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Cobthach Cóel Breg

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260: 207: 43:, he sent word to that he was ill, so that Lóegaire would visit him. When he arrived, he pretended to be dead. As he lay on his bier, Lóegaire prostrated himself over his body in grief, and Cobthach stabbed him with a dagger. He paid someone to poison Lóegaire's son, Ailill Áine, and forced Ailill's son 47:
to eat part of his father's and grandfather's hearts, and a mouse, and forced him into exile – according to one version, because it had been said that Labraid was the most hospitable man in Ireland. Cobthach later made peace with Labraid, now known by the epithet
56:, but relations broke down again and war broke out between them, and Labraid burned Cobthach and his followers to death in an iron house at Dind Ríg, marking a rift in the house of 244: 328: 323: 304: 35:. The story is told that he was so consumed with jealousy for his brother that he wasted away to almost nothing, from which he gained his epithet 237: 353: 91: 348: 297: 230: 111: 101: 96: 290: 65: 64:
gives fifty, and dates his death to Christmas Eve, 307 BC. It also synchronises his reign with that of
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Lebor Gabála Érenn: The Book of the Taking of Ireland Part V
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This biography of a member of an Irish royal house is a
278: 218: 60:. He had ruled for either fifty or thirty years. The 39:, the "meagre of Brega". Acting on advice from a 298: 238: 141:R. A. Stewart Macalister (ed. & trans.), 8: 52:, "the exile", and gave him the province of 31:. He took power after murdering his brother 72:dates his reign to 409–379 BC, that of the 305: 291: 245: 231: 78: 68:(281–246 BC). The chronology of Keating's 145:, Irish Texts Society, 1956, p. 275-277 134: 7: 256: 254: 203: 201: 277:. You can help Knowledge (XXG) by 217:. You can help Knowledge (XXG) by 14: 329:4th-century BC legendary monarchs 258: 205: 324:Legendary High Kings of Ireland 1: 161:"The Destruction of Dind Rig" 266:This article relating to a 370: 253: 200: 187:Annals of the Four Masters 74:Annals of the Four Masters 116: 89: 81: 66:Ptolemy II Philadelphus 354:Celtic mythology stubs 173:Foras Feasa ar Éirinn 70:Foras Feasa ar Éirinn 92:High King of Ireland 29:High King of Ireland 349:Irish royalty stubs 171:Geoffrey Keating, 17:Cobthach Cóel Breg 286: 285: 226: 225: 126: 125: 120:Labraid Loingsech 117:Succeeded by 361: 307: 300: 293: 262: 255: 247: 240: 233: 209: 202: 192: 184: 178: 169: 163: 156:Book of Leinster 152: 146: 139: 82:Preceded by 79: 369: 368: 364: 363: 362: 360: 359: 358: 314: 313: 312: 311: 252: 251: 198: 196: 195: 185: 181: 170: 166: 153: 149: 140: 136: 131: 122: 110: 105: 100: 95: 87: 76:to 592–542 BC. 12: 11: 5: 367: 365: 357: 356: 351: 346: 341: 336: 331: 326: 316: 315: 310: 309: 302: 295: 287: 284: 283: 271:myth or legend 263: 250: 249: 242: 235: 227: 224: 223: 210: 194: 193: 179: 164: 147: 133: 132: 130: 127: 124: 123: 118: 115: 99:3rd century BC 88: 83: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 366: 355: 352: 350: 347: 345: 342: 340: 337: 335: 332: 330: 327: 325: 322: 321: 319: 308: 303: 301: 296: 294: 289: 288: 282: 280: 276: 272: 269: 264: 261: 257: 248: 243: 241: 236: 234: 229: 228: 222: 220: 216: 211: 208: 204: 199: 191: 188: 183: 180: 177: 174: 168: 165: 162: 158: 157: 151: 148: 144: 138: 135: 128: 121: 113: 108: 103: 98: 94: 93: 86: 85:Lóegaire Lorc 80: 77: 75: 71: 67: 63: 59: 55: 51: 46: 42: 38: 34: 33:Lóegaire Lorc 30: 26: 22: 21:Cobthach Fion 18: 279:expanding it 265: 219:expanding it 212: 197: 186: 182: 172: 167: 154: 150: 142: 137: 90: 73: 69: 62:Lebor Gabála 61: 49: 36: 20: 16: 15: 339:Fratricides 114:592–542 BC 318:Categories 190:M4608-4658 129:References 109:409–379 BC 104:357–307 BC 25:Úgaine Mor 344:Regicides 50:Loingsech 37:Cóel Breg 23:, son of 334:Usurpers 54:Leinster 45:Labraid 268:Celtic 58:Erimon 273:is a 41:druid 275:stub 215:stub 176:1.29 112:AFM 107:FFE 102:LGE 97:LGE 19:or 320:: 159:: 306:e 299:t 292:v 281:. 246:e 239:t 232:v 221:.

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Úgaine Mor
High King of Ireland
Lóegaire Lorc
druid
Labraid
Leinster
Erimon
Ptolemy II Philadelphus
Lóegaire Lorc
High King of Ireland
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LGE
FFE
AFM
Labraid Loingsech
Book of Leinster
"The Destruction of Dind Rig"
1.29
M4608-4658
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