Editing Conn of the Hundred Battles (section)

===Death===
Conn was eventually killed by [[Tipraite Tírech]], king of the [[Ulaid]], on Tuesday 20 October according to [[Ruaidhrí Ó Flaithbheartaigh]] in his 'Ogygia: seu Rerum Hibernicarum Chronologia' (1685).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.org/details/ogygiaorchronolo02oflaiala|title=Ogygia : or, a chronological account of Irish events : collected from very ancient documents, faithfully compared with each other, and supported by the genealogical and chronological aid of the sacred and prophane writings of the first nations of the globe|date=3 December 1793|publisher=Dublin : printed by W. M'Kenzie|access-date=3 December 2021|website=Archive.org}}</ref> The ''Lebor Gabála'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/leborgablare00macauoft/page/332/mode/2up|title=Section IX : The Roll of the Kings : Conn Cétchathach|website=Archive.org|access-date=3 December 2021}}</ref> Baile in Scáil,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.org/details/lecturesonmanusc00ocuruoft|title=Lectures on the manuscript materials of ancient Irish history|first=Eugene|last=O'Curry|date=3 December 1861|publisher=Dublin : J. Duffy|access-date=3 December 2021|website=Archive.org}}</ref> Gilla Cóemáin's poem "Annalad annall uile",<ref>{{cite web|url=http://elverdissen.dyndns.org/~nodus/618-POEMS.pdf|title=Three Historical Poems Ascribed to Gilla Cóemáin|website=Elverdissen.dyndns.org|access-date=3 December 2021}}</ref> [[Fland Mainistrech]]'s poem "Rig Themra dia tesband tnú"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://celt.ucc.ie/published/G800011C/text004.html|title=Part 4 of Book of Leinster, formerly Lebar na Núachongbála|website=Celt.ucc.ie|access-date=3 December 2021}}</ref> in the [[Book of Leinster]] and the ''Annals''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Gb0_AAAAcAAJ&q=%22T%C3%BAath+Amrois%22&pg=PA105|title = Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland by the four masters, from the earliest period to the year 1616: Ed. From the autograph. Manuscript with a transl. And copious notes by John O'Donovan|year = 1848}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/annalsoftigernac00stokuoft/page/8/mode/2up|title=The Annals of Tigernach|pages=8/9|website=Archive.org|access-date=3 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LY9nAAAAMAAJ&q=%22tuath+ambrois%22|title = The Annals of Ulster (To A.D. 1131): Text and translation|isbn = 9780901282774|last1 = Airt|first1 = Seán Mac|last2 = Niocaill|first2 = Gearóid Mac|year = 1983}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.org/details/revueceltique41pari|title=Revue celtique|date=3 December 1870|access-date=3 December 2021|website=Archive.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.academia.edu/1273930|title=A facsimile edition of the Annals of Roscrea|first=Bart|last=Jaski|access-date=3 December 2021|journal=SCSS.TCD.ie}}</ref> all say Tipraite defeated him in battle in Túath Amrois. [[Geoffrey Keating|Keating]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://celt.ucc.ie/published/T100054/text050.html|title=Part 50 of The History of Ireland|website=Celt.ucc.ie|access-date=3 December 2021}}</ref> and the [[Great Book of Lecan]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.org/details/zeitschriftfrc08meyeuoft|title=Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie|first1=Kuno|last1=Meyer|first2=Ludwig Christian|last2=Stern|date=3 December 1897|publisher=Tü¿bingen : Max Niemeyer Verlag|access-date=3 December 2021|website=Archive.org}}</ref> says Tipraite sent fifty warriors dressed as women from [[Emain Macha]] to kill him at Tara. "The decision as to Cormac’s sword" says Conn was killed with a sword that once belonged to [[Cú Chulainn]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.org/details/irischetextemite00stok|title=Irische Texte : mit ersetzungen und Wterbuch|first1=Whitley|last1=Stokes|first2=Ernst|last2=Windisch|date=3 December 1900|publisher=Leipzig : S. Hirzel|access-date=3 December 2021|website=Archive.org}}</ref> "Cath Maighe Léna" states that the name of the hill where Conn was killed was Druim Tuirléime.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://celt.ucc.ie//published/G302025/index.html|title=Cath Maighe Léna|website=Celt.ucc.ie|access-date=3 December 2021}}</ref> His son-in-law [[Conaire Cóem]] succeeded him as High King, and Conn's son Art would later succeed him. The ''Lebor Gabála'' synchronises Conn's reign with that of the [[Roman emperor]] [[Marcus Aurelius]] (161–180). The chronology of Geoffrey Keating's ''Foras Feasa ar Éirinn'' dates his reign to 116–136, that of the ''Annals of the Four Masters'' to 122–157.

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