- Eterscél mac Áeda
Eterscél mac Áeda (died 778) was a king of the
Uí Cheinnselaig of SouthLeinster . He was of the Sil Chormaic sept and was the son ofÁed mac Colggen (died 738), considered to be King of all Leinster. [Charles-Edwards, Appendix XVIII; Mac Niocail, pg.128, fig.22] His uncleSechnassach mac Colggen (died 746/747) had also been a King of Uí Cheinnselaig. He ruled from 770-778.The Uí Cheinnselaig were involved in infighting in this period. Eterscél obtained the throne in 770 by defeating in battle his predecessor
Cennselach mac Brain of the Sil Máeluidir sept, who was slain. ["Annals of Ulster" AU 770.7; Byrne, pg.157; Mac Niocaill, pg.130]Notes
References
* "Annals of Ulster" at [http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100001A/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
* Gearoid Mac Niocaill (1972), "Ireland before the Vikings", Dublin: Gill and Macmillan
* "Book of Leinster","Rig Hua Cendselaig" at [http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/G800011A/index.html] at [http://www.ucc.ie/ University College Cork]External links
* [http://celt.ucc.ie/index.html CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts] at [http://www.ucc.ie/ University College Cork]
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