Dubh Essa Níc Eidhin
Dubh Essa Níc Eidhin, Queen of Moylurg, died 1187.[1]
Dubh Essa was a daughter of an otherwise unknown Ruaidhri Ua hEidhin of Aidhne She was wife to King Conchobar Mac Diarmata.[2]
The Annals of Loch Ce, sub anno 1187, state:
- The Rock of Loch-Cé was burned at mid-day, where a great many people were drowned and burned, along with the daughter of O'hEidhin, i.e. Duibhessa, daughter of Ruaidhri O'hEidhin, wife of Conchobhar Mac Diarmada, king of Magh-Luirg.
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Healy, John (1878). "The Annals of Lough Key". The Irish Monthly. 6: 273–283. ISSN 2009-2113. JSTOR 20502186.
- ^ Ériu: Founded as the Journal of the School of Irish Learning Devoted to Irish Philology and Literature. Royal Irish Academy. 2014.