Sétna Innarraid

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For other persons of the same name, see Sétna.

Sétna Innarraid ("of wages, stipend, reward"),[1] son of Bres Rí, was, according to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition, a High King of Ireland. He is said to have been the first Irish king to pay his soldiers. He ruled for twenty years, before he was killed by Siomón Brecc, grandson of Nuadu Finn Fáil. The Lebor Gabála Érenn synchronises his reign with those of Darius the Great (522-485 BC) and Xerxes I (485–465 BC) of Persia.[2] The chronology of Geoffrey Keating's Foras Feasa ar Éirinn dates his reign to 705-685 BC,[3] that of the Annals of the Four Masters to 930-910 BC.[4]

Preceded by
Finn mac Blatha		 High King of Ireland
LGE 5th century BC
FFE 705-685 BC
AFM 930-910 BC		 Succeeded by
Siomón Brecc

[edit] References

  1. ^ Dictionary of the Irish Language, Compact Edition, Royal Irish Academy, 1990, p. 408
  2. ^ R. A. Stewart Macalister (ed. & trans.), Lebor Gabála Érenn: The Book of the Taking of Ireland Part V, Irish Texts Society, 1956, p. 251-253
  3. ^ Geoffrey Keating, Foras Feasa ar Éirinn 1.26
  4. ^ Annals of the Four Masters M4270-4290


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