Bécc Bairrche mac Blathmaic
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bécc Bairrche mac Blathmaic(died 718) was king of Ulaid from 692-707 from the Dal Fiatach clan. He was the son of Blathmac mac Máel Cobha (died 670), aprevious king.[1] His byname Bairrche refers to the region of the Mourne Mountains in south County Down.
He had slain his uncle Congal Cennfhatar mac Dúnchada, the King of Ulaid in 674 whose daughter Conchenn he had married, thereby aquiring rule of the Dal Fiatach.[2] He, however, did not acquire the Ulaid throne till after the death of Fergus mac Áedáin of the rival Ui Echach Cobo branch of the Dal nAraide in 692.
In 679 he lost a battle with the high king Fínsnechta Fledach at Tailltin.[3] He was one of the guarantors of the Cáin Adomnáin(Law of Adomnán) at Birr in 697.
British marauders were active around the turn of the 8th century. In 697 The Ulaids and the Britons laid waste to Mag Muirtheimne in County Louth, home of a border tribe of Ulidia known as the Conaille Muirtheimne.[4] In 703 the Britons and Ulaid were at war with each other and the Battle of Mag Cuilinn was fought in the Ards penninsula. The british enemy Radgann (known for despoiling churches) was slain.[5]
He abdicated and took up the pilgrim's staff in 707.[6]
His son Áed Róin (died 735) was also a King of Ulaid.
Contents |
[edit] Notes
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- Annals of Ulster at CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts at University College Cork
- Annals of Tigernach at CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts at University College Cork
- Byrne, Francis John (2001), Irish Kings and High-Kings, Dublin: Four Courts Press, ISBN 978-1-85182-196-9
[edit] External links
This biography of a member of an Irish royal house is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
