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| Name |
Ethrial |
| Suffix |
King of Ireland |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
1651 B.C. |
Battle of Raeire, Ireland  |
| Cause: slain by Conmaol, the son of Heber Fionn, at the battle of Soirrean, in Leinster |
| Notes |
- «b»http://www.rpi.edu/~holmes/Hobbies/Genealogy/ps11/ps11_063.htm«/b»
was the, 11th Monarch; reigned 20 years, and was slain by Conmaol, the son of Heber Fionn, at the battle of Soirrean, in Leinster, B.C. 1650.
This also was a learned King, he wrote with his own hand the History of the Gaels (or Gadelians); in his reign seven large woods were cleared, and much advance made in the practice of agriculture.
Part III, Chapter IV of Irish Pedigrees, by John O'Hart, published 1892, pages 351-9, 664-8 and 708-9.
«b»http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethriel
Ethriel«/b», son of «u»Íriel Fáid «/u», according to medieval Irish legends and historical traditions, succeeded his father as «u»High King of Ireland «/u». During his reign he cleared six plains. He ruled for twenty years, until he was killed in the Battle of Rairiu by «u»Conmáel «/u» in revenge for his father «u»Éber Finn «/u», who had been killed by Ethriel's grandfather «u»Érimón «/u». He was the last of the chieftains who arrived in the invasion of the «u»sons of Míl «/u» to rule Ireland. The «u»«i»Lebor Gabála Érenn «/u»«/i» says that during his reign Tautanes, king of «u»Assyria «/u», died (1182 BC according to «u»Jerome «/u»'s «u»«i»Chronicon«/u»«/i»), as did «u»Hector «/u» and «u»Achilles «/u» (the «u»Trojan War «/u» is usually dated to the 13th century BC), and «u»Samson «/u» was king of the «u»Tribe of Dan «/u» in ancient Israel.«u»[1]«/u» «u»Geoffrey Keating «/u» dates his reign from 1259 to 1239 BC,«u»[2]«/u» the «u»«i»Annals of the Four Masters «/u»«/i» from 1671 to 1651 BC BC.«u»[3]«/u»
«b»References
«u»1. ^«/u»«/b» R. A. Stewart Macalister (ed. & trans.), «i»Lebor Gabála Érenn: The Book of the Taking of Ireland«/i» Part V, Irish Texts Society, 1956, pp. 195-199, 431
«u»«b»2. ^«/u»«/b» D. Comyn & P. S. Dinneen (ed .& trans.), «i»The History of Ireland by Geoffrey Keating«/i», Irish Texts Society, 1902-1914, «u»Book 1 Chapter 25 <http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100054/text035.html>«/u»
«u»«b»3, ^«/u»«/b» John O'Donovan (ed. & trans.), «i»Annala Rioghachta Éireann: Annals of the kingdom of Ireland by the Four Masters«/i», Dublin, 1848-1851, «u»Vol. 1 p. 37-39 <http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100005A/text006.html>«/u»
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I60853 |
Glenn Cook Family |
| Last Modified |
19 Jun 2013 |
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