Conchobar Abradruad

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Conchobar Abradruad ("red eyelashes"),Dictionary of the Irish Language, Compact Edition, Royal Irish Academy, 1990, pp. 2, 512 son of Find File, son of Ros Ruad, son of Fergus Fairgge, son of Nuadu Necht, of the Laigin, was, according to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition, a High King of Ireland. He succeeded to the throne after the death of Lugaid Riab nDerg, and ruled for a year, at the end of which he was killed by Lugaid's son Crimthann Nia Náir. The Lebor Gabála Érenn synchronises his reign with that of the Roman emperor Vespasian (AD 69–79).R. A. Stewart Macalister (ed. & trans.), Lebor Gabála Érenn: The Book of the Taking of Ireland Part V, Irish Texts Society, 1956, p. 303-305 The chronology of Geoffrey Keating's Foras Feasa ar Éirinn dates his reign to 13–12 BC,Geoffrey Keating, Foras Feasa ar Éirinn [http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100054/text047.html 1.37] that of the Annals of the Four Masters to 9–8 BC.Annals of the Four Masters [http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100005A/text024.html M5191-5192]

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before=Lugaid Riab nDerg|

title=High King of Ireland|

after=LGE Cairbre Cinnchait
FFE/AFM Crimthann Nia Náir|

years=LGE 1st century AD
FFE 13–12 BC
AFM 9–8 BC|

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Category:Legendary High Kings of Ireland

Category:1st-century BC legendary monarchs

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