Augaine (Ugaine) Mor Monarch of Ireland [60966]

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In the early ages the Irish Kings made many military expeditions into foreign countries. Ugaine Mór, called by O'Flaherty, in his Ogygia, "Hugonius Magnus," was contemporary with Alexander the Great; and is stated to have sailed with a fleet into the Mediterranean, landed his forces in Africa, and also attacked Sicily; and. having proceeded to Gaul, was married to Cæsair, daughter of the King of the Gauls. Hugonius was buried at Cruachan. The Irish sent, during the Punic wars, auxiliary troops to their Celtic Brethren, the Gauls; who in their alliance with the Carthaginians under Hannibal, fought against the Roman armies in Spain and Italy. \emdash CONNELLAN.

This Ugaine, (or Hugony) the Great was the 66th Monarch of Ireland. Was called Mór on account of his extensive dominions, \emdash being sovereign of all the Islands of Western Europe. Was married to Cæsair, dau. to the King of France, and by her had issue-twenty-two sons and three daughters. In order to prevent these children encroaching on each other he divided the Kingdom into twenty-five portions, allotting to each his (or her) distinct inheritance. By means of this division the taxes of the country were collected during the succeeding 300 years. All the sons died without issue except two, viz: \emdash Laeghaire Lorc, ancestor of all the Leinster Heremonians; and Cobthach Caolbhreagh, from whom the Heremonians of Leath Cuinn, viz., Meath, Ulster, and Conacht derive their pedigree. Ugaine was at length, B.C. 593, stain by Badhbhchadh, who failed to secure the fruits of his murder \emdash the Irish Throne, as he was executed by order of Laeghaire Lorc, the murdered Monarch's son, who became the 68th Monarch.


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


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Úgaine Mór ("the great"), son of Eochu Buadach, son of Dui Ladrach , was, according to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition, a High King of Ireland . He was the foster-son of Cimbáeth and Macha Mong Ruad , and took power by killing his predecessor, and his foster-mother's killer, Rechtaid Rígderg . The Lebor Gabála Érenn says that, as well as Ireland, he ruled "Alba to the Sea of Wight" \endash i.e. the whole of the island of Britain \endash and that "some say" he ruled all of Europe. He married Cessair Chrothach, daughter of the king of the Franks , who bore him twenty-two sons and three daughters. He is said to have divided Ireland into twenty-five shares, one for each of his children, which stood for three hundred years, until the establishment of the provinces under Eochu Feidlech . He ruled for thirty or forty years, until he was killed by his brother Bodbchad . According to the Lebor Gabála[1] he was succeeded directly by his son Lóegaire Lorc , although the Annals of the Four Masters [2] and Geoffrey Keating 's Foras Feasa ar Éirinn[3] say Bodbchad was king for a day and a half until Lóegaire killed him. The Lebor Gabála synchronises his reign to that of Ptolemy II Philadelphus (281-246 BC). The chronology of Keating's Foras Feasa ar Éirinn dates his reign to 441-411 BC, the Annals of the Four Masters to 634-594 BC.

References
1. ^ R. A. Stewart Macalister (ed. & trans.), Lebor Gabála Érenn: The Book of the Taking of Ireland Part V, Irish Texts Society, 1956, p. 267-275
2. ^ Annals of the Four Masters M4566-4606 <http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100005A/text018.html>
3. ^ Geoffrey Keating, Foras Feasa ar Éirinn 1.28 <http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100054/text038.html>-1.29 <http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100054/text039.html>

Augaine married.