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Eochaid Mugmedón (Old Irish: [ˈoːxəðʲ ˈmuɣṽʲəðoːn]) was a
legendary Irish king.
According to
medieval Irish legend and
historical tradition,
Eochaid was...
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nEchach Muimedóin ("The
adventure of the sons of
Eochaid Mugmedón"). In it,
Eochaid Mugmedón, the High King of Ireland, had five sons: four, Brión, Ailill...
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dynasties who
claimed descent from the
three eldest sons of
Eochaid Mugmedon: Brion,
Ailill and Fiachrae. They took
their collective name from their...
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historical tradition traces these dynasties to the four or five sons of
Eochaid Mugmedon: Brion, Ailill, Fiachrae,
Fergus Caech (perhaps a
literary addition), and...
- Brión (or Brían), son of
Eochaid Mugmedón, was a
legendary and
possibly historical Irish king, fl. 4th/5th century. The
older half-brother of
Niall Noígíallach...
- of Connacht.
Their eponymous apical ancestor was Brión, son of
Eochaid Mugmedon and Mongfind, and an
elder half
brother of
Niall of the Nine Hostages....
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mother of
Caolbhaidh son of
Cronn Badhraoi; and he was
slain by
Eochaid Mugmedon. The
chronology of
Geoffrey Keating's
Foras Feasa ar Éirinn
dates his reign...
- King of Munster,
while his
sister Mongfind, the
first wife of
Eochaid Mugmedón,
becomes the
ancestor of the
Three Connachta. Thus this
otherwise obscure...
- fact the DNA data of
Colla descendants does not
match that of
Eochaid Mugmedón descendants,
namely those of
Niall of the Nine
Hostages who bear the widely-distributed...
- Balb, king of the Saxons, the
second wife of the
Irish High King
Eochaid Mugmedón, and the
mother of
Niall of the Nine Hostages. When she was
pregnant with...
