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Feredach Fionn Feachtnach "fair blessed" mac Crimthann Nia Nair King of Ireland
- Preferred Name: Feredach Fionn Feachtnach "fair blessed" mac Crimthann Nia Nair King of Ireland[1] [2] [3]
- Gender: M
- http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: High King of IrelandBET 14 AND 36 in Tara, County Meath, Ireland at LATI: N3.5823 LONG: E6.6249
- http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: 102nd Monarch of Ireland
- FSID: L27Y-D32
- http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: High King of Ireland with note: AFM 0014-0036
FFE 0005-0025
- Death: 36 in Teamhair, Ireland at LATI: N3.5823 LONG: E6.6249 with note: GEDCOM data
- http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: 102nd High King of IrelandBET 14 AND 36 in Liathdroim "the Hill of Tara", Meath, Ireland at LATI: N3.6162 LONG: E6.6911 with note: Annals of the Four Masters
- http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: King of Ireland with note: Data Standardization.
- Birth: 7 in Ireland with note: GEDCOM data
- Notes:
=== Life Sketch ===
Feradach Finnfechtnach (modern spelling: Fearadhach Fionnfeachtnach - "fair-blessed"), son of Crimthann Nia Náir, was, according to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition, a High King of Ireland. There is some disagreement in the sources over his position in the traditional sequence of High Kings. The Lebor Gabála Érenn and the Annals of the Four Masters agree that he came to power after the death of Cairbre Cinnchait. The Annals say that when Cairbre overthrew his father, his mother, Baine, daughter of the king of Alba, was pregnant with him, but this would make him less than five years old when he came to the throne: it is likely this is a doublet of a similar story told of the later High King Tuathal Techtmar. The Annals also add that Ireland was fertile during his reign, contrasting it with the barren reign of the usurper Cairbre. Geoffrey Keating has Feradach succeed his father Crimthann, placing Cairbre's reign later. Keating relates that the judge Morann mac Máin (who in the Lebor Gabála and the Annals is the son of Cairbre and his wife Mani) lived in Feradach's time. Morann owned the id Morainn (Morann's collar or torc) which would contract around the neck of a judge who made an unjust judgement until he made a just one, or of a witness who made a false testimony until he told the truth.
Feradach ruled for twenty years according to the Lebor Gabála and Keating, twenty-two according to the Annals, before dying a natural death at Liathdroim, an ancient name for the Hill of Tara. In all sources he was succeeded by Fíatach Finn. The Lebor Gabála synchronises his reign with that of the Roman emperor Domitian (AD 81–96) and the death of Pope Clement I (AD 99). The chronology of Keating's Foras Feasa ar Éirinn dates his reign to AD 5–25, that of the Annals of the Four Masters to AD 14–36. source: Wikipedia
=== He was the 102nd Monarch of Ireland. ===
He was the 102nd Monarch of Ireland.
=== DATA ===
Feredac The True of Ireland MacCrimthainan
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Birth: Circa 125 - Ireland, United Kingdom
Father: Criggan Crimthann Criomthann II of Ireland MacLewy
Son: Fiache II Fiachaidh IV of Ireland MacFeredac
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=== 2 SOUR S003719 3 DATA 4 TEXT Date of ===
2 SOUR S003719 3 DATA 4 TEXT Date of Import: Aug 23, 2002 2 SOUR S003721 3 DATA 4 TEXT Date of Import: Aug 26, 2002 2 SOUR S003758 3 DATA 4 TEXT Date of Import: Aug 27, 2002 2 SOUR S003877 3 DATA 4 TEXT Date of Import: Sep 25, 2002 2 SOUR S003881 3 DATA 4 TEXT Date of Import: Sep 25, 2002 2 SOUR S229184 3 DATA 4 TEXT Date of Import: Dec 3, 2002 [L Hays 8-27-02.FTW] [Louisa Hays 12.ged] The Four Masters reckon him as the 102nd Monarch of Ireland as say that he died 36.[Louisa Hays 14.ged] The Four Masters reckon him as the 102nd Monarch of Ireland as say that he died 36.[Humphrey 19.ged] The Four Masters reckon him as the 102nd Monarch of Ireland as say that he died 36.[Humphrey 23.ged] The Four Masters reckon him as the 102nd Monarch of Ireland as say that he died 36.[Corrie Hale Families 11-18-02.FTW] [L Hays 8-27-02.FTW] [Louisa Hays 12.ged] The Four Masters reckon him as the 102nd Monarch of Ireland as say that he died 36.[Louisa Hays 14.ged] The Four Masters reckon him as the 102nd Monarch of Ireland as say that he died 36.[Humphrey 19.ged] The Four Masters reckon him as the 102nd Monarch of Ireland as say that he died 36.[Humphrey 23.ged] The Four Masters reckon him as the 102nd Monarch of Ireland as say that he died 36. !NOTE: Louisa Hays 12.ged;;;;, Source Media Type: Other. Date of Import: !NOTE: Louisa Hays 14.ged;;;;, Source Media Type: Other. Date of Import: !NOTE: L Hays 8-27-02.FTW;;;;, Source Media Type: Other. Date of Import: !NOTE: Humphrey 19.ged;;;;, Source Media Type: Other. Date of Import: Sep !NOTE: Humphrey 23.ged;;;;, Source Media Type: Other. Date of Import: Sep !NOTE: Corrie Hale Families 11-18-02.FTW;;;;, Source Media Type: Other. !NOTE: GEDCOM File : Corrie Hale Families 12-4-02.ged !MARRIAGE: GEDCOM File : Corrie Hale Families 12-4-02.ged
Preferred Parents:
Father: Crimthann Niadh-Nar "The Heroic" 100th High King of Ireland, b. um 0016 v. Chr. in Ireland d. 9 in Binn Éadair, Dublin, Ireland
Mother: Nar Tath Caoch of the Picts, b. um 0015 v. Chr. in Pictland, Caledonia d. in Ireland
Sources:
- Title: Wikipedia - List of High Kings of Ireland
Publication: Name: https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/166159588;
- Title: Wikipedia - Feredach Finnfechtnach mac Crimthann
Author: Dictionary of the Irish Language, Compact Edition, Royal Irish Academy, 1990, pp. 296, 307 ^ R. A. Stewart Macalister (ed. & trans.), Lebor Gabála Érenn: The Book of the Taking of Ireland Part V, Irish Texts Society, 1956, p. 305 ^ Annals of the Four Masters M14-36 ^ T. F. O'Rahilly, Early Irish History and Mythology, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1946, pp 159-161 ^ Geoffrey Keating, Foras Feasa ar Éirinn 1.38 ^ Dictionary of the Irish Language, Compact Edition, Royal Irish Academy, 1990, pp. 379 ^ Keating 1908, pp. 237. ^ Connellan 1846, pp. 246, notes. Secondary sources Keating, Geoffrey (1908). The History Of Ireland (PDF). Vol. III. The Irish Texts Society. Connellan, Owen (1846). Philip MacDermott (ed.). The Annals of Ireland, translated from the original Irish of the four masters. O'Clery, Michael, 1575-1643 (electronic resource, Free eBook from the Internet Archive ed.). Dublin: B Geraghty, s. Anglesea street.
Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feradach_Finnfechtnach;
Note: Feradach Finnfechtnach (modern spelling: Fearadhach Fionnfeachtnach - "fair-blessed"),[1] son of Crimthann Nia Náir, was, according to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition, a High King of Ireland. There is some disagreement in the sources over his position in the traditional sequence of High Kings.
The Lebor Gabála Érenn[2] and the Annals of the Four Masters[3] agree that he came to power after the death of Cairbre Cinnchait. The Annals say that when Cairbre overthrew his father, his mother, Baine, daughter of the king of Alba, was pregnant with him, but this would make him less than five years old when he came to the throne: it is likely this is a doublet of a similar story told of the later High King Tuathal Techtmar.[4] The Annals also add that Ireland was fertile during his reign, contrasting it with the barren reign of the usurper Cairbre. Geoffrey Keating[5] has Feradach succeed his father Crimthann, placing Cairbre's reign later. Keating relates that the judge Morann mac Máin (who in the Lebor Gabála and the Annals is the son of Cairbre and his wife Mani) lived in Feradach's time. Morann owned the id Morainn (Morann's collar or torc)[6] which would contract around the neck of a judge who made an unjust judgement until he made a just one, or of a witness who made a false testimony until he told the truth.
Feradach ruled for twenty years according to the Lebor Gabála and Keating, twenty-two according to the Annals, before dying a natural death at Liathdroim, an ancient name for the Hill of Tara.[7][8] In all sources he was succeeded by Fíatach Finn. The Lebor Gabála synchronises his reign with that of the Roman emperor Domitian (AD 81–96) and the death of Pope Clement I (AD 99). The chronology of Keating's Foras Feasa ar Éirinn dates his reign to AD 5–25, that of the Annals of the Four Masters to AD 14–36.
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- Title: Wikipedia - Feredach Finnfechtnach mac Crimthann
Author: References[edit] ^ Dictionary of the Irish Language, Compact Edition, Royal Irish Academy, 1990, pp. 296, 307 ^ R. A. Stewart Macalister (ed. & trans.), Lebor Gabála Érenn: The Book of the Taking of Ireland Part V, Irish Texts Society, 1956, p. 305 ^ Annals of the Four Masters M14-36 ^ T. F. O'Rahilly, Early Irish History and Mythology, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1946, pp 159-161 ^ Geoffrey Keating, Foras Feasa ar Éirinn 1.38 ^ Dictionary of the Irish Language, Compact Edition, Royal Irish Academy, 1990, pp. 379 ^ Keating 1908, pp. 237. ^ Connellan 1846, pp. 246, notes. Secondary sources[edit] Keating, Geoffrey (1908). The History Of Ireland (PDF). Vol. III. The Irish Texts Society. Connellan, Owen (1846). Philip MacDermott (ed.). The Annals of Ireland, translated from the original Irish of the four masters. O'Clery, Michael, 1575-1643 (electronic resource, Free eBook from the Internet Archive ed.). Dublin: B Geraghty, s. Anglesea street.
Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feradach_Finnfechtnach;
Note: Feradach Finnfechtnach (modern spelling: Fearadhach Fionnfeachtnach - "fair-blessed"),[1] son of Crimthann Nia Náir, was, according to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition, a High King of Ireland. There is some disagreement in the sources over his position in the traditional sequence of High Kings.
The Lebor Gabála Érenn[2] and the Annals of the Four Masters[3] agree that he came to power after the death of Cairbre Cinnchait. The Annals say that when Cairbre overthrew his father, his mother, Baine, daughter of the king of Alba, was pregnant with him, but this would make him less than five years old when he came to the throne: it is likely this is a doublet of a similar story told of the later High King Tuathal Techtmar.[4] The Annals also add that Ireland was fertile during his reign, contrasting it with the barren reign of the usurper Cairbre. Geoffrey Keating[5] has Feradach succeed his father Crimthann, placing Cairbre's reign later. Keating relates that the judge Morann mac Máin (who in the Lebor Gabála and the Annals is the son of Cairbre and his wife Mani) lived in Feradach's time. Morann owned the id Morainn (Morann's collar or torc)[6] which would contract around the neck of a judge who made an unjust judgement until he made a just one, or of a witness who made a false testimony until he told the truth.
Feradach ruled for twenty years according to the Lebor Gabála and Keating, twenty-two according to the Annals, before dying a natural death at Liathdroim, an ancient name for the Hill of Tara.[7][8] In all sources he was succeeded by Fíatach Finn. The Lebor Gabála synchronises his reign with that of the Roman emperor Domitian (AD 81–96) and the death of Pope Clement I (AD 99). The chronology of Keating's Foras Feasa ar Éirinn dates his reign to AD 5–25, that of the Annals of the Four Masters to AD 14–36.
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