Rotheachtach King of Ireland [60864]

   Cause of his death was Killed at the Battle of Rath Croghan by Sedne (or Seadhna), of the Line of Ir.

  General Notes:

http://www.rpi.edu/~holmes/Hobbies/Genealogy/ps11/ps11_055.htm


was the 22nd Monarch; slain, B.C. 1357, by Sedne (or Seadhna), of the Line of Ir.

Part III, Chapter IV of Irish Pedigrees, by John O'Hart, published 1892, pages 351-9, 664-8 and 708-9.




Rothechtaid, son of Maen, son of Óengus Olmucaid , was, according to according to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition, a High King of Ireland . He came to power by killing the previous incumbent, his grandfather's killer Énna Airgdech , in the battle of Raigne. He ruled for twenty-two years. The Lebor Gabála Érenn gives two versions of his death. In once version, he was killed in single combat in Cruachan by Sétna Airt , who fought to protect his son Fíachu Fínscothach . In the other version, he died of his wounds in Tara .[1] The chronology of Geoffrey Keating 's Foras Feasa ar Éirinn dates his reign to 1005-980 BC,[2] that of the Annals of the Four Masters to 1383-1358 BC.[3]
References
1. ^ R. A. Stewart Macalister (ed. & trans.), Lebor Gabála Érenn: The Book of the Taking of Ireland Part V, Irish Texts Society, 1956, pp. 229
2. ^ Geoffrey Keating </wiki/Geoffrey_Keating>, Foras Feasa ar Éirinn 1.26 <http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100054/text036.html>
3. ^ Annals of the Four Masters M3817-3842 <http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100005A/text008.html>

Rotheachtach married.