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| Name |
ORGAIL Lassar |
| Birth |
0550 |
Airgíalla, Ireland  |
| Gender |
Female |
| Notes |
- "Lassar of Oriel" has caused some problems in locating a source to give substance to her identity.
In one of the original profiles merged here, Lassar's parents were shown as Aeda Orgail and Lassar of Airgía; in the second profile, Lassar was listed as a male, placed between Crundmael of Leinster, Lassar of Orgiall, and Aillil, then Daimme & Caipre Dam Agait King of Oriel.
Both sequences place her in a line found in the Book of Leinster - "{folio 316b} Lassar ingen Daimine Daim Argait de .h. Crimthaind mathair Chrundmael & Guaire a brathar." [1]
The entry in the Book of Leinster appears to be one source for the entry quoted by Stewart Baldwin in his examination of the Llywelyn ap Iorwerth ancestor table writing 286725. Lassar of Airgialla WUD (Women of the Uí Dunlainge of Leinster) Note: Her exact parentage is unknown, as she is shown as either a sister (LL.316b) or daughter (Lec.91Rb) of Ailill mac Daimíni, who was son of Daimíne, son of Cairpre Dam Argait, king of Airgialla, whose supposed death in 514 is given in a noncontemporary entry in AU (Annuls of Ulster).
Lassar of Orgiall, also known as Airgíalla; or Oirialla (modern Irish); Oriel (English); Ergallia (Latin). Lassar is a fairly common Gaelic name, sometimes translated as Lassi. Lassar may be translated as "flame" reflecting the intense Christianity in which many of this generation spent their lives. Lassair, the mother of Saint Féchín of Fore (died c. 665) was described as "Lasair the blazing." [2]
In The Very Rev. John Canon O'Hanlon's Lives of the Irish Saints : with special festivals, and the commemorations of holy persons we read that "There are at least fifteen or sixteen holy virgins, called Lassara, Lassar or Lasrea, in our Irish mamologies." [3]
Sources
↑ Celt : Book of Leinster, formerly Lebar na Núachongbála p: 1357
↑ Irish Influence on Medieval Welsh Literature p: 255 by Patrick Sims-Williams pub: Oxford University Press 2011
↑ Lives of the Irish Saints : with special festivals, and the commemorations of holy persons
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| Person ID |
I58505 |
Freeman-Smith |
| Last Modified |
27 Jan 2026 |
| Family |
Mac MAIN Finan, b. Abt 0550, Ui Faelain Branch Ui Dunlainge, Leinster, Ireland d. Abt 0600, Ireland (Age 50 years) |
| Children |
| | 1. MACFINAIN Crundmael, b. Abt 0580, Ui Faelain Branch Ui Dunlainge,Leinster,Ireland d. Abt 0630 (Age 50 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
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| Family ID |
F26074 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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27 Jan 2026 |
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