Cormac

The Cormac are not a tribe, but it is an Irish family name, deriving from numerous figures from Irish legend and history.

Some of these include:

The historical High king of Ireland (ca. 227-266): Cormac Mac Airt ("son of Art"), aka Cormac Ua Cuinn (grandson of Conn) or Cormac Ulfada ("long beard"), is probably the most famous of the ancient Highs Kings of Ireland, and may have been an authentic historical figure, although many legends have attached themselves to him. He was the son of Art, son of Conn of the Hundred Battles. He is said to have ruled from Tara, the seat of the High Kings of Ireland, and under his rule Tara flourished. He was famous for his wise, true, and generous judgments. In the Annals of Clonmacnoise he is described as "obsolutely the best king that ever Raigned in Ireland before himselfe."

Cormac Cond Longas (Connlongas, Connloinges, "Exiled Prince") was the eldest son of Conchobar mac Nessa by his own mother, Ness, in the Ulster Cycle of Irish Mythology. His foster father was Fergus mac Róich.

Cormac followed Fergus into exile in Connacht after the Deidre affair, and fought for Ailill an
d Medb against his father in the Táin Bó Cuailnge (Cattle Raid of Cooley). During the battle he prevented Fergus from killing Conchobar.
When Conchobar died the Ulstermen asked Cormac to return to Ulster as their king. However on his journey home he was forced to break his geasa (taboos) and was killed when the hostel he and his men were staying in was raided.

Cormac, the Archbishop of Armagh, 481-497 AD

(source: Wikipedia)

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