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always able to
escape and thus the
defender will
always win.
Brandubh (or
brandub) (Irish: bran dubh) was the
Irish form of tafl. From two
poems it is known...
-
Brandub mac
Echach (died 605) was an
Irish king of the Uí
Cheinnselaig of Leinster. His father, Echu mac
Muiredaig had been a king of the Ui Cheinnselaig...
- Ceinnselaig.
Notable kings of the Uí
Ceinnselaig and
related kindreds included:
Brandub mac
Echach (died 603) Áed mac
Colggen (died 738)
Diarmait mac Máel na mBó...
-
descended from the
Norse tafl games.
These games,
along with the
Irish brandub, are pla**** on a grid,
often seven squares by seven, with the king in the...
- maic Gabráin (The
Birth of
Brandub son of
Eochu and of Aedán son of Gabrán). In this story, Áedán is the twin
brother of
Brandub mac Echach, a King of Leinster...
- poem Gein
Branduib maic
Echach ocus Aedáin maic Gabráin (The
Birth of
Brandub son of
Eochu and of Aedán son of Gabrán)
mentions that Echu was expelled...
- Sui
dynasty (d. 619)
Alexander of Tralles,
physician (approximate date)
Brandub mac Echach, king of Uí
Ceinnselaig (Ireland) Constantina,
Byzantine empress...
- Name
Portrait Birth Marriage(s)
Death Brandub mac
Echach 595–605 Son of Echu mac
Muiredaig unknown 605 Rónán mac Colmáin 605–624 Son of Colmán mac Cormaic...
- Rónán mac Colmáin was a King of
Leinster following Brandub mac
Echach (died 605).
There were two men
named Rónán mac Colmáin
active in
Leinster in the...
- Cherbaill" 47b 233
Brandub mac
Echach 47b 233
Guidim Comdid ****achtach 48a 236 Bémmend
Branduib for
Brega "The
Blows of
Brandub in Brega", on
Brandub son of Eochaid...
