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Aodh Méith or Áed Méith (died 1230) was a 13th-century king of Tír Eoghain. The son of Aodh an Macaoimh Tóinleasg, Aodh spent much of his career fighting off threats from Fir Manach, Tír Conaill and Galloway, as well as John de Courcy and the Lordship of Ireland. His involvement in Irish Sea politics may have seen him sponsor a Mac Uilleim claim to the Scottish throne, but this is unclear. Latterly the ally of Hugh de Lacy, Earl of Ulster, Aodh secured a stable relationship with the earldom of Ulster and lordship of Ireland, two Anglo-Norman polities that came into existence in Aodh's lifetime. By the end of his life he was the supreme native Irish ruler in the north of the island, and passed succession onto his son Domhnall Óg (Domnall Óc). A literary biography devoted to Aodh was seemingly composed sometime in the Middle Ages, but it has not survived. He is the ancestor—though not the eponymous ancestor— of Clann Aodha Buidhe, the Clandeboy O'Neills. ==Background== Aodh Méith was the son of Aodh an Macaoimh Tóinleasg, himself briefly king of Tír Eoghain.〔Simms, "Ó Néill, Aodh"〕 Aodh an Macaoimh Tóinleasg had begun the process of overturning Ó Lochlainn dominance in Tír Eoghain.〔Simms, "Late Medieval Tír Eoghain", pp. 127–29〕 His traditional nickname ''An Macaoimh Tóinleasg'' or "the lazy-rumped lad", was earned, according to the 16th-century ''Leabhar Eoghanach'', after he refused to stand in the presence of the high king Muircheartach Ó Lochlainn.〔Simms, "Late Medieval Tír Eoghain", p. 129; Simms, "Ó Néill, Aodh"〕 The son's nickname, ''Méith'', means "the fat".〔 Aodh an Macaoimh Tóinleasg was nonetheless killed by his rival, Muircheartach's son Maoilsheachlainn Ó Lochlainn (Máel Sechlainn Mac Lochlainn) in 1177.〔Simms, "Late Medieval Tír Eoghain", p. 131; Simms, "Ó Néill, Aodh"〕 In the year of Aodh an Macaoimh Tóinleasg's death John de Courcy had begun the Anglo-Norman conquest of the Ulaidh (eastern Ulster).〔Simms, "Late Medieval Tír Eoghain", pp. 131–32〕 Between the death of Aodh an Macaoimh Tóinleasg in 1177 and the first appearance of Aodh Méith in 1199, Tír Eoghain was embroiled in the resultant political chaos.〔 The Annals of the Four Masters relate that in 1179 "the churches of Tír Eoghain, from the mountains south, were left desolate, in consequence of war and intestine commotion, famine and distress".〔Simms, "Late Medieval Tír Eoghain", pp. 131, 156 n. 22; for entry, see (Annals of the Four Masters 1179.3 ) ((Gaelic )); a similar assertion lies in the Annals of Ulster, see (Annals of Ulster 1179.4 ) ((Gaelic ))〕 And after Maoilsheachlainn Ó Lochlainn's death at the hands of the Normans in 1185, the Ó Lochlainn group struggled to retain power over Tír Eoghain in the face of internal disaffection, Norman invasion and the power of the king of Tír Conaill, Flaithbheartach Ó Maoldhoraidh (died 1197).〔Simms, "Late Medieval Tír Eoghain", p. 132; see also Moody, Martin and Byrne, ''Map, Genealogies and Lists'', pp. 195, 211〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Aodh Méith」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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