Conall Laeg Breg
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Conall Laeg Breg mac Áedo Sláine (died 610)[1] was a King of Brega from the Síl nÁedo Sláine branch of the southern Ui Neill. He was the son of the high king Áed Sláine mac Diarmato (died 602). He ruled from 602-610. He is not called King of Brega in the annals but is second in a poem on the rulers of Síl nÁedo Sláine in the Book of Leinster.[2]
His father had treacherously slain his nephew, Suibne mac Colmáin Már (died 598) of the Clann Cholmáin and was then himself slain in battle by Suibne's son Conall Guthbinn (died 637) setting off a feud among the southern Ui Neill.[3] As part of this feud Conall Laeg Breg was slain in the Battle of Odba by Óengus mac Colmáin Bec (died 621) of Clann Cholmáin Bicc in 610. [4]
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- Annals of Tigernach at CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts at University College Cork
- Annals of Ulster at CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts at University College Cork
- Book of Leinster, Flann Mainistrech: "Síl Aeda Sláne Na Sleg" at CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts at University College Cork
- Revised edition of McCarthy's synchronisms at Trinity College Dublin.
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