Fiatach Finn, a distant descedant of Óengus Tuirmech Temrach, was, according to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition, a king of the Ulaid, later a High King of Ireland, and the eponymous ancestor of the early Medieval Ulster dynasty of the Dál Fiatach. He was king of the Ulaid while Feradach Finnfechtnach was High King, and succeeded to the High Kingship himself when Feradach died. He ruled for three years until he was killed by Fíachu Finnolach. The Lebor Gabála Érenn synchronises his reign with that of the Roman emperor Nerva (AD 96-98).[1] The chronology of Geoffrey Keating's Foras Feasa ar Éirinn dates his reign to AD 25-28,[2] that of the Annals of the Four Masters to AD 36-39.[3]
| Preceded by Feradach Finnfechtnach |
High King of Ireland LGE 1st century AD FFE AD 25-28 AFM AD 36-39 |
Succeeded by Fíachu Finnolach |
References
- ^ R. A. Stewart Macalister (ed. & trans.), Lebor Gabála Érenn: The Book of the Taking of Ireland Part V, Irish Texts Society, 1956, p. 307
- ^ Geoffrey Keating, Foras Feasa ar Éirinn 1.38
- ^ Annals of the Four Masters M36-39
