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Filed by Aine MacDermot

Conn Cétchathach (Conn of the Hundred Battles) : legendary ancestor of the Connachta kings of Ireland. Son of Feidhlimidh Reachtmhar and Una, daughter of the king of Lochloinn. Married to Eithne. Conn and Eoghan Mor, also called Mogha Nuadhad, fought a great battle at Maynooth in 123 AD and split Ireland in half. “Resulting from this battle, Mogha forced Conn to divide Ireland with him into two equal parts by the boundary of Esker Riada, a long ridge of hills from Dublin to Galway, the south part he termed his and called it after his own name, Leath Mogha, or ‘Mogha’s Half of Ireland’. The northern part was called Leath Cuinn, or Conn’s Half.” “Conn also gave his daughter, Sadbh, in marriage to Oiloll Olum, Son of Eoghan Mor.” Descent from the Great Kings of Ireland. “Conn’s life and reign were ended by his assassination at Tara. Fifty robbers hired by the king of Ulster, came to Tara, dressed as women, and treacherously despatched the Monarch.” A History of the Irish Race. Another version of his death is: Slain by Tibraite (Tiobraide) Tireach, son of Mal, son of Rochraidhe [Tipraiti Tírech la mc Máil m. Rochride], King of Ulster, at Tuath Amrois. Father of Art