Feradach mac Ross

Who was Feradach mac Ross?

Feradech mac Ross was a King of Connacht from the Ui Fiachrach branch of the Connachta. He was of the Fir Chera sept of this branch descended from Macc Ercae, a son of Fiachra, the ancestor of the Ui Fiachrach. Feradech was the great-grandson of this Macc Ercae.

Not mentioned in the annals as king, he is however listed in king lists such as the Book of Leinster which gives him a reign of three years after Echu Tirmcharna mac Fergusso. Prof.Byrne places his reign between Echu Tirmcharna and Áed mac Echach who acceeded to the throne in 557. In A poem on the Kings of Connaught he is called the fair and a true judge.

His son Máel Umai was father of a later king Máel Cothaid mac Máele Umai