Rogallach mac Uatach
Rogallach mac Uatach (died
Ui Fiachrach Aidhne, who was slain at the Battle of Cennbag (Cambo, County Roscommon) in 622. Professor Francis Byrne believes he is the first reasonable representative of this branch to be said to have held the throne of Connacht[4]
According to
Saint Feichin was not enough to make him stop his bad ways. One day while hunting a deer with his javelin he wounded the animal. He followed it only to discover that a couple of slaves had already killed the deer and cut it up at which he demanded the slaves hand over the venison. The result was that the slaves killed him on his white horse.[5]
His actual killer recorded in the Annals of Tigernach was Máel Brigte mac Mothlachán of the Corco Cullu who were a subject tribe of the Ciarraige who were still the major population group in the Mag nAí, the home territory of the Ui Briun.[4]
His known sons included
654
) ancestor of the main ruling line of the Ui Briun Ai.
Notes
- ^ all dates per The Chronology of the Irish Annals, Daniel P. McCarthy
- ^ Francis J.Byrne, Irish Kings and High-Kings, Table 19
- ^ Dobbs, Margaret E. [ed. and tr.], “The Ban-shenchus [part 2]”, Revue Celtique 48 (1931): p. 180: (“Muirend ingen Mail Duin m. Suibne m. Aeda m. Garbain m. Thuathail Mail Gairb, bean Ragallaig (ob. 648) m. Uadach, mathair a tri mac. I. Feargus (ob. 649) 7 Cathal 7 Cellach: 7 ba bean do Diarmaid (ob. 664) m. Aeda Slaini in Muireand sin”.).
- ^ a b Byrne, pg.246
- ^ Geoffrey Keating, History of Ireland, Book III, pg.131-135
- ^ Annals of Tigernach
See also
- Kings of Connacht
References
- Annals of Tigernach
- Geoffrey Keating, History of Ireland
- T. M. Charles-Edwards, Early Christian Ireland
- Francis J.Byrne, Irish Kings and High-Kings
- The Chronology of the Irish Annals, Daniel P. McCarthy
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