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Fothadh an Fili

Fothadh an Fili, Irish poet, fl. Fothadh appears to be known almost exclusively from three verses of a poem he composed upon the death of King Áed Findliath in 879. • Seventy above eight hundred/with six years, are reckoned/From the birth of Christ without blemish/to the death of Aedh of Aileach. • On the twelfth of the musical Calends/of December of fierce tempests/Died the illustrious chieftain/Aedh of Aileach, monarch of the Gaeidhil.

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