Fiachra Cossalach

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Fiachra Cossalach (died 710) was a Dal nAraide king of the Cruithne in Ulaid (Ulster). He ruled from 709-710.

Fiachra's exact ancestry is uncertain, though he may have been a son of Dúngal Eilni mac Scandail (died 681) and hence a member of the Eilne branch of the family.^[1] In the Annals of Ulster he is referred to as the son of Dúngal in his death notice in the annals.^[2]

Curiously, Fiachra is mentioned as one of the guarantors of the Cáin Adomnáin at the Synod of Birr in 697 as King of the Cruithne at a time when Áed Aired (died 698) was considered to be king. Fiachra was king at a time when the Dal nAraide were involved in some infighting that resulted in three kings in three years. Fiachra himself met his death in 710, slain among the Cruithne.

His son Flathróe mac Fiachrach (died 774) was also King of Dal nAraide.

Notes

↑ Mac Niocaill, pg.138
↑ Annals of Ulster, AU 710

References

Annals of Ulster at at University College Cork
Mac Niocaill, Gearoid (1972), Ireland before the Vikings, Dublin: Gill and Macmillan

External links

CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts at University College Cork

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Name	Fiachra Cossalach
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Short description	King of the Cruthin
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Date of death	710
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