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Mac Con
Lugaid Mac Con, often known simply as Mac Con, was, according to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition, a High King of Ireland. The Lebor Gabála Érenn synchronises Lugaid's reign with that of the Roman emperor Commodus (180–192). The chronology of Geoffrey Keating's Foras Feasa ar Éirinn dates his reign to 173–203, and the Annals of the Four Masters dates his reign to 195–225. He had two sons, Fothad Cairpthech and Fothad Airgthech, who would later be joint High Kings.
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Lugaid Mac Con, often known simply as Mac Con, was, according to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition, a High King of Ireland. The Lebor Gabála Érenn synchronises Lugaid's reign with that of the Roman emperor Commodus (180–192). The chronology of Geoffrey Keating's Foras Feasa ar Éirinn dates his reign to 173–203, and the Annals of the Four Masters dates his reign to 195–225. He had two sons, Fothad Cairpthech and Fothad Airgthech, who would later be joint High Kings.
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