Uatu mac Áedo explained

Uatu mac Áedo (died 600) ^[1] was a King of Connacht from the Uí Briúin branch of the Connachta. He was the son of Áed mac Echach Tirmcharna (d. 575).^[2] The kinglists place his reign after his father which would put his succession in the year in 575. Prof. Byrne preserves this arrangement but points out that the Annals of Ulster do not name him as king at his death obit and he does not agree that the early Uí Briúin kings held the overlordship in Connacht.^[3]

His son Rogallach mac Uatach (died 649) was a later King of Connacht.

See also

• Kings of Connacht

References

• Annals of Tigernach
• Annals of Ulster
• T.M.Charles-Edwards, Early Christian Ireland
• Francis J.Byrne, Irish Kings and High-Kings
• The Chronology of the Irish Annals, Daniel P. McCarthy

External links

• CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts at University College Cork

Notes and References

1. all dates per The Chronology of the Irish Annals, Daniel P. McCarthy
2. Francis J.Byrne, Irish Kings and High-Kings, Table 19
3. Byrne, pg.246