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| Name |
Nuadhas Neacht |
| Suffix |
Monarch of Ireland |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
109 B.C. |
| Notes |
- «b»http://www.rpi.edu/~holmes/Hobbies/Genealogy/ps27/ps27_305.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuadu_Necht
Nuadu Necht«/b» ("the pure"),«u»[1]«/u» son of Sétna Sithbac, a descendant of «u»Crimthann Coscrach «/u», of the «u»Laigin «/u», was, according to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition, a «u»High King of Ireland «/u».He came to power after killing his predecessor, «u»Eterscél «/u», and ruled for six months, at the end of which he was killed by Eterscél's son «u»Conaire Mór «/u».
The «u»«i»Lebor Gabála Érenn «/u»«/i» synchronises his reign with that of the «u»Roman emperor «/u» «u»Augustus «/u» (27 BC - AD 14), and after the birth of «u»Christ «/u», and makes him contemporary with legendary provincial kings «u»Conchobar mac Nessa «/u», «u»Cairbre Nia Fer «/u» and «u»Ailill mac Máta «/u».«u»[2]«/u» The chronology of «u»Geoffrey Keating «/u»'s «u»«i»Foras Feasa ar Éireann «/u»«/i» dates his reign to 64-63 BC,«u»[3]«/u» that of the «u»«i»Annals of the Four Masters «/u»«/i» to 111-110 BC.«u»[4]«/u» The «i»Four Masters«/i» combine his reign with that of «u»Ér, Orba, Ferón and Fergna «/u» centuries before, to make a whole year in their chronology.«u»[5]«/u»
In the «u»Fenian Cycle «/u» he is the great grandfather of «u»Fionn mac Cumhaill «/u»: his son is the druid «u»Tadg mac Nuadat «/u», whose daughter, «u»Muirne «/u», is Fionn's mother. It is suggested that he is connected to the presumed «u»deities «/u» (or possibly two names for one deity) «u»Nuada Airgetlám «/u» and «u»Nechtan «/u» of the «u»Tuatha Dé Danann «/u».«u»[6]«/u»
«b»References
«u»1. ^«/u»«/b» «u»«i»Dictionary of the Irish Language «/u»«/i», Compact Edition, «u»Royal Irish Academy «/u», 1990, p. 475
«u»«b»2. ^«/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, p. 301
«u»«b»3. ^«/u»«/b» «u»Geoffrey Keating «/u», «i»Foras Feasa ar Éireann«/i» «u»1.37 <http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100054/text047.html>«/u»
«u»«b»4. ^«/u»«/b» «u»«i»Annals of the Four Masters «/u»«/i» «u»M5089-5088 <http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100005A/text024.html>«/u»
«u»«b»5. ^«/u»«/b» «i»Annals of the Four Masters«/i» «u»M3519 <http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100005A/text006.html>«/u»
«u»«b»6. ^«/u»«/b» James MacKillop, «i»Dictionary of Celtic Mythology«/i», Oxford University Press, 1998,p. 308
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Glenn Cook Family |
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