Eochaid
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Eochaid or Eochaidh is a popular medieval Irish
and Scots Gaelic
name deriving from Old Irish ech, horse, borne by a variety of historical and legendary figures, including:
Two legendary Irish High Kings were called Rothechtaid, which appears to mean "Eochaid's wheels"
Irish language
Irish , also known as Irish Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family, originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people. Irish is now spoken as a first language by a minority of Irish people, as well as being a second language of a larger proportion of...
and Scots Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic language
Scottish Gaelic is a Celtic language native to Scotland. A member of the Goidelic branch of the Celtic languages, Scottish Gaelic, like Modern Irish and Manx, developed out of Middle Irish, and thus descends ultimately from Primitive Irish....
name deriving from Old Irish ech, horse, borne by a variety of historical and legendary figures, including:
- Eochaid mac EircEochaid mac EircIn Irish mythology Eochaid , son of Erc, son of Rinnal, of the Fir Bolg became High King of Ireland when he overthrew Fodbgen. He was the first king to establish a system of justice in Ireland. No rain fell during his reign, only dew, and there was a harvest every year.His wife was Teia Tephi...
, mythologicalIrish mythologyThe mythology of pre-Christian Ireland did not entirely survive the conversion to Christianity, but much of it was preserved, shorn of its religious meanings, in medieval Irish literature, which represents the most extensive and best preserved of all the branch and the Historical Cycle. There are...
king of the Fir BolgFir BolgIn Irish mythology the Fir Bolg were one of the races that inhabited the island of Ireland prior to the arrival of the Tuatha Dé Danann.-Mythology:...
in the 16th or 20th century BC - Eochaid Ollathair, also known as The DagdaThe DagdaThe Dagda is an important god of Irish mythology. The Dagda is a father-figure and a protector of the tribe. In some texts his father is Elatha, in others his mother is Ethniu. Other texts say that his mother is Danu; while others yet place him as the father of Danu, perhaps due to her...
, mythical king of the Tuatha Dé DanannTuatha Dé DanannThe Tuatha Dé Danann are a race of people in Irish mythology. In the invasions tradition which begins with the Lebor Gabála Érenn, they are the fifth group to settle Ireland, conquering the island from the Fir Bolg....
, said to have ruled IrelandIrelandIreland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
in the 15th or 18th century BC - Eochaid Faebar GlasEochaid Faebar GlasEochaid Faebar Glas, son of Conmáel, was, according to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition, a High King of Ireland. His epithet means "blue-green sharp edge"...
, legendary High King of IrelandHigh King of IrelandThe High Kings of Ireland were sometimes historical and sometimes legendary figures who had, or who are claimed to have had, lordship over the whole of Ireland. Medieval and early modern Irish literature portrays an almost unbroken sequence of High Kings, ruling from Tara over a hierarchy of...
of the 13th or 15th century BC - Eochaid ÉtgudachEochaid ÉtgudachEochaid or Eochu Étgudach or Etgedach son of Dáire Doimthech, a descendant of Lugaid mac Ítha, nephew of Míl Espáine, was, according to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition, a High King of Ireland...
, legendary High King of Ireland of the 12th or 15th century BC - Eochaid MumhoEochaid MumhoEochu Mumu , son of Mofebis, son of Eochaid Faebar Glas, was, according to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition, a High King of Ireland. According to the Lebor Gabála Érenn he came to power after killing the previous incumbent, Fíachu Labrainne, who had killed his father in battle. The...
, legendary High King of Ireland of the 12th or 15th century BC - Eochaid ApthachEochaid ApthachEochu Apthach of the Corcu Loígde of County Cork, a distant descendant of Breogán, the father of Míl Espáine, was, according to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition, a High King of Ireland. He took power after killing the previous incumbent, Bres Rí...
, legendary High King of Ireland of the 9th or 10th century BC - Eochaid UaircheasEochaid UaircheasEochu Uairches, son of Lugaid Íardonn, was, according to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition, a High King of Ireland. After Lugaid was overthrown and killed by Sírlám, Eochu was driven into exile overseas, but he returned after twelve years, killed Sírlám with an arrow, and took the...
, legendary High King of Ireland of the 8th or 9th century BC - Eochaid FiadmuineEochaid FiadmuineEochu Fíadmuine was, according to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition, joint High King of Ireland with his brother or half-brother Conaing Bececlach. They took power after killing the previous High King, Eochu Uairches. Eochu ruled the southern half of Ireland, Conaing the north.Their...
, legendary High King of Ireland of the 8th or 9th century BC - Eochaid mac AilellaEochaid mac AilellaEochu , son of Ailill Finn, was, according to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition, a High King of Ireland. He succeeded to the throne after his father was killed by Airgetmar and his ally Dui Ladrach. According to the Lebor Gabála Érenn, he was himself killed by Airgetmar and Dui...
, legendary High King of Ireland of the 6th or 8th century BC - Eochaid AiltleathanEochaid AiltleathanEochaid Ailtlethan , son of Ailill Caisfiaclach, was, according to medieval Irish legends and historical traditions, a High King of Ireland. According to the Lebor Gabála Érenn, he took the throne after overthrowing and killing the previous incumbent, Adamair, and ruled for eleven years, until he...
, legendary High King of Ireland of the 3rd or 5th century BC - Eochu Feidlech, legendary High King of Ireland of the 1st or 2nd century BC
- Eochaid AiremEochaid AiremEochu Airem , son of Finn, was, according to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition, a High King of Ireland. He succeeded to the throne after the death of his brother, Eochu Feidlech, and ruled for twelve or fifteen years, until he was burned to death in Fremain by Sigmall Sithienta. He was...
, legendary High King of Ireland of the 1st or 2nd century BC - Eochaid GonnatEochaid GonnatEochaid Gonnat or Gunnat , son of Fiach, son of Imchad, son of Bresal, son of Sírchad, son of Fíatach Finn, was, according to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition, a High King of Ireland. He came to the throne on the death of Cormac mac Airt. He ruled for a year, before falling in battle...
, legendary High King of Ireland of the 3rd century AD - Eochaid MugmedonEochaid Mugmedon-Biography:According to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition, Eochaid was a High King of Ireland, best known as the father of Niall of the Nine Hostages and ancestor of the Uí Néill and Connachta dynasties...
, semi-historical High King of Ireland of the 4th century AD - Eochaid IarlaitheEochaid IarlaitheEochaid Iarlaithe mac Lurgain was a Dal nAraide king of the Cruithne in Ulaid . He was the son of Fiachnae mac Báetáin a king of all Ulaid and possible high king...
(died 666), king of the Cruthin or Dál nAraidi in Ireland - Eochaid BuideEochaid BuideEochaid Buide was king of Dál Riata from around 608 until 629. "Buide" refers to the colour yellow, as in the colour of his hair.He was a younger son of Áedán mac Gabráin and became his father's chosen heir upon the death of his elder brothers...
, historical king of Dál Riata in the 7th century AD - Eochaid mac DomangairtEochaid mac DomangairtEochaid mac Domangairt was a king of Dál Riata in about 697. He was a member of the Cenél nGabráin, the son of Domangart mac Domnaill and father of Eochaid mac Echdach; Alpín mac Echdach may also be a son of this Eochaid....
, historical king of Dál Riata in the 7th century AD - Eochaid mac EchdachEochaid mac EchdachEochaid mac Eochaid was king of Dál Riata from 726 until 733. He was a son of Eochaid mac Domangairt.Eochaid came to power as king of Dál Riata in 726, presumably deposing Dúngal mac Selbaig. Selbach may have tried to restore his son to power, and fought against Eochaid's supporters at Irros...
, historical king of Dál Riata in the 8th century AD - Eochaid mac Áeda FindEochaid mac Áeda FindEochaid mac Áeda Find is a spurious King of Dál Riata found in some rare High Medieval king-lists and in older history books.Supposedly a son of Áed Find and successor to Áed's brother Fergus mac Echdach, Eochaid is now thought to represent a misplacing of the reign of Eochaid mac Echdach...
, spurious king of Dál Riata in the 8th century AD - EochaidEochaid of ScotlandEochaid mac Run, known in English simply as Eochaid, may have been king of the Picts from 878 to 889. He was a son of Run, King of Strathclyde, and his mother may have been a daughter of Kenneth MacAlpin...
, historical king of Strathclyde (or perhaps of Alba) in the 9th century AD - Dallan ForgaillDallan ForgaillSaint Dallán Forgaill —also Dallán Forchella; Dallán of Cluain Dalláin; born Eochaid Forchella—was an early Christian Irish poet best known as the writer of the Amra Choluim Chille and the early Irish poem Rop tú mo baile, the basis of the modern English hymn Be Thou My Vision.-Personal...
, Eochaid Dallan Forgall, Saint and Poet 530 - 598
Two legendary Irish High Kings were called Rothechtaid, which appears to mean "Eochaid's wheels"
Fiction
- The name Eochaid was used by Rutland BoughtonRutland BoughtonRutland Boughton was an English composer who became well known in the early 20th century as a composer of opera and choral music....
for the king in his opera The Immortal HourThe Immortal HourThe Immortal Hour is an opera by English composer Rutland Boughton. Boughton adapted his own libretto from the works of Fiona MacLeod, a pseudonym of writer William Sharp....
in 1914