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Russ Rúad

  • Ross Rúad, Ros Rúad
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Obscure ancestor figure in tales of the Ulster Cycle and material related to the Laigin; variously claimed as the father of Ailill mac Máta, Fergus mac Róich, Cairpre Nia Fer (high-king of Ireland from the Laigin), Find Fili (king of Leinster) and Fachtna Fáthach; sometimes identified as a son of Rudraige.


    See also: Fergus mac Róich
    Fergus mac Róich
    (time-frame ass. with Ulster Cycle)
    warrior in tales of the Ulster Cycle; former king of Ulster in exile in Connacht; Medb’s lover
    See more     Find Fili mac Rossa Rúaid
    Find Fili mac Rossa Rúaid
    legendary poet and king of Leinster; son of Russ Rúad
    See more     Rudraige [ancestor of the Ulaid]
    Rudraige ... ancestor of the Ulaid
    ancestor figure of the Ulaid, e.g. as the ancestor of the Clann(a) Rudraige in Táin bó Flidais; identified in LGÉ as a son of Sitric (mac Sithrigi)
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    Ó hUiginn, Ruairí, “Fergus, Russ and Rudraige: a brief biography of Fergus Mac Róich”, Emania: Bulletin of the Navan Research Group 11 (1993): 31–40.
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