 Ever since their first appearances in the two earliest Irish martyrologies, the "Martyrology of Tallaght" and "Félire Óengusso" (early 8th century), the sisters are typically referred to as the daughters of Baite or Baithe.They appear anonymously by that description in the "Félire Óengusso", while a late commentator to the text, often identified as Cathal Óg Mac Maghnusa, names them Eithne and Sodelb.As Colgan already noted, the Genealogies of the Saints of Ireland describe them as daughters of Cairbre, king of Leinster, son of Cormac, son of Ailill, son of Dunlong (etc.