- Eochocán mac Áedo
Eochocán mac Áedo (died 883) was a
Dál Fiatach king ofUlaid , which is now Ulster, Ireland. He was the grandson ofEochaid mac Fiachnai (died 810), a previous king of Ulaid. [Byrne, Table 6; Charles-Edwards, Appendix XXI] He ruled from 882-883. [ the "Book of Leinster" king list gives a reign of 1 year] His father Áed mac Eochada had died in 839. In 882 he succeeded his brotherAinbíth mac Áedo as leth-rí (half-king or co-ruler) of Ulaid jointly with his other brother,Airemón mac Áedo (died 886). However, the next year in 883, Eochocán was killed by his nephews, the sons of Ainbíth. [AU 883.6]He had married Inderb ingen Máel Dúin of the
Cenél nEógain , daughter of Máel Dúin mac Áeda, King ofAilech (died 867). His sonsMuiredach mac Eochocáin (died 896) and Áed mac Eochocáin (died 919) were also kings of Ulaid.Notes
References
* "Annals of Ulster" at [http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100001A/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 0-521-36395-0External links
* [http://celt.ucc.ie/index.html CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts] at [http://www.ucc.ie/ University College Cork]
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