Name Feradach Ross | Died 557 AD | |
Feradech mac Ross (died c.557) was a King of Connacht from the Ui Fiachrach branch of the Connachta. He was of the Fir Chera sept of this branch descended from Macc Ercae, a son of Fiachra, the ancestor of the Ui Fiachrach. Feradech was the great-grandson of this Macc Ercae.
Not mentioned in the annals as king, he is however listed in king lists such as the Book of Leinster which gives him a reign of three years after Echu Tirmcharna mac Fergusso (d.556?). Prof.Byrne places his reign between Echu Tirmcharna and Áed mac Echach(d. 575) who acceded to the throne in 557. In A poem on the Kings of Connaught he is called the fair and a true judge.
His son Máel Umai was father of a later king Máel Cothaid mac Máele Umai(flourished 601)
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