Editing Connad Cerr

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'''Connad Cerr''' (Connad the Left-handed) was a king of [[Dál Riata]] in the early 7th century. He was either a son of [[Conall mac Comgaill]] or of [[Eochaid Buide]]. Connad appears to have been joint king with Eochaid Buide in the 620s.

He is named as king of Dál Riata in 627 when he won a victory over [[Fiachnae mac Demmáin]], king of the [[Ulaid]] at the Battle of Ard Corann. Connad was killed at [[Battle of Fid Eoin|Fid Eóin]], fighting against the [[Dál nAraidi]] led by Máel Caích, brother of [[Congal Cáech]]. While the [[Annals of Ulster]] have the battle in 629 and the [[Annals of Tigernach]] in 630, both place the death of Connad before the death of Eochaid Buide.

Connad's son [[Ferchar mac Connaid|Ferchar]] was later king. An entry in the [[Book of Ballymote]] associates Connad's descendants with "the men of [[Fife]]".

==References==
* [[Alan Orr Anderson|Anderson, Alan Orr]]. ''Early Sources of Scottish History A.D 500&ndash;1286'', volume 1. Reprinted with corrections. Paul Watkins, Stamford, 1990. {{ISBN|1-871615-03-8}}
* [[John Bannerman (historian)|Bannerman, John]]. ''Studies in the History of Dalriada.'' Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press, 1974. {{ISBN|0-7011-2040-1}}

==External links==
*[http://celt.ucc.ie/index.html CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts] at [http://www.ucc.ie/ University College Cork] includes the ''Annals of Ulster'', ''Tigernach'', ''the Four Masters'' and ''Innisfallen'', the ''Chronicon Scotorum'', the ''Lebor Bretnach'' (which includes the ''Duan Albanach''), Genealogies, and various Saints' Lives. Most are translated into English, or translations are in progress.

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| before = [[Eochaid Buide]]
| title = [[King of Dál Riata]] jointly
| with = [[Eochaid Buide]]
| after = [[Eochaid Buide]]
| years = before 627 – 629|
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