Conchobar Abradruad

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Conchobar Abradruad ("Conchobar with the red eyelashes"), son of Find File , son of Ros Ruad , son of Ferhus Fairgge , son of Nuadu Necht , of the Laigin tribe, was one of the high kings of Ireland according to early medieval Celtic mythology . He ascended the throne after the death of Lugaid Riab nDerg and ruled for a year, at the end of which he was murdered by Lugaid's son Crimthann Nia Náir .

The Lebor Gabála Érenn classifies his rule next to that of the Roman emperor Vespasian (69–79 AD). The chronicle Foras feasa ar Éirinn dates his reign to 13-12 BC. BC, the annals of the four masters to 9–8 BC. Chr.

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  1. ^ Dictionary of the Irish Language , Compact Edition, Royal Irish Academy , 1990, pp. 2, 512
  2. ^ RA Stewart Macalister (ed. & Trans.), Lebor Gabála Érenn: The Book of the Taking of Ireland Part V , Irish Texts Society, 1956, p. 303-305
  3. ↑ Geoffrey Keating , Foras Feasa ar Éirinn 1.37
  4. ↑ Annals of the Four Masters M5191-5192