The Mairtine (Martini, Marthene, Muirtine, Maidirdine, Mhairtine) were an important people of late prehistoric Munster , Ireland who by early historical times appear to have completely vanished from the Irish political landscape. They are notable for their former capital, Medón Mairtine , becoming the chief church of the later Eóganachta , namely Emly .
20-401: Geoffrey Keating 's History of Ireland includes the following section, which may refer to the eponymous ancestor: "Eochaidh Apthach ( Eochu Apthach ) son of Fionn, son of Oilill, son of Flann Ruadh, son of Rothlan, son of Mairtine , son of Sithcheann, son of Riaghlan, son of Eoinbhric son of Lughaidh, son of Ioth, son of Breoghan ( Breogán ), held the sovereignty of Ireland one year; and he
40-562: A bardic school at Burgess, County Tipperary, is attributable to Thomas O'Sullevane, a shadowy character from the fringes of literary circles in London. The same unreliable source names Burgess as Keating's place of birth, whereas recent work (Cunningham 2002) indicates that Moorstown Castle in the parish of Inishlounaght [in Tipperary] was his probable birthplace. In November 1603, he was one of forty students who sailed for Bordeaux under
60-617: A battle or series of battles, there was a reshuffling of geographic locations within Ireland, possibly helping form an Eóghanacht confederation that is spoken of in the Book of Munster and other sources. In Irish myth, there was a battle in 123AD between Eoghan Mor and Conn of the Hundred Battles, and it divided Ireland into two equal parts, by the boundary of Esker Riada - a long ridge of hills from Dublin to Galway. The traditional story
80-514: A province". They have also been described as "in effect, people belonging to a different stock from that of the rulers of the territory", yet sometimes enjoying a position of favour with the ruling people. Population-groups classed as fortúatha included the Calraige , Ciarraige , Corca Fhir Trí , Delbhna , Déisi , Gailenga , Grecraige , Luighne , Masraige and Setantii . The status of each population-group could differ from one part of
100-661: Is that the Mairtine are typically associated with Erainn, Benntraige , Ulaidhe, and the Eóghanachta. They are noted in the Book of Munster and by other scholars,. In a late poem they are given as one of the tribes of the Domnainn , and are elsewhere, in popular tradition, said to have belonged to the mythological Fir Bolg . I Dubhaltach MacFhirbhisigh records them in association with the Éarainn and Fir Bolg , listing them as
120-507: The House of Stuart as lawful kings of Ireland, which had a long-term influence on both Irish Confederate and Jacobites until Papal recognition of the Stuart claim finally ended in 1766. Keating continued to influence Irish genealogical writers such as John O'Hart into the 1800s. Fort%C3%BAatha The Fortúatha were "kingdoms not ruled directly by members of the dominant dynasty of
140-486: The Gaels. This term has been translated as middle of the Mairtine [nation] , indicating that modern-day Emly , County Tipperary , was the central capital of the tribe. It is due west of Tipperary town, which is due west of Cashel , seat of the historic kings of Munster. It is therefore at what can be roughly regarded as the geographic centre (or middle, medón ) of Munster. In an essay of 2000, Nollaig Ó Muraíle notes
160-882: The battle of Móin Fhoichnigh among Uí Fhailghe ( Kingdom of Uí Failghe ) over the Mairtine and Éarainn. He states that among the tribes who pay "servile rent" were "Tuath Fhochmhuinn ... of Ui Fhailghe and over Fotharta ( Fortúatha ?) of Dairbhre ( Kildorrery ?) and Almhain ( Bog of Allen / Hill of Allen ) and Mairtine or Maidirdine." (50.7, pp. 217–17). At 51.8 he gives their territories as "Tuath Mhairtine in Múscraighe Miontaine ( Múscraige ) and in Oirthear Feimhin [=eastern Feimhean (see Slievenamon )] and Liag Tuaill and Liag Tí re and Aodha and Breóghain and in Ui Chairbre (see Uí Fidgenti )." In
180-742: The battle of Sliabh Cailge, against the Martini, in the territory of Corca Bhaiscinn." The territory of Corcu Baiscind lies within what is now County Clare . The Metrical Dindshenchas includes a passage which mentions "The three active Red Wolves of the Martine quenched the sturdy strength of the famous man: they took his head from him, whatever came of it." This may be a reference to Luath, Indell and Eoghan in Acallamh na Senórach . Geoffrey Keating Geoffrey Keating ( Irish : Seathrún Céitinn ; c. 1569 – c. 1644 )
200-836: The charge of the Rev. Diarmaid MacCarthy to begin their studies at the Irish College which had just been founded in that city by Cardinal François de Sourdis , Archbishop of Bordeaux. On his arrival in France he wrote Farewell to Ireland , and upon hearing of the Flight of the Earls wrote Lament on the Sad State of Ireland . After obtaining the degree of Doctor of Divinity at the University of Bordeaux he returned about 1610 to Ireland and
220-562: The history of Ireland from the creation of the world to the invasion of the Normans in the 12th century, based on the rich native historical and mythological traditions (including that of the Milesians ), Irish bardic poetry , monastic annals, and other ecclesiastical records. The Foras Feasa circulated in manuscript , as Ireland's English administration would not give authority to have it printed because of its pro-Catholic arguments. It
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#1732772551640240-618: The island to another, with some fortúatha being class as aithechtúatha in other regions. In Leinster , some reckoned among the fortúatha had previously held the provincial kingship. These were the Dál Messin Corb and its principal septs , the Uí Garrchon and the Uí Enechglaiss . Among the early medieval Irish were many notable people whose population-group were classed as fortúatha. They included: All quotes from
260-531: The latter people in his Leabhar na nGenealach . He first mentions them in the statement that "Conmhal mac Ebhir, ri Ereann, do bhris cath Locha Lén for Eurna, Mairtine, agus for Moghruith mac Mofebhis d'Fearuibh Bolg" / "Conmhal ( Conmáel ) s. Éibhear, king of Ireland, won the battle of Loch Léin ( Lakes of Killarney ) over the Éarainn, the Mairtine, and over Mogh Ruith ( Mug Ruith ?) s. Mo-Feibheas of Fir Bholg." (46.5, p. 210-11, LNG). At 47.2 he wrote that Siorna mac Dian ( Sírna Sáeglach ), king of Ireland, won
280-783: The poem Sloindfead athachtuatha Ereann , which lists the vassal-tribes (see Déisi , or Attacotti ?) of Ireland, MacFhirbhisigh relates that "the Mairtine over the middle of Munster/what of it is not remembered by all." (55.6, pp. 224–25). He likewise lists them among the Fir Bolg in the poem Gá lí on i bhFó dla Fir Bholg? (56.3, pp. 226–37) The Annals of the Four Masters date Conmael's reign of thirty years ending in Anno Mundi 3579. These annals further state that Angus Olmucahda ( Óengus Olmucaid ), who died in Anno Mundi 3790, had defeated them in "the battle of Cuirce,
300-591: The remote possibility that some of the Mairtine Mór "might just" have been located in Connacht , though he does not specify where. Dáibhí Ó Cróinín notes that in one tradition, preserved in the Book of Lecan 's still unpublished genealogies, the Mairtine are said to have been expelled from the north of Ireland, or Leth Cuinn , and to have settled in the territory later known as In Déis Tuaisceirt , which would become Dál gCais . More specifically, following
320-634: Was an Irish historian. He was born in County Tipperary , Ireland, and is buried in Tubrid Graveyard in the parish of Ballylooby -Duhill. He became a Catholic priest and a poet. It was generally believed until recently that Keating had been born in Burgess, County Tipperary ; indeed, a monument to Keating was raised beside the bridge at Burgess, in 1990; but Diarmuid Ó Murchadha writes, The presumption that Geoffrey Keating attended
340-490: Was appointed to the cure of souls at Uachtar Achaidh in the parish of Knockgraffan , near Cahir , where he put a stop to the then-common practice of delaying Mass until the neighbouring gentry arrived. His major work, Foras Feasa ar Éirinn ( Foundation of Knowledge on Ireland , more usually translated History of Ireland ), was written in Early Modern Irish and completed c. 1634. The Foras Feasa traced
360-458: Was called Eochaidh Apthach because of the number who died in Ireland in his time; for the plague or other disease seized upon the men of Ireland each month, from which many of them died; hence the name Eochaidh Apthach clung to him; for apthach means 'fatal'; and he himself fell by Fionn son of Bratha." This would make Mairtine mac Sithcheann a gr-gr-gr-gr-grandson of Breogán mac Brath, mythical king of Galicia . Breogan's grandson, Míl Espáine ,
380-520: Was still a time of repression; in 1634 a political campaign for a general reform of anti-Catholic religious persecution , known as the Graces , was denied by the Viceroy. Having Old English ancestry, Keating held the political view that Ireland's nobility and natural leadership derived from the surviving Irish clan chiefs and Old English landed families who had remained Catholic. He also accepted
400-553: Was the father and uncle of the first Goidelic people to settle in Ireland . Eochu Apthach , Mairtine's gr-gr-gr-grandson, is given as a member of the Corcu Loígde . His reign is variously given as the 6th/5th, 7th, or 8th, century BC. However, it is nowhere explicitly stated that Mairtine mac Sithcheann was the eponym of the Mairtine people. Plus, the Mairtine people are accorded status of Fir Bolg , who were predecessors of
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