King of Toraigh

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The King of Toraigh ( Irish : Rí Thoraí , English : King of Tory ) is a common title used by the residents of the island of Toraigh in County Donegal in Ireland . The title was established by Patsy Dan Rodgers (Irish: Patsaí Dan Mac Ruaidhrí ), who died on October 19, 2018 of complications from cancer.

history

The history of the kings goes back at least to the 6th century, even up to 5000 years in the past are possible. It is believed that Conand and Balor were already kings of Toraigh. During the 1800s the Heggerty / Heraghty / Herrity family provided kings, but the role of king is not hereditary. The king has a largely representative function towards outsiders. In 1995 it was reported that the current King would greet all ferries coming from the mainland.

The only kingdom in Ireland exists on Toraigh.

Current king

No new king has been proposed since the death of Patsy Dan Rodgers.

Former kings

Patsy Dan Rodgers became King of Toraigh in 1993 and held the title until his death in 2018. Rodgers was an artist and musician and, as King, greeted incoming tourists. He also made music and told a lot about island life.

Rodgers was born in Dublin in 1944 and moved to Toraigh at the age of four, but the family has ancestors who lived on the island more than 3,400 years ago. please prove! Patsy Dan Rodgers' predecessor was Padraig Óg Rodgers.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c 'King of Tory Island' Patsy Dan Rodgers dies aged 74 . The Irish Times . October 20, 2018. Retrieved October 22, 2018.
  2. ↑ Nurden, Robert: Ireland's monarch of the isle . In: The Independent on Sunday , December 29, 2020. Retrieved August 31, 2012. 
  3. ^ Carton, Donna: NO drugs in my land warns King of Tory . In: Sunday Mirror , March 30, 2003. 
  4. ^ Peg Haubert: Tory Island - Ireland Slightly Removed . In: Milwaukee Sentinel , March 16, 1995. Retrieved August 30, 2012. 
  5. ^ Robin Fox : Participant Observer: Memoir of a Transatlantic Life . Transaction Publishers, 2004, ISBN 0765802384 , p. 266 ( Accessed August 30, 2012).
  6. ^ Fox, Robin : The Tory Islanders: A people of the Celtic fringe . Cambridge University Press, 1978, ISBN 0521292980 , p.  55 .
  7. ^ Tory Island: Rugged Beauty, Pirate Past . In: Irish America . February – March 2011. Retrieved August 30, 2012.
  8. ↑ Irish island saved by art . In: ABC News , Australian Broadcasting Corporation, July 30, 2008. Retrieved August 30, 2020.