Fráech mac Finchada
Fráech mac Finchada or Fróech mac Findchado (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 succeeded his father, Fincath mac Garrchu, (died 485).[1] He ruled from 485 to 495.[2]
The annals record a defeat of the Leinstermen at the Battle of Taillten in 494 by Coirpre mac Néill.[3] This is associated with the Ui Neill conquest of Brega and the taking of Tailtiu.[4] In 495 Fráech was defeated and slain by Eochu mac Coirpri at the second Battle of Grainaret (Granard, County Longford) in Tethba.[5]
Notes
- ^ Francis J.Byrne, Irish Kings and High-Kings, Table 8
- ^ The Book of Leinster gives him a reign of 11 years
- ^ Annals of Ulster AU 494.1; Annals of Tigernach AT 494.1
- ^ T.M. Charles-Edwards, Early Christian Ireland, pg.448-449
- ^ Annals of Ulster AU 493.3, 495.1; Annals of Tigernach AT 495.1
See also
Kings of Leinster
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
- Charles-Edwards, T. M. (2000), Early Christian Ireland, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-36395-0
- Byrne, Francis John (2001), Irish Kings and High-Kings, Dublin: Four Courts Press, ISBN 978-1-85182-196-9
- Book of Leinster,Rig Laigin at CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts at University College Cork
- Ireland, 400-800, pp.188, by Dáibhí Ó Cróinín A New History of Ireland, Vol.I, ISBN 0 19 821737 4 (edited Ó Cróinín).
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