An difríocht idir athruithe ar: "Áed mac Echach"

[[Ríthe na gConnacht|Rí na gConnacht]] de chlann [[Uí Bhriúin]] ba ea '''Aodh mac Eochach Thirimcharna''' ([[Sean-Ghaeilge]] '''Áed mac Echach Tirmcharna''') (diedbás 575)<ref>AllDaniel dates perP. McCarthy,''The Chronology of the Irish Annals'', Daniel P. McCarthy</ref> was a King of [[Connacht]] from the [[Uí Briúin]] branch of the [[Connachta]]). He was the son of [[Echu Tirmcharna|Eocha Tirimcharna]] mac FergussoFearghasa (diedbás cac. 556) ba ea a athair.<ref>Francis J. Byrne, ''Irish Kings and High-Kings'', TableTábla 19</ref> He cameTháinig tosé thei thronegcoróin insa the yearbhliain 557 andagus bhí sé i réim ruledgo untildtí 575.

''The slaying of one of his sons was the cause of a war with the high-king[[Ardrí na hÉireann]], [[Diarmait mac Cerbaill|Diarmaid mac Cearbhaill]] (diedbás 563). [[GeoffreySeathrún KeatingCéitinn]] states that DiarmaitDiarmaid held a feast at Tara at which Áed's son [[Curnán mac Áedo]] (diedbás 559) slew a nobleman. Curnán then put himself under the protection of ForgussFearghas andagus Domnall[[Domhnall mac MuichertaigMuircheartaigh|Domhnall]] of the [[Cenél nEógain]] of the northern [[Uí Néill an Tuaiscirt]], who placed him under the protection of their kinsman Saint, [[ColumbaColm Cille]]. However, DiarmaitDiarmaid had Curnán executed for violating laws of Tara in 559.<ref>G.[[Seathrún KeatingCéitinn]], ''History[[Foras ofFeasa Irelandar Éirinn]]'', Leabhar III, ll. 87-89</ref> According to the ''Annals[[Annála ofna thegCeithre Four Masters''Máistrí]], Curnán was torn from the hands of ColumbaColm Cille. As a result, Colm ColumbaCille organized a confederacy of the northern Uí Néill an Tuaiscirt, including the [[Cenél Conaill|Cineál Chonaill]] with ÁedAodh of Connacht against DiarmaitDiarmaid.

''In 560, the Battle of[[Cath Cúl Dreimne]] (ini Countyg[[Contae SligoShligigh]]) was fought by this alliance against Diarmait. The ''AnnalsCeithre of the Four Masters''Máistrí mention that the prayers of ColumbaColm Cille prevailed over the druids of DiarmaitDiarmaid and he was defeated. T. M. Charles-Edwards places this battle in later, Ceneli Caipregcríocha [[Cenél Cairpre Droma Cliab territory]] in the region between the Northern Uí Néill an Tuaiscirt and the Connachta, stating that DiarmaitDiarmaid was on the offensive and tried to cut the allies off. He also states that the true cause of this battle was probably a dispute over the succession to DiarmaitDiarmaid.<ref>T. M. Charles-Edwards, ''Early Christian Ireland'' , pagelch.&nbsp;294</ref>

''[[Francis J. Byrne|Byrne]] doubts the legitimacy of the early Uí Briúin genealogies and even goes so far as to doubt that these early kings of Connacht were even of the Uí BriúinBhriúin. He cites the reference in the annals to the death of ÁedAodh in 575 who is said to be killed by the Uí Briúin and to a reference in the ''[[AnnalsAnnála ofInis InnisfallenFaithlinn]]'' that he gave Enach Dúin ([[Annaghdown]] on [[Lough Corrib]]) to Saint [[BrendanBreandán]] of Clonfert. He doubts that a ruler from the Mag nAí region would be able to make this gift.<ref>Byrne, page&nbsp;245</ref> However, Hubert Knox believed the Uí Briúin in fact originated near Annaghdown,<ref>Hubert Thomas Knox, ''The History of the County of Mayo to the Close of the Sixteenth Century'', pp. 19-20.</ref> which would explain this situation. Charles-Edwards on the other hand believes that the Uí Briúin were set up in Connacht by Diarmait mac Cerbaill as a balance to the [[Uí Fiachrach]] before Áed joined the alliance against him.<ref>Charles-Edwards, page&nbsp;510</ref>