Ard-Righ

I am Ard-Righ of a phantom city -- I am King Turlogh of Bal-Sagoth and my kingdom is fading in the morning sky.

People of the Dark Howard, Robert E. 2005

Leoghaire, Ard-Righ, or Hy-Sovereign of Ireland at the time of St. Patrick's first visit, as a missionary, to the court of Tara (433).

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913

Leoghaire, who was the Ard-Righ, that is, the Supreme Monarch of

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913

They had been accustomed to an Ard-Righ, a chief monarch, who, in name at least, ruled all the lesser potentates: why should not Henry be such to them? and why should they suppose that he would exercise a tyranny as yet unknown in the island?

An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 Mary Frances Cusack 1864

Three centuries later, a fresh colony of Dalriadans laid the foundation of the Scottish monarchy under Fergus, the son of Erc. Mac Con was the next Ard-Righ or chief monarch of Ireland.

An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 Mary Frances Cusack 1864

There is some question as to the precise year in which Brian obtained or usurped the authority and position of Ard-Righ: A.D. 1002, however, is the date most usually accepted.

An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 Mary Frances Cusack 1864

The ancient division of the country into five provinces no longer held good; and the Ard-Righ, or chief monarch, was such only in name.

An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 Mary Frances Cusack 1864

Erin -- but who had ever heard of an _Ard-Righ_ coming out of Connaught?

A Popular History of Ireland : from the Earliest Period to the Emancipation of the Catholics — Complete Thomas D'Arcy McGee 1846

So accompanied, de Cogan advanced on Roscommon, where he was received by the son of Roderick during the absence of the Ard-Righ on a visitation among the glens of

A Popular History of Ireland : from the Earliest Period to the Emancipation of the Catholics — Volume 1 Thomas D'Arcy McGee 1846

The defeat sustained near Rathfarnham, by the late king, was amply avenged in the first year of the new _Ard-Righ_

A Popular History of Ireland : from the Earliest Period to the Emancipation of the Catholics — Complete Thomas D'Arcy McGee 1846