Fínnachta

Fínnachta, son of Ollom Fotla, was, according to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition, a High King of Ireland in succession to his father. His given name was Elim.^[1] There is said to have been snow of wine (Old Irish fín, "wine", snechta, "snow")^[2] in his reign, from which he gained his better-known name. He ruled for twenty years before dying of plague at Mag Inis in Ulster, and was succeeded by his brother Slánoll.^[3] The chronology of Geoffrey Keating's Foras Feasa ar Éirinn dates his reign to 913–895 BC,^[4] that of the Annals of the Four Masters to 1278–1258 BC.