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Fir-Bolg King Eochaid Mac Eirc |
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Name: Eochaid / Eochu Mac Eirc / Eochy
Father: Eirc
Mother: Dui Dall
Province: Míde
Race: The Fir-Bolg
Profession:
King 
Warrior
Associated
Sites: Tara
Moytura
The Strand of Eothail
Wife: Tailtiu (foster-mother of Lugh)
Son: Slainge the Fair
Poet: Fathach
Eochaid Mac Eirc was king of the Fir Bolg at the time of the Tuatha Dé Danann invasion of Ireland.
He takes advice from Fintan The Wise who has been living in Ireland since before the Flood having been in the form of a salmon, an eagle, a hawk and finally a human again.
He is married to Tailtiu who brings him much prosperity with her dowry.
After the First Battle of Moytura in Mayo, Eochaid is slain at the Strand of Eothail along with his son Slainge by Cessarb, Luam and Luachra and after that his tribe retreat to the west to the Aran Islands of Inis Maan, Inis Oirr, and Inis Mór and build great forts there, the remains of which can still be seen today.
Stories, Myths and Legends associated with Eochaid Mac Eirc
The Story of the Tuatha De Danann
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