Person
Eochaid Mugmedón
Eochaidh Muighmheadhon · Old Irish Eochaid Mugmedón
King of Ireland, father of Niall and of the four sons of Mongfind.
In the tale of his sons he is “a wondrous and noble king over Erin” (Whitley Stokes, 1903). When Mongfind asked him to say which son should have his heritage, he would not judge it himself, and left it to the druid Sithchenn. Geoffrey Keating traces his line back through Cairbre Lifechair and Cormac mac Airt to Conn of the Hundred Battles, and explains his byname: “as to his head and breast, he resembled the king, and, as to his waist, he resembled a slave called Mionghadhach” (tr. David Comyn and Patrick S. Dinneen, 1908).
Kin and bonds
- Married to Mongfind
- Parent of Niall of the Nine Hostages
In the tales
See also
Sources
Medieval manuscript. Written down by Irish scholars between the eighth and seventeenth centuries.
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