Muiredach mac Eochocáin (died 895) or Muiredach mac Eochucáin was a
Dál Fiatach
Dál Fiatach was a Gaelic Ireland, Gaelic dynastic-grouping and the name of their territory in the north-east of Ireland, which lasted throughout the Middle Ages until their demise in the 13th century at the hands of Normans in Ireland, Normans ...
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 ...
, which is now Ulster, Ireland. He was the son of
Eochocán mac Áedo (died 883), a previous king of Ulaid. He ruled as leth-
rí
Rí, or commonly ríg (genitive), is an ancient Gaelic word meaning 'king'. It is used in historical texts referring to the Irish and Scottish kings, and those of similar rank. While the Modern Irish word is exactly the same, in modern Scottis ...
(half-king or co-ruler) of Ulaid from 893-895
He may have ruled jointly with Máel Mocheirge mac Indrechtaig (died 896) of the Leth Cathail (Lecale) branch of the Dal Fiatach. His cousin and predecessor
Bécc mac Airemóin had been slain by
Aitíth mac Laigni (died 898) of the
Uí Echach Cobo
Iveagh ( ; ) is the name of several historical territorial divisions in what is now County Down, Northern Ireland. Originally it was a Gaelic Irish territory, ruled by the ''Uí Echach Cobo'' and part of the overkingdom of Ulaid. From the 12th c ...
in 893. Muiredach was also killed by Aitíth in 895.
[''Annals of Ulster'', AU 895.4]
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References
* ''Annals of Ulster'' a
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University College Cork* ''Chronicum Scotorum'' a
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University College Cork* Byrne, Francis John (2001), ''Irish Kings and High-Kings'', Dublin: Four Courts Press,
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Kings of Ulster
9th-century Irish monarchs
895 deaths
Year of birth unknown
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