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{{other people||Conchobar}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} '''Conchobar Abradruad''' ("red eyelashes"),<ref>''[[Dictionary of the Irish Language]]'', Compact Edition, [[Royal Irish Academy]], 1990, pp. 2, 512</ref> son of Find File, son of Ros Ruad, son of Fergus Fairgge, son of [[Nuadu Necht]], of the [[Leinster|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).<ref>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</ref> The chronology of [[Geoffrey Keating]]'s ''Foras Feasa ar Éirinn'' dates his reign to 13–12 BC,<ref>[[Geoffrey Keating]], ''Foras Feasa ar Éirinn'' [http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100054/text047.html 1.37]</ref> that of the ''[[Annals of the Four Masters]]'' to 9–8 BC.<ref>''[[Annals of the Four Masters]]'' [http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100005A/text024.html M5191-5192]</ref> {{s-start}} {{succession box | before=[[Lugaid Riab nDerg]]| title=[[List of High Kings of Ireland|High King of Ireland]]| after=[[Lebor Gabála Érenn|LGE]] [[Cairbre Cinnchait]]<br />[[Geoffrey Keating|FFE]]/[[Annals of the Four Masters|AFM]] [[Crimthann Nia Náir]]| years=[[Lebor Gabála Érenn|LGE]] 1st century AD<br />[[Geoffrey Keating|FFE]] 13–12 BC<br />[[Annals of the Four Masters|AFM]] 9–8 BC| }} {{s-end}}
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