Beck Mack Quanah

Beck was the son of Kuan Mak Daira , who ruled the Arabialla in the middle of the 6th century ^[1] . After the death of his father, Beck was unable to seize the throne, probably only being satisfied with the lands of the septu Wee Mack Weiss ^{[2] [3]} , to the east of the Sperrin Mountains , the first ruler of which he was ^[4] . The throne of the same Ayrgially in the next few decades was occupied by representatives of other local clans. Of these monarchs, the most influential was Daymin Ayrkit , who died in 565. Only after the death of King Feradhah Kuldub , the second successor to Deimin, Becque poppy Kuanah managed to get the Ayrghiall throne ^[1] . Although in the medieval historical sources Beck is mentioned as the king of all the Aigiallah, probably his real power extended only to the northern lands of this kingdom ^[5] .

The sources do not contain very much information about events in the 6th century Arabialla ^[5] . At that time, this kingdom was a union of nine tribes that lived on the borders of the possessions of the Northern Wye Neills and Ulster . It is known that the Ayrghiall rulers were in a dependent position on the Weeh Neils who controlled the northern lands of Ireland ^{[3] [6]} .

The death of Becca Mac Kuanah in the Battle of Dun Bolg on January 10, 598 is reported not only by the Irish Annals , but also by the poem “The Battle of Dun Bolg” ( Old Irish Cath (Belaig) Duine Bolc ), preserved in the “ Yellow Book of Lekan” "And the saga of " Borom " ^[7] . According to these sources, fulfilling the allied obligations to the supreme king of Ireland, Aedom poppy Einmereh from the Kenel Conylell clan, the Ayrghiallians took part in his expedition to Leinster . Aeda’s revenge on the Leinster’s king Brandubu poppy Ehahu for the murder of his son Kummaskah, committed last year, was the cause of the campaign. Devasting everything in its path, the army of Aed and Becca reached the outskirts of Donard . However, at the village of Dun Bolg it collided with the Leinster army of King Brandub. In the battle that took place here in the “Fourth Ides of January,” the army of the High King suffered a crushing defeat. Aed, Beck, and many noble people fell on the battlefield. This victory not only allowed Brandub Mac Ehah to stop the expansion of Wuy Neills to the Leinster lands, but also later to regain some of the previously lost territories ^{[8] [9] [10] [11]} .

After the death of Becca Mac Kuanah, the throne of Ayrghialla passed not to his son Furudran, who inherited only the lands of the septu Wee Mack Wise ^[4] , but to Aed poppy Colgine ^[1] .

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