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Irwin, Philip, “Cathal mac Finguine (d. 742)”, Oxford dictionary of national biography, Online: Oxford University Press, 2004–. 47464.

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Cathal mac FinguineCathal mac Finguine
(d. 742)
A king of Munster from the Éoganacht Glendamnach, known for his military conflicts with kings of the Uí Néill, including Fergal mac Máele Dúin (d. 722) and the latter’s son Áed Allán (d. 743). In a Middle Irish narrative satire, Aislinge Meic Con Glinne, he is portrayed as being possessed by a demon of gluttony.
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