General Notes

Eochaidh Faobhar-Glas (King of Munster, King of Ireland).

The Kingdom of Munster (in Irish "Mumha", "Mumhan" and Mumhain") derived its
name from Eochaidh Mumha who was King of Munster and the 19th Monarch of
Ireland. Munster is Latinized "Monomia". Ancient Munster comprised the present counties of Tipperary, Waterford, Cork, Kerry, Limerick and part of Kilkenny; to which in the latter part of the Third Century was added the territory now forming the County of Clare by Lughaidh Meann, King of Munster of the Race of the Dalcassians who took it from Connaught and added it to Munster. Ancient Munster is mentioned under the following divisions: Tudah Mumhan or North Munster, Angliszed Thumond, Deas Mumhan or South Munster, rendered "Desmond", Urmhumha or East Munster rendered "Ormond" and Iar Mumhan or West Munster.

Thomond, under its ancient kings extended from the Isles of Arran, off the
coast of Gallway to the mountains of Eibline, near Cashel in Tipperary, thence to Cairn Feareadaigh, now Knock-Aine in the County Limerick, and from Leim Chucullian (or Cuchullin's Leap) now Loop-Head at the mouth of the River
Shannon in the County of Clare to Sliabh-Dala mountains in Ossory on the
borders of Tipperary, Kilkenny and Queen's County; thus comprising the present counties of Clare and Limerick with the greater part of Tipperary; but in after times, Thomond was confined to County Clare. Ancient Ormond extended from Gabhran (now Gowran) in the County of Kilkenny, westward to Cnamhchoill or Cleathchoill near the town of Tipperary and from Bearnan Eile (now Barnanelly) a parish in the County of Tipperary (in which is situated the Devils' Bit Mountain) and from thence southward to Oilcan Ur-Bhric or O'Bric's Island near Bonmahon on the coast of Waterford. Desie or Desies was an ancient territory comprising the greater part of Waterford with a part of
Tipperary and got its name from the Tribe of the Deisigh, also called Desii.
These Desii were descended from Fiacha Suidhe, a brother of the Monarch Conn
of the Hundred Battles. Desmond comprised the whole for the present County of Cork and the greater part of Kerry, together with a portion of Waterford and a small part of the south of Tipperary bordering on Cork, called the Eoghanact Caisil; thus extending from the Bradnon Mountain, in the Barony of
Corcaguiney, County Kerry, to the River Blackwater near Lismore in the County
Waterford. But later, under the Fitzgeralds, Earls of Desmond, this territory was confined to the baronies of Bear and Bantry and other portions of the south-west of Cork together with parts of Kerry south of the River Mang. West Munster: The north-western part of Kerry, with a large portion of Limerick extending to the Shannon, and comprising the present baronies of Upper and Lower Connello, was called Iar Mumhan. This territory is connected with some of the earliest events in Irish history.

Partholan, who planted the first colony in Ireland, sailed from Greece through Muir Toirian (the ancient Irish name of the Mediterranean Sea and landed on the coast of Ireland at Inver Sceine, now the Bay of Kenmare in Kerry.

Eochaidh was the 17th Milseian Monarch of Ireland. His reign began in the
year 1492 BC and ended in the year 1472 BC when Fiacha Lamhraein began his