Áed Rón mac Cathail explained
Áed Rón mac Cathail (died 604) was a king of the Uí Failge, a Laigin people of County Offaly. He was the grandson of Bruidge mac Nath Í (died 579), a previous king.[1]
He is listed as king in the Book of Leinster king list though incorrectly as Aed Róin mac Falge Ruit.[2] He is also mentioned in a poem in the genealogies about the royal fort at Rathangan, County Kildare.[3] His father Cathal mac Bruidgi was also mentioned as king in this poem but is not in the king list or annals.
Áed took the side of the Síl nÁedo Sláine branch versus the Clann Cholmáin in the feud among the southern Ui Neill. As a result he was slain in 604 on the same day as Áed Sláine in the interests of Conall Guthbinn (died 635), king of Uisnech.[4]
His son Ailill mac Áedo Róin was a king of the Uí Failge. However future kings were to descend from his brother Máel Uma.
See also
References
- Annals of Ulster at http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100001A/index.html at University College Cork
- Annals of Tigernach at http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/G100002/index.html at University College Cork
- Byrne, Francis John (2001), Irish Kings and High-Kings, Dublin: Four Courts Press,
- Mac Niocaill, Gearoid (1972), Ireland before the Vikings, Dublin: Gill and Macmillan
- Ó Cróinín, Dáibhí (2005), A New History of Ireland, Volume One, Oxford: Oxford University Press
- Book of Leinster,Rig hua Falge at http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/G800011A/index.html at University College Cork
- Genealogies from Rawlinson B 502, compiled by Donnchadh Ó Corráin at http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/G105003/index.html at University College Cork
External links
Notes and References
- Rawlinson Genealogies, pg.58
- this list gives him a ten-year reign
- Byrne, pg.153-154; Ó Cróinín, pg.192
- Annals of Ulster, AU 604.3; Annals of Tigernach, AT 602.3; Byrne, pg.154; Ó Cróinín, pg.193; Mac Niocaill, pg.93
