Other traditions say that Cormac drove Lugaid out by force, or that he left Tara because his druids had prophesied he would not live another six months if he stayed.

Lugaid had also lost a hand, and Conall again fought one-handed, but this time he only won after his horse took a bite out of Lugaid's side.

( Irish-Aided con Culainn ) Medb conspires with Lugaid, son of Cú Roí, Erc, son of Cairbre Nia Fer, and the sons of others Cú Chulainn had killed, to draw him out to his death.

Conall Cernach had sworn that if Cú Chulainn died before him he would avenge him before sunset, and when he hears Cú Chulainn is dead he pursues Lugaid.

As Lugaid had lost a hand, Conall fought him with one hand tucked into his belt, but he only won when his horse took a bite out of Lugaid's side.

The Lebor Gabála Érenn reports two possibilities: that he and Conaing were the sons of Congal, son of Lugaid Cal of the Corcu Laigde of County Cork ; or that Eochu was the son of Congal, and Conaing was the son of Dui Temrach, son of Muiredach Bolgrach, but both had the same mother, who was also the mother of Eochu Uairches.

The Lebor Gabála Érenn reports two possibilities: that he and Eochu were the sons of Congal, son of Lugaid Cal of the Corcu Laigde of County Cork ; or that Eochu was the son of Congal, and Conaing was the son of Dui Temrach, son of Muiredach Bolgrach, but both had the same mother, who was also the mother of Eochu Uairches.

Lugaid noticed that the snow on the roof of her house had not melted, and realised she was close to death.

He was the brother of Bresal Bó-Díbad, the former High King, who had been killed by Lugaid Luaigne.

Lugaid decided to give the kingship to Fergus, who his daughter Findabair had fallen in love with, and compensate Congal with land, status and gold, but Congal refused and declared war.

Lugaid and his stepbrothers, against Ailill's will, were allies of Nemed, son of Sroibcenn, king of the Érainn of Munster, who had killed the former High King Conaire Cóem in the battle of Gruitine.

On his father's death, Fothad Cairpthech and Fothad Airgthech, sons of Lugaid mac Con, had taken the throne jointly, but within the year Fothad Airgthech killed his brother.

His mother, who is said to have been pregnant with Lugaid at the time, beseeched Patrick to lift the curse from her unborn son.

If a son of the legendary 2nd century AD Lugaid Loígde, Rechtaid Rígderg appears to have been misplaced chronologically by the later medieval synchronists.

The following day Art was defeated and killed by his nephew Lugaid mac Con, who became the new High King.

Lugaid took the head of Fergus ' brother, Fergus Foltlebair, and brought it to Cormac's attendant, who told him this was not the head of the king of Ulster.

He tells his brother, Lugaid Dalleces, who is blind, that deer are playing in the water, and persuades him to throw a spear at them.

The reigns of Aéd and Díthorba are missing in the Lebor Gabála Érenn – after the previous High King, Lugaid Laigdech, is killed by Áed, a dinsenchas story about the founding of Emain Macha is interpolated, followed by the reign of Cimbáeth, who is said to have succeeded Díthorba and ruled for twenty-eight years.

According to king lists, the earliest of which is dated on internal evidence to the reign of Fínsnechta Fledach ( died 697 ), Niall was succeeded by Lóegaire, who was in turn followed by a second son of Niall, Coirpre, Coirpre by Ailill Molt, one of the few kings not descended from Niall, and Ailill by Lóegaire's son Lugaid.

Lóegaire's queen, Angias, a daughter of ( Ailill ) Tassach, of the Uí Liatháin, who was pregnant with Lugaid, begged that her unborn child should be spared the curse, and this was granted in part so that Lugaid later became king.

Compared to his father, who features prominently in hagiographies of Saint Patrick, Lugaid is a lesser figure.

The view advanced by O ' Rahilly was that Lugaid Riab nDerg is yet another emanation of the heroic mytho-dynastic figure Lugaid, closely associated with the prehistoric Érainn, a population of late Iron Age Ireland who provide Irish legend with its earliest known Kings of Tara.

Specifically, O ' Rahilly believed Lugaid Riab nDerg to be the double of Lugaid mac Con Roí, whose alternative epithet was mac Trí Con " son of Three Hounds ", and who himself is to some extent identical with Lugaid Mac Con.

Sadb's son Lugaid mac Con, who was Ailill's foster-son, became High King of Ireland.

Finally he killed Fergus Dubdétach himself, and when the attendant confirmed he'd got the right man, Lugaid killed him and collapsed from exhaustion and loss of blood.

When Lugaid mac Con Roí and Erc mac Cairpri killed Cúchulainn, Conall pursued them.

Lugaid is himself killed by Conall Cernach.

Lugaid threw the spear and killed Fergus.

According to the Vita tripartita, Lugaid was killed by a bolt from the heavens when he mocked Patrick at a place later called Achad Forchai.

In the tale of Cú Chulainn's death he is killed by Lugaid mac Con Roí with a spear intended for Cú Chulainn.

After Lugaid was overthrown and killed by Sírlám, Eochu was driven into exile overseas, but he returned after twelve years, killed Sírlám with an arrow, and took the throne.

After five years of joint rule, Eochu was killed by Eochu Uairches ' son Lugaid Lámderg.

After five years of joint rule, Eochu was killed by Eochu Uairches ' son Lugaid Lámderg.

Seven years later, Conaing killed Lugaid and became sole ruler for a further ten ( or twenty ) years, after which he was killed by Lugaid's son Art.

The Lebor Gabála Érenn says that, during the reign of Ailill Finn, he killed Fíachu Tolgrach in battle, but was forced into exile overseas by Ailill's son Eochu, Lugaid son of Eochu Fíadmuine, and the men of Munster.

He ruled for thirty years ( according to the Lebor Gabála and the Annals of the Four Masters ), or twenty-three or thirty-eight years ( according to Keating ), after which he was killed by Dui and Eochu's son Lugaid Laigdech.

Finally he and Eochu's son Lugaid Laigdech killed Airgetmar, and Dui took the thone himself, ruling for ten years until his former accomplice Lugaid killed him.

He was killed by Finnat's son Lugaid Luaigne.

When Lugaid heard this, he conceded that Cormac's judgement was superior to his and abdicated the throne.

* Cormac's Glossary, entry for rincne: Finn as member of Lugaid Mac Con ’ s fian,

He took the High Kingship after his predecessor, Lugaid mac Con, was expelled from Tara by Cormac mac Airt and killed in Munster by Cormac's poet Ferches mac Commáin.