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Áed Rúad mac Báduirn

  • Ess Rúaid, Tír Áeda
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A legendary king of Ireland mentioned in some tales of the Ulster Cycle and related texts. According to an origin legend concerning Emain Macha, he ‘shared’ the kingship with Díthorba and Cimbáeth, being the first of them to hold it until he drowned in Ess Ruaid (Assaroe); he is identified as the father of Macha Mongrúad, from whom Emain Macha is said to take its name.


See also: Cimbáeth
Cimbáeth
Cimbáeth, son of Fintan, legendary king of Ireland and husband of Macha, who was the eponymous foundress of Emain Macha.
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Ess Rúaid ... Assaroe
County Donegal
Formerly, a cataract (ess) at the mouth of the River Erne.
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Tír Áeda

Territory, ‘Áed’s land’, which ultimately gave its name to the bar. of Tirhugh (Co. Donegal). Not to be confused with Tirhugh (*Tír Áeda), a townland of the same name in Co. Derry.

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