About the name
- Origin
- Irish
- Variants
- Cass
- Stronghold region
- Munster
Overview
Cas mac Conaill, the eponymous ancestor of the Dál gCais (the people of Brian Boru), grandfather of the Munster king Cormac Cas in some genealogies.
The story behind Cas
From Cas descended the Dál gCais, the dynasty that produced Brian Boru and the O'Briens; the name was used as a heroic ancestral marker by Munster genealogists for centuries.
Mythology & legend
Non-mythological; legendary 4th-century ancestor of the Dalcassians.
Did you know?
Cas was the eponymous ancestor of the Dál gCais — Brian Boru's people.
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