Cormac mac Airt [Cormac ua Cuinn, called Cormac Ulfhota] (supp. 196/7–267), legendary king and sage, features prominently in early Irish tradition. According to the annals of the four masters, he became king of Tara in the year 227 and reigned until 266. However, Irish annalistic records at such an early period are not to be taken as historically authentic, and it is likely that ...
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Cormac mac Airt [Cormac ua Cuinn, called Cormac Ulfhota] (supp. 196/7–267), legendary king and sage
Fergus Kelly
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Eadwine [St Eadwine, Edwin] (c. 586–633), king of Northumbria
Rosemary Cramp
Eadwine [St Eadwine, Edwin] (c. 586–633), king of Northumbria, was the son of Ælla, king of Deira, and the fifth of the seven overkings named by Bede. His life, as recorded in vivid and detailed anecdotes by both Bede and the author of the ...
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Oswald [St Oswald] (603/4–642), king of Northumbria
D. J. Craig
Oswald [St Oswald] (603/4–642), king of Northumbria, was the second son of Æthelfrith (d. c. 616), king of Bernicia and later of the Northumbrians, and his wife, Acha, the daughter of Ælla, king of Deira.
Following Æthelfrith's death in battle against Acha's brother ...
