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Erca ingen Loarn

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Erca's death after a pilgrimage from Irish Dál Riata back to Britain. There she met her son-in-law, Saint Cairneach, who blessed her, told her half of Ireland's future kings would be her descendants, and promised her entry into heaven. Mac Fhirbhisigh writes that after Cairneach performed
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as having been "obviously legendary", in part due to a mention of her in the
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In Ireland, Erca and Muiredach mac Eógain had four sons, including
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Erca was born, along with her sister Pompa, to an unknown mother and
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Charles-Edward, T.M. (2004). "Muirchertach mac Muiredag".
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This biography of a member of an Irish royal house is a
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The Irish Version of the Historia Britonum of Nennius
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The Irish Version of the Historia Britonum of Nennius
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Index

Scotland
England
Muiredach mac Eógain
Fergus mac Conaill
Issue
Muirchertach mac Ercae
Latinized
Eirc mac Eochaid
queen consort
Ailech
Muirchertach mac Ercae
High King of Ireland
Thomas Charles-Edwards
Banshenchas
Loarn mac Eirc
Dál Riata
Fergus Mór
Sarran
Niall Noígíallach's
Muiredach mac Eógain
Ailech
Muirchertach mac Ercae
Fergus mac Conaill
Saint Columba
Dubhaltach Mac Fhirbhisigh
Leabhar na nGenealach


Oxford Dictionary of National Biographies

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