- Eochaid mac Condlai
Eochaid mac Condlai (died 553) ["Annals of Ulster" AU 553.1; "Annals of Tigernach" AT 552.1] was a king of
Ulaid from theDal nAraide . He was the son ofCondlae mac Cóelbad , also a king of Dal nAraide and grandson of the high king and King of UlsterCáelbad mac Crond Ba Druí. [Byrne, Table 7; Charles-Edwards, appendix XXII; Mac Niocaill, pg.87] He belonged to the main ruling dynasty of the Dal nAraide known as the Uí Chóelbad based in Mag Line, east of Antrim town in modern county Antrim.The
Dal Fiatach had dominated the kingship of Ulaid since the late 5th century and Eochaid is the first king of Ulaid from his sept since his grandfather's time. According to the king lists in the "Book of Leinster", he succeeded his uncleFíachna Lonn mac Cóelbad as king of Dal nAraide. He succeededCairell mac Muiredaig Muinderg of theDal Fiatach as king of Ulaid. He ruled from 532-553. [the "Book of Leinster" king list and "Laud Synchronisms" give him a reign of 20 years]His son Báetán Cáech was possibly also a king of Dal nAraide and was father of the Ulaid king
Fiachnae mac Báetáin (died 626). The annals state that he was ancestor of the Ui Echach of Ulaid. However this term has many uses in Ulaid and the genealogies in "Rawlinson" do not agree with this. [ [http://www.rootsweb.com/~irlkik/ihm/ulster.htm#coba Ireland's History in maps] ] It is more probable they descended from a brother of Eochaid's grandfather, Cáelbad mac Crond Ba Druí, named Eochu. [Charles-Edwards, Appendix XXII; Byrne, Table 7]Notes
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
* Gearoid Mac Niocaill (1972), "Ireland before the Vikings", Dublin: Gill and MacmillanExternal links
* [http://celt.ucc.ie/index.html CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts] at [http://www.ucc.ie/ University College Cork]
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