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Feradach Finnfechtnach, son of Crimthann Nia Náir, was a legendary High King of Ireland of the 1st century AD. He was said to have had two bull's horns on his head. Sources disagree on his succession to the kingship. The Annals of the Four Masters says his father, Crimthann, was overthrown by Cairbre Cinnchait, and Feradach went into exile before returning to reclaim the kingdom. Seathrún Céitinn, on the other hand, places Cairbre's revolt later and has Feradach simply succeed his father. Crimthann Nia Náir, son of Lugaid Riab nDerg, was a legendary High King of Ireland of the 1st century AD. Christ was supposedly born in the 8th, or 12th, year of his reign. ... 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. ... (1st century BC - 1st century - 2nd century - other centuries) The 1st century was that century which lasted from 1 to 99. ... Signature page from the Annals of the Four Masters Entry for A.D. 432 The Annals of the Four Masters or the Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland by the Four Masters are a chronicle of medieval Irish history. ... Cairbre Cinnchait or Caitchenn (cat-head or hard head) was a legendary High King of Ireland of the 1st century AD. He was the leader of the subject peoples who overthrew the Milesian nobility. ... Seathrún Céitinn, known in English as Geoffrey Keating, was a 17th century Irish clergyman, poet and historian. ...



Preceded by:
AFM Cairbre Cinnchait
FFE Crimthann Nia Náir
High King of Ireland
AFM 14-36 AD
FFE 5-25 AD
Succeeded by:
Fiatach Finn


Signature page from the Annals of the Four Masters Entry for A.D. 432 The Annals of the Four Masters or the Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland by the Four Masters are a chronicle of medieval Irish history. ... Cairbre Cinnchait or Caitchenn (cat-head or hard head) was a legendary High King of Ireland of the 1st century AD. He was the leader of the subject peoples who overthrew the Milesian nobility. ... Seathrún Céitinn, known in English as Geoffrey Keating, was a 17th century Irish clergyman, poet and historian. ... Crimthann Nia Náir, son of Lugaid Riab nDerg, was a legendary High King of Ireland of the 1st century AD. Christ was supposedly born in the 8th, or 12th, year of his reign. ... 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. ... Signature page from the Annals of the Four Masters Entry for A.D. 432 The Annals of the Four Masters or the Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland by the Four Masters are a chronicle of medieval Irish history. ... Seathrún Céitinn, known in English as Geoffrey Keating, was a 17th century Irish clergyman, poet and historian. ...


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Feradach Finnfechtnach - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (127 words)
Feradach Finnfechtnach, son of Crimthann Nia Náir, was a legendary High King of Ireland of the 1st century AD.
Seathrún Céitinn, on the other hand, places Cairbre's revolt later and has Feradach simply succeed his father.
This biography of a member of an Irish royal house is a stub.
Feradach Finnfechtnach Information (82 words)
He was said to have had two bull's horns on his head.
Sources disagree on his succession to the kingship.
The Annals of the Four Masters says his father, Crimthann, was overthrown by Cairbre Cinnchait, and Feradach went into exile before returning to reclaim the kingdom.
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