Topic summary
Overking
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Rí.
There were three grades of rí: a ruiri or 'overking' was a major, regional king and superior to a rí túath 'king of [many] peoples' or a rí buiden 'king of a troop' either of whom, in turn, were superior to several figures known as rí benn 'king of peaks' or rí túaithe 'king of a single people'.