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- proper noun Irish mythology A member of the conspiracy that killed
Cúchulainn , but was killed by hissecond cousin Conall the Victorious . Son ofCairbre Nia Fer and brother ofAchall .
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Examples
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But, one thing I think likely, that they are the men of Temair with [7] the well-favoured, wonderful, noble youth [7] Erc son of Fedilmid Nocruthach,
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Erc he requested the latter and Deithin to give him the child to foster, and with this request Erc complied.
Life of St. Declan of Ardmore and Life of St. Mochuda of Lismore Anonymous
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Tara [2] to fetch Erc son of thy daughter Fedlimid Nocruthach ( 'Nine-shaped'), son also of Carbre Niafer [3] king of Tara, [3] to the end that he should come with the number of his muster and his troops, his levy and his forces to our host at this time.
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He then went to the sons of Erc; they carried off Patrick's horses, and
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Through the grace of God, these, i.e. Erc and Deithin, believed in God and Colman, and they delivered the child for baptism to Colman who baptised him thereupon, giving him the name of Declan.
Life of St. Declan of Ardmore and Life of St. Mochuda of Lismore Anonymous
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Erc macFedilmithi: an Ulster hero, son of Fedlimid and grandson of
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Ulster, except that I think it is the men of Temair about a lad proper, wonderful, noble: with Erc, son of Coirpre Niafer and of
Táin Bó Cúalnge. English L. Winifred Faraday
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When Dobhran had heard and seen these things concerning his kinsman Erc he requested the latter and Deithin to give him the child to foster, and with this request Erc complied.
Lives of SS Declan and Mochuda Anonymous 1914
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Through the grace of God, these, i.e. Erc and Deithin, believed in God and Colman, and they delivered the child for baptism to Colman who baptised him thereupon, giving him the name of Declan.
Lives of SS Declan and Mochuda Anonymous 1914
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The king had given orders that no sign of respect was to be extended to the strangers, but at the first meeting the youthful Erc, a royal page, arose to show him reverence; and at the second, when all the chieftains were assembled, the chief-bard Dubhtach showed the same honour to the saint.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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