Lóegaire Birn Búadach (pronunciation) (fl. 1st or 2nd century AD) was the second king of
Osraige after the death of his father,
Óengus Osrithe.
[Baldwin, Stewart. Figure 1: http://sbaldw.home.mindspring.com/Ireland/Osr/lists/tribal.htm] His epithet "''Búadach''" means "''Victorious''". His name became the appellation of his later descendants the
Dál Birn who ruled Osraige until the
Norman Invasion of Ireland
The Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland took place during the late 12th century, when Anglo-Normans gradually conquered and acquired large swathes of land from the Irish, over which the kings of England then claimed sovereignty, all allegedly sanc ...
, and even remained landed gentry in
Upper Ossory
Upper Ossory () was an administrative barony in the south and west of Queen's County (now County Laois) in Ireland. In late Gaelic Ireland it was the túath of the Mac Giolla Phádraig ( Fitzpatrick) family and a surviving remnant of the once ...
until the death of
Bernard FitzPatrick, 2nd Baron Castletown in 1937.
He is not to be confused with
Lóegaire Búadach
In the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology, Lóegaire Búadach (Lóegaire the Victorious) is a hapless Ulster warrior who mainly functions as comic relief. When he, Cúchulainn and Conall Cernach contend for the champion's portion at Briccriu's feas ...
from the
Ulster Cycle legends.
References
External links
The Fitzpatrick – Mac Giolla Phádraig Clan Society
Kings of Osraige
FitzPatrick dynasty
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