Fer Corb

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Fer Corb ( "Wagenmann" ), son of Mug Corb , was a high king of Ireland according to medieval Irish legends . He gained power after killing his predecessor, Irereo , who also murdered his father, in Ulster . He ruled for eleven years until he was killed by Irereo's son Connla Cáem . According to the Lebor Gabála Érenn , his rule fell at the same time as that of Ptolemy IV (221-205 BC). Geoffrey Keating's chronicle Foras feasa ar Éirinn dates his reign to the period from 330–319 BC. The annals of the four masters give a reign of 474-463 BC. Chr.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ RA Stewart Macalister (ed. & Trans.), Lebor Gabála Érenn: The Book of the Taking of Ireland Part V , Irish Texts Society, 1956, p. 281
  2. ↑ Geoffrey Keating , Foras Feasa ar Éirinn 1.30
  3. ↑ Annals of the Four Masters M4726 - 4737