of Strathclyde. It may be that Fiachnae was, in fact, High King of Ireland for some time if he is identified with the Féachno who followed Diermait (presumed to be Diarmait mac Cerbaill) in the Baile Chuinn Chétchathaig list. The Middle Irish tale Fiachna mac Báetáin 7 Ríge Alban "Fíachnae mac Báetáin and the Kingship of Scotland" recounts how Fiachnae obtained the kingship of Scotland. The tale includes supernatural features and common literary tropes. The Preface to Amra Coluimb Cille states that Fiachnae gave hospitality to the poets of Ireland when they were expelled from the rest of the country. Fíachnae was killed in 626 at the Battle of Leithet Midind, defeated by Fiachnae mac Demmáin of the Dál Fiatach. His son Mongán predeceased him and a second son, Scandal Sciathlethan, father of Congal Cáech, may have done so as well, but a third son, Eochaid Iarlaithe, lived until around 666. Notes See also Kings of Ulster Kings of Dál nAraidi References Byrne, Francis John, Irish Kings and High-Kings. Batsford, London, 1973. MacKillop, James, The Oxford Dictionary of Celtic Mythology. Oxford U.P., Oxford, 1998. Ó Cróinín, Dáibhí, Early Medieval Ireland: 400–1200. Longman, London, 1995. External links Dan Wiley's commentary on Fiachna mac Báetáin 7 Ríge Alban High Kings of Ireland Kings of Ulster Kings of Dál nAraidi 6th-century births 626 deaths People from County Armagh 7th-century Irish monarchs