sentences:  485–493), also Cairbre or Cairpre, was said to be a son of Niall of the Nine Hostages.Coirpre was perhaps the leader of the conquests that established the southern Uí Néill in the midlands of Ireland.The record of the Irish annals suggests that Coirpre's successes were reattributed to Muirchertach Macc Ercae.