- Loch Gabhair
Loch Gabhair (Lagore) meaning "Lake of the Goats" is a townland in the parish of
Ratoath , Ireland. It is located between the villages ofRatoath andDunshaughlin inCounty Meath , Ireland.Lagore is also home to the
Lagore crannog , the Irish royal residence of the 7th to 10th centuries A.D.During excavations of the site a number of bronze items, including weapons and brooches, (see "the
Lagore Brooch "), which can now be found at theNational Museum of Ireland in Kildare St.,Dublin ,Ireland .
=Kings of Lagore/Deiscert Breg (south Brega)=:List incomplete: see Mac Shamhráin, 2004.
# Fergus mac Fogartach mac Niall mac Cernach Sotal (a quo Clan Chernach Sotal) mac Diarmait mac Áed Sláine, died 751
# Máel Dáin mac Fergus, d. 785
# Ailill mac Fergus, ("rí Deiscert Breg"), d. 800
# ...
# Beolln mac Ciarmac (descendant of Máel Dáin ?), d. 979
# Gilla Mo Chonna mac Fogartach mac Ciarmac ("rí Deiscert Breg"), d. 1013References
* Byrne, Francis John, "Irish Kings and High-Kings." Batsford, London, 1973. ISBN 0-7134-5882-8
*Ailbhe Mac Shamhráin , "Church and dynasty in Early Christian Brega: Lusk, Inis Pátraic and the cast of Máel-Finnia, king and saint," Table 8.1, Lineages of Síl nÁedo Sláine, p.127; in "The Island of St Patrick: Church and ruling dynasties in Fingal and Meath, 400-1148," (ed.) Mac Shamhráin, Four Courts, 2004.External links
* [http://www.museum.ie/ Official website – National Museum of Ireland]
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