TEACHTMAR Tuathal

Abt 0056 - 0106  (50 years)

• Name	TEACHTMAR Tuathal
  Birth	Abt 0056	Ireland
  Gender	Male
  Death	0106	Ireland
  Notes	Tuathal Teachtmar The Four Masters say that Tuathal Teachtmar was a posthumous child, the son of Fiacha Finnfolaidh and Eithne Alba, born after his father was killed "in the slaughter of Magh Bolg" in The Age of Christ, 56. [1] Roderic O'Flaherty thought this an "inconsistent and foolish story" finding no fault with the genealogy but suggesting that the Four Masters were mistaken in their timeline. [2] Exile Tuathal's mother, Eithne Imgheal was a daughter of Imgheal (Elderus), Pictish chieftain of Alba (Scotland). Eithne and two other women were the only three to survive the battle of Magh Bolg (Moybolgue; county Meath, Ireland) against the Firbolg in which her husband, Tuathal's father Fiatach Fionn was killed. Eithne, pregnant, fled to her father in Scotland, where her son, Tuathal was born. [3] When Tuathal was grown and a trained warrior, he was joined by his mother and friends in an expedition to Ireland, where they landed at Inber Domnann (Malahide Bay, north county Dublin) where they were met by local Irish who elected Tuathal High Chieftain and followed him into battle to regain his father's throne; eventually winning the struggle against Elim, King of Ulster in the battle of Aichle, near Tara. [4] [5] The new Kingdom of Mide The Four Masters place the first year of his reign at A.D. 76; and as Agricola with the Roman legions carried on the war against the Caledonians about A.D. 75 to 78, the period coincides chronologically with the time Tuathal Teachtmar was in exile, and he might naturally be expected to apply to the Romans for aid to recover his sovereignty as heir to the Irish Monarchy.[6] [7] Tuathal Techtma established the kingdom of Mide, "the middle kingdom" as the seat of High Kingship: Tara, a place from which to exercise the impartial rule of Ireland; favouring no single one of the individual dynastic kingdoms of Ireland. The Kingdom of Mide became Meath, one of five ancient provinces of Ireland. Death Tuathal Teachtmhar, after having been thirty years in the sovereignty of Ireland, was slain by Mal, son of Rochraidhe, King of Ulster, in Magh Line, at Moin An Chatha, in Dal Araidhe, where the two rivers, Ollar and Ollarbha, spring. Ceanngubha is the name of the hill on which he was killed, as this quatrain proves: Ollar and Ollarbha, Ceann Gubha, lordly, noble, Are not names given without a cause, The day that Tuathal was killed. And as was also said: Tuathal, for whom the land was fair, Chief of Meath of a thousand heroes, Was wounded,—that chief of fair Freamhainn, On the side of the hill of Gleann an Ghabhann.[8] Descendants Tuathal Techtma had a son - Fedlimid Rechtmar; ancestor of the legendary Conn of the Hundred Battles whose descendants are known as the Connachta of whom a branch became the Uí Néill; one of whom was Niall of the Nine Hostages, the legendary 5th century King of Tara. Sources ↑ He left of children but one son only, who was in the womb of Eithne, daughter of the King of Alba Scotland. Tuathal was his the son's name. Annuls of the Four Masters M56.1 ↑ Ogygia : or A Chronological Account of Irish Events by Roderic O'Flaherty 1793; part ll page 202 trans. by J. Hely ↑ The Celtic Encyclopedia, Vol: 3 page:580 by Harry Mountain pub: Universal-Publishers 1998 ↑ They landed in Connaught and were met by Fiacha Caisin A New and Impartial History of Ireland, from Earliest Accounts to the Present Time by M. M'Dermot, vol:1 page: 323 pub:1820 ↑ They fought one hundred and twenty three battles. The Celtic Encyclopedia, Vol: 3 page:580 by Harry Mountain pub: Universal-Publishers 1998 ↑ Hart, #78. ↑ Wikipedia, (http:www.wikipedia.com: accessed 7 June 2015), "Túathal Techtmar," http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%BAathal_Techtmar. ↑ Annals of the Four Masters : M106.1, retrieved 2014-04-27, amb Bart Jaski Genealogical tables of medieval Irish royal dynasties Table-1 Early Irish Kingship Succession by Jaski Bart, Published by Four Courts Press, 2013, ISBN 1846824265 ISBN 9781846824265 John O'Hart, Stem of the Irish Nation, Heremon to Art Eanfhear — Heremon, - Araltas Wikipedia : Tuathal Techtmar Wikidata: Item Q1282831, en:Wikipedia help.gif Tuathal Techtmar King of Ireland by W.R. Owen in Journal of the Ivernian Society vol: 7 (1915) pp 147 - 155 Never Felt Better : The Return of Tuathal Tetchmar
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  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026

  
  

  Father	mac FERADAIG Fiachu,   b. Abt 0030, Ireland d. 0056, Maigh Bolg, Mide, Éire (Age 26 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F347173	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	BALBH Baine,   b. Abt 0066, Ireland d. Ireland
  Children	1. RACHTMAR Felim,   b. Abt 0080, Ireland d. 0119, Leinster, Ireland (Age 39 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F26078	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026