FORCHRITH Colla da Crioch

0290 - Abt 0362  (~ 71 years)

• Name	FORCHRITH Colla da Crioch
  Birth	0290	Ireland
  Gender	Male
  Death	Abt 0362	Ireland
  Notes	Colae, Colla da Crioch was the son of Eochu Cairpre, or Eochaidh Doimhlen as his father is sometimes recorded. [1] Colla Fochrich (variously known as Colae Forchrith; Colla Dá Crich; Colla Fo Chrí; or simply Fochrich - with his brothers Cairell Colla Uais and Áed Colla Menn were the Three Collas; the three sons of Eochaid Doimlén, grandsons of Cairbre Lifechair and great-grandsons of Cormac mac Airt of the Kingdom of Airgíalla. The three sons of Eochaid Doimlén (Eochu Cairpre), the three Collas (Coola Uais; Colla Meann & Colla do Chrioch) murdered their uncle, the High King Fiachu (Fiacha Strabhteine) at the Battle of Dubchomar. [2] [3] Colla da Chrioch, son of Eochaidh Dublin had three sons - [4] - Rochadh - Imchadh - Fiachra Cassan (Fiachra Cassan MacColla Fochrith) who gave his name to the the kingdom of Orgiall (Oriel) Colla da Chrioch (otherwise known as Colla Fochrich) was the ancestor of many families in Ulster and Hy-Maine. [5] [6] The Book of Clanranald p.152-153 - CELTColla Uais, son of Eochaid Dublein, assumed the sovereignty of Ireland in the year of the age of Christ 322; and he was four years in the sovereignty of Ireland when Muredach Tirech opposed him with a powerful army, and gave battle to the three Collas, and expelled them to Scotland, where they obtained extensive lands, for Oilech, daughter of the king of Scotland, was their mother. In the time when Cormac Finn was in the sovereignty over Scotland, 362 (326), they spent some time in Scotland, until a war broke out between Muredach Tirech, king of Ireland, and the Ultonians, viz., the Clanna Rughruidhe; and he invited the sons of his father's brother, that is, the three Collas, to Ireland to assist him against the Clann Rughruidhe and the adjoining districts. Sources ↑ Eoin MacNeill, Ériu: Founded as the Journal of the School of Irish Learning Devoted to Irish Philology and Literature 11, (1932): 30-31; digital images, Google Books, The Vita Triparta of St. Patrick ↑ Carbry Liffechar, Ard-righ .. had two sons Eochaidh Doimhlein (or Dubhlein) & Fiacha Strabhteine Ulster Journal of Archaeology (Google eBook). Ulster Archaeological Society, 1897 - Ulster, Ireland. ↑ Wikipedia, (http:www.wikipedia.com: accessed 6 June 2015), "Fíacha Sroiptine," http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%ADacha_Sroiptine. ↑ John O'Hart in page: 188 of Irish Pedigrees, Or, The Origin and Stem of the Irish Nation part Vll Stem of the O'Hart Family ↑ Colla da Crioch; Roacadh his son; Deach Dorn his son; Fiach (or Feig) his son; Crimthann Liath his son; from Irish Pedigrees vol:2 Appendix no:1 page: 719 by John O'Hart ↑ families descended from Colla da Crrioch are listed by John O'Hart in page: 188 of Irish Pedigrees, Or, The Origin and Stem of the Irish Nation part Vll Stem of the O'Hart Family In the Annuls of Ulster of 514 we read of his descendants - "Cairpre Daim Airgit son of Eochu son of Crimthann son of Fiach son of Daig Duirn son of Reochad son of Colla Dá Crích, king of Airgialla Celt : Annuls of Ulster U514.1 (author unknown) Corpus of Electronic Texts Edition Jaski, Bart Genealogical tables of medieval Irish royal dynasties Table-24 Early Irish Kingship Succession by Jaski Bart, Published by Four Courts Press, 2013, ISBN 1846824265 ISBN 9781846824265
  Person ID	I58515	Freeman-Smith
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026

  
  

  Father	EOCHU Eochu,   b. Abt 0260, Ireland d. Abt 0320 (Age 60 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F347168	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family
  Children	1. ROCHAID Rochadh,   b. 0310, Ireland d. Ireland  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F347167	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026