Eochaid macDomnaill O'Néill, King of Ireland^[1]

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• Name	Eochaid macDomnaill O'Néill
  Suffix	King of Ireland
  Gender	Male
  Acceded	569
  Death	572
  Notes	«b»http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal09607 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eochaid_mac_Domnaill Eochaid mac Domnaill«/b» (died 572) also «b»Eochaid Find«/b» ("the fair") was an Irish king who is included in some lists as a «u»High King of Ireland «/u». He was the son of «u»Domnall Ilchelgach «/u» (died 566) and grandson of «u»Muirchertach mac Muiredaig «/u» (died 534), also considered high kings.«u»[1]«/u» He was a member of the «u»Cenél nEógain «/u» branch of the northern «u»Uí Néill «/u». He ruled in Ailech from 565-571.«u»[2]«/u» The high kingship of Ireland rotated between the Cenél nEógain and «u»Cenél Conaill «/u» branches in the late 6th century.«u»[3]«/u». Eochaid ruled jointly with his uncle «u»Báetán mac Muirchertaig «/u» (died 572) from 569.«u»[4]«/u» The middle Irish king lists have misplaced their reign putting it earlier than the annalistic tradition but other king lists have them in the correct order.«u»[5]«/u» They are also omitted from the earliest list of Kings of Tara, the «u»«i»Baile Chuind «/u»«/i» (The Ecstasy of Conn), a late 7th century Irish poem. It is possible that the Ulaid king, «u»Báetán mac Cairill «/u» (died 581), was the actual high king at this time.«u»[6]«/u» In 572 the two kings were defeated and slain by Crónán mac Tigernaig, king of the Ciannachta of Glenn Geimin («u»Glengiven «/u» in modern «u»County Londonderry «/u»).«u»[7]«/u» «b»Notes «u»1. ^«/u»«/b» T.M. Charles-Edwards, «i»Early Christian Ireland«/i», Appendix V «u»«b»2. ^«/u»«/b» he is given a reign of 6 years in the «i»Laud Synchronisms«/i» «u»«b»3. ^«/u»«/b» Charles-Edwards, pg.494-495 «u»«b»4. ^«/u»«/b» they are given a reign of three years in the «i»Book of Leinster«/i» and one year in the «i»Laud Synchronisms«/i». «u»«b»5. ^«/u»«/b» Charles-Edwards, pg.484-487 «u»«b»6. ^«/u»«/b» Francis J.Byrne, «i»Irish Kings and High-Kings«/i», pg.114 «u»«b»7. ^«/u»«/b» «i»Annals of Ulster«/i» AU 572.1; «i»Annals of Tigernach«/i» AT 571.1 «b»References «tab»«/b»«i»Annals of Ulster«/i» at «u»CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts <http://celt.ucc.ie/index.html>«/u» at «u»University College Cork <http://www.ucc.ie/>«/u» «i»«tab»Annals of Tigernach«/i» at «u»CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts <http://celt.ucc.ie/index.html>«/u» at «u»University College Cork <http://www.ucc.ie/>«/u» «tab»Byrne, Francis John (2001), Irish Kings and High-Kings, Dublin: Four Courts Press, «u»ISBN 978-1-85182-196-9 «/u» «tab»Charles-Edwards, T. M. (2000), «i»Early Christian Ireland«/i», Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, «u»ISBN 0-521-36395-0 «/u» «tab»Geoffrey Keating, «i»History of Ireland«/i» at «u»CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts <http://celt.ucc.ie/index.html>«/u» at «u»University College Cork <http://www.ucc.ie/>«/u»
  Person ID	I9938	Glenn Cook Family
  Last Modified	21 Nov 2009

  
  

  Father	Domnall macMuirchertaig O'Néill, King of Ireland   d. 566
  Family ID	F4332	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S36] Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull, England(B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk), Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (This work is Copyright b 1994-2002 Brian C Tompsett).