- Echu Tirmcharna
Echu Tirmcharna mac Fergusso(d.c.556) was a king of
Connacht from theUí Briúin branch of theConnachta . Genealogically he is mentioned as the great-great grandson ofDauí Tenga Uma (died 500) a previous king. Prof. Byrne believes that the early Uí Briúin genealogies are fabricated however. [Francis J.Byrne, "Irish Kings and High-Kings" , pg.245] His place in the king lists falls between the reign ofAilill Inbanda (d. 549) and of his sonÁed mac Echach Tirmcharna(d. 575). ["Book of Leinster", Section 30] The "Annals of Tigernach" simply mention him as king in 556 and his son's accession to the throne in 557. [all dates per "The Chronology of the Irish Annals", Daniel P. McCarthy]"A Poem on the Kings of Connaught" describes him as Echu dryflesh,the choice man and also as noble.
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Kings of Connacht References
* "Annals of Tigernach"
* T.M.Charles-Edwards, "Early Christian Ireland"
* Francis J.Byrne, "Irish Kings and High-Kings"
* "Book of Leinster", Section 30
* "The Chronology of the Irish Annals", Daniel P. McCarthyExternal links
* [http://celt.ucc.ie/index.html CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts] at [http://www.ucc.ie/ University College Cork]
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