Art Imlech

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Art Imlech, ("having an edge or border" or "bordering on a lake or marsh")[1] son of Elim Olfínechta, was, according to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition, a High King of Ireland, who took power after killing his predecessor, and his father's killer, Gíallchad. He is said to have dug seven forts in a reign that lasted twelve[2][3] or twenty-two years,[4] before he was killed in battle by Gíallchad's son Nuadu Finn Fáil. The Lebor Gabála Érenn synchronises his reign with those of Phraortes (665-633 BC) and Cyaxares (625-585) of the Medes. The chronology of Geoffrey Keating's Foras Feasa ar Éirinn dates his reign to 777-755 BC, that of the Annals of the Four Masters to 1014-1002 BC.

Preceded by
Gíallchad		 High King of Ireland
LGE 7th/6th century BC
FFE 777-755 BC
AFM 1014-1002 BC		 Succeeded by
Nuadu Finn Fáil

[edit] References

  1. ^ Dictionary of the Irish Language, Compact Edition, Royal Irish Academy, 1990, p. 386
  2. ^ R. A. Stewart Macalister (ed. & trans.), Lebor Gabála Érenn: The Book of the Taking of Ireland Part V, Irish Texts Society, 1956, p. 247
  3. ^ Annals of the Four Masters M4186-4198
  4. ^ Geoffrey Keating, Foras Feasa ar Éirinn 1.26


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