Bres Rí (Bres the King), son of Art Imlech, was, according to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition, a High King of Ireland, who took power after killing his predecessor, and his father's killer, Nuadu Finn Fáil. Art Imlech, ("having an edge or border" or "bordering on a lake or marsh" son of Elim Olfínechta, was according to medieval Irish legend and historical A High King of Ireland ( Ard Rí na hÉireann) is a historical or legendary figure who claimed lordship over the whole of Ireland. Nuadu Finn Fáil (Nuadu the Fair of Fál - a poetic name for Ireland son of Gíallchad, was according to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition a He ruled for nine years, and fought many battles against the Fomorians, before he was killed at Carn Conluain by Eochu Apthach. In Irish mythology, the Fomorians, Fomors, or Fomori ( Irish Fomóiri, Fomóraig) were a semi-divine race who inhabited Eochu (or Eochaid) Apthach ("outlaw" or "fatal" of the Corcu Loigde of County Cork, a distant descendant of Breogán The Lebor Gabála Érenn synchronises his reign with those of Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon (605-562), Cambyses II of Persia (died 522 BC), and Cyaxares of the Medes (625-585). Lebor Gabála Érenn ( The Book of the Taking of Ireland) is the Middle Irish title of a loose collection of Poems and Prose narratives Nebuchadrezzar II, more often called Nebuchadnezzar (c 630-562 BC was a ruler of Babylon in the Chaldean Dynasty, who reigned c Babylon was a City-state of ancient Mesopotamia, the remains of which can be found in present-day Al Hillah, Babil Province, Iraq Cyaxares, Hvakhshathra, or Kayxosrew (𐎢𐎺𐎧𐏁𐎫𐎼 Uvaxštra, Greek Κυαξαρης; r The Medes were an ancient Iranian people who lived in the northwestern portions of present-day Iran. ^[1] The chronology of Geoffrey Keating's Foras Feasa ar Éirinn dates his reign to 735-726 BC,^[2] that of the Annals of the Four Masters to 962-953 BC. Seathrún Céitinn, known in English as Geoffrey Keating, was a 17th century Irish Roman Catholic priest Poet and Historian Annals of the Four Masters AD432 entryjpg|thumb|right|Entry for A ^[3]

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