Tommaltach poppy Indrechtig

Tommaltah was the son of Indrechtakh poppy Letlobayr . His father, who died in 741, owned the lands of the sub-kingdom of Dal Araide, whose rulers successfully competed with the kings of Dal Fiatakh for several centuries in the struggle for control of the Ulster throne. However, with the receipt in 750 of the Fiahna poppy Aedo Roin of the title of King Ulster, Dal Araide fell into a strong dependence on Dal Fiatah ^[1] .

The first evidence of historical sources about Tommaltah poppy Indrechtayg dates to 776. Irish Annals report that this year, having rebelled against King Dal Araida Kinaed Kiarrg poppy Katussaig , he enlisted the support of Fiahna poppy Aedo Royna and together with the son of King Ulster Eokheyd defeated the army of the ruler Dal Araida in the battle of Drong. In this battle, King Kinaed Kiarrg himself and his ally Dungal from the airgial septa Ui Tuirtri fell ^[2] , after which Tommaltah was elevated to the vacant throne ^[1] .

Probably the reign of Tommaltah poppy Indrechtayg did not enjoy the general support of his subjects, since the “ Annals of Ulster ” report on the victory over the rebels won in 783 by the Duma Ahad (in the modern county of Antrim ) ^{[1] [3]} . The beginning of migration to the lands of Dal Araide subject to the lands of immigrants from the Wu Tuirtri sept is also connected with his rule. Probably, this relocation, which lasted more than a century, was peaceful ^[4] .

After the death of Fiahna, the poppy of Aedo Royne, who died in 789, an internecine war broke out in Dal Fiat for the possession of the royal throne. Although the Irish annals titled Tommaltaha poppy Indrechtayg only by King Dal Araide, medieval lists of Ulster rulers, including those contained in the Leinster Book , call Tommaltah the successor of Fiahna on the throne of Ulster. It is assumed that during the reign of civil strife Tommaltah managed to seize the title of king of all Ulster. However, his reign did not last very long: he died already in 790 ^[5] . Probably, the message of the “Annals of Ulster” about the massacre that the Dal Araide warriors carried out among the inhabitants of Dal Fiatakh in the same year was connected with the death of Tommaltakh, but the circumstances under which this event occurred are not known ^[6] . Perhaps this was revenge on the new ruler of Dal Fiatah, Eokhaid Mack Fiahnai, for the murder of King Tommaltah ^[1] .

Despite the fact that Tommaltah had Indrechig poppy had a son named Loingsheh , his distant relative Bressal poppy Flatro became the new ruler of Dal Araide, and Eokhaid , son of Fiakhna poppy Aedo Royne was proclaimed king of all ^[1] .

• The Annals of Ulster . CELT: The Corpus of Electronic Texts. Date of treatment January 7, 2013. Archived January 27, 2013.