Fiachra Cáech (died 608) was the founder of a branch of the Uí Chóelbad dynasty of
Dál nAraidi
Dál nAraidi (; "Araide's part") or Dál Araide, sometimes List of Latinised names, latinised as Dalaradia or Anglicisation, anglicised as Dalaray,Boyd, Hugh AlexanderIrish Dalriada ''The Glynns: Journal of The Glens of Antrim Historical Societ ...
that would ruled the petty-kingdom of
Eilne, in
Ulaid
(Old Irish, ) or (Irish language, Modern Irish, ) was a Gaelic Ireland, Gaelic Provinces of Ireland, over-kingdom in north-eastern Ireland during the Middle Ages made up of a confederation of dynastic groups. Alternative names include , which ...
, medieval
Ireland
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.
Fiachra was the brother of
Fiachnae Lurgan, king of
Dál nAraidi
Dál nAraidi (; "Araide's part") or Dál Araide, sometimes List of Latinised names, latinised as Dalaradia or Anglicisation, anglicised as Dalaray,Boyd, Hugh AlexanderIrish Dalriada ''The Glynns: Journal of The Glens of Antrim Historical Societ ...
and over-king of
Ulaid
(Old Irish, ) or (Irish language, Modern Irish, ) was a Gaelic Ireland, Gaelic Provinces of Ireland, over-kingdom in north-eastern Ireland during the Middle Ages made up of a confederation of dynastic groups. Alternative names include , which ...
.
This offshoot of the Uí Chóelbad based in Eilne became known as the ''Dál nAraidi in Tuiascirt''.
References
Cruthin
Ulaid
Ancient Irish dynasties
608 deaths
Year of birth unknown
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