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Lugaid Loígde

Lugaid Loígde

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Lugaid Loígde "Lugaid of the Calf Goddess", also known as Lugaid mac Dáire, was a legendary King of Tara and High King of Ireland. He is a son of Dáire Doimthech, ancestor of the Dáirine, and gives his epithet to their principal royal sept, the Corcu Loígde. A descendant of Lugaid, with whom he may be to some extent identical, is the famous Mac Con,[1] listed in the Old Irish kinglist Baile Chuinn Chétchathaig as Mac Con macc aui (moccu) Lugde Loígde.[2]

In some later syncretic traditions, as Lugaid Laigde,[3] he is made a son of Eochu mac Ailella, and given a son Rechtaid Rígderg. Another late emanation is Lugaid Luaigne.

The Five Lugaids and the Loathly Lady

See also

Preceded by High King of Ireland
LGE 4th century BC
FFE 537–530 BC
AFM 738–731 BC		 Succeeded by

Notes

  1. [1]
    O'Rahilly, passim
  2. [2]
    ed. Bhreathnach & Murray
  3. [3]
    simply a later spelling

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