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236:, "active, quick" because of his vigour in taking up arms. Keating adds that he had three wives: Fial, daughter of Eochaid; Eithne, daughter of Orach, the mother of Aill Molt; and Ruad, daughter of Airtech Uichtlethan, who died giving birth to another of his sons, Fiachrae Elgach. His other sons were Amalgaid, Echu and Cobthach.
216:, the Alps. O'Rahilly therefore concludes that "he was a king of Connacht in the first half of the fifth century, that he appears to have acquired fame in his day as a leader of predatory expeditions to Britain, and that he died in or about the year 445, and was probably buried at
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argues that Nath Í did not rule at Tara, but was in fact a king of the province of
Connacht, although he accepts that Ailill Molt was a king of Tara. However, Nath Í's name does not appear on the Connacht regnal lists, and Ailill Molt's does.
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there is an entry for the year 445 which originally consisted solely of Nath Í's name. Later writers, presuming this to be his death notice, added the detail that he was struck by lightning in the Alps, circumstances also recounted in the
259:, and Keating, in which he besieges a tower in which Forménus, king of Thrace, lives as a hermit, having forsaken his kingdom for a religious life. Forménus prays that God will punish him, and he is struck by lightning, although the
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and
Fiachrae, Nath Í's father, over the kingship of Connacht. Fiachrae was defeated and captured, but Nath Í continued the war and eventually defeated and killed Brión. Fiachrae was released and became king of Connacht.
177:, the latter of which dates it to 428. According to legend, his followers carried his body back to Ireland, winning ten battles on the way, and buried him at
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Standish H. O'Grady (ed. and tr.), "Death of
Crimthann son of Fidach, and of Eochaidh Muighmedóin's three sons: Brian, Ailill, Fiachra", in
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dynasties were prominent and it was felt politically necessary to include their ancestors in the ranks of former High Kings.
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considers it a possibility that neither were kings of Tara, but that both were included later, when members of the
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was likely a historical 5th century king. Two more sons, Echu and
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65:. His mother was Béḃinn. According to legend, he was a
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