He features in the Middle Irish saga Togail Bruidne Dá Derga (the Destruction of Dá Derga's Hostel).[1] He has no children, and it is prophesied that a woman of unknown race will bear him a son. He finds and forcibly marries the beautiful Mess Búachalla, daughter of Étaín and the former High King Eochu Feidlech (or, in Tochmarc Étaíne, his brother Eochu Airem and his daughter by Étaín),[2] who, because of her incestuous conception, had been exposed but found and brought up by a herdsman and his wife. One night, in Eterscél's house, she is visited by an unknown man who flies in her skylight in the form of a bird, and she has his child, the future High King Conaire Mór, who is brought up as Eterscél's son.
Togail Bruidne Dá Derga (Recension II), ed. Eleanor Knott (1936). Togail Bruidne Da Derga. Mediaeval and Modern Irish Series 8. Dublin: DIAS.; tr. Whitley Stokes (1901–1902). "The Destruction of Dá Derga's Hostel". Revue Celtique. 22–3: 9–61, 165–215, 282–329, 390–437 (vol. 22), 88 (vol. 23).
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eterscél, mór, great, Íar, dedad, descendant, Óengus, tuirmech, temrach, Érainn, munster, according, medieval, irish, legend, historical, tradition, high, king, ireland, succeeded, eochu, airem, features, middle, irish, saga, togail, bruidne, derga, destructio. Eterscel Mor the great son of Iar mac Dedad a descendant of oengus Tuirmech Temrach of the Erainn of Munster was according to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition a High King of Ireland He succeeded Eochu Airem He features in the Middle Irish saga Togail Bruidne Da Derga the Destruction of Da Derga s Hostel 1 He has no children and it is prophesied that a woman of unknown race will bear him a son He finds and forcibly marries the beautiful Mess Buachalla daughter of Etain and the former High King Eochu Feidlech or in Tochmarc Etaine his brother Eochu Airem and his daughter by Etain 2 who because of her incestuous conception had been exposed but found and brought up by a herdsman and his wife One night in Eterscel s house she is visited by an unknown man who flies in her skylight in the form of a bird and she has his child the future High King Conaire Mor who is brought up as Eterscel s son Eterscel ruled for five or six years at the end of which he was killed by Nuadu Necht in the battle of Aillenn The Lebor Gabala Erenn synchronises his reign with that of the Roman emperor Augustus 27 BC AD 14 and the birth of Christ and makes him contemporary with legendary provincial kings Conchobar mac Nessa Cairbre Nia Fer Cu Roi and Ailill mac Mata 3 The chronology of Geoffrey Keating s Foras Feasa ar Eirinn dates his reign to 70 64 BC 4 that of the Annals of the Four Masters to 116 111 BC 5 Preceded byEochu Airem High King of IrelandLGE 1st century BC 1st century ADFFE 70 64 BCAFM 116 111 BC Succeeded byNuadu NechtReferences edit Jeffrey Gantz trans Early Irish Myths and Sagas Penguin Classics 1981 pp 60 106 Gantz 1981 pp 37 59 R A Stewart Macalister ed amp trans Lebor Gabala Erenn The Book of the Taking of Ireland Part V Irish Texts Society 1956 p 299 301 Geoffrey Keating Foras Feasa ar Eirinn 1 37 Annals of the Four Masters M5084 5089Further reading editPrimary sources edit Togail Bruidne Da Derga Recension II ed Eleanor Knott 1936 Togail Bruidne Da Derga Mediaeval and Modern Irish Series 8 Dublin DIAS tr Whitley Stokes 1901 1902 The Destruction of Da Derga s Hostel Revue Celtique 22 3 9 61 165 215 282 329 390 437 vol 22 88 vol 23 nbsp This biography of a member of an Irish royal house is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Eterscel Mor amp oldid 1157455618, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
