In Irish Mythology Áed Ruad or Áedh Ruadh, "the red", was a High King of Ireland. He ruled in rotation with his cousins Díthorba and Cimbáeth, each ruling for seven years in turn. Each ruled for three seven-year periods. Although many of the manuscripts containing texts relating to Irish mythology have failed to survive, and much more material was probably never committed to writing, there is enough remaining to enable the identification of four distinct, if overlapping, cycles: the Mythological Cycle, The Ulster Cycle, the Fenian Cycle and the... The office of High King of Ireland (Irish: Ard Rí Érenn) was in origin a pseudohistorial construct of the eighth century that placed a king of all Ireland atop the fragmented pyramid of kingship that actually existed at that time. ...

Áed died at the end of his third seven-year stint, drowned in a waterfall which became known as Eas Ruaid, "the red's waterfall" (Assaroe, County Donegal). When his turn came around again his daughter Macha demanded the kingship in her father's place. Díthorba and Cimbaeth refused, but Macha defeated them on the battlefield, and Díthorba was killed. Macha married Cimbáeth and forced Díthorba's sons to build Emain Macha. After Cimbáeth died she became the only queen in the List of High Kings of Ireland. For other uses, see Donegal (disambiguation) Donegal ( Irish: Dún na nGall) is a county in the northwest of Ireland. ... This article is about the goddess in Celtic mythology. ... Categories: Ireland-place stubs | Ulster cycle ... The High Kingship of Ireland was a pseudohistorical construct of the eighth century AD, a projection into the distant past of a political entity that did not become reality until the ninth century. ...

The High Kingship of Ireland was a pseudohistorical construct of the eighth century AD, a projection into the distant past of a political entity that did not become reality until the ninth century. ...

The High Kingship of Ireland was a pseudohistorical construct of the eighth century AD, a projection into the distant past of a political entity that did not become reality until the ninth century. ...

The High Kingship of Ireland was a pseudohistorical construct of the eighth century AD, a projection into the distant past of a political entity that did not become reality until the ninth century. ...