as Colmán appears to have been a dimnutive of the name Coluim.) Just to add to the confusion, it is interesting to note that the nearby dynasty of Osraige had a Crundmáel mac Rónáin meic Colmáin (ancestor of the later 'main' line of the kings of Osraige) who was a contemporary of Rónáin mac Coluim (Colmáin) and his son Crundmáel. Finally, it should be pointed out that the above problem is only relevant with respect to whether or not this Rónán was king of Laigin (Leinster), and does not affect the genealogy itself."

  
  

• Sources

  [S885] Stewart Baldwin, Llywelyn ap Iorwerth ancestor table.