Connla Cáem ("the beautiful"), also known as Connla Cruaidchelgach ("bloody blade"), son of Irereo, was, according to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition, a High King of Ireland.
Biography He came to power after he killed his predecessor, and his father's killer, Fer Corb, and ruled for four (or twenty) years, until he died in Tara, and was succeeded by his son Ailill Caisfiaclach. The Lebor Gabála Érenn synchronises his reign with that of Ptolemy IV Philopator of Egypt (221–205 BC).R. A. Stewart Macalister (ed. & trans.), Lebor Gabála Érenn: The Book of the Taking of Ireland Part V, Irish Texts Society, 1956, p. 281-283 The chronology of Geoffrey Keating's Foras Feasa ar Éirinn dates his reign to 319–315 BC,Geoffrey Keating, Foras Feasa ar Éirinn 1.30 the Annals of the Four Masters to 463–443 BC.Annals of the Four Masters M4737-4757
See also Connla the Ruddy Connla, the son of Cú Chulainn
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