Fincath mac Garrchu

Fincath mac Garrchu ili Findchad mac Garrchon (? -485) bio je kralj Leinstera u Irskoj. Bio je član klana Uí Garrchon, ogranka dinastije Dál Messin Corb. Njegov otac je bio osnivač klana Garrchú mac Fothaid.[1]

Kao kralj se ne spominje u ljetopisu Book of Leinster, ali mu je ta titula dana u Annals of Innisfallen. Poražen je i ubijen u bitci kod Grainareta godine 485. u sukobu sa klanom Uí Néill. Kao pobjednici sukoba se navode Coirpre mac Néill ili Muirchertach mac Ercae.[2]

Naslijedio ga je sin Fráech mac Finchada (umro 495).

Napomene

  1. ↑ Francis J.Byrne, Irish Kings and High-Kings, Table 8
  2. ↑ Annals of Ulster AU 485.1; Annals of Innisfallen AI 485.1

See also

  • Kraljevi Leinstera

Izvori

  • Annals of Ulster at CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts at University College Cork
  • Annals of Innisfallen at CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts at University College Cork
  • Charles-Edwards, T. M. (2000), Early Christian Ireland, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-36395-0
  • Byrne, Francis John (2001), Irish Kings and High-Kings, Dublin: Four Courts Press, ISBN 978-1-85182-196-9
  • Ireland, 400-800, pp. 188, by Dáibhí Ó Cróinín A New History of Ireland, Vol. I, ISBN 0-19-821737-4 (edited Ó Cróinín).

Eksterni linkovi

  • CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts at University College Cork includes: Gein Branduib (original & translation), Annals of Ulster, Annals of Tigernach, Annals of Innisfallen and others.