Dub Innrecht’s Last Illness
Archived: 30 October 2026
Abstract
Conventionally dated to 768, the annals record transitions rather than a national crisis in Ireland. Dub Innrecht, Uí Briúin king of Connacht, died from bloody flux, creating an undocumented succession question but not evidence of epidemic or civil war. Ecclesiastical leadership changed with the deaths of Aedán of Lismore, the senior abbot at Clonmacnoise, Fer dá Crích son of Suibne at Armagh, and Coibdenach of Cell Tóma. Eithne of Brega, styled queen of Tara’s kings, was praised for penance. These selective notices illuminate intertwined dynastic, religious and economic authority in a rural, fragmented Ireland connected to Britain through learned networks.
