Eochaid Airem ("ploughman") was a legendary High King of Ireland of the 2nd century BC. He succeeded his brother Eochaid Feidlech to the throne. 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. ... (3rd century BC - 2nd century BC - 1st century BC - other centuries) (2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium AD) Events BC 168 Battle of Pydna -- Macedonian phalanx defeated by Romans BC 148 Rome conquers Macedonia BC 146 Rome destroys Carthage in the Third Punic War BC 146 Rome conquers...

He married Étain, who had previously been the wife of Midir of the Tuatha Dé Danann. Midir demanded that he gave her back to him but Eochaid refused, but was then tricked by Midir, who turned himself and Étain into swans and escaped from Eochaid's palace, located at Tara. When Eochaid insisted on the return of his wife, Midir brought fifty women with the appearance of Étain and asked Eochaid to choose the correct one. The one Eochaid chose was his own daughter, known as Étain Óg. Their daughter by (involuntary) incest, Mes Buachalla, was the mother of Conaire Mor. In Irish mythology Midir (also spelled Midhir) was a god who, as all gods of both sexes had to do after being defeated by the Milesians, lived in the sidh of Bri Leith. ... This article is about a mythical people of Ireland. ... The Hill of Tara, located near the River Boyne, is today a mound in County Meath, Leinster, Ireland, on which the grass has veiled the rich heritage of the country. ... Incest among humans is sexual activity between close family members. ... In Irish mythology, Conaire Mor was a High King of Ireland, the son of king Eochaid Airem and his daughter, the king having been fooled by the magical powers of Midir (see also). ...

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. ... Ederscel or Eterscel was a legendary High King of Ireland of the 2nd century BC. Categories: Ireland-related stubs | High Kings of Ireland ...