Art Imlech

Art Imlech

Art Imlech, ("having an edge or border" or "bordering on a lake or marsh") ["Dictionary of the Irish Language", Compact Edition, Royal Irish Academy, 1990, p. 386] son of Elim Olfínechta, was, according to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition, a High King of Ireland, who took power after killing his predecessor, and his father's killer, Gíallchad. He is said to have dug seven forts in a reign that lasted twelve [R. A. Stewart Macalister (ed. & trans.), "Lebor Gabála Érenn: The Book of the Taking of Ireland Part V", Irish Texts Society, 1956, p. 247] ["Annals of the Four Masters" [http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100005A/text011.html M4186-4198] ] or twenty-two years, [Geoffrey Keating, "Foras Feasa ar Éirinn" [http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100054/text036.html 1.26] ] before he was killed in battle by Gíallchad's son Nuadu Finn Fáil. The "Lebor Gabála Érenn" synchronises his reign with those of Phraortes (665-633 BC) and Cyaxares (625-585) of the Medes. The chronology of Geoffrey Keating's "Foras Feasa ar Éirinn" dates his reign to 777-755 BC, that of the "Annals of the Four Masters" to 1014-1002 BC.

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