Eochaid Iarlaithe

Eochaid Iarlaithe

Eochaid Iarlaithe mac Lurgain (died 666) ["Annals of Ulster, AU 666.3; "Annals of Tigernach", AT 666.3] was a Dal nAraide king of the Cruithne in Ulaid (Ulster). He was the son of Fiachnae mac Báetáin (died 626) a king of all Ulaid and possible high king. [Byrne, Table7; Charles-Edwards, Appendix XXII; Mac Niocaill, pg.138] He belonged to the main ruling dynasty of the Dal nAraide known as the Uí Chóelbad based in Mag Line, east of Antrim town in modern county Antrim.

In the 6th and 7th centuries the Dal nAraide were part of a confederation of Cruithne tribes in Ulaid (Ulster) and were the dominant members. [Byrne, pg.109] The chronology of the Kings of Dál nAraidi is difficult to ascertain between the Battle of Mag Roth in 637 and the plague of 666. He most likely ruled from 646-666. The "Annals of Ulster" give him the title King of the Cruithne at his death obit in 666 and he is listed in the king lists. [ this title last appeared in the annal in 646]

A Middle Irish language verse tale of the 10th century, Fingal Rónáin (The Kinslaying of Rónán), also known as Aided Máele Fothartaig meic Rónáin (The Killing of Máel Fothartaig mac Rónáin) has details regarding Eochaid preserved in the "Fragmentary Annals of Ireland". Eochaid's young daughter was married to the older Rónán Crach mac Áedo of the Uí Máil in Leinster, however she fell in love with her stepson Máel Fothartaig and attempted to seduce him. He however refused her advances and so she framed him telling her husband that he had tried to force himself upon her. As a result her husband killed his son. Later the foster brothers of Máel Fothartaig killed Eochaid Iarlaithe in revenge. ["Fragmentary Annals", FA 34]

Eochaid's son Lethlobar mac Echach (died 709) was also a king of Dal nAraide.

Notes

References

* "Annals of Ulster" at [http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100001A/index.html] at [http://www.ucc.ie/ University College Cork]
* "Annals of Tigernach" at [http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/G100002/index.html] at [http://www.ucc.ie/ University College Cork]
* Byrne, Francis John (2001), "Irish Kings and High-Kings", Dublin: Four Courts Press, ISBN 978-1-85182-196-9
* Charles-Edwards, T. M. (2000), "Early Christian Ireland", Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-36395-0
* Gearoid Mac Niocaill (1972), "Ireland before the Vikings", Dublin: Gill and Macmillan

External links

* [http://celt.ucc.ie/index.html CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts] at [http://www.ucc.ie/ University College Cork]


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