Lóegaire mac Néill

Lóegaire (floruit 5. vijek; ? - cca. 462), također poznat i kao Lóeguire, je polulegendarni kralj Tare, odnosno ličnost koju tradicionalni irski anali opisuju kao velikog kralja Irske. Tradicionalno se tvrdi da je bio sin velikog kralja Nialla od Devet talaca. U nekoliko kršćanskih hagiografija se opisuje kao neprijatelj Svetog Patrika, a što su historičari naveli kao opravdanje za nedostatak važnosti njegovih potomaka u kasnijim periodima. Ratovao je protiv Leinstera, čemu, zajedno uz niz nadnaravnih elemenata, neke od priča pripisuju njegovu smrt.

Ard Rí Lóegaire na vitražu Nacionalnog pomorskog muzeja Irske

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