Commentary
Stewart Baldwin: 'He appears in the Uí Chennselaig king list in LL.40a, but the reign lengths given in the early part of that list do not seem to be trustworthy, making it impossible to accurately date him. He has sometimes been identified with Rónán mac Colmáin, king of Laigin, who died in 624 [AU], but there is not wide agreement as to whether the king of Laigin named Rónán mac Colmáin whose obituary appears in the annals is to be identified with this Rónán or with Rónán, son of Colmán mac Cairpri of the Uí Dúnlainge. Byrne, in his tables in IKHK and NHI, is noncommital on the subject, Ó Corráin, in IRS, identifies the king of Laigin with the king of Uí Chennselaig, and Mac Niocaill, in IBV, identifies the king of Laigin with the Uí Dúnlainge man of that name (correctly, in my opinion). In the genealogies, Rónán's father appears sometimes as Colmán, sometimes as Columb (genitive Coluim). The combined testimony of the Uí Chennselaig king list in LL (which calls him Rónán mac Coluim) and an entry in AU under the year 658 (which gives an obituary for Blathmac son of Rónán son of Columb) appears to weigh in favor of Rónán's father being named Columb, and therefore against the identification with king Rónán mac Colmáin of Laigin. (However, this cannot be regarded as conclusive, as Colmán appears to have been a dimnutive of the name Coluim.) Just to add to the confusion, it is interesting to note that the nearby dynasty of Osraige had a Crundmáel mac Rónáin meic Colmáin (ancestor of the later "main" line of the kings of Osraige) who was a contemporary of Rónáin mac Coluim (Colmáin) and his son Crundmáel. Finally, it should be pointed out that the above problem is only relevant with respect to whether or not this Rónán was king of Laigin (Leinster), and does not affect the genealogy itself.'
Family
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FatherColumb mac Cormaic (e528-) [S2730]
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Child +Crundmáel Erbuilc mac Rónáin, King of Leinster (e603-656) [S2730]
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Attributes
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GenderMale
NameRónán mac Coluim , King of Uí Chennselaig [S2730]
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FatherColumb mac Cormaic (e528-) [S2730]
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TitleKing of Uí Chennselaig [S2730]
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Timeline
ClaimDateDetailAgeEvidence
Birthest 571 (560-582)
 
Flourishingabt 610 [S2730]
early 7th century
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Sources
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[S2730] Baldwin, Stewart, "Medieval Genealogy Newsgroup: Llywelyn ap Iorwerth Ancestor Table" (http://sites.rootsweb.com/~medieval/llywelyn.htm).