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''Lughaidh may have met his death at the hands of the ''Trí Rúadchinn Laigen'', who were also involved in the death of Conaire Mór.<ref>[[T. F. O'Rahilly]], ''Early Irish History and Mythology''. [[Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath]]. 1946, lch. 119</ref>
[[Lucius Gwynn]] suggested that an earlier [[Ard-Rí na hÉireann|Ard-Rí]] known as [[Lughaidh Réoderg]] may have become confused with a separate and minor character from the [[Rúraíocht]] associated with Cú Chulainn.<ref>LuciusTrí Rúadchinn Laigen Gwynn, [https://www.jstor.org/pss/30007892 "De Sil Chonairi Móir"], in ''Ériu 6'' (1912): 130–43.</ref> [[T. F. O'Rahilly]], on the other hand, believed the epithet ''Riab nDerg'' to simply be a corruption of the earlier ''Réoderg'',<ref>O'Rahilly, plch. 486</ref> and does not believe them to be distinct legendary figures.
''Chreid O'Rahilly was that Lughaidh na Riabh Dearg is yet another emanation of the heroic mytho-dynastic figure [[Lugaid Mac Con]], closely associated with the prehistoric [[Érainn]],<ref>O'Rahilly, ll. 201-2</ref> a population of late [[Iron Age]] Ireland who provide Irish legend with its earliest known Kings of Tara. One of their most notable representatives in that office is LugaidLughaidh's immediate predecessor, Conaire Mór.
''Specifically, O'Rahilly believed LugaidLughaidh na RiabRiabh nDergDearg 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 [[LugaidLughaidh Mac Con]].<ref>O'Rahilly, ll. 486–7, 79–80</ref> <!--bog: The last, usually known simply as Mac Con "Hound's Son", is an Érainn king matching Conaire Mór in importance in Irish legend. Another is [[Cú Roí mac Dáire]], or simply [[Dáire]],<ref>O'Rahilly, lch. 49</ref> father of Lugaid mac Con Roí. -->A 'fourth'Tá Lugaidceathrú andLughaidh 'ancestor'ann, of Macsinsear Mhic Con was, [[Lugaid Loígde]].
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