LIFFEACHAIRE Cairpre

0230 - 0284  (~ 54 years)

• Name	LIFFEACHAIRE Cairpre
  Birth	0230	Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
  Gender	Male
  Death	0284	Gabhra, County Meath, Ireland
  Notes	Cairbre Lifechair (Caibre, lover of the river Liffey) was the son of Cormac Ulfada MacArt and Eithne Ollamhdha began his reign in 0267, placed as 117th of the Monarchs of Ireland, and descended from Heremon, in John O'Hart's Irish Pedigrees [1] While his army won at the Battle of Gabhra, he died at the battle at the hands of Oscar, the grandson of Fionn mac Cumhaill.[2]. Carbry Liffechar, Ard-righ or monarch of Ireland had two sons, Eochaidh Doimhlein (or Dubhlein) and Fiacha Strabhteine. It was Fiacha Strabhteine who followed his father as monarch of Ireland. [3] Research Notes This profile is based on Jaski's table 24 Clann Name: Dál Cuinn Annals The Annals of Ulster[4] AU - no entries found Annals of the Four Masters[5] AFM284.1 After Cairbre Liffeachair had been seventeen years in the sovereignty of Ireland, he fell in the battle of Gabhra Aichle, by the hand of Semeon, son of Cearb, one of the Fotharta; Fearcorb, the son of Cormac Cas, having brought the Fiana with him, against the king, to defend Leath Mhogha against him. Sources ↑ Irish Pedigrees or the Origin and Stem of the Irish Nation part 2 page 59 by John O'Hart pub. 1892, Dublin ↑ Wikipedia, (http:www.wikipedia.com: acessed 31 May 2015), "Cairbre Lifechair," https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairbre_Lifechair. ↑ Ulster Journal of Archaeology (Google eBook). Ulster Archaeological Society, 1897 - Ulster (Northern Ireland and Ireland. ↑ The Annals of Ulster - CELT ↑ Annals of the Four Masters - CELT Bart Jaski Genealogical tables of medieval Irish royal dynasties Table-1, 24 Early Irish Kingship Succession by Jaski Bart, Published by Four Courts Press, 2013, ISBN 1846824265 ISBN 9781846824265 Albert F. Schmuhl, The royal line : chart prepared for the New York Stake Genealogical Board, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints centennial exhibition, March, 1936 (Salt Lake City: self published, 1929) https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/239856?availability=Family%20History%20Library. Google Books (http://books.google.com : accessed 7 June 2015). Revised 1980. Purports to go back to Adam, "Genealogical lineages shown on the chart may not always be from father to son, especially in the reigning houses of Kings; some ancient connections are based on legends, believed to be true." Wikidata: Item Q611918, en:Wikipedia help.gif
  Person ID	I58517	Freeman-Smith
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026

  
  

  Father	mac AIRT Cormac,   b. Abt 0195, Éire d. Abt 0266, Éire (Age 71 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	OLLAMHDHA Eithne,   b. Abt 0195, Tara, County Meath, Ireland
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F26075	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	FHINN Áine ingen,   b. Abt 0245, Éire d. Abt 0290, Éire (Age 45 years)
  Children	1. SRABHTEINE Fiacha,   b. Abt 0255, Tara, Meath, Ireland d. 0306, Dubhchomar, Crioch Rois, Ireland (Age 51 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. EOCHU Eochu,   b. Abt 0260, Ireland d. Abt 0320 (Age 60 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F26365	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026