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Duí Ladrach mac Fiachach, King of Ireland

Male - 737 B.C.

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  • Name Duí Ladrach mac Fiachach 
    Suffix King of Ireland 
    Gender Male 
    Death 737 B.C. 
    Cause: killed by his successor 
    Notes 
    • «b»http://www.rpi.edu/~holmes/Hobbies/Genealogy/ps11/ps11_045.htm«/b»

      was the 59th Monarch ; killed by Slain by his successor

      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/Dui_Ladrach


      Dui Ladrach«/b», son of «u»Fíachu Tolgrach «/u», was, according to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition, a «u»High King of Ireland «/u». He helped his father kill the High King «u»Art mac Lugdach «/u», then helped «u»Airgetmar «/u» take the throne by killing Art's son «u»Ailill Finn «/u» and grandson «u»Eochu mac Ailella «/u». Finally he and Eochu's son «u»Lugaid Laigdech «/u» killed Airgetmar, and Dui took the thone himself, ruling for ten years until his former accomplice Lugaid killed him. The «i»Lebor Gabála«/i» synchronises his reign with that of «u»Artaxerxes III of Persia «/u» (358-338 BC).«u»[1]«/u» The chronology of «u»Geoffrey Keating «/u»'s «i»Foras Feasa ar Éirinn«/i» dates his reign to 547-537 BC,«u»[2]«/u» that of the «u»«i»Annals of the Four Masters «/u»«/i» to 748-738 BC.«u»[3]«/u»

      «b»References
      «u»^«/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. 259-261
      «u»«b»^«/u»«/b» «u»Geoffrey Keating «/u», «i»Foras Feasa ar Éirinn«/i» «u»1.27 <http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100054/text037.html>«/u»
      «u»«b»^«/u»«/b» «u»«i»Annals of the Four Masters «/u»«/i» «u»M4452-4 <http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100005A/text015.html>«/u»
    Person ID I60874  Glenn Cook Family
    Last Modified 19 Jun 2013 

    Father Fiacha Tolgrach, King of Ireland   d. 795 B.C. 
    Family ID F551617241  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family   
    Children 
     1. Eochaid Buaid mac Duach   d. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F551617242  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 19 Jun 2013