- Áed Róin
Áed Róin mac Bécce Bairrche (died 735) was the
Dal Fiatach king ofUlaid , which is nowUlster ,Ireland . He reigned from 708-35. He was the son ofBécc Bairrche mac Blathmaic , (died 718), a previous king of Ulaid who had abdicated in 707 to become a pilgrim. [Byrne, Table 5; Charles-Edwards, Appendix XXI; Mac Niocaill, pg.155]Opposition to his rule from the various branches of the
Dál nAraidi had to be overcome at first. In 712 The Ulaid (Dal Fiatach) were overthrown and Dubthach mac Bécce, Áed's brother was slain. ["Annals of Ulster", AU 712.7; "Annals of Tigernach", AU 712.3; Mac Niocaill, pg.115] In 714 a battle was fought between the sons of Becc Bairrche and the son of Bressal mac Fergusa (died 685) of theUí Echach Cobo in which the Dal Fiatach were victors. [AU 714.7; AT 714.7; Mac Niocaill, pg.115]In 735 the
High King of Ireland Áed Allán of theCenél nEógain defeated Áed Róin at the Battle of Fochart (Faughart ), in Magh Muirtheimhne in modern County Louth. Áed Róin and Conchad mac Cúanach of Ui Echach Coba were slain. [AU 735.2; AT 735.2; Mac Niocaill, pg.124; Byrne, pg.117] This conflict had arisen as a result of a profanation of a church, Cell Conna, dear to Áed Allán by one of Áed Róin's men, for which Congus, abbot ofArmagh demanded vengeance. Áed Róin's head was cut off. [Mac Niocaill, pg.124] This victory resulted in the loss of Conailli Muirtheimne overlordship by the Ulaid to the Ui Neill of their influence in Louth. [Byrne, pg.118; Charles-Edwards, pg.573; Ó Cróinín, pg.219]His sons
Bressal mac Áedo Róin (died 750) andFiachnae mac Áedo Róin (died 789) were also Kings of Ulaid.Notes
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Kings of Ulster 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
* Mac Niocaill, Gearoid (1972), "Ireland before the Vikings", Dublin: Gill and Macmillan
* Dáibhí Ó Cróinín (2005), "A New History of Ireland", Volume One, Oxford: Oxford University PressExternal links
* [http://celt.ucc.ie/index.html CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts] at [http://www.ucc.ie/ University College Cork]
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