Fothad Cairpthech and Fothad Airgthech
Fothad Cairpthech ("chariot-fighter"), and Fothad Airgthech ("pertaining to silver"), sons of
Fiacha Sraibhtine, in the Battle of Ollarba. A dispute as to Fothad Airgthech's place of death is the subject of an Old Irish tale "Scél as-a:mberar combad hé Find mac Cumaill Mongán", the silver found in his grave is probably the reason for his last name. The chronology of Geoffrey Keating's Foras Feasa ar Éirinn dates their reign to 272–273, the Annals of the Four Masters to 284–285.[2][3][4]
References
- ^ "Fianaigecht : Being a collection of hitherto inedited Irish poems and tales relating to Finn and his Fiana". 1910.
- ^ R. A. Stewart Macalister (ed. & trans.), Lebor Gabála Érenn: The Book of the Taking of Ireland Part V, Irish Texts Society, 1956, p. 341-343
- ^ Geoffrey Keating, Foras Feasa ar Éirinn 1.47
- ^ Annals of the Four Masters M284-285
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