Fiachra Cossalach

Fiachra Cossalach

Fiachra Cossalach (died 710) was a Dal nAraide king of the Cruithne in Ulaid (Ulster). He ruled from 709-710.

Fiachra's exact ancestry is uncertain, though he may have been a son of Dúngal Eilni mac Scandail (died 681) and hence a member of the Eilne branch of the family. [Mac Niocaill, pg.138] In the "Annals of Ulster" he is referred to as the son of Dúngal in his death notice in the annals. ["Annals of Ulster", AU 710]

Curiously, Fiachra is mentioned as one of the guarantors of the Cáin Adomnáin at the Synod of Birr in 697 as King of the Cruithne at a time when Áed Aired (died 698) was considered to be king. Fiachra was king at a time when the Dal nAraide were involved in some infighting that resulted in three kings in three years. Fiachra himself met his death in 710, slain among the Cruithne.

His son Flathróe mac Fiachrach (died 774) was also 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]
* Mac Niocaill, Gearoid (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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