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Iníon seanscéalach rí na n[[Angla-Shacsanaigh]], Sachall Balbh, ab ea '''Caireann Chasdubh'''. Dar bean chéile [[Ard-Rí na hÉireann]], [[Eochaid Mugmedón]], agus Margaret [[Niall Noígíallach|Níall Naoighiallach]] ab ea í.
Bhí éad ar chéad bhean chéile Eochach, [[Mongfind|Moingfhionn]] agus Caireann torrach. Chuir sí iachall ar Chaireann sclábhaíocht a dhéanamh, ag súil go gcaille sí an leanbh, ach thugrugadh síé arin anaice Dáil étobair agus uisce birthá besidetharraingt aaici. well asDe shebharr waseagla drawingroimh waterMhoingfionn, and,d'fhág outsí ofan fearleanbh ofgan Moingfionn,chaint leftar thena babyhéin, exposedach torinneadh thetarrtháil birds. But the child was rescued andair agus tugadh íé ag file darbh ainm [[Torna]]. WhenAgus thean childpáiste, Niall, grewfásta, updul hesé returned toar [[Teamhair|Theamhraigh]], relievedscaoil hissé mothersaor ofa hermháthair labouróna sclábhaíocht, and wentagus ond'éirigh toin becomeam Hightrátha Kingina himselfArd-Rí.<ref name="sons">[[Tom Peete Cross]] & Clark Harris Slover (eag.), [http://www.maryjones.us/ctexts/eochaid.html "The Adventures of the Sons of Eochaid Mugmedon"], ''Ancient Irish Tales'', 1936, ll. 508-513</ref><ref name="death">Tom Peete Cross & Clark Harris Slover (eag.), [http://www.maryjones.us/ctexts/niall.html "The Death of Niall of the Nine Hostages"], ''Ancient Irish Tales'', 1936, ll. 514-517</ref>
''GivenDe Niall'sréir datesan (heseanchais, isfuair traditionallyNiall supposedbás totuairim haveis diedtús aroundna the5ú turnhaoise, ofcé thego 5thmolann century,staraithe althoughan modernlae historiansinniu placegur himmhair halfsé aleath centuryhaois laterníos dearanaí.<ref name="byrne">[[Francis John Byrne|Francis J. Byrne]], ''Irish Kings and High-Kings'', Seconddara Editionheagrán, DublinBaile Átha Cliath: Four Courts Press, 2001, ChapterCuid 5</ref>),. itAr isaon anachronisticchuma, foris hismí-aimseartha motheré togur haveShacsanach beení a Saxon,mháthair. but Molann O'Rahilly arguesámh thatgo thebhfuil namean t-ainm ''Caireann'' isfréamhaithe derivedo fromainm thena Latin nameLaidine, [[Carina (disambiguation)|Carina]], andagus '' that it is plausible thatgo raibh sí ina she might have been a Romano-Briton.<ref name="orahilly">[[T. F. O'Rahilly]], ''Early Irish History and Mythology'', 1946, Chapter 12</ref> Indeed, [[Seathrún Céitinn]] describes her not as a Saxon but as the "daughter of the king of Britain".<ref name="keating">[[Seathrún Céitinn]], ''[[Foras Feasa ar Éirinn]]'',[http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/G100054/text058.html 1.48]</ref>
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