Brion mac Echach Muigmedóin

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Brion mac Echach Muigmedóin was a semi-legendary early medieval Irish dynast, regarded as the eponymous ancestor of the powerful Uí Briúin lineage of Connacht.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf early medieval Irish figure
eponymous ancestor
semi-legendary Irish dynast
associatedWith Connachta dynasties NERFINISHED
Uí Briúin Aí NERFINISHED
Uí Briúin Bréifne NERFINISHED
Uí Briúin Seóla NERFINISHED
associatedWithRegion Connacht NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Ireland
culture Gaelic Ireland NERFINISHED
describedAs ancestor of many Connacht ruling families
dynasticRole progenitor of Uí Briúin lineages
eponymOf Uí Briúin NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Irish
father Eochaid Mugmedón NERFINISHED
floruit 4th–5th century (traditional)
gender male
historicity semi-legendary
languageOfRecord Old Irish
memberOfDynasty Uí Briúin NERFINISHED
mentionedIn medieval Irish genealogies
medieval Irish king lists
nameElement Brion NERFINISHED
Muigmedóin NERFINISHED
mac Echach NERFINISHED
nameVariant Brían mac Echach Muigmedóin NERFINISHED
notableFor being ancestor of Uí Briúin kings of Connacht
role in dynastic origin legends
partOfNarrativeTradition origin legends of Connacht kingship
positionHeld king in Connacht (traditional attribution)
relative Connachta kindred NERFINISHED
religion pre-Christian Irish religion (traditional attribution)
sibling Ailill mac Echach Muigmedóin NERFINISHED
Fergus mac Echach Muigmedóin NERFINISHED
Fiachrae mac Echach Muigmedóin NERFINISHED
Niall Noígiallach NERFINISHED
source Irish saga tradition
medieval Irish genealogical tradition
timePeriod early medieval Ireland

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Uí Briúin hasAncestor Brion mac Echach Muigmedóin
Uí Briúin hasProgenitor Brion mac Echach Muigmedóin
Uí Briúin namedAfter Brion mac Echach Muigmedóin