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Eochu Apthach
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Eochu Apthach
Eochu
(or
Eochaid
)
Apthach
("outlaw" or "fatal") of the
Corcu Loígde
of
County Cork
, a distant descendant of
Breogán
, the father of
Míl Espáine
, was, according to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition, a
High King of Ireland
. He took power after killing the previous incumbent,
Bres Rí
. He only ruled for a year, and it is said there was a plague every month during that year. He was killed by
Finn mac Blatha
, a descendant of
Ollom Fotla
. The
Lebor Gabála Érenn
synchronises his reign with that of
Darius the Great of Persia
(522–485 BC). The chronology of
Geoffrey Keating
's
Foras Feasa ar Éirinn
dates his reign to 726–725 BC, that of the
Annals of the Four Masters
to 953–952 BC.
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