Eterscél mac Áeda (died 778) was a king of the
Uí Cheinnselaig of South
Leinster
Leinster ( ; ga, Laighin or ) is one of the provinces of Ireland, situated in the southeast and east of Ireland. The province comprises the ancient Kingdoms of Meath, Leinster and Osraige. Following the 12th-century Norman invasion of Ir ...
. He was of the Sil Chormaic sept and was the son of
Áed mac Colggen
Áed mac Colggen (died 738) was a king of the Uí Cheinnselaig of Leinster. Some sources incorrectly make him joint king of Leinster with Bran Becc mac Murchado, but it appears that Áed was main ruler of Leinster in 738. His father Colcú mac B ...
(died 738), considered to be King of all Leinster. His uncle
Sechnassach mac Colggen (died 746/747) had also been a King of Uí Cheinnselaig. He ruled from 770 to 778.
The Uí Cheinnselaig were involved in infighting in this period. Eterscél obtained the throne in 770 by defeating in battle his predecessor
Cennselach mac Brain
Cennselach mac Brain (died 770) was a king of the Uí Cheinnselaig of South Leinster. He was of the Sil Máeluidir sept of this branch of the Laigin, who were found in the later baronies of Shelmalier on the lower reaches of the Slaney River in s ...
of the Sil Máeluidir sept, who was slain.
[''Annals of Ulster'' AU 770.7; Byrne, pg.157; Mac Niocaill, pg.130]
Notes
References
* ''Annals of Ulster'' a
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University College Cork* Byrne, Francis John (2001), Irish Kings and High-Kings, Dublin: Four Courts Press,
* Gearoid Mac Niocaill (1972), ''Ireland before the Vikings'', Dublin: Gill and Macmillan
* ''Book of Leinster'',''Rig Hua Cendselaig'' a
a
University College Cork
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University College Cork
Kings of Uí Cheinnselaig
778 deaths
8th-century Irish monarchs
Year of birth unknown
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