Colcu mac Connacan (died 884) was an

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historian and

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of Ceann Eitigh (

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), The

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, ''sub anno'' 884, contains Colcu's

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: ''Colcu, son of Connacan, Abbot of Ceann Eitigh, doctor of eloquence, and the best historian that was in Ireland in his time ... died.''

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* http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100005A/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Colcu Mac Connacan 9th-century Irish poets 9th-century Irish abbots People from County Offaly Irish male poets 884 deaths