Meilge Molbthach
Meilge Molbthach ("Meilge, the praiseworthy"), son of Cobthach Cóel Breg , was a high king of Ireland according to medieval Irish legends . He gained power by murdering his predecessor, Labraid Loingsech , who had also killed his father. He ruled for seven or seventeen years until he was murdered in Munster by Mug Corb , the grandson of Rechtaid Rígderg . Legend has it that water broke out of the ground when his grave was being dug. The water formed a lake that was named after Molbthach as Meilge-See . According to the Lebor Gabála Érenn , his reign fell at the same time as that of Ptolemy III. (246-222 BC). Geoffrey Keating's chronicle Foras feasa ar Éirinn dates his reign to the period from 369–362 BC. The annals of the four masters give a reign of 523–506 BC. Chr.
Individual evidence
- ^ Dictionary of the Irish Language , Compact Edition, Royal Irish Academy, 1990, p. 467
- ^ RA Stewart Macalister (ed. & Trans.), Lebor Gabála Érenn: The Book of the Taking of Ireland Part V , Irish Texts Society, 1956, pp. 279-281
- ↑ Geoffrey Keating , Foras Feasa ar Éirinn 1.30
- ↑ Annals of the Four Masters M4677-4694