Bárid mac Oitir (, died 914) was a Viking leader who may have ruled the Isle of Man in the early 10th century.
Biography Bárid mac Oitir is mentioned once in contemporary Irish annals. The Annals of Ulster in 914 record:
His father could have been Ottir mac Iargni who is recorded in the Annals of Ulster killing a son of Auisle in alliance with Muirgel daughter of Máel Sechnaill mac Máele Ruanaid in 883,Annals of Ulster, 882 and/or jarl Ottir, who died at the Battle of Corbridge.Downham, p. 248 (These figures may have represented the same person, although this is far from certain.Downham, p. 266)
Bárid mac Oitir may have been the father of Colla mac Báirid, king of Limerick during the early 10th century.Downham, p. 36
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