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Bárid mac Ímair (also referred to as Barith, Baraid, and Bard; or ''Bárǫðr''; d. 881) was a ninth-century King of Dublin. He was a son of Ímar and a member of the Uí Ímair. ==Biography== The earliest mention of Bárid in the Irish Annals is in part of a saga embedded within the ''Fragmentary Annals of Ireland''.〔Downham, p. 247〕 In this entry, dated 867, Bárid is named as a Jarl of Lochlann who, along with a Jarl Háimar was ambushed by men of Connacht.〔Downham, p. 247; Fragmentary Annals of Ireland, § 350〕 Bárid is mentioned again by a saga element within the ''Fragmentary Annals'' in 872, when he is said to have raided Moylurg and the islands of Lough Ree.〔Downham, p. 247; Fragmentary Annals of Ireland, § 408〕 This saga element also says that Bárid fostered a son of Áed Findliath, overking of the Northern Uí Néill. The sagas are usually considered of dubious historical value, but this particular element draws upon earlier written accounts, and there is much evidence for later links between the descendants of Áed Findliath and the Uí Ímair.〔Downham, p. 24〕 Fosterage was used in Ireland as a means of strengthening ties between different ruling families, and it is possible Bárid may have tried to integrate himself with the Irish political elite.〔 Bárid is mentioned by the ''Annals of Inisfallen'' in 873 which say: Downham suggests this raid was undertaken as a show of strength; it occurred shortly after the death of Ímar, with Bárid probably succeeding him as King of Dublin.〔 ''Cogad Gáedel re Gallaib'' names a son of Amlaíb, most likely Oistin, as raiding with him.〔Sigurðsson and Bolton, p. 36; Cogad Gáedel re Gallaib, § 25〕 It has been suggested that Bárid and his cousin Oistin ruled together as co-kings following the death of Ímar.〔Sigurðsson and Bolton, p. 36–37〕 According to the Annals of Ulster, in 875 Oistin was "deceitfully" killed by "Albann", a figure generally agreed to be Halfdan Ragnarsson, supposed son of the legendary Viking Ragnar Lodbrok.〔South p. 87; Annals of Ulster, s.a. 875〕 Halfdan is sometimes considered a brother of Ímar, and this conflict may have been an attempt by Halfdan to claim Dublin for his own.〔 It seems he was not successful in pressing his claim, but he tried to take Dublin again in 877, and he fell in battle against an army of "fair foreigners" at the Battle of Strangford Lough.〔Downham, p. 24; Annals of Ulster, s.a. 877〕 ''Cogad Gáedel re Gallaib'' identifies Bárid as the leader of the "fair foreigners", and as been being wounded "so that he was lame ever after".〔 The next mention of Bárid in the annals comes in 881, when the ''Annals of Ulster'', the ''Annals of the Four Masters'', and the ''Chronicon Scotorum'' describe his death; he was killed and burnt in Dublin shortly after raiding Duleek.〔 The annals attribute his death to a miracle of Saint Cianán.〔Downham, p. 247; Annals of the Four Masters, s.a. 881; Annals of Ulster, s.a. 881; Chronicon Scotorum, s.a. 881〕 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「Bárid mac Ímair」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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