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| Name |
Rotheachtach |
| Suffix |
King of Ireland |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
1357 B.C. |
| Cause: Killed at the Battle of Rath Croghan by Sedne (or Seadhna), of the Line of Ir. |
| Notes |
- «b»http://www.rpi.edu/~holmes/Hobbies/Genealogy/ps11/ps11_055.htm«/b»
was the 22nd Monarch; slain, B.C. 1357, by Sedne (or Seadhna), of the Line of Ir.
Part III, Chapter IV of Irish Pedigrees, by John O'Hart, published 1892, pages 351-9, 664-8 and 708-9.
«b»Rothechtaid«/b», son of Maen, son of «u»Óengus Olmucaid «/u», was, according to according to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition, a «u»High King of Ireland «/u». He came to power by killing the previous incumbent, his grandfather's killer «u»Énna Airgdech «/u», in the battle of Raigne. He ruled for twenty-two years. The «u»«i»Lebor Gabála Érenn «/u»«/i» gives two versions of his death. In once version, he was killed in single combat in «u»Cruachan «/u» by «u»Sétna Airt «/u», who fought to protect his son «u»Fíachu Fínscothach «/u». In the other version, he died of his wounds in «u»Tara «/u».«u»[1]«/u» The chronology of «u»Geoffrey Keating «/u»'s «i»Foras Feasa ar Éirinn«/i» dates his reign to 1005-980 BC,«u»[2]«/u» that of the «u»«i»Annals of the Four Masters «/u»«/i» to 1383-1358 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 Part V«/i», Irish Texts Society, 1956, pp. 229
«u»«b»2. ^«/u»«/b» «u»Geoffrey Keating «/u», «i»Foras Feasa ar Éirinn«/i» «u»1.26 <http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100054/text036.html>«/u»
«u»«b»3. ^«/u»«/b» «u»«i»Annals of the Four Masters «/u»«/i» «u»M3817-3842 <http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100005A/text008.html>«/u»
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| Person ID |
I60864 |
Glenn Cook Family |
| Last Modified |
19 Jun 2013 |
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