Bruidge mac Nath Í (died 579) was a king of the Uí Failge, a Laigin people of County Offaly. He was the grandson of Failge Berraide, the eponymous ancestor of the dynasty.[1]

He is listed as king in the Book of Leinster king list though incorrectly as Bruidgi mac Cathair.[2] He is also mentioned in a poem in the genealogies about the royal fort at Rathangan, County Kildare.[3] The annals record his death in the year 579 and this may have been in warfare with the Ui Neill[4]

Notes

  1. ↑ Rawlinson Genealogies, pg.58
  2. ↑ this list gives him a nine-year reign
  3. ↑ Byrne, pg.153-154; Ó Cróinín, pg.192
  4. ↑ Annals of Ulster, AU 579.3; Ó Cróinín, pg.192

See also

References

  • Annals of Ulster at at University College Cork
  • Byrne, Francis John (2001), Irish Kings and High-Kings, Dublin: Four Courts Press, ISBN 978-1-85182-196-9
  • Ó Cróinín, Dáibhí (2005), A New History of Ireland, Volume One, Oxford: Oxford University Press
  • Book of Leinster,Rig hua Falge at at University College Cork
  • Genealogies from Rawlinson B 502, compiled by Donnchadh Ó Corráin at at University College Cork


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