Conn Ceadchathach

Definitions (by source)

Show all

'C. of the hundred battles' or rather 'of the hundreds of battles,' s. of Feidhlimidh Reachtmhar, k. Ire. twenty years, II. 260; called 'Ceadchathach' from the hundreds of btt. he fought against the provincial kk., 260 btt. in all, 266; def. by Mogh Nuadhat in 10 btt., names of these btt., 262, 264; half of Ire. taken from by Mogh Nuadhat, 262, 264; the partition of Ire. between Mogh Nuadhat and, 262, 264, III. 198, I. 110; origin of the contest between Mogh Nuadhat and, II. 262; Mogh Nuadhat's foresight in time of famine another reason for his getting half of Ire. from, 264, 266; Eochaidh Fionn and Fiachaidh Suighdhe, brothers of, 268, 306 sq.; the six children of, their alliances and dss., 270; Sadhbh da. of, 272, 312; Conaire son-in-law of, 284; buried at Cruachain, 350; Cormac, gs. of 336; sl. by Tiobraide Tireach, 260, 262, 266; rt. 278, 298, 300, 306, 312, 354, 356, 360, 364, 366, 372, 412, III. 22, 108.

Foras Feasa Ar Éirinn: The History of Ireland, by Geoffrey Keating D.D. Part IV, containing the Genealogies, Synchronisms with an Index, which includes the elucidation of place names and annotations to the text of Vols. I, II and III. Author: Geoffrey Keating. Editor: Patrick S. Dinneen.