Crimhthann mac Reachtghal

Crimhthann mac Reachtghal (died 757) was Abbot of Clonfert, Ireland.

He is very uncertainly associated with Crimthann the Warlike, who defeated the Delbhna Nuadat at the battle of Bealach Cro in 751, during the reign of King Aedh Ailghin of Uí Maine, died 767.

References

  • Annals of Ulster at CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts at University College Cork
  • Annals of Tigernach at CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts at University College Cork
  • Revised edition of McCarthy's synchronisms at Trinity College Dublin.
  • Byrne, Francis John (2001), Irish Kings and High-Kings, Dublin: Four Courts Press, ISBN 978-1-85182-196-9
  • Lysaght, Eamonn (1978), The Surnames of Ireland. ISBN 0-7165-2278-0, pp. 233–34.
Preceded by
Suibhne of Clonfert
Abbot of Clonfert
757–761
Succeeded by
Cethernach ua Ermono
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