Lethlobar mac Echach (died
709
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) was a
Dál nAraide king of the
Cruthin in
Ulaid
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, an over-kingdom in
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. He was the son of
Eochaid Iarlaithe mac Lurgain (died
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), a previous king. He belonged to the main ruling dynasty of the Dál nAraide known as the Uí Chóelbad based in
Magh Line. He ruled from 708 to 709.
He succeeded to the throne upon the assassination of
Cú Chuarán mac Dúngail Eilni (died 708) of the
Eilne branch of the family in 708. The annals record his death at the battle of Dul in Magh Eilne, between the rivers Bush and Bann in modern
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,
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. The victors are not named, one possibility is the Dal Fiatach who had just acquired the kingship of Ulaid.
Lethlobar's daughter Barrdub was said to be a wife of
Bécc Bairrche mac Blathmaic (died 718) a Dál Fiatach King of Ulaid.
[Mac Niocaill, pg. 115] His son
Indrechtach mac Lethlobair (died 741) was a king of Dál nAraidi.
Notes
References
* ''Annals of Ulster'' a
a
University College Cork* ''Annals of Tigernach'' a
a
University College Cork* Byrne, Francis John (2001), ''Irish Kings and High-Kings'', Dublin: Four Courts Press,
* Charles-Edwards, T. M. (2000), ''Early Christian Ireland'', Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,
* Mac Niocaill, Gearoid (1972), ''Ireland before the Vikings'', Dublin: Gill and Macmillan
External links
a
University College Cork
Cruthin
Ulaid
709 deaths
Kings of Dál nAraidi
8th-century Irish monarchs
Year of birth unknown
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