NameAedh Oirdnidhe (Hugh the Dignified) , High King of Ireland
Death818, Battle of Fearta, Ireland
Misc. Notes
King of Ireland 793-818. After 25 years' reign, was slain in the battle of Fearta. Was married to Meadhbh, daughter of Ionrachtach, King of Durlus. In his reign prodigious thunder and lightning occurred, which killed many men, women, and children all over the Kingdom, particularly in a nook of the country between Corcavaskin and the sea in Munster, by which one thousand and ten persons were destroyed.