s.a. 482

battle of Ocha (bellum Oche), in which Ailill Molt was slain by Muirchertach mac Erca;

Keywords

battle of Ochabattle of Ocha
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Agents

Lugaid mac LóegairiLugaid mac Lóegairi
son of Lóegaire mac Néill
See more Ailill MoltAilill Molt
(d. c. 482)
high-king of Ireland; son of Nath Í mac Fíachrach and Eithne ingen Chonrach Cais
See more Muirchertach mac MuiredaigMuirchertach mac Muiredaig
Muirchertach mac Erca
No short description available
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s.a. 482

Ailill Molt was slain in the battle of Ocha by Muirchertach mac Erca, king of Ireland, Lugaid mac Lóegairi, Fergus Cerrbél mac Conaill Cremthainne, and Fíachra Lonn mac Cóelboth, king of Dál nAraidi. Incl. verse on the same substance (10 lines) said to have been uttered by Becc mac Dé.

Keywords

battle of Ochabattle of Ocha
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Agents

Muirchertach mac MuiredaigMuirchertach mac Muiredaig
Muirchertach mac Erca
No short description available
See more Lugaid mac LóegairiLugaid mac Lóegairi
son of Lóegaire mac Néill
See more Fergus CerrbélFergus Cerrbél
(supp. fl. 5th/6th century)
In Irish historical and genealogical tradition, a son of Conall Cremthainne son of Níall Noígíallach and father of Díarmait mac Cerbaill. Through his son he also serves as an ancestor of the Clann Cholmáin and the Síl nÁeda Sláne.
See more Fíachra Lonn mac CóelbadFíachra Lonn mac Cóelbad

Entry reserved for but not yet available from the subject index.

See more Becc mac DéBecc mac Dé
(d. 550s)
legendary seer, best known from literary sources as an Irish prophet associated with Díarmait mac Cerbaill
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s.a. 478

Ailill Molt son of Dathí had reigned for 20 years when he was slain in the battle of Ocha. The perpetrators are named as Lugaid mac Lóegairi, Muirchertach mac Erca, Fergus Cerrbél (s. of Conall Cremththainne), Fíachra mac Lóegairi [cf. Fíachra Lonn in CS], king of Dál nAraidi, and Crimthann mac Énnai Chennselaig, king of Leinster.

Fíachra [mac Lóegairi] was rewarded with the Lee and Ard Eolairg for [his part in] the battle.

Incl. verse (1q) said to have been uttered by Becc mac Dé.

Cf. LGÉ, ed. R. A. S. Macalister, Lebor gabála Érenn: The book of the taking of Ireland, vol. 5 (1942): 356ff, 531 (poem CXVII). Francis J. Byrne, ‘Ut Beda boat: Cuanu’s signature?’ in Ireland and Europe in the early Middle Ages... (2002), suggests that the mention of territorial donation in the Lecan version of the LGÉ “can be shown to be derived from a text of the Tigernach type” (59).

Keywords

battle of Ochabattle of Ocha
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Agents

Ailill MoltAilill Molt
(d. c. 482)
high-king of Ireland; son of Nath Í mac Fíachrach and Eithne ingen Chonrach Cais
See more Nath Í mac FíachrachNath Í al. Feradach (Dathí)
(supp. fl. late 4th / first half of the 5th century)
legendary high-king of Ireland; son of Fíachra mac nEchach Muigmedóin
See more Lugaid mac LóegairiLugaid mac Lóegairi
son of Lóegaire mac Néill
See more Muirchertach mac MuiredaigMuirchertach mac Muiredaig
Muirchertach mac Erca
No short description available
See more Fergus CerrbélFergus Cerrbél
(supp. fl. 5th/6th century)
In Irish historical and genealogical tradition, a son of Conall Cremthainne son of Níall Noígíallach and father of Díarmait mac Cerbaill. Through his son he also serves as an ancestor of the Clann Cholmáin and the Síl nÁeda Sláne.
See more Conall CremthainneConall Cremthainne mac Néill
(supp. fl. 5th c.)
One of the sons of Níall Noígíallach; king of Uisnech/Mide.
See more Fíachra mac LóegairiFíachra mac Lóegairi

Entry reserved for but not yet available from the subject index.

See more Fíachra Lonn mac CóelbadFíachra Lonn mac Cóelbad

Entry reserved for but not yet available from the subject index.

See more Crimthann mac Énnai ChennselaigCrimthann mac Énnai Chennselaig
son of Énna Cennselach, king of Leinster
See more Becc mac DéBecc mac Dé
(d. 550s)
legendary seer, best known from literary sources as an Irish prophet associated with Díarmait mac Cerbaill
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Places

Ard EolairgArd Eolairg

No description available

poem ascr. to Becc mac Dé

Verse ascr. to Becc mac De, beg. Mór-chath Ocha fersaitir, on the battle of Ocha, which mentions the defeat of Ailill Molt mac Nath Í at the hands of the Dál nAraidi. The Annals of the Four Masters cites a single quatrain, while the Chronicon Scotorum gives 10 lines of verse. The last 6 lines of the latter version credit Lugaid, Fíachra Lonn, Muirchertach and Fergus mac Conaill [all identified in the prose entry] with defeating Ailill Molt.

Cf. LGÉ, ed. R. A. S. Macalister, Lebor gabála Érenn: The book of the taking of Ireland, vol. 5 (1942): 356ff, 531 (poem CXVII); BB (RIA 23 P 12) f. 32vb and NLI MS G 2. Some discussion in Francis J. Byrne, ‘Ut Beda boat: Cuanu’s signature?’ in Ireland and Europe in the early Middle Ages... (2002): 58–59.

Devices

ascription of authorshipyet to be classified
ascription of authorship

id. 26173

Keywords

battle of Ochabattle of Ocha
...

Agents

Becc mac DéBecc mac Dé
(d. 550s)
legendary seer, best known from literary sources as an Irish prophet associated with Díarmait mac Cerbaill
See more Dál nAraidiDál nAraidi
Dál nAraide;Dál Araide
A kingdom of the Cruithni in north-east Ulster.

See more Ailill MoltAilill Molt
(d. c. 482)
high-king of Ireland; son of Nath Í mac Fíachrach and Eithne ingen Chonrach Cais
See more Lugaid mac LóegairiLugaid mac Lóegairi
son of Lóegaire mac Néill
See more Muirchertach mac MuiredaigMuirchertach mac Muiredaig
Muirchertach mac Erca
No short description available
See more Fergus CerrbélFergus Cerrbél
(supp. fl. 5th/6th century)
In Irish historical and genealogical tradition, a son of Conall Cremthainne son of Níall Noígíallach and father of Díarmait mac Cerbaill. Through his son he also serves as an ancestor of the Clann Cholmáin and the Síl nÁeda Sláne.
See more Fíachra Lonn mac CóelbadFíachra Lonn mac Cóelbad

Entry reserved for but not yet available from the subject index.

Included

Beg. Mór-chath Ocha fersaitir

Verse beg. Mór-chath Ocha fersaitir, attributed to: Becc mac DéBecc mac Dé
(d. 550s)
legendary seer, best known from literary sources as an Irish prophet associated with Díarmait mac Cerbaill
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1 q in AFM.

Verse beg. Mór-chath Ocha fersaitir, attributed to: Becc mac DéBecc mac Dé
(d. 550s)
legendary seer, best known from literary sources as an Irish prophet associated with Díarmait mac Cerbaill
See more (10 lines)

10 lines in Chronicon Scotorum.