Fráech mac Finchada
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Fráech mac Finchada (died 495) was a king of Leinster.
Fráech was a member of the Dál Messin Corb dynasty's principal sub-sept, the Uí Garrchon. He succeded his father, Fincath mac Garrchu, who was defeated and killed in battle in 485 by the Uí Néill. Fráech in turn suffered the same fate in 495.
[edit] References
- Byrne, Francis John, Irish Kings and High-Kings Batsford, London, 1973. ISBN 0-7134-5882-8
- Ireland, 400-800, pp.188, by Dáibhí Ó Cróinín A New History of Ireland, Vol.I, ISBN 0 19 821737 4 (edited Ó Cróinín).
[edit] External link
- CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts at University College Cork includes: Gein Branduib (original & translation), Annals of Ulster, Annals of Tigernach, Annals of Innisfallen and others.
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