Ancient and Mythological Kings of Munster
- Bodb Derg, king of the Sid Mumu, and later king of the Tuatha Dé Danann, succeeding The Dagda
- Dedu mac Sin, ancestor of the Clanna Dedad
- Íar mac Dedad, father of Eterscél and grandfather of Conaire Mór
- Dáire mac Dedad, ancestor of the Dáirine
- Cú Roí mac Dáire, Munster king and/or deity known from the Ulster Cycle
- Note: belonged to the Érainn or Dáirine, the dominant power in Munster into the 6th-7th centuries AD
- Mug Nuadat, king in late sagas of Leth Mogha, or Mug's Half, meaning Southern Ireland
- Note: belonged to the Deirgtine, but may be a mythological figure
- Ailill Aulom, Mug's son, aka Olioll Ólum, associated with the goddess Áine
- Note: not actually king of Southern Ireland, but mythologically associated with the rise of the Eóganachta (see Battle of Mag Mucrama)
- Lugaid mac Con, was High King of Ireland, and Ailill's foster-son
- Note: ancestor of the Corcu Loígde, principal Munster sept of the Dáirine
- Éogan Mór, Ailill's son, from whom the Eóganachta took their name
- Note: the Eóganachta were actually founded by Conall Corc, great-great grandson of Eógan Mór
- Fiachu Muillethan, son of Éogan Mór
- Note: a king of the Deirgtine who may have been historical, but features only in mythological narratives
- Ailill Flann Bec, son of Fiachu Muillethan
- Note: almost nothing is known of this figure, except that he was adopted by and succeeded his elder brother, Ailill Flann Mór
- Crimthann mac Fidaig, was High King of Ireland and of territories overseas, and brother of the queen and/or goddess Mongfind
- Note: considered Eóganacht in later dynastic narratives, four centuries after his floruit
- Óengus Bolg, a late king of the Dáirine and ancestor of the Corcu Loígde
- Note: features in early stories of Conall Corc, and is an ancestor of the Cashel Eóganachta septs, the "Inner Circle", through his daughter Aimend
- Bressal mac Ailello Thassaig, a possible king from the early Uí Liatháin
- Note: Angias, who may have been his sister, was the Queen of Lóegaire mac Néill, High King of Ireland
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